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-I the capital , like a letter from home. g e , that it follows you where ever you go. 30cts. a month b> mall- *, "t-; Maryland gazette— established 1727 m _ _ . -.. * "VOL LXVII-No. 135. I sIWDtN PRESENTED I jy MIND JURV 1 ffegro Is Charged With Murder Of ■ Mrs Lottie Brandon. | KOWAIF.WSKI also held 1 polt Has Confessed Io Killing‘‘Abe” I Edelstein, Claiming Self n Defense. ■ i their deliberations n , i hi mi Monday, when 9 organized, the grand 9 ; r: vrundel County yester -9 turned presentments 9 ‘ ~}• | ix murder eases that m ! '„ _],!t <i : r investigation. 9 • .eminent returned was 9 ,| j(>hn Snowden, the flj ..,i. of Annapolis, who is 9 ,j murder of Mrs. Lottie 9 j , iiug wife of Valentine 9 government clerk, in 9 ~.j,, ; • eond street on August 9 i,, other accused murderer 9 ~ , i, .-n presented is Frank 9 i’ole, otherwise known I iru.k s:iiiiii. for the killing of 9 j ~., i ,i | r i r ll *in, a wealthy Balti -9 ..mil ■. i dtle dealer, on Sep -29 nmlK'r v last. 9 ~,,0.01.11 i presented, it is under -9 .... ,j i, of the chain of circum -9 ...i :o. woven about him fl . me City detectives and j, i.ils who spent three 9 in in 1 , -liguting the mystery. 9 a murder was committed 9 .i,, K. .11 u: k j farm at Clarke’s 9 .-.!•]■ oi in •!,■• I'ourth District. Ko -9 il>-e<iuently traced to 9 \ iii.i• in.uied Cly. near York, 9 i. p m was c aptured working 9 ....ph a read rang. The Pole con -91 ,-i’ i.i killing the cattle dealer, 9 , : .,n:iing iii.it iie sley hint in self m defense. I WEBUYSECOND-HAND CLOTHES S Ur ~:.i i ■ let the people know we are H iiimi.g s.-i-on.l timid Clotlitug—La- Mid. s id c’lilldroii'a. Also second- H ,: l slims .- 111 • I furulture of all kinds— ■ matting and rugs. Drop a post ■, .iri or ' ill at tlie house. I’hone 47-m. fililn-SH V. Main St. 9 fur tin- right number. sfitf 1 9 PA! LINE BLOOM, ■ <. Haiti St. in 1 f>3u) Telephone 47m Coming TOMORROW f MADGE KENNEDY IN “BABY MINE” The Comedy of From the International Stage Better than Polly 1000 Laughs Success by Margaret Mayo of the Circus ADMISSION, 20 Cents TONIGHT-DUSTIN FARNUM, in “Durand of The Bad Lands;” also a Cartoon and Scenic BUY A LIBERTY BOND. r tonnot I>e won if the industries upon which the Govern l\>r war materials are cramped or bankrupt, and if our :’ • is extravagantly consumed. A large part of the vast ! bring the victory and the peace we all long for must a real self-denial on the part of each individual man woman SAVE FOR LIBERTY BONDS rinnent program must be carried out. The more readilj ne, the less delay will result in our war preparations AVER LIVES WILL BE LOST. THE MORE FREELY WE THE GOVERNMENT, THE LESS WE WILL HAVE TO Every man, woman and child in Anne Arundel county, > i do so. should buy a bond for cash or by installment The Government must get the full cash payment with ; . me for all the bonds it sells, but arrangements have with THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK, THE ANNA > A TINGS INSTITUTION, and THE ANNAPOLIS BANKING ST COMPANY, by which you may buy through any one of A' the size bond you want, the bank making the full cash r you, and allowing you to pay it back on easy terms,- i.CO A Week For 50 Weeks Buying A $ 50.00 Bond - 00 A Week For 50 Weeks Buying A $ 100.00 Bond 0 A Week For 50 W T eeks Buying a $ 500.00 Bond 0 A Week For 50 Weeks Buying A SIOOO.OO Bond ' buy nil the bonds for which you can carry payments. You * ponses or fees of any kind. All your money goes ■n ■ - that will be your exclusive property. Your bank does r of buying the bond and incurs all the expense right up no of your last payment, and when your last payment is will be handed your bond, bearing 4 per cent interest iximato date of the last payment For any information iro. call on your bank or any members of the Commit- HARRY J. HOPKINS, FRANK H. STOCKETT, GEORGE T. MELVIN, Liberty Loan Committee for Anne Arundel Co. (fcotttms diYpitftl A NAVAL WEDDING IN NEW YORK CITY Miss Elizabeth Redmond Becomes Wife Of Lieutenant Weber, U. S. N. A marriage of local interest took place Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in New York City. The bride was Miss Elizabeth Red mond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Redmond, of this city, and the gioom is Lieutenant George Karl Weber, United States Navy. The ceremony was performed at the Church of The Transfiguration, better known as “The Little Church Around the Corner,” in New York City, by the Rector, the Rev. Roland Dodd. The bride was given in mar riage by her father, who accompanied her to New York, and she was attend ed by her cousin. Miss Agnes Thomas. The wedding was a surprise to her many friends who knew it was to be, but not so soon. It is surrounded by rather unusual romantic conditions. The groom being able to get a few days’ leave from his ship, wired his sweetheart Tuesday night to come at once to New York for the ceremony. She was attending a church supper at the Presbyterian Church when the telegram was received, and left im nediately for her home on Madison treet, notifying her parents of the message. Preparations were immediately made for th*- journey, Miss Redmond leaving with her father for New York on the midnight train out of Balti more, arriving in New York on Wed ibsday morning. The ceremony was erformed Wednesday afternoon. The bride is a handsome brunnette, he eldest of the four Redmond sis ers. The groom is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class 1916. MRS. FREDERIC SCHOFF, National President Council of Mothers Will Speak In HOUSE OF DELEGATES FRIDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 19, AT 8 O’CLOCK Under Inspires of Mothers* Circle. iovernor Harrington Will Preside. All are invited. 018-2 t. HOOVE! PREDICTS DROPJN PRICES Declares “Corner Has Been Turned’ on Food Prices. WARNING TO RETAIL MEN Cost of Flour and Sugar in Many Parts of Country Unwarranted, He Asserts. The United States Food Adminis tration has begun a determined fight to obtain lower prices Tor foodstuffs to the consumer. Herbert C. Coover in an interview stated that, while the intermediate branches of trade in food staples, which would be placed under license on November 1, had co-operated pa triotically, producers, in the large majority of cases, had failed to re spond. However, Mr. Hoover said that, subject to co-operation from the farmers and the retailers, “the cor ner has now been turned in high prices,” and that most of the essen tial commodities should, one after another, continue to show reductions between now and the end of the year. Unwarranted prices, he said, were now charged in practically every sec tion of the country by retailers in flour and sugar, although the retail ers were obtaining these commodities at prices lower than those in effect e. month ago. Beef, he said, was being sold at the packers’ door at 14% cents a pound, as compared with 16 in July. The average retail price for round steak in 796 cities, he announced, however, had jumped from 27 cents to 31 cents a Flour in these cities was retailing at an average of $13.77 a barrel, or from $1.50 to $2 more than was warranted by the prices charged, under existing regulations, by the millers. Producers who are not within the leach of the Food Administration un der the food control law, Mr. Hoover said, were holding back the huge bean crop, hoping to get from 13% to 15 cents a pound, although the aver i Ke-price, with a crop smaller by 7,- 000,000 bushels, was only 8 cents last year. Potatoes, he declared, also were being hoaffled by producers in some districts. The time had come, Mr. Hoover as serted, for a break in the inflated prices charged by many retailers The situation will be watched care fully, and it is entirely probable that Congress will be asked for further drastic legislation for the control of prices charged by the retailer, and possibly the producer, unless there is a decided change in the present sit uation. The attitude of the Food Ad ministration in this connection, it was intimated, would be very largely de pendent upon what the retailers did in the meantime. At present it is within the power of the Food Administration to place un-' der control only the retailers doing a gross business of SIOO,OOO or more annually In the’twenty food staples named by President Wilson. There are about 1,200 of these cortt-erns in the country, and in all there are more than 350,000 * retailers. Mr. Hoover hopes that the regulation of gjreat re tail stores in the larger cities' which come within the provisions of the case will have a decided effect upon prices charged by other smaller deal ers in these centres. Liberty Loan Total Near Two Million. The Liberty Loan Bureau of the Treasury Department is confident from the unofficial advices received chat subscriptions are drawing near the $1,750,000,000 mark. The official figures show the total of $827,074,650 sitbscribed down to the close of business yesterday, according to the reports front the twelve Fed eral Reserve Banks. This was an increase of $127,000,- 000 over the total that was reported the day before. The unofficial advices indicates, ac cording to Treasury officials, that the total mark is now between $1,500,- 000,000 and $1,750,000,000. TONIGHT’S MEETING AT HOUSE OF DELEGATES Distinguished Women to Speak -Public Invited to Hear Mrs Parkhurst and Mrs. Schoff. A public meeting to which every body in the city and county i invited, will be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the House of Delegates at the State House. The meeting is held under the auspices of the Mothers’ Circle of Annapolis. Governor Harrington will preside and Mrs. Parkhurst, State President of the Maryland Branch of the Mothers’ Congress and Mrs. Fred eric Schoff of Philadelphia, National President of the Council of Mothers, will speak. Mrs. Schoff spoke in Baltimore yes terday before a large audience of rep resentative people at The Emerson, and today prior to coming here she visited Camp Meade and had a talk with the soldiers of her own state, learning their needs of which Mrs. Schoff will tell tonight in order give some idea to those who are work ing to provide a rest room for the soldiers who visit here from the can tonment. THE! MARYLAND GAZETTE. ANNAPOLIS, MD.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1917. ! APPEARANCES DECEIVING TO NAVY EMPLOYE') Thought They Sighted a Submarine - A Story That Sounds Fishy But is Founded on Real Facts. Great excitement prevailed at the Naval Experiment Station, opposite the Naval Acadmey, a few days ago, when a uumber of employes were on the wharf awaiting the launch to transport them to the Annapolis side. One of the number saw a strange object some distance out in the Sev ern Kiver that looked suspiciously like the periscope of a U-boat. He said nothing, but kept his eye on it, as it bobbed to the surface and then went under. “Surely,” he exclaimed, “there can not be a German submarine so close to home," and great visions of the Reina Mercedes being blown up. and the Naval Academy torpedoed came before him, while beads of cold per ipiration stood on his brow. Now he saw that curious thing, then it would disappear. It seemed to come nearer, and. as though realiz ing it was being watched. It went to sea and dived under. Finally Mr. White could stand the tension no longer and he got a launch, jumped in and set out to discover what this red looking, bobbing up and down object really was. He thought he’d take the chances whatever they were, anything was better than this mental strain. Going after the curious object proved to be almost as futile as look ing at it from the seawall. It was like the ignis fatuus, for no will o’ the wisp could have been more elu sive. The launch would get almost within reaching distance, when under the thing would go and out of sight it would be for for minutes. Then it would bob to the surface again. Recalling the old nursery rhyme. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again,” Mr. White persisted in pur suing the elusive object, which he had first thought to be a periscope of a submarine. All things come to him who wait. After much darting here and there, criss-cross, up and down, the Severn River, and with using "considerable diplomacy the elusive object wus at last caught, and the “catcher,” after he recovered from the fjhock of what the object really -was lost his breath for a moment. The red object that bobbed up and down in the water, and skitted about like a Hula Hula dancer on the sur face of the Severn, proved to the red acorn-shaped cork of a fishing line at- . tached to which was the entire fish- < :rg paraphernalia (except the rod) with two hooks. Hanging from the hooks as Mr. White pulled in the line was a rock, measuring twenty-four inches long and weighing two and a half pounds. The rock fish had been caught by the hooks, and his size and weight probably broke the line from the fisherman’s rod. The fish had been disporting'himself about in the waters of the Severn with his accoutrements, probably for several days This story sounds “fishy," but it is founded on real facts. Moral: In Annapolis you don’t have to*go after the fish, they come after you. SEVERNA PARK To Discuss Vital Issue--Public Argu ment This Evening Op posing Annexation, Probably the only public discussion of the vital issue of annexation in Anne Arundel County before election will be held at Severna Park this (Friday) evening, when Oregon Mil ton Dennis, President of the Young Men’s Auxiliary of the Non-Partisan Greater Baltimore Extension League, will advocate the proposition, and Richard H. Bond, of Baltimore Coun ty, and William H. Moss, of Annapo lis, will oppose it. All these men are thoroughly conversant with every phase of this question, and it goes without saying that the subject will be skillfully handled pro and con. Mr. Dennis will be accompanied by a group of annexationists, prepared to buttress their champion, if need be. The Men’s League of Severn, a non partisan, non-sectarian organization, arranged the meeting, and the trus tees of the Presbyterian Church gen erously accorded the use of the church auditorium for the occasion. A general invitation has been extend ed to all voters to attend, the Legis lative candidates being speeially bidden. DR. FELL OUT OF TOWN Attending Meeting Of College Execu tive* In Philadelphia. Dr. Fell left here today to attend a general meeting of college and uni versity executives, to be held at the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, in order to make constructive sugges tions as to the ways in which edu cational institutions can better serve the State and Government. It is de sired to bring forward both from the standpoint of college education and from that of the Government,an analy | sis of the existing situation, and to ! determine a practicable programme ! for further co-operation between high i er institutions and the Government. TtfllEE KIUED; 4 HURT IN CM AT CAMP Four Other Men In Machine Jump To Safety At Severn OFF FOR MEADE WITH PAPERS Two Of Killed Men Philadelphians— One From Baltimore Watchman Says He Gave Warning. Three men were killed and four others narrowly escaped a similar fate at 6 o’clock yesterday morning,’ when an automobile in which they were riding was struck at the rail road crossing at Severn, by a Penn sylvania Railroad express bound from Washington to Baltimore. The dead are: Irvin L. Fraustadter, 24 years old, i ot Philadelphia. Israel Hoffman, 18 years old. 834 Willow street, Baltimore. Frederick Goodman, of Philadel-. phia. Fraustadter and Hoffman were in stantly killed and Goodman died at 11 > o’clock at the Camp Meade Hospital. The other four occupants. James Juhss, Charles Milstun and an un-j known Philadelphian, and Frank Klein, of Baltimore, leaped to safety before the crash. The occupants of the car were in the delivery service of the Philadel phia Public Ledger. They were bound to Camp Meade after receiving a daily shipment of papers in Balti more. Jahss, who was driving, con tends he did not see the approaching express when he neared Severn be cause the crossing is hidden by a steep incline. According to the railroad, Andrew Jackson, the watchman at tho crossing, attempted to flag the ap proaching automobile, but his signals were evidently misunderstood by tho occupants of the machine. The crash threw the automobile a distance of about 25 feet. Fraustad ter and Hoffman were terribly man gled. but Gosdman was still breath ing when picked up near the wreck ed automobile. Vernon L. Harig. 2115 Penrose street, Baltimore, pass ed by in his automobile a few min utes after the collision and he rush ed Goodman to tti e camp hospital. At the same crossing last Saturday night two Camp Meade soldiers—both Philadelphians—were killed in a simi lar manner. Following the accident, Gen. Joseph Kuhn wrote a letter to the Pennsylvania Railroad calling their attention to the dangerous cross ii gs at both Severn and Odentdn, w here traffic has been enormously in creased since the establishment of Camp Meade. An inquest will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at Severn Station by Justice of the Peace Columbus War field. Dr. Thomas H. Brayshaw is acting coroner. The jury will be com posed of Eden B. Watts, foreman; John P. Dlcus, William H. Allen, Willis Ray, E. P. Hood, Andrew J. Phelps, William A. Ray, John Gillian, Charles A. Anderson, Robert F. Clark, George W. Griffith and Enoch L. Watts. PAYING TRIBUTE TO LATE JUDGE BRASHEARS Judges and Lawyers Assemble in Cir cuit Court Room Here This Afternoon. Tribute is being paid this afternoon by the Bench and Bar of Anne Arun del County to the memory of the late Judge James R. Breashers, for nine years associate and resident jurist of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Mary land. A memorial service arranged for a few days ago by a committee of lawyers of the city, headed by Mr. James W. Owens, who, by the way, :s the oldest member of the local bar. Judges Robert Moss and William H. Forsythe were on the Bench during the services, and the response in be half of the Court was made by Judge Moss. Several fixed eulogies were on the program, but it was expected there would be other imprompu remarks during the ceremony. Messrs. James W. Owens, James M. Munroe, Ridgely T Melvin, Eugene P. Childs, Frank H. Stockett and others are expected tc speak. The services were open to the public and many friends of the late Judge gathered for the occa sion. ORPHANS’ COURT. Judicial Disposition of tho Affairs of Widows and Orphans. Account of sales of personal es tate of Dr. Irving D. Chaney, de ceased, filed and passed. Order of sale of personal property ol Dr. Irving D. Chaney, deceased, filed and passed. Inventor}' of personal estate of Irv ing D. Chaney, deceased, filed and passed. Report of sale in the matter of the estate of Wm. S. Marshal, deceased, filed and passed. Application of Minnie Smith for guardianship of Blanche Smith,Oden Smith and Elmer Smith, filed and passed. Guardian bond uf Minnie Smith, guardian to Blanche Smith, Oden Smith and Elmer Smith, filed and ap proved. THE EVENING CAPITAL —ESTABLISHED 1884. TO INVESTIGATE MATTE* OF RAILROAD CROSSINGS County Authorities ArouseJ Over Fre quent Fatal Accidents Near Camp Meade. Aroused by the several accidents lately, caused by the improper facili ties and safeguards at the railroad crossings in the vicinity of Camp Meade, the authorities of Anne Arun del County are determined to make a rigid investigation and have the sit uation remedied. Ten men, most of them soldiers, have been killed with in the past week as the result of au tomobiles running into fast passenger trains over the Pennsylvania Railroad at Severn and other stations in the vicinity. The investigation of the situation will he taken up immediately. It will be recalled that Judge Moss, in de livering the charge to the county grand jury upon the opening of Court on Monday, strongly urged that a ‘committee of the jury be detailed t 6 investigate the dangers resulting from the existing conditions. Such a committee is now"' being organized and State's Attorney Green also will take a hand in the matter. It is said there are no safety gates at the cross ings, and it is pointed out that traffic among automobiles, using the coun ty roads, as well as railroad traffic, has shown such a stupendous in crease since the establishment of Camp Meade, that acting looking to having the proper safeguards pro vided. is imperative. Add Railroad Crossings The committee of jurors, it is learned, left the city this afternoon to make a thorough investigation of the matter and will tile a special re port of its findings with Judge Moss of the Circuit Court. Army Promotions Mr. Lewis S. Clayton has received word that his son, Mr. Philip Clayton, who has answered the call to colors and is now' in the Regular Army, has been promoted from Second Lieuten ant to First Lieutenant. Lieutenant Clayton’s brother-in law, Joseph Rosscll, has been pro moted Major. U. S. A. A SPECIAL SALE For Saturday, Oct. 20th. 12-lb. hag Gold Medal Nlc Rest Rutter, Ih Sc Roll Toilet Paper 23c Large Can Tomatoes 19e Cocoa, Opler Brothers’ brand 6 cans :i3e —Everything ltelow Cost— Lo o k For Tlt e Rig h I Place WANT ED Room, preferably two, with board, in private family by young Army offi cer and wife. State accommodations and terras. Address Army, Box 597, Annapolis. '• 10-19-3 t A. W. SHARPE Optician Eye Glasses Fitted—Occnlist Prescriptions Filled Lenses Duplicated. 136 MAIN STREET. Colonial Theatre. Friday and Saturday, October 19-20 i ! MOTHERS-HAKE YOUR DAUGHTERS SEE THIS PICTURE ENLIGHTEN | With Creates Star Cast I JL J TliE l HAM ATI C Fur Assort! tiled. Ijf jWM m I Till MtEKBOLT. |; | DAUGHTER I The Seven-Part Cinema Sensation. Hidden Truths Revealed in All Their Sacredness! Matinee, 3.30 P. M. Adults, 15c. Children, 10c i Evening r. M *. Adults, 25c. Children, 15c $6,000 FIRE SALE OF CLOTHING! Men’s, Boy’s and Children’s Clothing, slightly damaged by water, will be offered at a Big Money-Saving Sale, beginning October 16th, for 15 days. 200 doz. Knee Pants, at 10c and 15c Come early and get your pick. Look fer Big Sign la Front of Store. o!6w New York Jobbers, :: 38 West St. THE WEATHER. For Maryland— llaiu tonight, probably clearing Saturday morning, much colder. PRICE ONE CENT . CARLISLE INDIANS PLAY lilt MORROW Redskins Ate Strong And May Give fciddies A Tussle FIRST VISIT IN YtAkS They Held Poweriul West V.rginia Eleven Scoreless 1 or Three Periods Last Week. For the first time in a number of years, the football team of Carlisle Indians will invade the lair of the Midshipmen tomorrow for a contest on (lie gridiron, and the greatest in terest is .being shown in the game, not only because of the fact that the wily Redskins always attract a great crowd of spectators, but also because the Ipdians are reported to be stronger than in recent years, and therefore, the Naval contingent is viewing the result of the game with more or less uncertainty. The Indian eleven is said to be composed entirely of young players this season, hut are heavy and strong, and with lots of speed in their play. That they may be able to make the game with the Middies a warm con gest ia indicated by the fact that on last Saturday they, for three periods, held the powerful West Virginia University machine scoreless. But in the linn 1 period the WeHt Virginians ripped things open and succeeded in scoring three touchdowns before the Inal thistle, and the score was 21 to 0. A week prior to that the Mid dies managed to hold the Mountain eers to a seven-point score. Com parative scores do not cut and figure in football, however, and tomorrow’s affray ought to develop into a pretty good tussle. Coach Giimour Doble ex pects such will be the case, and dur ing practice this week lie has been pointing his charges to meet the In dians’ attack. The Middies will pre rent about the same line-up us on last Saturday, when they buried Ihe Maryland State eleven under n 62 to 0 score. JACOB BLUM, 6 Fleet Street, Annapolis. Telephone 881-F. TO THE ANNAPOLIS PUBLIC: Owing to henry movement of less carload freight and the slow movement of freight from our warehouse by receivers, TIIE ANNAI’OLIS SHORT LINE is threat* with an embargo ou freight moving info Annapolis. The prompt co-operation of nil re ceivers is urged to avoid ink ing this action. J. V. ( LIFT, Gen. Freight Agent, Annapolis Short Line. Note: Freight shed telephone number now L>. 019-lt. 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