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Associated Press Dis patches of late news at home and abroad are pub lished in The Capital. ] , . MAINLAND UAZETTE —EBTA.BLIBUEI? 1727. I\ X No. 1 bO. - . SUFFERS SEVERE . Ell Ml BY UNIDENTIFIED MAI I)an:el Parkinson Now Patient At Emergency Hospital— Shooting Occurred In Dark While Returning From Visit To Girl Friend MAY OPERATE TO DISLODGE BULLET j, , I’.irkin-on. 22 years old, well l ~,, ihe city, is a patient at .; v Hospital suffering of a iHft wound in the left arm, v; , u received in a more or less „. v . ~,ns manner late Saturday , rite bullet, thought -to have from a 22-calibre revolver, ~n : ,r . 1 the upper arm and. striking the bone, took a downward course and in the muscles at the Junctufe ~f the forearm It j believed than an operation will be tie* ess try to remove the bullet, but Im *aus* of the swollen condition of hit arm. attending physicians have not reached a definite decision as to thli (mil ' e Parkinson, according to statements male to physicians, and also to friend-', who have visited him at the hospital, has no knowledge of his as- Milunt. nor whether he was a white or . .lored man. The shooting took J hire lit or about 10:45 Saturday night, in ihe broad path between the tracks of the Washington. Baltimore and An , ipops r.leetrie Idne and the yards of the (lardiner 1 .umber Company, ac cording to the injured man. He says 1:, m i returning to his home in the (-it\ after visiting a girl friend living , n -Brickyard Hill." when he was ac (,. led by a man who was standing in the darkness on a hillock. "The man appeared to he dressed in the uniform ( ,f ihe naval service,” Parkinson Mated, but 1 could not tell whether he w.i a white or a black man.” "The stranger." be said, inquired of him where he was going, and he replied that 1.-atn going to town.” "Never ■mind about tint," the man replied, ac cording to Parkinson, and he advanced (Continued’on Pago Four) AT THE Chip’s 3hut I'EA ROOM j\ v . ~f f in. V articles every day between : .noi i Home made mince meat, I lam iiikliMuk and candy. dt* tf Notice! @The members of Severn Council. >o. IS*. Jr. 0. I‘. A. Mh are requested to attend the meeting Thursday. December 11, ISUT Important. REFRESHMENTS. 1 Order of the Council. J L. MEDFORD, Secretary SALADS Bv the Pound Hotel Maryland Cafeteria d’.'-tf -= l he Farmers National Bank Of Annapolis, Maryland ORGANIZED* 1805 Gross Assets, . . $2,803,221.82 Individual Deposits, $2,149,226.97 SECURITY AND SERVICE ARE WHAT WE OFFER Per.. Zj. Cent INTEREST on savings account - i I "Che Only [Rational {Bank in Jlnnd. 'Jlrundel County I .--t — J - UNION pm MEETING t Several Churches Uniting This . Evening In Mid-Week Service ■ W. L. PROUT TO SPEAK v T Tonight all the churches who arc - uniting In the mid-week prayer meet c ing will be dark, save the First M. E. Church, State Circle, where a union service will be held at 8 o'clock. ; . The union prayer service is in the I interest of the Inter-Church World j Movement, and the churches to be I represented Tonight at the meeting are; the First M. E., Maryland Avenue M E., Presbyterian. College Avenue Bap-i ( tist, Trinity M. E. South, and St. Mar tin's Lutheran. 1 Tlu; meeting will be addressed W. Lester Prout, of Baltimore, who willj i he speaker of the evening. f TOBACCO GROWERS AT ;iDAVID£ONVILLE TONIGHT i Many tobacco growers of Anne Arundel county who have become in -1 terested in the formation of a Tobacco t Growers’ Association throughout the, f State, are expected to attend the dis-j t trict meeting to be held at Davidson-! Seville tonight. The meeting was called, by C. Addison Hodges. Davidsonville I * ia about the heaviest tobacco produc-, > ing in the county, and for that reason a large attendance of farmers is an-! - tioipated. Former Congressman! * Thomas Parran, of Calvert county, 1 himself a large tobacco is ex , pected to the meeting. ! HiGft Winds’and rain r OVE& EAST AND SOUTH (By The Associated Press.) * WashrltHTfon, Dee. 10.—The cold 2 wave which lias had the West in its t grip for several days swept into the " East and South early today accom -1 panied by high winds and preceded by 1 a general and unusually h<javy fall 1 ! of rain. * x *J The Weather Bureau announced that 2 ‘there would be a cold wave tonight 2 land tomorrow throughout the Atlan -1 tic states, the Upper Ohio Valley and M the lower Lake region btu that the r | temperature would moderate slightly '! tomorrow in the Mississippi and low *: er Ohio valleys. ~DANCE i Given Under Auspices Of FRATERNAL ORDER I OF EAGLES ii I f ! AT THE STATE ARMORY THURSDAY EVENING, December 11th, 1919 , n Victor's Jazz Orchestra. K dll AT 8:00 O'CLOCK ii! 11 - " " r ~ " ~ T “ " " |l I- jfc <§> A. W. SHARPE Optician 136 Main Street AN NAPOLI S, MARYLAN D. NOTICE I After being out of the paper so long, the j public Is thinking that we are not buying I the second-hand line any more, we are tak i ing great liberty to let the public know tluit we are still buying Ladies and Men s i clothing: men's, ladies shot's: furniture. Kitchen utensiU, mattings and rugs. Please give us the nrst call. MRS. PAI LINE, n BLOOM, 00 Main street, Annapolis. Mil.. 3 .phone C. A- P. 501-K —or drop a postal. |p S.— Please don't forget the nu to her. CIVIC rat WANTS CUM LAW ENFORCED Women’s Organization Holds Important Meeting At Mu nicipal Building COMMITTEES APPOINTED A well-attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Woman's Civic League* 1 held yesterday afternoon at four I o’clock, much business of civic linport | ance was transacted, i Despite the inclement weather con ditions there was a good attendance. ! and keen interest ms manifest by those in attendance in all matters that pertain to civic betterment. were made by several com j mittees that had looked into the gas ; question, of which Mrs. J. C. Cresap is ! chairman. Several sub-chairman of ; committees gave reports of canvass j made of the town in the interest of bet- I ter gas conditions. A number of in formal reports were made also. Miss Heffenger, whofhad he m named as a committee of one to inquire into ' the Curfew Law and its enforcement, * ! gave a most comprehensive and inter-, jesting report, which was enthusiastic- 1 | ally received and unanimously accept j ed. Miss Heffenger reported having j interviewed Miss McNasby, the war-, time police woman of this district.,! j through villose instunientality the Cur ! few Oddinance was passed for this city.. That the Curfew Law is effect ive in the breach, rather than it.; ob servance, was practically shown by Miss Heffenger’s report. The Civic Lotgue took the stand that Annapolis must have a Curfew Ordinance, and a motion was carried that the secretary write to the Mayor and inquire into | the matter as to why this ordinance is | no longer enforced. Mrs. R. D. Tisdale, who presided at | the meeting, as first vice-president, [ there being no president, appointed a nominating committee to report at the annual meeting of the Woman’s Civic League to ho held in January. The following women were appointed on j the committee: Mrs. T. J. Linthicum.j i Mrs. John Ireland, Mrs, Robert Das j’hiell. Mrs. Robert Moss. This commit-j ! tee will submit a list of names of of- 1 "ficers to be voted for at the January j meeting. A general discussion followed as to i ways and nutans of increasing the membership, as every woman in An napolis is wanted to become a member j of the Civic League, which organiza- j tion, standing as it does for civic bet 'terment believes "in number there is strength.” FIREWOOD CHESTNTT. TINE AND OAK ALSO KINDLING Direct from farm I*. V. K. HOWAT PHONE 1524-F-0 •nll-tf V “> Ladies’ Aid of Presbyterian Church. WILL HOLD Christmas Sale In the Church THURSDAY AFTERNOON and EVENING December 1 Ith ' ! | Sandwiches, cake and hot drinks I * j will also be sold. . j —— -♦> n - - - -■ / Very Special ss* M en’s Goodyear Welt Gun Metal SHOES All solid leather. Flexible soles. In English last and I bluchers. Sizes 6to 10. Frank Slama & Son 55 WEST STREET "Star Brand Shoe* are better.” jj\ THE: MARYLAND GAZETTE. \NN\POI MI).. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER I<. If*lf*. —e— Hr—” — THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS DY COLD ; WAVE AKD FLOODS Soldier And Two Girls Drowned When Bridge Collapsed Near Atlanta— South Suffers Heav ily By Storm That Swept From i West WAVE IS DUE TO HIT STATE TONIGHT (Bv Tit.* Ajis.i. i; !< '. I'ivsm) Atlanta, Ga., .Dec. 10.— Ram j that broke, al! rcoariL bore and at other points in the South, gave way today to freezing weather that added to the misery of the thousands made homeless bv \ flood waters from numberless rivers and small streams. Little Moss of life has been reported, but ipropertv damage \Vas satd to bej heavy. A soldier and two girls were idrowned near Atlanta last night when their automobile went dowsi with the collapse of a bridge over ['toy (. reek. W est Point. Georgia, on -the .Chattahoochee River, was report ed entirely submerged today, the j water standing three to live feet ! deep in the business section. The town was isolated with the ex ception of one telephone wire i working to Atlanta, over which a call was sent for boats to aid) in the relief of residents that section. SHORT LINE GARS* WITHOUT POWER Cut OH Of Current Supply Holds Up Morning Trains Over This Road POWER PLANT ACCIDENT All cars over tlae Short Line. Mary-j land Electric Railway Company, were; j held up this morning from 5.35 until j about noon. Traffic waX interfered with.-owing to fhe failure of the Consolidated Gas and Electric Light Company’s Power plant at Westport to supply po\/er for running the cars. An accident oc curred at the power plant \Wiich caus ed considerable damage to the Con solidated's equipment, and which at the same time cut off the current of tlie Maryland Electric Company. The Short Line gets its power from this plant, and after the accident at the plant its cars outging, and in coming were held up for several hours. ' The Consolidated Gas .and Electric Light Company did their best. Man ager Porter, of the Short Line, said to give the road power at 10.30, but were not able to adjust repairs at that hour. The Short Line, however, ran some of its cars with a current from an other source, but cars were obliged to creep along at a very slow pace. CHRISTMAS SALE BY PRESBYTERIANS Tomorrow/ afternoon and evening there will he a Christmas sale of fancy articles in the lower room of the Pres byteran Church. Duke of Gloucester Street, near Conduit. Aprons, caps, bags of all kinds, dolls, fancy articles of every description, will be on sale and priced reasonably for Christmas presents. Besides the sale of fancy articles there will be sandwiches, coffee, and Ice cream and cake on sale as well. Proceeds for the church. Generous patronage is solicited. NAMED TO SUCCEED JOHN S. WHITTINGTON Announcement has just been made of the appointment of W. Marcy Boucher, of Annapolis, as Crier of the Maryland Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy created by the death of John S. Whiftington. of Annapolis, which occurred about a month ago Mr. Boucher had been, for a number ot years, employed a* a curator of the of Appeals offices. ANNUAL MEETING CF ! NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY I f Year lust Closed Marks Banner I Year Of Naval Acad emy Auxiliary V, NEW OFFICERS ELECTED ? The anmii! meetifig of the Naval T r Academy Auxiliary of the Naval Relief Society was held on Monday af erno n , at the Superintendent's qusr’e*’? with | , i fair attendance in spite of tit rain The meeting was cilli.l to order by the E president of the auxiliary. Mr-. A. H. ! Scales, after which the annual report of the secretary and treasurer were 3 read. I The draft upon tiie funds of the Navy I Relief Society have been many times a larger during the past year than ever r befeye on account of the Europe.!n war. it is very gratifying to ail inter- esred in it work that the year just t closed has been the banner year in the l history of thi- Naval Academy AuvMi- a aiv The total sum rii ed was >2.- t I 4SV Ctf, the major part of which was t 1 returned by the parent society in t Washington to bencftc aries in or near j Annapolis. 1 Special votes of thanks fdr generous|f hejn. financial or otherwise, through- 'I u.r* the year were voted r.t the meet- a ing to The Wonder Workers. Missj Cone ;nce Brady, treasurer; Mid-hip- ‘ men’s Christmas Carnival Fund. Fifth ’ Reserve Officers’ Class, the finance 1 committee of which Mrs. Anon Bron son was chairman; l.ieat.-Com.nervier 1 Levi S. Bye, the Academy auth .tio ■. ! particularly the armory s’at*' and the' I l ml, and to the Evening Capital. Officers for the ensuing year were j elected as follows: President. Mrs. A. H. Scale*; vice- ‘ . president. Mrs. W. T. Cluveriu*; sec re- 1 tnrv, Mrs. Earle P. Huff; treasurer, j Chaplain S. K. Evans. jj The president appointed a finance ( j committee consisting of Mrs. Anion , I Brounon, chairman; Mrs. T J. John •(ii. Mrs. S. L. llefip, Mrs. T. AV. Richards. Mrs. E. J. King. Mrs. Rich-j ird Wainwright, Jr.. Mrs. W. N. Ver- : non. Mrs. G. W. Laws, Capt. W. T. j Cluveritis, Capt. T. L. Johnson, Capt. j : V P. Fairfield. Comdr. J. S. Abbobt, I 'Comdr. A. S. Rees, and Conitlr. J H. j i Newton. The relief committee consists of: ! Mrs. i> M. Garrison. Mrs. B. C. Allen, j and Chaplain b. K. Evans. Plans for the winter campaign were ■ j | discussed, and work along additional j lines proposed, and it will not bn long 1 before the general public has full op | por’unity Jo co-operate. The annual dues for membership in j the Navy Relief Society are one dollar.! and may be sent to the treasurer of tlv Naval Act demy Auxiliary. OFFICER A PATIENT AT NAVAL HOSPITAL Lieut. Arthur Langfield, U. S. N , is a patient at. the Naval Hospital. Naval Acidemy reservation, where he was ! removed on Monday. Lieut. Langfield is suffering from a I strained back, having been taken sud denly ill at his home on Taney ave nue. Murray Hill, Monday morning. Yesterday an x-Rav picture was | mdp of the patient’s back, and he will i be under treatment accordingly. Mr.j Langfield is an earnest and active j member of the Presbyterian Church, of i which he is trustee, and his indispose j tion at this time is especially regretted! bv the congregation and other friends ■ YOUNG CHESTON’S ILL IS FILED FOR PROBATE ’ His relatives having given up all ! hope that he is alive.-the last will and 1 ; testament of Galloway Cheston, 21 , • years old.‘of Annapolis, who served in • the aviation corps during the world • war. has been admitted to probate in . 1 the Orphans’ Court for this county, j ? j Young Cheston, who was a former StF > John's College student, is thought to j ;, have been either kiiied in an air battle j with the Germans over France, or by 5 accidental fill and his body lost sight j I i of. . i Under the will, which was executed I j May ft, lfilT, the young man names hi? mother, Mrs. Henrietta M. Cheston-j Porter, wife of Commodore T’ueodoricj Porter, of the Navy, (retired), as exe-1 I cutrix of the estate and directs that $1,260, which he received from hi* father's estate be divided between his e four half-sisters, children of his late v | father. The residue of the estate is, p left to two aunts of the decedent —Mrs. 1 Andrew Boyle, of Edinburgh, Scot f | land, and Alice G. McCullough, of Lon don, England, or their heirs or as ’• I signs. r! • ** ——•— e i Red Cross Seals are on sale every where. SIT MARY’S CIRCLE j Literary And Dramatic Club Of ( Parish Elects Officers 1 H. F. STURDY. PRESIDENT At the 1 usiness meeting of the Dra matic and Literary Circle of St Miry's Parish held this week the Committee on Constitution and By- Laws. appointed at the last meeting, repotred. After due deliberation the Constitu tion and By-Laws, as drawn up ly the Committee, were adopted Upon the recommendation of the j Committee an election of officers took place to Till all oflices as provided for in the constitution, as follows: Presi dent, Henry F. Sturdy; vice-president.: Miss Letitia Farrell; secretary. Missj Ruby Stone; treasurer. Miss Caroline Lutz: librarian. Miss Gertrude Lutz; assistant librarian. Miss Helen Far-; rell: advisory committee. William Mc- Williams. J J Banks. Miss J. Riordan. Mrs A. Moss and William 11. Wilson , tiring entertainment committee. Miss; L. Farrell, Mr. Sturdy, Miss Riordan, and Mrs. Moss, for the splendid work they did in providing a program for j the social sessions during the past i three months. The meeting adjourned until the next social session. These social af fairs take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month and tire open to all members of the parish. ST. JOHN'S HOLIDAYS FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK L was announced at St. John’s Col lege tod y that the Christmas holidays will begin on the afternoon of Friday. Dei tuber 1!>. and will the -vctiing of January 6. when all stud ent i tire expected to report a* college at 7 o’clock for study period for the day following. "lie Christmas holiday this year is a little longer than usual, owing to the fact that Christmas comes on Thurs day. and it was thought unwise to as semble the students the early part of the week of Christmas. Candy for Christmas Huylcrs Assorted Chocolates ami Bon Boris In 1 to 5 11). Boxes at <1.25 ll>. Straight. * Special'Chocolate Almonds, 69c. lb. ALSO OTHER ASSORTMENTS Green's Drug Store, Mam St. Application Card I agree to Join the ANNAPOLIS COM Ml NI II C HORUS for the season lhl'.O.'O. and to pay the sum of fifty cents for the securing of necessary music to conduct com munity sings. Name Address CUT THIS OUT AND MAIL TO 113 Main Street, City. O’ ?, 0 H The Annapolis Banking | & Trust Company 0 ' Z ■rt O V 1— <v Total Resources Over $1,300,000.00 2 Capital .... $ 50,000.00 \ Z f FOUR PER CENT f . PAID ON SAVItfIGS ACCOUNTS, and’ :f g I TWO PER CENT I PAID ON CHECKING ACCOUNTS | o Balances all over Five Hundred Dollars £ o • X .! & -- --- X 0 A 0 • g Open an account and let it grow with us % \ £ Safe deposit boxes for rent - Z Z • / t I s 0 F. HOWARD THOMPSON, JR. JAMES A. WALTON 0 Z Secretary and Treasurer . President 0 ■* C Z FAIR ! Fair and much colder; ‘ ♦ cold wave tonight; Thursday fair. TUB EVENING CAPITAL—ESTABLISHED 1884. - L PRICE ONE CENT public hearing ! ON GAS QUESTION UNDER WAY TODAY Many Consumers Register Com plaints Of Inconvenience Suf fered By Bad Conditions At Inquiry Brought About By Women’s Civic League BENEFICIAL RESULTS NOW ANTICIPATED AVitlb the solution of the eas ques irion of Annapolis both as to the al | leged poor quality and lack of pres ; sure, as the particular object in view ! a general hearing of the citizens and i consumers, before the Public Service | Commission of Maryland, is in prog | ress this afternoon in the Municipal Building. The hearing was brought : about in the main, by the activities of I the Women's Civic League of Annapo lis. coupled with city officials and other citizens of the town who bad ‘registered complaints, and the feel ing is -expressed that it will ri .stilt beneficially to all parties concerned. Chairman J. Milton Keifsnider, for mer Senator J. Frank Harper, and James C. Legg. constitute the mem bership of the Public Service Commis sion. and in addition to them. Luke Ellis, their chief engineer, and Charles King, assistant engineer, were on hand when the meeting f&t under way. City Counselor George E. Kullman is there as People’s counsel, together with A. I. Phillips, of the National Bu reau of Standards, who conducted a thorough inquiry of the gas situation here. And in addition to these were George Weems Williams, of Baltimore, and Kidgcly P. Melvin, who appeared as counsel for the Annapolis Public Ftilities Company, which furnishes the i city gas; General Manager J. J Hoyle, -Auditor W. 11. Wright, and Superin- I (Continued on Page Four)