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'tcoCIATED PRESS SZtcbrt of la,e * ire published in Capital. " EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAYS. j.XW'll No. 114. II IIS {[[SITES TO SUPPING MEET William L. Marcy, Col. J. , ir d Abbott And City cnselor Kiley To Attend rt j, an t Marine Conference 'Yashins. ton On Wednesday 5 FORMER mayors SELECTED 11Y RITCHIE jv!> will be well represented tanu nl convention of the Na jjcr'hant Marine Association. Slrt ,|g on Wednesday of next i! ’hr Hotel Washington, Wash [i c Representatives of the i principal Industries and com rc.iiii/ations will attend the ulcn (Jovernor Hitehle, In be- I Marvland. mid the ('hlef Exe iof number of other Stales, rJI ttend. local lleleirales Named or Samuel Jones. acting In ne iwith a h iuest from oftlcluls i asmriatlon. has named three 1 1 < t.i officially represent An iit the convention. These tire K.lwrril Abbott. United States rearedl, Dr. William 1.. Marcy. , faculty of St. John's College. f:t Counselor Hugh It. Riley li'mn to those. (Jovernor Hitehle i? designated two former tof the city to attend. These lies F. Strange, ut present an :aa in the City Council, and J Levy The convention will he 1-dav affair, and will culminate but banquet at the hotel. Jppim: situation Paramount atwdation's convention pro cails for nil unusual set of ad i and informal talks on the nf alt nation Every angle will chert by an authority in his line r Joseph E Uansdell. of Ixmiai mirtem of tin> National Mcr- Maritu* Association, will open mention and preside over the aessions Senator Wesley L. of Washington, chairman of the i t'.'mmituy on Commerce, and ite of the Shipping Bill on the of the Senate, will toll of the itiv,. phases iif the problem, national defense value of an cr American merchant marine I* the topic of Col. Theodore 'TnnUnunl On l*ar 4.) Ta WAI’OLITAN HAVANA 1(V CIGARS lw Smo{e ---- 7ry 7 hem SEE THE Minute Man” * Saturday, / ehruary 3rd *t the store of [?■ CHILDS iX: SON ,v *' cOV 0 C £ocOoco OCOO o 0 - &7 \ T CE \ AT THE C C.TV ASSEMBLY ROOMS Clay. February 2nd t iT ItF set K HOSE CO. < ‘AsKKTPM.I. team | '~ O - < I s, u.V; Men. 35c. | Vt JAZZ iMiCHKSTKA. < f. < ihe Fair Price Grocery Co. 64 WEST STREET Opens February Ist , 1923 '* incite the public to come and see our stock and prices. c S to the public the clerk and delivery cost. ROY V. TYDINGS, Manager — ■ ■ (Coentna Qlnpitnl. FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER. ELECTROCUTED IN ARKANSAS TODAT fflv Tl** LITTLE ROCK. ARK.. Feb. 2. Four moa convicted of murder were electrocuted here today. The men went to the electric chair In the following order: Duncan - Richardson, Ben Richardson, F. G. Bullon, all convicted of the murder of Ira Culp, farmer, near Wilmot, Ark., and Will Uebord, convicted of , the murder of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. ! Silsby, in Stone county. None of the men showed much emo tion and all were able to walk un , assisted to the chair. Duncan Rieh ’ ardson, aged 29, was brought into the death chamber several minutes before the apparatus was ready. “Good morning, gentlemen,” he j said to the assembled authorities and witnesses. He displayed no nervousness and l looked with interest ut the work that was going on. He walked about the chair, look , !ng at it, and started towards the switchboard where the executioner was at work. The latter jumped quickly aside. “Don't le afraid of me," Richard son, who was not handcuffed, said: ! "I would as soon have you do it as anyone.” When tiie apparatus was ready, he walked to the chair unassisted. With in three minutes of the time he sat down he was pronounced dead. Bullon, after being in the chair five minutes, was removed and placed in a coffin. The undertaker noticed he appeared to te breathing slightly and refused to take the body. The body was replaced In the chair and the cur rent re-applied. MRS. ALBERT GORMAN BURIED IN BALTIMORE The funeral of Mrs. Sallie Gorman, wife of Albert Gorman, of Baltimore, and sister of Mrs. James Brashears. of this city, was held this afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Gorman home, 109 East Lafayette avenue. Baltimore. Burial was In Loudon Park cemetery. Mrs. Gorman’s death occurred yes terday at the Hospital for the Women of Maryland. It was due to double pneumonia and followed a week's ill ness. Mrs. Gorman was a native of 1 Ellicott City. Her mother, Mrs. Nellie Owings, makes her home here with Mrs. Brashears. | j NAVY GRID. CAPTAIN IN INDOOR GAMES Arthur Carney, two hundred and fifteen pound guard and captain of | next year's Navy football team, will represent the Naval Academy in the shot-put in the Georgetown Univer sity's indoor meet at Convention Hall, February 21. Navy will enter the 'varsity relay starting Voss, Hammond, Schuetz. and a fourth man to be announced later. The Plele team will run in the fresh men relay. Other entries are Stryker and Mar shall In the sprints; Captain Hud son and Huckins in the hurdles and Opie and Johnson in the high jump. r N GEORGE BEBAN —IX— “The Sign of the Rose CHICLE PLAYHOUSE MONDAY AND TUESDAY FURNITURE £ Upholstered, Repaired and Refinished. Picture Frames Made to Order. J. B. BETHEL ? 117 Market St. Phone S3B-J.: 2 O Business Established Over Sixty Year*! 8! W. F. CHILDS & SON j o I Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables. O Canned anil Bottled Goods. Fresh a n d Smoked Meats. 2 Prompt deliveries. Polite service. Orders solicited. Phone 92. O STOKES: 199 ANT* 171 CONDUIT ST. a no MISS m HELD ; FOR OMR FRAUDS Young Woman Who Cashed Worthless Checks Here, Com mitted For Jury It develops that the fraudulent check operations of Miss Gertrude Wagner were not only confined to Annapolis, but she is now’ being held in Baltimore for grand jury action, on like charges. As told in yester day’s issue of The Evening Capital. Miss Wagner visited Annapolis a lit tle more than a month ago. and ob tained more than $250 ly means of worthless checks. Miss Wagner's arrest was made in Baltimore Wednesday night 1 y agents of the Department of Justice on a charge of “obtaining money through impersonating a Federal employee.” This arrest grew out of her visit here a little more than a month ago when she had checks cashed through a room dork of the hotel Maryland. Then it developed that the police of ficials of Baltimore were hunting the young woman on similar charges. Held For Grand Jury Accused of passing a number of worthless checks, she was held for the grand jury of Baltimore by Mag istrate J. H. Stanford in Central Police Court yesterday. Her bail was Placed at $1,500. Detective Lieuten ants R. E. Freeman and T. W. Quirk testified that the young woman is wanted in Quantico, Va., and Wash ington. D. C. At yesterday’s hearing Miss Wag ner specifically was charged with passing a worthless check for SSO a> at the i ank of the Security Trust and Storage Company. Samuel Pollack. 1728 Guilford ave nue, testified that he cashed a check for S2O for Miss Wagner. She also is alleged to have had checks cashed by Elizabeth Hughe 3, 717 Tenth street. Northwest, Washington. The accused made no statement at the hearing. Ruhr Coal Blockade Complete (llv The ArtMorltttrd I’rr**.* DUSSELDORF, Feb. 2.—The block ade of the Ruhr Valley from within is now complete. Not a single ton of coal or coke has entered Cermanj from the Ruhr in the last 38 hours, the French authorities announced, adding that the measures that they had put into effect Wednesday were eutirely effective. VAGABONDS VS. WYMANS 10 CLASH HERE TONIGHT After a layoff fer a week, the Vaga toml A. C. basketball team is all set for the game with the strong Wyman A. C., of Baltimore, to te playeu m | the gymnasium at St. John's College ! tonight. The local tossers have had several workouts this week, and should be in better trim for the fray than at any time this season. The Wymans are leaders of the Bal timore League just now. so it would appear that the “Vags” have a tough proposition ahead of them. “Billy” I Lush, well-known basketball and I l aseball coach, will referee the con i test. The Vagabonds will play a ser ies of three games with the strong Baltimore Orioles, according to an nouncement made by the manage ment of the team today. The lisst battle is scheduled to be played in Baltimore February 9. the second at Annapolis, February 16, and the third in the Fifth regiment armory, Balti more. February 24. BASKET-BALL! Bladen Street Armory Saturday, February 3 A H. S SENIOR GIRLS VS , A. 11. S. JUNIOR GIRLS A. H. S. HOYS VS CALVERT HALL H Admission. 25e. First gamp 7 :.TO ! *OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPECIAL Z For Friday and Sa u dav £ | While Thev Last t Z —O—" O * EXTRA FINE CAPONS, Z 50c PER LB. g Z LARGE ARTICHOKES. | g 20c EACH. SCALA & CO. <f r ROM FT DELIVERY. PHONE ST £ O 0000000000000000000 000004., ESTABLISHED IN 1884. ANNAPOLIS. MB., FRIDAY, FEHRVAKY 2. *1023 iIiIYIH ATHLETIC CSfiD FOR TOMORROW Basketball Team To Play Buck nell. Swimmers To Cavort With Pittsburgh And Gym nasts Contest With Philadel phia Turnverein. PLEBES VS. WESTERN HIGH BASKETERS Meeting Bucknell University on the basketlall court, and the University of Pittsburgh In a dual swimming meet, which will be the principal at tractions, midshipmen athletes will stage their first big card of winter indoor snorts at the Naval Academy tomorrow afternoon. There will te four competitions in all on the program, the others le ing a gymnastic meet with the Phila delphia Turnverein and a basketball game between teams of the “Plebes" and Western High School, of Wash ington. Events in the swimming and gymnastic tourney, and the court game with .Bucknell will get under way at the same time, 2:20 leing the schedule, while the Plel e-High School basket! all contest is scheduled for 4 o’clock. Bucknell Has Veteran Team The Bucknell basketers will present practically the same lineup as rep; e jented the Lewis!urg institution ins’, season. Captain Coe will jump cen tre; Dayhoff and Bunting will work at the forwards, and Bihl and Diet rich will do the guarding. All are HVmHiinr#t in Puri l 4.1 ELKS mm Fill! PAST EXALTED RULERS’ NIGHTHEKTWEOtiESDAV Wednesday night of next week will le "Past Exalted Rulers’” night in the Annapolis lodge of Elks, and members of the order now are malt ing preparations to celebrate the oc casion. This is one o’ the big occasions of the year in Llkdom. when surviving I Past Exalted Rulers make it a point J to attend a regular weekly meeting. Ceremonies incident to the meeting, in fact, are turned over entirely to tiie firmer presiding officers who. for the time t eing. relegate the regular officers from their posts. The meet ing will le featured by short ad dresses by the P. A. E.'s, and at the j close of ceremonies there will be a social session, for which delicious salt water oys’ers and other edibles will be provided. Seventeen of the 22 men who havp served as Exalted Rulers since the organization of the lodge are still liv ing—a rather remarkable record, — and it is expected that all of these will le present fer the coming func tion. MANY CITIES IN RUHR ARE GETTING SHORT OF FOOD (Bj Tti® \,< iute<* Pres*.) DUSSELDORF, Feb. 2.—Many Ruhr cities and towns ar e complaining to I the French authorities that their fcod supplies ar 0 getting low. The burgo master of Recklinghausen, to cite one instance, has informed headquarters that his people have only enough i potatoes to last tea days. This vege | table, together with cabbage and ! other garden products, forms the ! chief diet of the Ruhr workers. Two food trains from Holland were brought in through the Belgian zone today. CALENDAR OF SPORTING EVENTS TOMORROW Following is the time schedule of athletic events booked to take place here tomorrow: Basketball—Navy vs. Bucknell, > Dahlgren Hall, 2:30. Swimming—Navy vs. Univer £ sity of Pittsburgh, Gvmna3ium, > 2:30. £ Gymnastics—Navy vs. Phila >• delphia Turnverein, Gymnasium, l 2:20. > Basketball—Navy “Plebes” vs. £ Western High School, of Wash ington. Gymnasium. 4. Basketball Annapolis High > School, State armory Senior > giris \s Junior girls; boys vs. Calvert Hall School. Girls’ game , i starts 7:30. ; TWENIV BASEBALL I j GAMES FOB CBBETS St. John’s Outfit Will Travel North Instead Of South This Spring Twenty baseball Raines are listed for the nine of St. John's College dur ing the coming Spring season. The complete schedule has been announc ed by the athletic authorities. In only one instance have negotiations not finally been closed. This concerns the annual contest with Pennsylvania Military College, at Chester, tenta tively booked for May 2. The season will open with Ford ham. April 6. and close May 29. when the Cadets meet the midshipmen. Eleven cf the games will be played it home and nine away. Instead of a southern journey the Cadets will make a five-day northern trip extend ing into Pennsylvania. The complete J schedule follows: April 6—Kordhain. April 7—Gallaudet. April 13—Maryland, at College Park. April 14—dallaudet, at Washington. April 20—William and Mary. April 21 —Western Maryland. April 24—St. Bonaventurc. April 27—Washington, at Cliester town. April 28—Delaware, at Newark. May 2—P. M. C., at Chester (pend ing). May 3—Franklin and Marshall, at i Lancaster. May 4—Gettysburg, at Gettysburg j May 5—W est er n Maryland, at ! Westminster. May 12—Johns Hopkins, at Home wood. May 16—Johns Hopkins. May 19—Dickinson. May 22—Maryland. May 24—Gettysburg. May 26—Washington. May 29—Navy, at Annapolis. ST. MARGARET’S DOWNfL~ P. O. TEAM AT “DUCKS” On Wednesday night bowling was in order again at St. Margaret's. The r bowling team from the PostofTiee went over to try their luck against the St. Margaret's team, but found the going pretty rough. Although St. Mar garet’s was handicapped by several of its regular men being sick, they won j 1 by a fairly close margin. 1 In three games of six men each the j score was St. Margaret's. 1,830; Post- j office, 1,742. HOMESWiTHOUTBOXES ; SOON TO GET NO MAIL; Have you installed that little mail box in front of your residence, or ' otherwise made provision for the re ception of mail matter? If you haye’nt you are going to he I ? n serious trouble after March 31. On 1 that date the ruling of the Postoffice i Department that each home must be equipped with a mail receptacle goes ) into effect. Postmen have orders to ■ deliver no letters or postcards to ■ homes not so equipped. ; This rule is going to be enforced, j ■ according to postoffice officials. Its object is to avoid delay and speed up j delivery of mail. Too often have j postmen been kept waiting at doors J > while housewives delayed answering i the ding of the doorbell. Some time ago, in an effort to elim • i inate this waiting, due notice was ) given. Many householders have com ! plied with the provisions. Others . i have not. It was supposed to go into i effect on January 1, but recently a j j new order extending the time to the l end of March was issued by the Post - masler-General. ' Gen. Allen Gets Orders (Bv TH Iwariated I’m*.) \ COBLENZ, Feb. 2.—Major - General ? | Henry T. Allen, who commanded the e i American forces in occupied Cer many, has teen directed by the State " : Department in Washington to dißCon j tinue immediately his unofficial reia tions with the Rhineland high com . mission. ELKS DEFEAT FIREMEN IN RUBBER CARD GAME Card players of the Annapo’iG | Lodge of Elks got the better of their rivals of Independent Fire Company I and won the third or "rubber" game of a series of three at pinochle at the Elks' Home last night. Like the pre ceding contests the margin of victory was close, the count standing 32 to 30. The fire laddies accepted their defeat in good sportsmanship, and after wards helped to dispose of some sev eral hundred salt-water oysters and j ether good things to eat. The card games attracted a big gallery of lodge men, as well as firemen. 494 NEW “FLU” CASES ' fIEPORTEO IN COUNTIES j GF MARYUINO IN 2 DAYSj I Rv rhf iiilnl I'rr.i.) BALTIMORE, MI).. Feb. 2 Al- 1 though influenza in Baltimore is in- ( creasing, more cases having loen re ported today and yesterday than previously, the disease yet shows no signs of virulence, according to Dr C. Hampton Jones, health commissioner. Cases reported today number 124. against 120 yesterday. There were a total of 1,463 cases of Influenza in th e city in January and 533 of pneumonia. Death reports are not yet complete. '“Analysis of the death report shows, however, that th t old and the j young were affected and not those in vigorous middle life.” said Dr. Jones, thus proving that the disease is not yet virulent. In the counties, 249 cases wore re- t ported today, making a total for the ! first two days of February of 494 new cases. Last year in the whole month | there were only 550 cases. Thirty cases of pneumonia wore reported io day. against 47 yesterday. DR. MeKOIN LEAVES FOR BALTIMORE TO If ESI.ME Ills WORK AT HOPKINS (By The .%NNorlute<! Prf*.) MUNROE, LA., Feb. 2 —Dr B. M McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge. ; and one of the leading figures In the Morehouse parish kidnapping c?se. left today for Baltimore under a per mit granted him by Attcrney-Gemral Coco, and wilt resume his por.t- I graduate work at Johns Hopkins Uni versity. Dr. McKoin's studies were inter rupted last December when he was arrested in connection with the mur , ders of Watt Daniel anil Thomas Richards. 1 Dr. McKoin is at liberty under *5,- 000 bail. BASKETBALL GAMES BETWEEN GIRLS; BOYS VS. CALVERT HALL Basketball teams of girls will !e seen in action here tomorrow n'ghi , when hte “femmes” of the senior and j junior classes of Annapolis High j School will meet as a preliminary to I the contest between the High School j boys and the Calvert Hall School of j Baltimore. The games will be staged | In the State armory, that between the -girls starting at 7:30 and the boys ■ immediately afterward. This afternoon the local high boys j were scheduled to meet Donaldson j School five in the armory. SCHOOL CLOSED FOR AFTERNOON SESSION ! On account of the epidemic of grip ; which has laid up :oth teachers aid | pupils at the Annapolis High School, the school took a recess today after the morning secsion and w : ll not re open again until Monday next. SKY OVERCAST SO GROUNDHOG FAILED 10 SEE HIS SHADOW Little Mr. Groundhog did not ree his shadow today, at least in thir quarter of the little old world. St there’s hope that balmy and altogeth er good weather will prevail for the next six weeks, if the old supersti tion counts for anything. While the sun shone brightly dur ing the early hours of the morning it was entirely olscured at the no >n ! hour, when the little rodent is sup posed to emerge from his den for e j jaunt. The skies w'ere heavily over i cast instead, giving little or no chance i for an object to cast a shadow, es j "“daily the size of the mythical wea | ther forecaster. Had he got a glimpse [of his shadow, tradition has it that he would have scampered back into his haunt, to prepare for a long siege ol unfavorat le weather. TO EXHUME SAILORS’ BODY IN HUNT FOR RUSS JEWELS <Br The Associated Preen.) ’ WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 2.—The Treasury Department has acquiesced in a request of War Department offi cers for the exhumation of the coffin of James Jones, an American seaman, I buried in Cypress Hill cemetery. Brooklyrf, to determine whether . ! smuggled Russian crown jewels were i burled with the body. rIE WEATHER: Rain tonight and Sat urday. Colder Saturday afternoon. COMPKKUKNSIVB LOCAL AND ÜBNBKAL NIW& PRICE TWO CENTS. GET TOGETHER BANQUET FIXED | FOR FEBRUARY 1 Member Of National Body May Address Local Business Men At Meeting On Wednesday Of Next Week lndorse Auto Show. ALSO ARRANGE FOR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The “Get Together Banquet” pro posed by the Annapolis chamber of {Commerce will be held on the even ing of February 15 at “The Black . 1 at, Maryland avenue. Announcc ; ment of the date was made following ! the regular meeting of th e Chamber held lnsfl night. It is expected that a representative of the National Cham ber of Commerce will come to Anna polis to address the gathering, and there will also be other speakers. night's meeting of the Cham ber was well attended and much in terest was shown in the plans for the “Get Together" gathering! Tho Chamber gave its hearty indorsement to the Automobile Show to be staged in the gymnasium at St. John's Col lege. February 24, 26 and 27, under the auspices of the Annapolis Auto mobile Dealers' Association, and as surances were given that the show would be boosted in every way pos sible. To Have Exhibit At Show It was also decided that the Cham ber should have a proper exhibit at the show, and a reservation for space will be mdae for displaying I banners, descriptive literature, street maps of the city and other publicity | dnta pertaining to the city, and a rep resentative will be on hand for tho purpose of supplying infromatlon to [ visitors to the show. A committee consisting of Leon Strauss. J. Edward i Abbott and L. L. Parker was appoint ed to look after the Chamber's inter est at the show. For Membership Drire Feeling that the roll of members In the Chamber could be substantially increased, it has been decided to con duct a “membership drive.” and a committee will be appointed for that purpose. It is felt by the business men that the Chamber should have tho hearty co-operation of all citizens in campaigns to lie undertaken in the future. Colonel J. Edward Abbott, IT. s. Army, (retired), who recently re turned to his native heath here to re sume his residence, and who is now engaged in business as a real estate onerator, was elected a memlwr of the Chamber. He addressed the fellow members on the spirit of co-operation and possible developments of Anna polis. CITY COLLEGE DOWNS SEVERN SCHOOL FIVE Baltimore City College added an other victory to its list yesterday af ternoon when it defeated Severn School on St. John’s College basket ball court. 42 to 13. The Boone lads were no match for the Baltimoreans, ' who led at the end of th* first half, 20 to 8. City College *(42) Severn (13) Kolker F Montgomery Land F Hubbard Wells C Stansbury Stern G Donald Rifman G Turner Substitutions Bowman for Stans bury, Fogel for Wells, Baker for Rif man. Field goals—Montgomery (3), | Kolker (8), Land (3), Fogel, Donald. , Stern (2). Fouls —Stern (14 out of 25), Donald (5 out of 12). Referee, Paul Menton, Loyola. CHILD DYINUITHEIS ” | VICTIMSOFFIRETODAY (By The Associated PreM.l ! ‘ BALTIMORE, Feb. 2.—A ehild Is 1 dying from burns and two other per sons were burned in a fire which broke out in the home of Mrs. Lottie Bowman. 920 Burgundy street, today. The victims are: Walter Thompson, 4 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson. Mrs. Lottie Bowman, > grandmother of Walter, burned on the I hand. Henry Fisher, burned cn face - and hands. i Both Mrs. Bowman and Fisher re , j ceived their burns in taking the child . from a blazing l ed. ■ I How the fire started has net been s ! determined, but it is thought the child t was playing with matches. M