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The Democratic Advocate.
pEK ANNUM.
i|HOUSE NEWS
|Hf REAL ESTATE, ORPHANS
" mm LICENSES, ETC.
■ s OK RE VI. ESTATE
and wife to Kred
and acres,
. -.vii- to wu
''■Hr ■ 11,1 s,tuarj |
1 to Joseph F. Ctz
0 ■'!, tor *lO.
' IHttan! m Harry X. 5 mg
“ 35 acres, for *lO.
_ paole and wife to An
-1
i {[■' i; wife to Ki.-h
--|■ s:evens.m and wife to
t feet.
I!■ P 0,,;,. and wife to Kd- ■
1 s
■doe licenses.
;a : arid Hilda I’aul-
J^Hgiontown.
and Elsie B
Altman-1 and Thelma M
Jacks, n and (Mara
■p HIW <Ol KT
. Isth. -Letters
mi the .-state of
■rdeceased. were
llavid Happen. who re
noth' creditors,
on tin- es- i
r Km. niiiit. deceased,
unto Maiv A. Hickett
■ A Haines, who receiv
appi and order to
■ V. administratrix
deceased, settled
final account.
■,\ Criswell, executor of
■Hnswell. deceased, return
9(s of Mt-rsanul property
IHu.. and set tied his first j
[Hi Harms, executrix of 1
final account.
Shiph".. administrator of ;,
deceased, settled J;
p final account. (i
Lins If r, administrator, d. 1,
|, of Janies I!. Stonesifer, !
led petition and received jj
[Dei .-inher i !*; h. - Letters ,
itration on the estate
Diiler, deceased, were j
n Roland K. Diiler. who I
Irani to appraise and or- I ;
r creditors.
Wantz, administratrix of
Van:.:, deceased, received
arrant to appraise.
Picketi and Thomas A. j
ministraters of John C. j
pceased, returned invon- ;
son. 11 property, debts due
and i eceived order t’ourt I
onal properly.
December 25th, being a
in will he in session on
’HVS TOSSEKS (JET
VER TROPHIES
of the Taneytown base
tie presented with silver !
honor of their being the j
>f Carroll county, at aj
n Taneytown. The team I
of 39 games and was one
amateur teams that has
luted the town,
i along the line of organ
dy basketball league elic
s from a number of those
vas pointed out that Union |
w- Windsor. Taneytown, j
Hampstead and Man-!
.1 get together teams that
d a winter of interesting
V 11.111 ORGANIZED.
i to the number of about {
rom Baltimore last night I
led the Westminster Reta
il 20 members. The officers
dub are W. Frank Thora
nt; John M. Rcifsnider. Jr..
:nt; Capt. C. A. Monaghan,
did Marry AI. Kimmey. sor
ting was held at the West-1
tel. The visitors were head- j
in lienisler. president, and :
Reintoul. secretary, of the I
flub.
iiiuv HEAVY vvekjjit
Yiugling. of Cranberry j
three hogs on December 12.
Shod 457. 259 and 649. The |
was about two and a half:
mid was of the white Chcs
[• The hams, when trimmed
Ik pounds.
[h O. Jones slaughtered two
Riis week that weighed 238
V TO ms FATHER’S
BEDSIDE
gnmas K. McGuigan. pastor
Ft's Catholic Church, was
’he bedside of his father.
I McOuigan. at Westernport.
PV. who is critically ill. and
r bis home and will not re
’ improvement is shown.
Hidll SCHOOL NOTES.
Basket bail game in the Armory
this Friday evening between West
; minster High Schol and BiglersvilU
i High School of Adams County. Pa.
I This game will no doubt prove anoth
ier interesting game, in which West
minster must play its best to win.
Last Friday evening, Westminster
High won a game that brought mutch
; joy to the .team and the supporters
lof the team. They defeated Hanover
: High for the first time in basket bail
and what was best of all the victory
i was decisive and this was done on
Hanover’s floor. During the first half
j each side scored 12 points, and tin
j game was anyone’s game. At the op
ening of the second half Westminster
I scored three field goals in rapid suc-
I cession. Again near the end of the
game Westminster literally run away
from Hanover finishing the game w-itii
the score 36 to 23. For Westminster
! every nlayer on the team put up an
excellent game. Hahn lead off in the
j scoring but it was through the splen
i did playing and passing of Weigle and
Ditman that Hahn was able to shoot
| 8 field goals in the second half. Car
bin and Flater played a splendid de
tensive game spoiling numerous
chances of Hanover to score.
W. H. S. Hanover H.
Ditman F Smith
Weigle P Shultz
Hahn C Shaffer
Corbin fi *.. flramer
Pinter G Rudisill
Substitutions—Hanover, Hlinten tor
Smith.
* Field goals: Hahn S, Ditman 4.
Weigle 4. Shultz 3, Shaffer 2, Gramcr
1.
Foul goals; Hahn 3 nut 7; Ditman 1
iout 2; Rudisill 11 out 21. Referee Gar
rett.
i Before the regular game the Sopho
mores of each school played a pre
| liminary game. In this game the long
| end of the score went to Hanover 2(H
to 12.
Next Friday evening, December 28.{
the annual game between the High
School team and the alumni will he;
played. Last year the Alumni put up)
a strong game and got away with a !
victory. This year the alumni will be i
just as strong as they were last year!
but the rate at which the High School i
are going will assure a fast game.
Last week an account of the soccer I
game played at Frederick between |
Westminster ’and Gaithersburg, ap- j
peared in the local papers. Westmin-,
ster lost to Gaithersburg in the sec
ond extra period of play. Since then
Gaithersburg has defeated Barton ;
High, champions of Allegany county,
thereby winnig the Western Shore |
championship. Gaithersburg will now;
play Federalsburg, winners of the j
Eastern Shore for the State champion
ship. Had Westminster received jus-;
tice from the referee the score would j
surely have been in our favor, and |
Westminster High would have the
i honor of being in the final contest'
!for the State Championship.
WEEK OF PRAYER
Beginning on Monday evening. Jan-1
j uary Ist, the Churches of Westmin- 1
ster will conduct joint Week of Pray- ;
er services. The Themes and places
will be.as follows: Monday evening.
!St. Paul’s Reformed Church. Theme.:
“Thanksgiving and Confession." at
7.30.
Uiesday evening. Church of God. i
Theme. "The Church Universal.”
Wednesday evening, Grace Luther
an Church. Theme, “Home Missions” j
! Thursday evening. Centenary M. K. j
Church. Theme. “Foreign Missions."
Friday evening, Methodist Protes
tant* Church. Theme. “Families, Col
leges and the Young.”
| Saturday evening, St. Paul’s Re- 1
| formed Church. Theme, "Nations and
Their Rulers.’.’
Df. 11. L. Klderdice and the pastors
of the five Churches will preach—the
order of their appearing being pur
posely witheld. Good music by our,
efficient organists and singers will
be provided. Let us. attend in good
! fashion and rqpke it a real Week of
{ Prayer.
SPEICHER—ENGL A R
On Saturday, December 16. at the
home of Elder and Mrs. W. P. Kng
lar, Uniontown. a very pretty wedding
1 was solemized when their only daugh- ,
ter. Hilda Pauline, became the bride;
of Mr. J. Walter Speicher, son of Hon.
and Mrs. H. J. Speicher, of Accident,
Aid. At 2 p. m. to the strains of Men
dellsolm’s wedding march, rendered
by Aliss Audrey Repp, the bridal party
entered the parlor, and were met In-
Elder A. P. Snader, who preformed
the ceremony in a very impressive
j manner. The attendants were Mias
| Ethel Hesson. of New Windsor, cous
! in of the bride, and Mr. R. L. Maust.
‘of Elk Liek. Pa.
After refreshments were served the
newly-weds left on a wedding trip.
They-will make their homo at Acci
dent, Md.. in the hear future.
| CHRISTMAS AT SMALLWOOD
I A special Christmas service will be
! held'Ky-tile cohgregation and Sunday
School of. Trip.it*- Lutheran Church.
Smallwood, next Sunday afternoon, at
!2 o’clock; The title of the service is
(“The Star* of God’s Love", and there
, will be a Christmas tree, carols and
recitations, short address by the pas
toiv aild a treat for every member of
the’-Sunday School. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all who can be
present. If the weather should be
, inclement on Sunday, the service will
'be held on Tuesday, December 26th,
at 10 o’clock.
Talking about unsecured paper,
i there ! the ele.-'icn pledge.—W ill
Street Journal.
WESTMINSTER, MD.
WESLEY CHURCH
DEDICATED
-l
~ REV. MORGAN PREACHED THE DEDICATORY
‘I SERVICES— THE EDIFICE COST
j | $35,000
i
f i The Wesley Church was dedicated
| December 10. The crowd was not so
. large in the morning, due to the
■ | weather. Rev. J. M. Gillum, 1). D., Wild
-1 the honor of preaching the first ser- i
■ mon. His text was la sen from the
•!twelfth chapter of Hebrews and the!
i I fourteenth verse, "Follow peace with ,
■ all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see the Lord.” In the at- j
■ ternoon and evening the church was
. crowded to its fullest capacity. At
I 2.30 Rev. W. H. Morgan, D. U., preach-j
ed the dedicatory sermon, alter which
; the trustees stood around the alter
j and the following ministers dedicat-,
led the handsome granite structure of
‘Gothic Architecture to the services oi
God. The ministers that took part were
i! Ur. Gillum. Dr. Ely. Prof, of Dickenson
: College; Rev. Emory Dudrear, Rev.
Fields, Rev. Dawson and Rev. Joseph
• C. Sinclair. It was a very impressive
service. Rev. Fred Heise 1). D., preach
ep in the evening. There were ser-.
vices held each evening during the
1 week. There were no services held the
following Sunday due to the weather. |
Quite a large sum of money was rais- ,
:ed during the day and evening. The;
full amount would have been raised
had the weather been favorable. The
cost of the building in actual cash i
was about $25,000. The actual value;
|of the church including donated labor
and material has been placed at least;
j $35,000. All the visiting ministers said
lif is the greatest achievement they!
|have ever heard of. This church has;
: been pronounced the finest open
| country church in the Methodist Epis
copal denomination. The building
must lie seen to be appreciated. The
following relics were on exhibition in,
the Sunday school room that came out j
jof Old Brown's Meeting House. Two
pews, the Communion table, the pul-:
I pit Bible, and six Bibles that were
j used in the Sunday school. The old
deed was executed in 1797. The land 1
; was purchased from Noah Brown 1
for three pounds of English money.
The Brown’s Church was built in j
1800. The logs were given by John All- j
gire. The founders of Old Brown's,
Church were Mr. Chenqweth, Noah
'Brown. John Allgire. and George:
Ebaugh.
Air. George Stull donated the land
'for Wesley Church that was built in
! 1878 and the following wore the build
ing committee. Zaehariah Ebaugh.
Melchour F. Allgire. John Payne. Geo.;
Stull, Silas Martin, George W. Keller.
The New • Wesley was started in j
1981 and will not bo finished until 1
,1923. The architect was I. M. Myers,
jof Hanover. Pa., and the following
was the building committee: Rev. Jo
seph C. Sinclair, pastor and chair
man; T. W. Uuclunan. secretary; I
Harvey J. Lippy. treasurer; I. New
ton Davidson, Jacob Houck, J. Grant
Deli and Emory J. Hoffman. The build
ing of God’s house of prayer was a {
struggle, but the wav the people re-;
1 sponded was marvelous. It was all
done with but very little friction and
now everything is harmony. There I
will be a rededication to raise the
balance of the money about the first ;
of May, 1923.
WALLACE REID FACING DEATH
FROM ALCOHOL
Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 16.—Wallace
Reid, one of the brightest of the film
stars, the idol of millions of movie j
, fans, for years the slave of whisky
and morphine, lies near to death to
night in an obscure little sanitarium
I —fighting to “come back.”
According to his wife. Mrs. Dorothy
Davenport Reid, Wallv voluntarily
<1 uit the use of narcotics and drink I
‘two months ago—and the shock to |
his nervous system was such that it
was absolutely necessary to have him
( confined.
; Two strong male nurses and two;
; physicians are with him constantly'
on guard. His wife is with him.
His mother-in-law, Mrs. Alice Dav- i
enport. is “running the house” now,
and declared this afternoon, with,
much weeping, that she would never
allow another bottle of whisky to
come into the house and that she
would trv to keep Wally from his
friends.
,j "It was his friends that ruined
I him.” she said. “When we sell this.
, house. I’ll see we get one with a
higher iron fence around it —a fence
his friends cannot penetrate.”
SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH
J. F. D. Bowersox, Ph. D.. pastor.
. St. Benjamin’s—Preaching at 10 a.
■ m. Sunday school at 9a. m. Luther;
League at 7 p. m, A Xmas drama will
be rendered on Tuesday evening at 7 j
,J p. m., December 26,
. St. John’s—Preaching at 2 n. m. j
I Sunday school at Ip.m. Luther i
.{League at 7 p. m. A Xmas exercise
r will- be rendered on Xmas evening.;
. December 25. at 7 p. ra., entitled “At
. The Manger.” Everybody welcome.
M In acknowledging receipt of a jar of,
• brandied peaches, sent him by a :
friend, a man ended his letter in this'
;way: “Wliije I am not especially fond;
. ;of peaches, 1 appreciate the spirit in.
II which they were sent." —Greensboro 1
Daily News,
FOUNDED 1838
L, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1922
JURY DISMISSED; FAILED TO
AGREE.'
IlThe case of the State of Maryland,
use of Frank J. Rezek against Ira J.
Basler, removed from this County en
gaged the attention of Judge Duncan
and a jury in the Circuit Court for
f Baltimore County, at Towson, Thurs
day and Friday of last week. After
I , being out six hours the jury was dis
j mised at 9 o’clock Friday night willi
; out agreeing, standing eleven tor the
: defendant and one in favor of the
plaintiff.
This case arose out of Mr. Basler i
, 1 acc-identially running over the infant;
, | child of Rezek at the circle on tue
j Reisterstown Road opposite Carlin'?
| Park. He had been in town with his
j brother-in-law and sister and return
; ing in the evening. Rezek and liis
{child stepped out from the curl) and
1 was run over .The child dying from
, the injuries it received. Mr. Basler i
’.vas indicte 1 in Baltimore City for
| manslaughter and was later tried and
: acquitted.
{ The ca,.-.e recently tried in Ba’ii-;
more county v.-as tor S3OOO damages {
iclaimed for the child’s death.
The plaintiff was represented by
the firm of Briscoe and Martin, of
Baltimore City, and Edward Burke, of |
! Towson, and Guy W. Steele and Er- {
nest C. Hatch, of Towson, represent-,
; lug Basler.
BANQUET FOR GRIDDERS
Western Maryland warriors of the j
gridiron for season of 1922 were ban-|
,(|ueted .Monday evening and letters!
were awarded to the members of the!
; squad, insignia was given to 16 reg- j
ulars. and following the banquet, the J
{captain for the 1923 eleven was an
nounced. He will he Ralph Groton,
who has played at right end for the {
Green and Gold for two years,
i “Groton is a sophomore at college !
and will be eligible for the team for !
two more years. Ous Hater, captain i
{this year, is the only man who will |
! he lost from the squad by graduation.
; He was a guard.
With Ijiis exception, practically ev- ’
cry member of the team is expected |
to return next year.
Those who received letters were j
Captain Hafer. Duncan, Douglas, Wil
liams, Heed Robey, Flanagan, Captain'
'elect Groton. Grimm, Kinsev, Long.;
{Stanley, Messier, Davis, McLea, Clay- j
iton and Manager J. M. Robev. The
i gridmen were tendered the banquet {
by Prof. Samuel B. Schofield. Dean K.;
K. Haddaway. H. G. Curd. Captain
I Monagan. commandant of the R. O. T.
C.; J. Af. Robey, manager of the 1922
team, and Coach Ken Shroyer. Dr. {
Wills, head of the English depart
ment of the college was toastmaster.
HARMONY AID’S RUMMAGE SALE;
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Har
mony Grove Church held a very en
tertaining rummage sale and social
at the P. O. S. of A. Hall, Saturday.
I December 16. The Hall was very nice
! ly decorated with American flags, fan
cy bunting, Japanese lanterns and
evergreens. The sale was a financial |
success in every way. Mr. Geo. Grimes ;
{our Jewish comedian, assisted by Mr.!
| Robert Gorsuch. Walter South. Jonzie j
{Wagner and Roby Gibson, entertained
;the audience in a very pleasant way.
Airs. Allie Gorsuch, rendered sqme :
; very popular music on the piano be
tween the acts. Miss Hollis Creswell.
assisted by Misses Beatrice Bair. Eve
{lyn Bair. Helen Bair. Marv Barber,
Lillian Grimes, Aileen Willison. Hel
en Smith and Katherine Smith, had
{very prominent parts at the sale.
■Mrs. Wm. K. Grimes, Elsie Myerly,
{Grace Smith, who had charge of the
peanut games, w/ich was especially
.very interesting to Luther Mverly as
he had a very prominent part in the
same, and .which was very interesting
to the audience. The hall was crowd
ed to its full capacity and quite a few
1 could not get in. Everbody had a very
pleasant evening. We hope that we
will have the pleasure of the ladies
giving another entertainment in the
near future, which we are sure will
he as great a success as this.
BANDITS BURN THEATRE OVER
BODY OF VICTIM
Mexicali, Lower California, Dec. 16. |
j—Fire which destroyed the Mexico;
Theatre and swept half a block of
{adjoining structures in the business
district here yesterday, causing prop
erty loss estimated at SIOO,OOO, was
kindled iliy bandits after they had
murdered Juan Gonzales, watchman
at the theatre, according to evidence
in the hands of authorities today.
The charred body of Gonzales was
{found in the ruins of the orchestra!
pit. 1
Three persons were slightly burned {
in escaping from the second floor of
the Germania Hotel, adjacent to the
theatre.
KANSAS TO BAR KLANSMEN j
Kansas will not drive the Ku Klux;
,Klan from the State by force, hut will!
! expel it by refusing to permit it to j
Ido business within the State’s boun- 1
dariea, Gov. Henry J. Allen declared !
in an address prepared for delivery!
| today before the Governor's confer-1
1 ence.
A writ being sought in the Kansas {
"Supreme Court, he said, would make!
disappear “the blazing cross and the
pasture parties, where the men mask
{themselves and put on a fantastic
; ceremony in the open field and terro
rize an entire neighborhood."
{ Air. Smith (not the one you know)
will use $10,000,000 to help poor |
■! singers. That’s about a dollar apiece.'
‘—Hagerstown Mall.
STRIKE LEADER <
'•GUILTY OF ASSAULT”
i
. COURT PUTS FINE OF $lO ON MAH WHO
WAS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
;i
: "Guilty of assault and battery; not
j guilty of manslaughter,” was the ver
■ {diet returned by the Washington coun
ity jury, at Hagerstown, Saturday
. I morning in the case of Thos. E. Car
■ i roll, local strike leader, charged with
; ! manslaughter relative to the death of
. : E. Garfield Rout, former employe of
i{the Western Maryland Railroad, and
a native of Uniontown. Judge Frank
IG. Wagaman imposed a fine of $lO as
■! the penalty.
In imposing the fine Judge Waga
; man said that it was impossible for
him to avoid coming in contact with
.{sentiment in this community connect
.l ing Carroll with certain acts of law
lessness on the part of strikers, but
that, as lar as he knew. Carroll was
mx responsible for any of them. Ho
•{said that he had several opportunities
1 to come in indirect .contact with the
1 accused, and, in his judgment, the re
! ports concerning Carroll were ground
less.
In this particular case; however, he
i said that the jury had returned a ver
j diet of guilty on the minor charge,
iantl that he must impose a penalty.
'Whether or not. he said, the jury had
I returned a verdict on technicalities
ior otherwise, it was not for him to
decide, but that a fine of $lO was suffi
cient. Judge Wagaman added that
I Carroll had already suffered enough
: for the offense.
; The jury went behind closed doors
lat 7.10 last night. They were out
{ exactly 13 hours and 50 minutes.
Carroll paid the fine and went to the
pavement in front of the courthouse,
where'he was surrounded by a group
jof friends offering their congratula
tions. The fine includes the costs in
! the case, which amount to approxi
mately $l5O.
AGAINST GAMING DEVICES.
[ The Ministerial Union of Carroll
(County held its monthly meeting for
December, on Monday last, at the
{Westminster Theological Seminary,
! with Rev. J. L. Nichols, president,
presiding. Rev. C. G. Leatherman, of
{.Manchester, conducted the devotional
i exercises. By invitation. State's Attor
ney Theodore F. Brown was present ,
and addressed the union on "The Du- i
lies of the State’s Attorney and the
|l>af{f of (he Citizen.” Following Mr. :
; Brown’s address, there was a gener
al discussion of the subject of law
enforcement, it was the consensus of;
opinion of those present that warn-,
ing should again be given to a cer
tain class of offenders, who have 1
grown careless or regardless oi the |
law, and that, if any refuse to heed
the warning, they should he prosecu-
Ited. This sentiment was crystalized in
j the adaption of the following pream
ble and resolution: —
{ “Whereas, it is a notorious fact;
that there is au increasing disregard
for and. among many, open violation
of the laws known as anti-gaining I
laws; and
“Whereas the prevalent use of I
punch-boards, slot-machines and oth
er gaming devices for gain tends to j
the demoralization of the youth of our
county; and
“Whereas we believe that it is the
duty of all good and law-abiding citi
zens to cooperate with and lend their
assistance to the officers charged with
the enforcement of law;
“Therefore: —
“Be it Resolved by the Ministerial
Union of Carroll County; that these
notorious violations of the law he, by
this preamble and resolution brought
to the attention of the State's Attor
ney and Sheriff, of Carroll County and I
that these officials be requested to give {
public warning, in the newspapers of;
{the county, to all persons, private;
individuals and organization or
1 whatever character, whether they he I
icivic or religious, of the illegality of.
the use of punch-hoards, slot-machine I
and other gaming devices; and warn
ing such persons, private individuals {
land organizations, that, unless tlife <
use of such gaming devices bo dis-1
[ continued, the laws will be strictly ;
enforced and the violators thereof.;
: punished.
TANNERY PORKERS.
Each year the question is asked j
j around Tannery, “What did your
porkers weigh?”
| This year Mr. Edward Long and Col.
Joshua Murdock matched skill in
raising the best porkers in the vicin
• ity of the village of Tannery. Each
raised three porkers. Mr. Long came
out victorious. The weights were 340.
1.862 and 382, and were 11 months old.
A holiday was declared at Tannery,
{while the killing was in progress, so >
jail could witness' the butchering. Mr,
{ Marshall was chief carver.
I Col. Murdock announced that he
j had employed Mr. Thomas Fisher, a
{well known knife artist on porkers, j
to do his butchering, causing the
j neighbors to believe that the
I Col. had “the porkers.” The audi-{
ence was not disappointed. Col's, pen
was large but the hogs did not use
the dimensions of it. All were scalded
in a molasses barrel at one time ami
the clothes line was used for the
scaffold.
| Hats off to Japan if she would rath
;er keep a (promise than a province.
—Boston Herald.
OAITHERSBIRO HIGH DOWNS
WESTMINSTER
| Fighting in mud and snow the West
minster and Gaithersburg high school
teams battled for supremacy in sco
cer at ..Cadet Field Monday afternoon,
December 11, the latter team finally
) triumphing by a 4 to 3 score and
Westminster immediately giving no
tice of protest.
Both teams tried unsuccessfully to
score during the first half the contest,
t but of no avail. The period ended with
- the score standing 0-0. Both teams
- unloosed an offensive in the final per
r iod that was simply amazing.
Gaithersburg scored first. A few
> minutes after play had been resumed
1 Butts for the Montgomery countians
f booted one beteween the uprights for
I the first goal of the game.
1 This roused the fighting spirit of
! the Westminster players who carried
the ball up the field and kicked two
■ goals jn the next few minutes of play.
' Hahn kicked the first goal and Weigle
i the second. Shortly after this R. Wal
• ker got a penalty kick which tied the
■ score again.
I With only 10 minutes more to play
! O. Walker for Gaithersburg booted one
' between the uprights for the goal that
*iput the Montgomery countians ahead,
-(the score being 3 to 2 with Westmin
■ j ster on the short end.
II Then Westminster staged a rally
I which enabled them to carry the ball
■: up the field and Hahn kicked the third
■ goal for the Carroll countians tying
. | the score.
| It fell to Wyndham’s part to kick
1 ; the goal that won the game for Gaith
; ersburg and gave that team the supre
i macy. Westminster became dangerous
■ 'and carried the ball to the shadow of
their opponents' goal but the ball was
i booted outside and the game ended !
with the Montgomry county champs. ;
Westminster protested Monday af-'
ternoon's game on the ground of al- !
leged unfair decisions on the part of ;
the referee relating to offside plays j
and to Gaithersburg penalty kick.
The line up and score of Monday’s
game follows:
Westminster Gaithersburg 1
Rinehart G Callahan |
Walsh LB Garrett j
C.’Corbin RB Waters
Wantz LHB Butts
Weigle RHB Warfield
Ditman C Hargett
Plater ORP R. Walker
E. Lippy 1RP....... G. Walker 1
lahn CF Griffith (
G. Lippy OLF Wyndham I
j R. Corbin ILF Hickerson I
! Summary: Field goals—4l. Walker,;
l Wyndham, Butts, Hahn, 2. Weigle. i
j Penalty goal—R. Walker. Referee— |
(Kircheiner. Time of periods—2s min- I
; ules. Attendance—3oo.
i TERKEY QrARHEi fc ( STS THREE
MEN THEIR LIVES
Harrisonburg, Va., Dec. 18.—Three !
men are dead—two of them murder- ■
led, according to a coroner’s jury ver- |
j diet returned today, as a result of a !
quar rel over a flock of turkeys.
The jury found that Ward Messick. 1
■ 29, a farmer living near here, com- j
mitted suicide yesterday, after he had 1
| shot and killed his father-in-law. Lee 1
Bodkins, who a few minutes before j
had killed Messick's brother, Harry,
jaged 27.
i Ward Messick’s wife testified she j
and her husband had an argument L
over the turkeys, during which he;
threatened her life. Frightened she’,
.ran to her father’s home nearby. Her |
husband, she said, followed, accom- ,
! panied by his brother, who was at
tempting to pacify him.
As the two drew near, Mrs. Mes
sick said .her father fired with a shot
gun, killing Harry Messick by mis
take. Ward Messick. the jury was J
told immediately fired through the ,
door, killing Bodkins, and then went!,
to the barn, where he later was!'
found hanging. j,
Bodkins came here several years ; :
ago from I 'Pendleton county. West Vir-| (
iginia. 1
NO BAIL FOR MOTORISTS WHO .
KILL PEDESTRIANS
I
New York, Dec. IS. —With a threat )
| that hereafter he will hold all motor- ;
| ists without bailiwhen they are charg- i
jed with killing pedestrians. Magis- (
I irate House, sitting in Homicide
| Court, today, broke all records for
high bail in such cases when he held -
I two taxi drivers in $15,000 each for
Grand Jury action.
The men were James J. Stevens, of
Brooklyn, charged with having cans- !
jcd the death of Jeanette Hughes, and 1
John T. Francis, accused of running i
'down and killing Policeman Edward .
J. Tallon. A third man. charged with ’
having been intoxicated when he kill- i
ed a pedestrian, was held in SIO,OOO 1
bail. . ;!
ENDS LIFE WITH CHARGE OF
DYNAMITE IN FIELD
Pennsburg, Pa., Dec. IS.—After 1
I walking to a vacant field near his j.
\ home this morning, William Reiter. 1
;67 years old, retired well driller of |
1 Red Hill, seated himself on a charge;
lof dynamite and exploded the cap.
His body, badly shattered and-burned, jj
■ was found 20 feet from the spot of the I
• explosion by boys who were return- |
; ing from a trapping trip. He died!
! shortly after being found. Despon- '
|dency over the fact that he had been i
1 notified to vacate his home today is !
believed responsible for the suicide. \
One reason public opinion of the I
Volstead Act is hard to gauge is that j
a "wet” wants liquor so much more
1 vehemently than a “dry" does riot.—
Minneapolis Tribune.
V
VOL. 59.—N0. 27
$24.32;iS LAID ON EACH
PERSON FOfi WAR COSTS
i ALL OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES
IMPOSE BORDER OF ONLY $4.58 TAKES
$134.50 FROM EACH, FAMILY Of
FIVE—SI2I.6O OF THIS WILL $0
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, PAST AND
; TO COME.
Washington, Deo. B.—lt would lie
i possible tor any man to take
I money that he, on the average. Will
, | pay the Federal Government in the
next year for war costs, under the
new budget, and do this:
Go to Union or Mount Royal-Station
1 Set on a good train, take a seat in the
parlor ear, ride to New York, eat n
modest luncheon, get a fair seat In a
. good matinee, go back to the statloh
: get another good train, take a seat
, in the chair car, eat a satisfying din
ner. and go home reasonably. pleased
with himself.
That does not take into account the
possibility that the next Congress
will give the soldiers a bonus. It that
is done, he would be able to get a lit
tle better luncheon and dinner, and
perhaps a little better seat at the
matinee.
It that same man look the money
that he. on the average, will pay to
the Government next year tor all Oth
er conceivable purposes, he would he
able to do this:
Go to Union or Mount Royal Station
get an a day coach, ride to Wash(hg
ton, eat a fairly good luncheon in a
second-rate place, go hack to the sta
tion, .get on another day coach, ride
I back to Baltimore, and go home, won
dering what there is in life.- - , >
; R that same man did not want to
ride to Washington or chose to spend
the money in other ways, on the
amount that he will pay to the Govern
ment for, the expenses of Congress,
he would be able to ride down town
on the street cars and buy a penny
paper; or if he wished to make use of
the money thal he pays for the whole
of the Federal judiciary, he would be
able to ride down town and buya Svjn
paper at 2 cents. He would not be
able to buy anything at all with what
he pays tor the executive
there ,is no coin small enough.
If he wanted to make use of what
he pays for Congress, the judiciary,
jthe executive agencies, plus all tUt
he pays for financial administratlS.
1 Government supply service, public
| buildings service, civil pensions ana
j allowance administration, and institu
tional and general expenses, he would
have only 90 cents to spend.
If he wanted to make use-of what
he will give the Government on the
average in the next fiscal year, fdr
purposes of science and research, the
best that he could do would be to
have a Greek black his shoes.
If he wanted to make use of what
i he will give the Government for the
i promotion of public education, and
( tried to have the Greek black his
shoes, the Greek would tell him to go
[off and find another penny.
If he objected to what he will give
the Government for the promotion of
; public health, and preferred to use the
I money to trouble his stomach, 'he
j would be able to get an Ice cream
I soda in one of the less expensive
1 places.
And so on. He could do those things,
land various other similar things with
jthe money that the Government will
I lake from him the next fiscal year for
isi 11 purposes other than liquidation fo,r
war costs. He could do those dud
i other things, instead of taklrig that
i ride'to and from Washington in a day
coach, with luncheon in a second-rate
i place. : • ;
All of which is hv way of telling
again the now familiar story that if
it were not for war the good peo
ple of this land would go out looking
for the Federal tax collector oncp -a
year, give him a |5 bill and perhaps
tell him not to bother about the
change.
MERCURY AT ZERO? ROBBED OF
CLOTHES
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. IS. .
Stripped to his underwear and socks
by hold-up men who robbed him of
all his outer clothing and $144 in caah
Joseph Kone, of Vancouver, B. CJ.,
was forced to wander about the
streets in a residence section here
early last night in zero weather .lyr
some time before he could obtgin aid.
Kone applied at several homes fdr
assistance, but the occupants, fright
ened at his appearance, refused, lie
finally convinced one roan of Ails
j plight and the police were notified
! FOUND KNEELING IN DEATH BE.
SIDE CRYING INFANT
Newark, N. J., Dec. 18.—The body tf
a woman, her temple pierced by>a
i bullet kneeling beside a bed upon
! which lay a crying infant, was discoy
| ered today in a house at No. 137 Saa
-1 sex avenue. The wdman ,is believed
to have been dead two days.
| The cries of the infant attracted" the
attention of George Rowberlbam.
j who also lives in the house. He cabl
ed the police and on" forcing an en
-1 trance the body was discovered. >lt
'is believed by police to be that of, a
Mrs. Venevia. In the room was found
a gas bill to Giovanni Creo. The au
thorities are searching for the man.