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iSSOCIATED PRESS A Dispatehcs of late w , are published in 5* Evening Capital. EVBKT BVBNINO EXCEPT SDN DAT®. XXV II So: 158. ASPECTS FflH STRONG NINEAT ST.JOHN'S GOOD •;*, Five Of Last Year’s “Let- Men" Available, There Is Abundance Of New Material for Coach Hoban To Mold This Year's Aggregation. INETEKN games on CAHI): ELEVEN AT HOME tecs- .ill indications turn to tho urary, Si John's College will be jrimlit<■ I nil the diamond this aea- I try the strongest team In a num years Certain It in that George pan it'lih'tie mentor at the inatitu* r har an atiitndance of material Hi which tu mold the nine, despite t fart that only live of laHt year’s (tier men" now are at college. start Season l ittle I,ate Although the season will not get ikr way until several days later y: former years, still Manager t.li.nt! has listed nineteen games lr schedule is strong and well bal es). iitnl n feature of its arrang°- : is that games will be played !.i the |ittin ipitl State teams, both some mil abroad. Johns Hopkins pent t valx of the cadets, will be r a: Haltimore on May 12, and four r< later the Black and Blue outfit me to \nnnpolls. The season li belli open and close tit home. In ; the tirst two. and the last six tra? booki d, will be played on the si liHtnnnd. Maryland is down for ■ hhh's, and (Jallautlet also will be Kastport laid Is Pilot Tin players have been at work out-- off a lot on for two weeks or re hut disagreeable weather has 'fed :i big drawback Engelko. an Hast port boy, who ft.l third base last season and was heaviest hitter of the team. Is enp s of this rear's nine, and is certain holding dmvn the hot corner. The r letter men" available are Mat o. second base; Boston and R. M *i'er. catchers, and Gray, pitcher tthews will probably continue at fnd. as he is a good hitter as well Srltier Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and College have furnished St •f' c a ntttnher of good athletes in years and not a few of them f he seen sporting baseball uni rv* this seasoh Instance—Standi ••oi.l 80, k. both of Poly, who, with |v :, rc the strongest members of 1 Pitching staff Just now. Svedja. ■’ ' is another hurler. as is Cron •rt who was manager of the foot ■<m last fall. Dugan, H. F. r and Johnson mtike up a trio *' :n G >t out for tirst base, and 11 Davis and Cunningham are 1 other infield candidates a member of last year’s '■etizer. of Poly; Scott, for f the Army and Navy “Preps," re. k. from Trappe, Md., ap about the strongest lads it field positions. Perry and ' are promising backstop ma- L'li'l'lete Schedule Of (Sanies w ’ n s is the schedule, games to ' home unless otherwise April t; Ford ha tn. T Cm Baudot. (CnnrlnnfMt Hn #.* : GUIENOT’S .Qiaurant and Lunch Room NOW OPEN . AYE. & BLADEN ST. — / WANTED! salesmen A-WU’OLIS TERRITORY. Apply iAR LE S STREET l !-ween 7 and 9 P. M. J- W. ALTON tncal Contractor .. RNSIDE ST.. EASTPORT I’HONK 345. mttO M FUKK FROM BUGS! BUGGO *■ New Discovery! .. s *f tmg*. ants, roaches, bed ■ •*. mosquitos and all insects PRICE, 25c " t? t-k\d pharmacy Distributors annapols, md. bottling Capital. CROWDS AT CHURCH SERVICES YESTERDAY I Special Music And Ceremonials On Anniversary Of Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem THE MEANING OF PALM * Beautiful weather brought crowds I out to the special Palm Sunday serv ices held In the churches yesterday Palms were dlstrlbuled at St. Mary’s an, J St. Anne’s Churches. At Calvary a Palm Sunday sermon was preached by the pastor, th< Rev. Dr H. W ’ I,up K a n. and there was special Palm Sunday music. In St. Anne’s Church, in place of the usual Sunday School service at 9:30, there was a procession of the children, each bearing a palm, round the church winding up at the chancel, where they stood and waved i heir palms while a hymn was sung. Two hundred children took part in the procession and the effect was very im pressive and beautiful. Christian Use Of Palm Many quaint and interesting cere monials have arisen in connection with Palm * Sunday. The palm <C#tnflrttf On Put# f > George McCollister Claimed By Death George McCollister, 65. well-known in the city and county, died yesterday 'it the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Hall, near the Naval Experi ment Station grounds. Mr. McCollis ter was tire father of George McCol lister, Anne Arundel county soldier, killed during the World War. Ar rangements have 1 een made for the funeral to be held from the residence '( IPs daughter, tomorrow afternoon it 2:30 and interment will he in Cedar Bluff cemetery. Funeral director It. L. Hopping has charge. Mr McCollister is survived ty a widow and two daughters—Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Ida Letleralla, of New York City. NEAR EAST RELIEF TO MARE EASTER PRESENT Maryland women are taking an ac tive part on the National Women’s Committee, of the Near East Relief, and on the committee are Mrs. Jos eph 1 France and Mrs. Henry Bar ton Jacol s. Mrs. France is wife of the Senator and Mrs. Barton is one of the most prominent women of Bal timore. This committee is organized to aid the orphans under the care of the Near East Relief, and more than fifty leading American women, under chairmanship of Mrs. Percy V. Penny backer. former president of the Gen eral Federation of Womens’ Clubs, have united for its work. Among its members are the presidents of more than twenty-five national womens’or ganizations. prominent women writ ers, politicians, educators, and rep resentatives of all lines of women's activities. They are enlisting their organizations in the cause of the Near Eastern children and are ap pealing. through the prijss of the na , tion and in person, to every woman , in the country to make a special Eas ter gift for America's little wards in the Near East. oefensTinlusTbp DAVID SUIT, CHARGES CONSPIRE! TO MULCT (By The Arsoriilm) Press.) GRAND RAPIDS. •MICH., Mar. 26. Further testimony, intended to re fute charges of immorality and to es tablish that the present suit is based on a conspiracy to mulct the col ony. was offered by the defense to day in the hearing of the suit brought ' against the Israelite house of ■•David" by John Hansell and \ife of Nash (, ville. Tenn. Effort also was made to I show that Esther Hansell. a daugh ♦ ter-in-law of John Hansell. had con -1 spired to disband the colony. Quinto Rosetta, former member of || the colony and a brother-in-law of Esther Hansell. swore on the stand today that she endeavored to per . suade him to join in a conspiracy to obtain the aio of the Ku Klux Klan in breakti * t:r the colony. She pro e-e. * charge Ben jamin PtiTeil. ;■***.. o: * v,,i colony. . with inrner). *t:oe.- R.'-erta 'e— titled. Rosetta .t.*o yee sred rh.*: Mr Hansel! vain tv *r <v. v -iii> in wife to perjure her**-!* ;r -*-.ir'. to Purnell’* relation* with her. ELRS ARE “PEPPED" FOR ' DUCKPIN MATCH TONIGHT ■ WITH BALTO. BROTHERS Although realizing that they will be pitted against some of the lest duckpin bowlers of Baltimore city. [ I thp team of Annapolis lodge of Elks is cocked and primed for the contest with thoir Brothers of Baltimore ’ Lodge which will Le roiled on the alleys of the latter tonight. The teams will be composed of six men ' each. Originally it was planned to ! have eight-man teame. The match is exciting keen inter , e t among the two lodges, and the local delegation will carry a big dele gation of “rooters.” a special car over the Washington, Baltimore and Anna polis Electric Railways having teen chartered to convey them to the Mon umental City. The "special” will leave the Short Line terminus at 6:50 o’clock. Fortunately for the lo cal team, they have been able to get into fair trim by reason of rolling at least two games a week in con nection with the series of contests between teams of the ' Annapolis Bowling League during the last sev eral weeks. City Alderman Elmer E. Parkinson, Is cuptain of the local Elks’ team and the other meml ers are Frank Baker, Charles Tucker, John Taylor, John Levy and Grover C. Guienot. Oscar Dawes and A. Guy Miller, will be the substitutes. LIGHTED CIGAR sirs FIRE IN UGH FOUR PERSONS LOSE LIKES Mw Th Aumi'l.iinl I’rrm.) NEW YORK, Mar. 26.—A lighted cigar, believed to have been carelessly tossed by an intoxicated man, started a fire which swept today through the seven-story Princeton apartment in West 57th street, occupied by the atrical folk, and caqsed the death of four persons and the serious injury of a number of others. The dead are: Anna Fries, an exhibition roller skater, kiMod in a jump from the sixth story. Gaston Mizoule. 26 years old. Mrs. Margaret Lee and her daughter. Emily, a stenographer, burned to death in their apartment on the seventh floor. Miss Margaret Lee, an actress, daughter of Mrs. Lee, is severely burned and may not live, it was said at the hospital to which she was taken.. Dr. John M. Callahan jumped from a rear window on the third floor and fractured both arms. His wife, suffer ing from pneumonia, was rescued by firemen. A number of fireman and policemen were burned in attempting rescues, and a dozen or more tenants were treated for slight burns and in juries. UNION PASSION WEEK : SERVICES IN CHURCHES Union Passion Week services will be held each night this week begin ( ning tomorrow. The service tomor row night will be held at the Col lege Avenue Baptist Church, on Wed nesday at Triuitv Methodist Episco-, pal Church (SouthL on Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, and on Friday in Calvary Methodist Episco pal Church. The pastors of the sev ■ eral churches. Rev. Drs. J. S. Sow ers. S. E. Persons. A. E. Owens and H. W. Burgan will have charge of the nightly programs. The meetings are held under the auspices of the Annapolis Minister ial Union, of which Dr. Person* is the president. The public is cordial ly invited to attend these services during Passion Week. The hour is 8 o'clock. BAY SKIPPETWURIRED: j ROBBERY THOUGHT MOTIVE (By The A*orlaite<l PrenO CAMBRIDGE. MD„ Mar. 26.—Cap tain Ishmael Willey, well-known in these parts, was found dead in the ' cabin of his boat this morning. The entire right side of his face was mu j tilated and a shotgun was found on j the deck of the loat. A colored mem ber of the boat is being held and the p lice are working on several cluc-s. It ■* thought that robbery was the motive for *he deed. He had i.bout or a:* in rsen The nioiiev was ESTABLISHED IN 1884. ANNAPOLIS. MD., MONDAY, MARCH 2i[, l<*23 Nearly Four Miles A Minute Aviation Record (Br The \>MMiiilrd Prrm.l DAYTON, 0., Mar. 26 Lieut. R. L. Maughan today set a new speed mark of 233.87 miles an hour at Wil bur Wright field. HELD FOR ATTACK upon GIRL Henry Peters Alleged To Have Attempted To Assault Har riet Meekins, 12 Charged with attempting to crim inally assault Harriet Meekins. 12- year-old daughter of Mrs. Agnes Mee-' kius, of Hanover, in the northern part of the county, near Howard j county, Henry Peters, 33 years old.) of Severn, Fourth district, is confined in the Anne Ariindel county jail here to await the action of the grand jury j at the coming April term of Court. ! The young girl claims to have been attacked ty Peters on Saturday, l March 17, while she was visiting the home of Peters at Severn. She told Magistrate Harry Andrest of Glen Burnie that Peters’ wife was present when the attack was com mitted, but made no effort to Ji*p her. Kepi Silent Several Bays For over a week the girl kept lilent ' regarding the attack, but finally told ' her mother about it. Mrs. Meekins complained to Magistrate Andrest last week and a warrant was issued for Peters’ arrest. He was appre- , bended by Patrolman Wade, of the | Glen Burnie Police Station. Peters had little to say in his de-1 fense. According to residents of the neigh- j liorhood, he has lived in Anne Arun- j del county only a short time. 60DV OF I lEiil. COM. GRAHAM BURIED TODAY WITH MILITARY HONORS With full military honors due ac cording to naval regulations, the body of Lieutenant-Commander Samuel F. Graham. United States Navy (retire!), who died early Friday morning atjhe Naval Hospital here, following a brief Illness of pneumonia, was laid away this morning in the Naval Cemetery. Services were held from the Naval Academy Chapel, at 10:30 o’clock, the Chaplain, Captain Sydney K. Evans, officiating, and were largely attended hy officers attached to the local sta tion and relatives and friends from elsewhere. The funeral cortege was made up of a company of marines and a company of bluejackets, and was under the command of Lieuten ant-Commander William C.’“Wickham. The following, all shipmates of Lieut.-Com. Graham, acted as pall bearers: Captain John Halligan, head of the naval experiment station here; Com modore T. D. Griffin, (retired)f of An napolis; Commodore E. B. Under wood, (retired), of Annapolis; Com modore Valentine Nelson, (retired), Annapolis; Commander E. D. Almy. (retired), of Washington; Rear-Ad miral Franklin J. Drake, (retired), of Washington. At the cemetery volleys were fired over the grave, and a musician sound ed “taps.” SNUffS, FAMED AS , LOBSMFE CLOSES (By Th? Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Mar. 26—Shanlev’s, a noted Broadway restaurant, one of the first "lobster palaces,” has closed its doors. “A big restaurant on Broadway can't make money now." John J Moran, the manager, said as the lights went out last night. t Thomas J. Shanley, as president of the Shanley Company, today filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities were given as $186,686. and assets $25,278. Decision to close the restaurant permanently came close on the ac tion bcought by United States Attor ney Heyward to close it for a year under the “padlock" section of the Volstead act. Allegation was made in this action that the restaurant per sisted in serving some of the old-time “cheer.” I STRANGE MOTOR CAD CO. NAMES TRUSTEES; BUSINESS SUSPENDED With Nicholas H. Green and Rißge-' ly P. Melvin, as trustees under a deed of trust, Robert F. Strange, trading as the Strange Motor Car Company, conducting a general garage business and agency for a number of well known makes of automobiles, has sus pended operations. The trustees have taken over the property, and just as soon as the legal formalities will per mit. will nrpceed to dispose of it and j liquidate the business. The real estate is owned by former j Mayor James F. Strange and is not in | eluded in the company’s assets, al though it is said to be likely that this property will also be disposed of at the same time as the other, as Mr. Strange is understood to be desirous 1 of retiring altogether from any con -1 nection with the automobile business, as landlord or otherwise. The former Mayor is head of the old established firm of R. E. Strange and Sons, and is anxious to concen trate on that business, which is an ex tensive one. ! POLICE FIND GARMENTS STOLEN FROM APARTMENT OF SLAINKEENAN GIRL (By tA Aa<w>late>* Frna.) NEW YORK, Mar. 26.—An expen , sive dress and a hat listed among the i articles stolen from the apartment of ; Dorothy Keenan, slain model, were found by detectives today at the home! of Mrs. Anna Keenan, the dead girl’s mother. Detectives, who discovered the gar- j ments during an interview with Mrs. Keenan, said the “Broadway Butter | fly’s" mother at first seemed surpris ed. but quickly explained that she had gathered together some of Miss Kee j nan’s possessions after her daughter i had been found slain and that the last costume the model wore before she met death was among them. Inspector Coughlin, in charge of the investigation, was keenly interested in the find 1 ecause of -Information given by “Billie” Bradford, Miss Kee- I nan’s maid, that with the gray cos tume just discovered, the model al ; ways carried a gray beaded bag con taining a letter from John Kersley Mitchell, wealthy atul socially prom inent Philadelphian. The police have been working for 1 several days on the theory that Miss[ Keenan was slain by a would-be; t lackmailor, who knew of her friend- j | ship for Mr. Mitchell and knew that j she had received a letter from him.' succksfuTchurch CAMPAIGN CLOSED The Loyalty Month Campaign clos ed at Calvary Methodist Episcopal I Church yesterday after having been 1 most successful. Large congregations have characterized practically ail the March services. Last Wednesday night more than two hundred persons witnessed the stirring missionary mo tion picture. “Ram Das.” A special Palm Sunday sermon was preached yesterday by the pastor. Dr. H. W. Burgan, with special Palm Sunday music by the choir. The night serv -1 ice closed the Loyalty month move- ! ment. There will be no mid-week service on Wednesday night at Calvary, as j this church is co-operating with the other churches in the union Passion j week services. The union service will be held in Calvary on Good Fri day night. iiCLUB WOMENH J CHOOSE DELEGATES ;! j Two important matters will come • up for discussion at the meeting of the Women's Club to be row in the Club Rooms over tne State ? Capital Bank. The first will be the f choosing of delegates to the annual meeting of the State Federation of W’omen’s Clubs to be held in Balti j more on April 24. 25 and 26. Follow ing this plans will be made for the t Better Homes Week, which the _ Women's Club has again been asked _ to take charge of. This year the r week will be held in June instead of e October as it was before. e Mrs. R. Gardiner Chaney will be _ tho hostess,of the afternoon and- will e be assisted by Mrs. Arthure Lang field. t 9 EDGAR FELL MEMBER OF NEW LAW FIRM FORMED St. John’s Graduate, Is World War "Vet” And Took Degree At Johns Hopkins WITH SHIPPING BOARD Formal announcements have beer received here of the formation of t* law partnership of which Edgar T Fell, son of Dr. Thomas Fell, presi dent of St. John's College, and for merly Admiralty Attorney of th United States Shipping Board. i j member. The other members of th< firm are William C. Coleman. Edgai F. A. Morgan and Frederick W. Brune The partnership will be known at Coleman, Fell, Morgan and Brune and Its offices will be at 729 Calvert Building. Baltimore. SI. John’s ftrad. And War “YeP • Edgar Fell is a graduate of St John’s College and a World Wat veteran. United States be came embroiled in the World War ii 1917, Mr. Fell was pursuing lav studies leading to a degree of Doetot of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins Uni versity. He immediately applied foi an officers’ commission In the army was accepted, and sent to For Leavenworth. Kan., for instruction and where, for a time, he was majoi of a battalion. The Fifty-sixth Regi ment, to which he belonged, soon was transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga . and afterwards to the army ramp a* Dallas. Texas, where it became a unit of the Seventh Division. He was given a commission as a regular cap tain ahd assigned to the stafT. and known as “G-2.” or head of intel ligence. In the spring of 1918 the di vision was sent overseas, arriving in France in July, and wts in aet'vc operations at tho front Turing Sep tember and October. to the States he served three months as aide at the War Department, after which he resigned to complete hit studies at Hopkins. Front 1920 to thr present time he has been an attorney of the United States Shipping Board TAKING SEED OYSTERS FROM SEVERN RIVER The Conservation Department an nounces to tongers and planters tliat the restricted area in Severn River ; will be re-opened for the purpose of j taking up or removing oysters for ! planting purposes only between April 26 and May 15. This area has heretofore been clos ed by General Order No. 89 of thr State Board of Health dated OctoVer V>. 1916. and covered the area be tween Grcenbury Point and the mouth of Lake Ogleton as the lower line, to the upper or railroad bridge which crosses the §evern River. Oysters will be removed under the direction of an officer of the Depart ment acting under certain regulations from this office. For the further information of ! planters, it is stated that oysters may : be obtained from the Upper Potomac River seed area until May 1. and from Chester River, under existing laws as to culling, until April 25. • AUTO JEWEIJROBBm GET HSJIJUATEST HAUL (Hr Th VtvMM-tatid V rnu.) NEW YORK, Mar. 26.—Automobile j jewel robbers who have left a trail of ; smashed store windows for the last week, today broke the window of a j Jewelry store at Broadway and 150th street and escaped with jems valued |at $25j000. Leo Gumbiner, son of the ! proprietor, accompanied by a patrol man. chased the bandits in a com | mandeered auto, but they escaped in ' the traffic in Riverside Drive. Sinclair To Pilot Navy Swimmers Guy Winkjer, one of the Naval Academy's best athletes, has resign ed from that institution and will en ter Lafayette for one oi* two years of preparation for construction work. ’ Winkjer. whose homo Pis in Wash ing j ton. D. C.. waß captain of the swirn ming team, guard o-i the eleven i.d >' a weight man on the field track team. * He would have graduated Pom the [ academy in June. Angus Sinclair, > also from Washington, has been elect t ed to succeed Winkjer as captain of | the swimming team. He is the holder s of the intercollegiate swimming rec- I ord at the 220 yards and will be a - member of the graduating class next year. ! THE WEATHER: • Cloudy and colder to night. Tuesday fair. 1 COMPBIHIMITI LOCAL AND OBXBKAL RIWI, PRICE TWO CENTS. BIRTH OF STIITE OBSERVEDTOOBT; mm old Yesterday Was Actual Anniver sary, But Proclamation By Governor Fixed Celebration- Legalized By An Act Of Gen eral Assembly. PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Today, the people of Maryland are observing quietly, but nevertheless appropriately, the two hundred ami eighty-ninth anniversary of the found ing of the Colony of Maryland Tha day is a legal holiday. Yesterday was •the actual anniversary date, but fall ing on Sunday, the observance is tak ing place today in accordance with the proclamation of Governor Ritchie. Is Legalised Holiday Until a few years ago, hert the holiday was legalized by an act of Ug* General assembly, patriotic exercises In the public schoola generally mark ed the celebration of the State’s birth day. the history of the State being particularly stressed to the children In addresses, but now that it is a legalized holiday, the observance is xetended to public offices and banking •nstitutions. all of which nr.iain closed through out the day. In tho public schools throughout ho county today attention was directed to the occasion. As a further mark of the holiday the Maryland flag was flung fo the breeze from the spire of the State Capitol and also the Executive Mansion, and flags also were hung out from a number of private resi dences. Coming Of The Pilgrim* Along the beach of St. Clemens Is land, also known as Blackstone's Is land. 289 years ago yesterday there wended Its way a solemn, short pro cession of ’courageous men and wo men. who had come across the Atlan tic to find and to bring liberty and toleration to America. They were the founders of Maryland, the first to set tle In this State. At the head of the procession walk id Leonard Calvert, first Governor of Maryland. Behind him were six men carrying a huge wooden cross hewn from the trunk of an aged oak. Then followed the 200 whose courage typi fied the truth of their convictions. In a little glade hidden in the wild tracks of surrounding forest the pro cession came to a stop. The cross vas erected. The pilgrims gathered round. Today Maryland celebrates the ar rival of the fathers of the State. Fit ting observation of the day will be made by civic and patriotic organiza tions in Baltimore and counties. Banks. State and city offices and vari ous other public places are closed. Schools and colleges took part In the celebration by presenting programs depicting Maryland history. JAP NAVAL OFFICER ' VISITS ACADEMY, ALMA i MATER OF HIS FATHER To visit the Naval Academy, from which institution his father graduated 28 years ago, Baron M. Takasaki, sub lieutenant of the Imperial Japanese Navy, son of Motohike Takasaki, la in Annapolis today. He is accompanied by Lieut. Yamagualu, also of the Jap anese Navy. The party came over from Wash ington under escort of Lieut. Richard Knight, son of Rear-Admiral Austin M. Knight, of the American Navy. Af ter calling upon Rear-Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Superintendent of the Academy, Takasaki and bis com panion was escorted on a tour of tn- spection of academic departments. What he saw was a complete trans- I -formation of things compared to the ■ student days of bis parent. Not one . of the buildings, in the classrooms of ( which his father received the ground work of his naval education through . special courtesy of Uncle Sam, now . remain on the government reserva [ tion. * Madame Bernhardt Is Desperately HI (Sr The AwrlM fi.) PARIS. (2:15 P. M.) Mar. 26.- • There was no change in Madame r Bernhardt’s condition early this after r noon. She was being kept constantly - under the influence of hypodermic in i jections and one of her physicians t said he did not expect her to survive the day. j