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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
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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