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LXXVII No. 185
P'S PROBE
If VIOLATIONS
• 1 lIARING FROII
■if A Dozen Or More Offend-
■ c r, Of Gambling And Liquor
■ Laws Already Under Arrest
■ Ap.<l More Will Follow—Three
■ C;ve Hail Awaiting Action.
■QUEST WILL FINISH
■:ts labors tomorrow
H'*d more alleged violators of the
■r .1:4: ami liquor laws were caught
■ :i<‘ Anne Arundel County Grand
■",'h dragnet, and other arrests will
v it hecaine known today. Tilts
Kf: three arrests so far, following
ments hy the inquest.
These Three Arrested
■'imse taken by Sheriff Levely to
■r are: James Leones, a Greek,
■jpr c tor of a West street pool-room
■ ihlishment. charged with permit
■; gambling on the premises; and
■turn! Jacobs, resident of the city,
■ rged with Illegal selling of liquor
■ k Chaimnes, another Greek, who
Baducts a pool room and shoe shin
■t parlor on Main street, was hailed
■:c court yesterday. He was in
Hrtrd on three specific instances o,
H.i;Mlng charges, and gave hail In
He stun of SUOO for each alleged of
Hrsc The security was furnishe.’
B Max Snyder. There are also thre •
■iietments against Leonos.
I Komi Its Exrite Interest
■Kivu interest is taken in what evl
Bkc tint grand jury may have gath-*
■ iigaifist the alleged existence c!
■ ! out leg" ring 'ln The ‘city.
■ A jury in court today ncqultte 1
■tiirv Tet-'r, a young Vhite man,'
Buried, of the county’, who had been
Biich'd by the grand jury <Sn n charge
I attempting to criminally assault
Bvenr-old Margaret Mcekli's, Who
lue in the same neighborhood of the
Brters.
I hniinl Jury Report Tomorrow
I The several committees of the
■'. ’id jury are today winding up their
■ fi'octions of public institutions.
Booty offices, etc., and unless some
*hr unforeseen develops, a report
■ ! 10 made to .lodge Moss toinor
-1 ami the jurors will be discharged
I • the to in, sui joct to recall if need-
An announcement to this effect
rondo today hy Alton It. Arnold,
reman of the Inquest.
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GOOD MEALS
At a reasonable price
at the
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1 FIRST PERFORMANCE
TOMORROW NIGHT OT
NAVY RELIEF PLAY
The dross rehearsal of "Mrs. Tem
ple’s Telegram.” the play to be given
tomorrow and Saturday in the Naval
Academy Auditorium will take place
tonight and every one concerned iu
the production is agog with excite
ment. Actors, stago hands, director,
electricians—all are a-flutter. The
furn sitings arrived by motor truck
from Haltimore this artemoon which
is a bit of swank, never before in
dulged in by local talent. The elec
tric sign is in place over the clock
face on the tower and all is in read
iness for the opening *lomorrow.
The cast are all stars, their male
prototypes on the real stage may be
found in the persons of John Drew.
George Munroe, Bruce Mcßae, Eddie
Fry and the John Barrymore of early
days. For the female counterparts
of the fair actresses in professional
life one must look among such names
as Julia .Marlowe, Fay Bainter. and
Marie Tempest. The fact that an
amateur Frances White, has been
called in to fill the role originally
assigned to the Elsie Ferguson of An
napolis and is gutting away with it
proves what a versatile crowd of ac
tors the Navy Relief has at its com
mand.
The first performance will le given
tomorrow night at 8:15 and there will
be a matinee performance on Sat
urday at 2:30 and an evening one at
si. loisTolw
FIVE GAMES ON TRIP
Tomorrow the baseball team will
begin a “swing around the circle.”
that will cover a period extending
to May 6, aiul during which live games
will be played. The team will not
bp seen in action again on the home
diamond until May 16. •
The game tomorrow will be with
the nine of Washington College at
From the Eastern
Shore town, the Cadets will journey
to Newark, Del., to- meet' University
of Delaware on Saturday. On May
3. Franklin and Marshall College will
bo played 'at Lancaster, Pa., and on
May 4, they will meet Gettysburg
College at Gettysburg. The follow
ing clay Western Maryland will be
played at Westminster. With these
live contests out of the way, the
Cadets will then rest a week, until
the game with Johns Hopkins at
Homewood on May 12. A return game
with tlie Black and Blue tossers will
be played at Annapolis May 16.
SHIFTING WIKOS¥IT
CIITOCTiyiTN. BLAZE
FREDERICK, MR., Apr. 26.—Halt
ed in its northward march by shift
ing winds, the forest fire, which has
been raging on Catoctin Mountain
since Tuesday, was today sweeping
southward over an era estimated at
tetweon 3.000 and 4,000 acres. Hav
ing swept northward for a distance
of 7 miles, to within about three miles
lof the mountain village of Catoctin
1 Furnace, the fireswas turned back
wards by the changing winds and to
day was approaching the little coun
ty towns of Mountaimlale and Bethel.
About 500 men are fighting the tire
which is beyond all control, but they
hold out hope that the diminishing
wind may today enable them to con
quer the blaze. The extensive water
shed property of Frederick has not
teen seriously affected, city olflcials
said today. A sawmill and 50,000
feet of lumber on the property of
Joseph E. Schropp. at Catoctin Fur
nace, were burned yesterday.
Belated Easter Flowers
The grounds about the Executive
Mansion, official home of the Gover
nor. are in their Easter Dress.” Three
weeks belated—but still Easter came
2 weeks earlier this year. Residents
are admiring the pretty flower beds,
all abloom with hyacinths and tulips
of many colors.
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DANCE
CARVEL HALL
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SPLENDORATTESOS (
WEDDING OF DUKE
Albert, Of York, And Lady Eliz
abeth Wed In Westminster
Abbey Today
<lty Tlir \m>< Pre.)
LONDON, ENGLAND, Apr. 26.—Al
bert, Duke of York, was united in
marriage with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-
Lyons in solemn old Westminster
Abbey at 2 today with a pomp and
panoply reminiscent of the spacious
days of the mid-Victorian era and
atr.id the tumultuous demonstrations
of the vast throng that gathered in
tho threatening weather to catch a
glimpse of the wedding party.
This was the second time in a lit
tle more than a year that the King
and C tieeti of England gave one of
the‘r children to someone outside the
ranks of royalty.
Whilo the marriage of the sov
ereign’s second son lias not stirred
the imagination of the British Em
pire as did Princess Mary’s wedding,
the romance which turned a simple
Scottish maiden into the wife of a
Prince and suddenly transferred her
from a position of relative ol scurity
to a place of the fourth lady of the
land, captured the hearts of the Brit
ish people.
Religious And Social Event
Today’s ceremony was both a great
religions and social event and was
marked by an elaborate display of
fashions and jewels.
Eight hundred of England’s great
est luminaries in state, court, diplo
macy and society, as well as an Im
pressive asseml ly of foreign princes
dukes, duchesses and others cf rank
and title, were liters attired in finery
and jewel embollislinuuitj that repre
sented the proverbial king’s ransom.
In ail nine Americans witnessed the
ceremony.
In addition t.o Aralassador and Mrs
Harvey the favored guests were seven
of the American newspaper men it
London who cast lots for the privi
lege of writing eye-witness stories
of the gorgeous spectacle.
Announcement was made at tho
district attorney’s office today that ad
ditional charges were being drawn up
against Baird and 8011.
In addition to the embezzlement
charges already lodged against them
information was being made accus
ing Baird of perjury and making false
reports to the state banking depart
ment and charging 801 l with forgery,
it was declared.
ST. iohnYrelars
COULD NOISIOP BALTO.
CITY COLLEGE TOSSERS
Baltimore City College took the
measure of St. John’s College lie
serves on the diamond here yesterday
in a loosely played game. 9 to 5. The
reserve cadets put up a miserable
game in the field, especially in tht
fourth inning, when City College got
five runners home on one single and
their opponent’ miscues.
Wood twirled a good game for City
College, except in the first inning
when he was touched for a triple and
a single. St. John’s even went to the
extreme of running in some of the
regular squad players in the hope of
saving the day. but their efforts were
unavailing. Score:
R. LI. E.
City College. ... 11l 500 100—9 7 5
St. John’s 100 000 012—5 l 11 9
Batteries Wood and Artigjani;
Jarvis and Perrv.
RITCHf WOULD FIGHT
GAMBLERS ON SUGAR
Governor Ritchie has promised co
operation in any movement to meet
the extraordinary situation regarding
the price of sugar. This commodity
has now jumped to 11 cents per pound
on the wholesale market. “A buy
er’s strike” is promised, and speak
ing of the matter the Governor said
he would co-cperate to force specu
lators to disgorge Cuban sugar they
.are holding oft" the market. He ssid:
“I will be glad to co-operate in any
j movement which will be effective in
preventing the hoarding of sugar, be
cause I believe excessive purchases
now simply will tend to raise prices
further and thus play into the hands
jof the speculators. Of course, any as
sistance in my power to punish profi
teers will be given.”
The boycott was proposed by lead
ers of the Federation of Women’s
Clubs, in convention at the Southern
Hotel, acting as individuals.
ESTABLISHED IN 1884.
ANNAPOLIS, MIL. THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 11*23.
Twenty-Five Dollars
Added To Fund For
City Playground
Twenty—five more dollars were
subscribed today towards the
• fund for building a playground
for the youth of the city. The
grand total today now is $1,873.75.
Today’s subscriptions of $25 came
from three sources, as follows:
Independent Order of Me
chanics $ 15 00
Arthur Trader 5.00
“Cash” 500
Total $ 25.00
Previously acknowl
edged 1,848.75
Total $1,873.75
ACADEMY BOARD ENDS
ANNUAL INSPECTIONS
Tho Board of Visitors to the Naval
Academy which has been engaged in i
.conducting inspections of the school
since Monday, is this afternoon wind-1
ing up its work, and a committee will
be named to prepare a report em
bracing ’recommendations pertaining
to its needs for the next academic
term. Fourteen of the 17 members
of the Board spent most of the time
here and with tho assistance of offi
cers attached to the station, the var
ious academic departments were giv
en a critical eye. Dr. J. R. Angel!,
president of Yale University, wa3
president or the’ board.
Rear-Admlfal Henry B. Wilson, su
perintendent, and c-thqr ranking offi
cers of the academy, were called be
fore the bodrd at different times, and
told of general affairs.
BANKING OFFULS
CHECKUP SHORTAGE.
(By Ttie As.nriulcl Prew.)
Y'ORK, PA., Apr. 26.—State Lank- ;
ing officials today continued their in- |
vestigation at the city bank of Y’ork
in an effort to check up the shortage,
estimated at approximately $1,000,000,
due to the defalcations of Thomas
Baird, cashier, and William 8011, his
assistant.
In confessions given ont last night I
the two admitted to appropriating!
funds aggregating $96*1,000. Baird i
said that his manipulations of the!
bank’s funds had been going on for
twenty-five years. 110 said that spec
ulations in the sugar market and in
stock had been responsible for h:
downfall.
8011, who admitted having taken
about $160,000, declared that he had
not speculated, but that the “high
cost of living” had forced him to take
the banks’ money.
Few assets remain in the posses
sion of either of the men as far as
the authorities could ascertain.
RESERVEDSEATSFOR j
MUSICAL COMEDY READY
Reserved seats for ‘‘The Man Who
Owns Broadway,” George M. Cohan’s
delightful musical comedy, which is to,
be produced here on May 3, 4 and 5 i
are now being assigned on the chart |
which is at Wiegard'g Confectior.ery. j
State Circle. A?, the n!av is mtucrj
the direction of J. L. Converv. who has,
already won local fame as the (liree-j
tor of ‘‘Daddy Long Legs” and “Little
Johnny Jones,” there is likely to be a
: rush for tickets, and those who desire
i reserved seats for either the night
■ performances or the Saturday evening
, matinee, are advised to go to Wie
gard’s and select the seats they de
sire before it is too late.
jury flTstillin
! OPERATION IN PRISON
i
(By The Aiwcblfd rre>.)
PHILADELPHIA. PA., Apr. 26.
The county grand jury in a report
• to the court today on its inspection
!! of prison and city hospitals stated
. j that on a visit to an eastern peui-
5 1 tentiary it saw prisoners under the
= I influence of drugs and liquor, found
5 1 a still in actual operation where liq
- nor vas being made and that’ the
- j jury obtained heroin from one of the
j prisoners.
- j The report stated that two babies
s j born in the penitentiary have been
i i sharing the cells of their mothers for
I nearly two years.
!HOPKIIS TOSSERS
DEFEATED BY W
Middies Pounce On Opposing
Hurler And Sew Up Game In
First Two Innings
Outlatted and outplayed, tho base
ball team of Johns Hopkins Univer
sity went down to defeat before the
midshipmen yesterday afternoon by a
score of 16 to 7.
The Middies sewed up the game in
the first two innings. Pouncing on
Schact for a total of 11 safe drives,
one of which was a homer to deep
center, with one one, the naval lads
collected 10 runs. Schact left the
hill in favor of McCubbin after the
j third inning, who twirled a fair game,
| except in the sixth when the sailors
again bunched hits, and McCubbin
j torced one of the three runs by 4ssu
! ing a free pass with the bases
j loaded.
Rally In Ninth
The Black and Blue tossers got
their first look in for a score in the
I fourth frame, when Rich singled, ad
j vanced to second when Peterson
j passed Schact and scored on Mer
i rick’s single. There was nothing
further doing for Hopkins until the
(Continued On I*hkp 4.)
Defer Murder Trial
Until Next Monday
Because of unforeseen delays in
getting all witnesses here in time, the
trial of Edward Brooks, colored,
charged with the murder of Walter
Smith, a white man, on the county
road near Camp Meade, April 2 last,
scheduled to come up in the Circuit
Court here today, has been deferred
until Monday of next week.
Mrs. Jefferson Laid To
Rest In Cedar Bluff
1
I The funeral of Mrs. Amanda M, Jef-
Iferson was held yesterday from her
late residence, 7 Murray avenue, at 8
. o’clock. Dr. Burgan, pastor of Calvary
j M. E. Church, conducting the funeral
j services. The pallbearers were:
Paul Medford, F. B. Frantz, Andrew
Kramer, J. Popham, W. W. Russell
and George Woolley.
Mrs. Jefferson was Go years of age
and is. survived by a large family
| Her body was interred in Cedar Bluff
I cemetery, B. L. Hopping donducting
! the funeral.
i NEW BELLINSTALLED
IN CLOCK TOWER AT
THE NAVAL ACADEMY
Residents of Annapolis were at
tracted today by the ringing of a bell
of unusual tone at the Naval Academy.
I By some the unusual clang was per
: haps not given more than passing
notice. Others, however, heeded and
• made inquiry, which developed the
| fact that a new bell has just been in
stalled in the clock tower of the
| academic group of buildings at the
Academy.
And there is a good bit of interest
attached to the new instrument that
now tolls off the hours and half-hours
jof the naval time piece. It was stated
i by authorities of the Academy that
j the bell was cast from metals from
i the “ship’s bells” of the now obsolete
j battleships Michigan. Alabama, In
t diana and Massachusetts, which were
. sent to the foundry, melted and the
| new bell cast. The four battleships
named will be recalled a c . having been
used for the summer practice cruises
of the midshipmen for a number of
years, until the change was made
whereby the middies now’ receive
their summer instruction on the mod
's em warships of the navy.
The new bell has a louder, as well
as much richer tone, than its prede
cessor. which was made many years
ago in Germany.
I TO MAKE NO CONTRACTS
WITH UNION PRINTERS
(Br Th AtMN'l.tm Prf.)
-j NEW YORK, Apr. 26 Members of
: : the American Newspaper Publishers'
i j Association voted today not to nego
l j tiate contracts with union printers
-jor mailers in compliance with a new
* | amendment to the constitution of the
11 International Typographical Union
- which provides that such contracts le
; made jointly and expire concurrently.
? The Publishers’ refusal was ex
pressed in a resolution which brand
-5 ed the joint negotiation concurrent
i expiring term of tho I. P. U. amend
r incut as "sympathetic strike provis
ion.”
CLUB WOMEN HEAR
1 GOVERNOR SPEAK ON
: STATE MERIT SYSTEM
The Merit System in Maryland was
the subject presented by Governor
Ritchie in a clear and forceful ad
dress to the several hundred wome t
who attended the second day's ses
sion of the 24th annual meeting o'
the Federated Women’s Club of Mary
’•and, and who gave tho Governor an
enthusiastic reception. The Gover
nor’s speech was preceded by one by
Charles P. Messick. of New Jerse;
who spoke on the “Merit System in
its Relation to Good Government.”
One of the interesting speakers of
the day was Doctor Ella Lon, o 4
Goucher College, who made the r
port of the committee on American
Citizenship.
Delegates from here who attende ’
yesterday’s session were Mrs. Melvit.
Stewart, president of the club, whi
represented the Southern counties no 4
yet organized; Mrs. George Abram
Moss. Mrs. Robert Moss and Mrs. J
L. Smith.
The meeting wound up today with
a luncheon at the Baltimore Couu
try Club which was attended by tin
following delegates from the local
club: Mrs. Melvin Stewart, Mr?
Stephen Douglass, Mrs. daffy an.’.
Mrs. Robert Winterode.
von mm
DEATH CONFIRMED
The death of Prof. C. F. von
Schwerdtner, one time a member o.'
the faculty of St. John's College, win
“joined the colors” and fought fc’
Germany in the world conflict, ha
been officially confirmed, according t<
members of hie family now residin'
here. Soon after the outbreak of th
war, Prof, von Schwerdtner, it will b<
recalled, went to Germany and be
came a major in the commissary de
partment. He was gassed while in
the field. His family here was ad
vised of that, but for a long time aftc
the signing of the armistice the
beard nothing of him. Finally, unof
ficial information was received tha
he died from complications th’at de
veioped. His demise has been form
•ally confirmed.
Major von Schwerdtner is survive
by a widow, and one son, Prof. K. vo
Schwerdtner, a member of the St
John’s faculty. His widow makes he
home with her son at St. John’s.
Local “Vets” To March
In Memorial Parade
Annapolis Post No. 304, Veterans o.
Foreign Wars, will participate in th<
parade to be hold in connection will
the laying of the cornerstone of th
War Memorial Building. Sunday, Apr'
29, with the other posts of the V. F
W. of the Department of Maryland.
The post will form on Park avenui
south of Dolphin street, at 2 p. m. I
is expected that the entire member
ship will turn out on this occasion
Senior Vice Commander P. J. Dun
leavy will be in command. The com
mander of the post, George G. Nei
, mann, has been appointed by Gover
nor Ritchie to serve on the State com
mittee. A number of high army and
navy officials will be present, and it
has been partially promised that
President Harding will be a visitor on
, that occasion. The entire day will be
, turned over to the exservice men.
; Mrs. Smith Dies At
Emergency Hospital
The death of Mary Eleanor Smith,
' wife of Stanley D. Smith, occurred
yesterday at the Emergency Hospital,
1 and w*as a great shock to her manv
friends, as the young woman was but
! 26 years of age.
The funeral will be held tomorrow,
Friday afternoon, at 4 o’clock from
Eastport M. E. Church and interment
> will be in the cemetery at Edwards
j Chapel, this county.
f William Moore Buried
In Naval Cemetery
3
The body of William Moore, who
i died April 21. 1922, in Hartford. Conn.
1 was brought to Annapolis and given a
e military funeral yesterday afternoon
* at 2 o’clock in the naval cemetery
* here. The Rev. Edward D. Johnson
- officiated at the funeral services.
t Mr. Moore was a retired first-class
* oiler in the U. S. Navy and was 77
- years old. B. L. Hopping was in
, charge of funeral arrangements.
COMPRBHINRIVB LOCAL AND GBRIBAL NIVA.
! EDUCATION IN
! U. S. PRESENTS
GREATMLENI
Dr. Angell, President Of Yale,
Tells Of Its Tremendous Ex
pansion In Recent Years, In
Address To University Club
Last Night.
PROGRAM CALLS FOR
NEW TAXATION WAYS
Speaking before the University
Club of Annapolis in McDowell
Mali last night on “Some Prob
lems of American Education,”
Dr. James Rowland Angell,
President of Yale University,
made the prediction that, in spite
-f the tremendous expansion of
\merican education in the last
10 years, the temper of the Am
erican people is such that new
ways of taxation will he fought
to finance the program of -educa
tion.
President Guy R. Clements of
t ie University Club introduced
President Angell as a psycholo
gist and educator reared in New
England and broadened by con
tact with the great state institu
tions of Minnesota, Michigan and
C hicago, and now president of
one of our country’s foremost
universities.
Problems Of KdnratJou
Dr. Angell described his present
dotjr with the Board of Visitors of tho
Naval Academy as being at the end of
a radius traveling with finite velocity
in an infinity of directions, and dnrtng
his talk spoke many times of the prob
lems of the Naval Academy.
“The problems of American educa
tion today are two-fold. On the one
hand how shall we find the financial
means to provide the education which
our present generation demands, and
on the other,' what kind of an educa
tion should we attempt to have. Tho
public abhool situation the whole
country over has resolved itself Into
a problem of how shall we pay our
public school bills. Maryland has had
a big shake-up in education in the last
ten years and is improving its educa
tional system, and we hope Annapolis,
as a city, is feeling the results of this
improvement. Big cities from the
Cast to the West are practically bank
rupt in carrying out the program of
public school education. The possi
bilities of the budget system have long
since been exhausted in many cities.
High School Development
In the extraordinary development of
our high schools there has been no
parallel in any other country through
out all history. The high schools have
expanded out of all proportion. Par
ents are ambitious for their children,
in 1 the program of secondary educa
tion has been enriched and enlarged
in ways which the broadening of our
educational ideals have seemed to
make necessary. This expansion has
meant new trained teachers, experts
and specialists in their own line.
Will Pay For Education
“With this tremendous expansion
the bills have multiplied out of alt
proportion to our system of taxation.
But we need have no fear; the one
thing in this country which will be
paid for is education. That is the
public spirit and temper of this coun
-1 try.
“What is true of the high schools
is also true of collegiate institutions.
When we see a dozen State institu
tions with student bodies the year
[ around from 7,000 to 12,000 students;
when we see one class at California
with 5,000 students; when we see my
I own institution, Yale, -with 500 more
I students this year than last, we won
der if there is a limit.
t College* Are Flooded
“All the colleges are flooded with
’i students; classes have been limited.
t and the most unreasonable thing is
that oven our women insist on being
* educated. The present generation has
been hypnotized with the idea that
: education is the one essential cri-
I terion of civilization. The question
arises, should we say that some peo
ple are not fit for education; that they
should be far better employed else
>j where. If the conditions of entrance
. and advancement are wise, this Is a
I I matter that will be self-corrective,
> and the unfit will be eliminated. Bet
r ter educate hundreds of unfit than
i i have one genius blocked for lack of
an education.
| Is National Problem
, I “It has thus become a fundamental
(Continued mm rf* LI - -t- -
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