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-. P( t Press Dis late.neWS ** L and abroad are pub , . u, i in The Capital. , ,M, GAZETTE-ESTABLISHED 1727. ~ ~ Xu. 20G. Ifl PESSIMIST STFPPEO 111 ID D'SCIiSSEO water .■ .■ > Hope City wnership IX-' " 1 _ Would Nut Prove * Over e)...lfn..:vc Toy” In Anony >:x Sent To Adver t-.f-r-Hcjiublioan In 1912 JJGISLATION WAS l-LANNKD with care ),. *:>ry of the Anna .. r ( ~; ip ;niy. together with j . .(,< siao-P 'lock and othqr j • ■i- aiii! i; -i acquisition by j ,iml ♦ hi* subsequent ~, ! djii rjtion of the cor a (viTrrl in previ-1 • ,k* :> ft *m the annual re-1 ini*• :*tl to tlie Hoard r < mnpany. This, the , refers to the objec ; v, opponents of city -'lows” the successful : ie eonipany to the eon-t , ,h .iK v\ .th tin- schedule j which have not been in-J l-r < it> ownership :,v:i j: -1..! IK * ■ 111 follows: \|, wp.dut Oi I’esslmM ••■I. appeared in the Ad-! !:• •ui .a .hi of February 22. w ri* ton front the view pe-mnist on eity owner : ; - Ici s! ion presents itself may not be quite in.oaic at present to pay and the advane.ed in* . barge*. and it may he nec • raise the rates, or what . n ■ .it to lie feared, a spe i.K. may he levied to meet r\;iru-es !: itas been said i at< i'a -e !he waiter supply , ; r.ipc!is over the present .■ 11 ■ will ie rather a serious aioi * \ penvive mat ter." writer indulged in the hope I i(.'oatmm i on l’age Four) Y ~ I I lie Business of the l .ate Richard G. Elliott i* n I Maced in Charge j ■ Aii'ii I’> I low ard tot the E.-tuto. nr un e policies, which ' ,\ pi red since his death, or j : c ah.mu to expire, are j by the companies j ah- n presented until such 1 •r. ncv. ils can he made, j It ’• II be in a few da vs. • iv. ti. i i i.it>r r Vi ! - \ r, lit t\\ ARI) I | •'ANCHORS AW HIGH”' I I’w o-Step ■i\S \ ZIMMERMAN S.tic Again HI Wlt iI.K Y Main Street jlO* ;■ ca yc ooc-ooooooovo< STATEMENT OF o : o ; The Annapolis Banking | I A 'Trust Company ! c Showing Its Remarkable Growth t v . _L *> o S TOTAL RESOURCES I O May 15. 1905. - - - - $ 13,496.00 15. 1906, - - - - 108,885.48 ■1.1917, - - - - 653,843.87 a. 1918. - - - - 1.036,860.85 December 31 ; 1919, $1,331,944.38 | o o c R PERCENT Paid on Savings Accounts f < o l VWO PER CENT Paid on Balances (Check- | mg Accounts) over “5500 S ' O ; O SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT | % % THOMPSON. JR JAMES A. WALTON % ‘ : ''.rer President £ P * UNVEILING OF NAVY TABLET ON TUESDAY j Ceremonies Will Be Held In The State House , Rotunda MEMORIAL TO FIRST 800 On next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock the bronze tablet, containing the names of the first SOO naval volun teers in Maryland, following the fam ous war call of April 2, 1917, will be unveiled in the rotunda of the State 1 House. The ceremonies will be open jto the public. The committee in charge, however, is particularly anxi ous to see present a large number of the hoys whose names are on the tab-' j let. Of course, the parents of these ! boys will he especially welcome. .Secretary of Navy Daniels, together with Admiral Arcnibald 11. Scales arid Capt. \V. T. ('luverius. of the Naval Academy, will he conspicuous partici pants in the ceremonies. A guard of honor to Secretary Daniels will he } present from the>\’aval Academy. The' | tablet itself will be unveiled by Miss j Mary .Miller, daughter of the artist who designed the tablet, and Master; i William J. Harrington, son of Goveer j nor Harrington. Members of the General Assembly will be in attendance, brief addresses bring made by William I Norris, presi dent of the Senate, and Millard F. Ty i dings. Speaker of the House of Dele- j j gates. Dr. Frank j Goodn.v, president, of the Johns Hopkins University, will <ct as chairman. The general explanation of the purposes of the tablet and tin campaign of recruiting with which the! tablet is associated will he mile by- Mr. A. S. Goldsborough, of the Mer chants and Manufacturers’ Assoc'a-l tion, of Baltimore. The formal pres-j entation of the tablet will be made by Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, chairman of j the tablet committee, and will bo ac j eepred by Governor Harrington. This I will he one of the last oilicial a. s of I Governor HarrinSrton. Basket-Ball V. S. S. Reina Mercedes VS. Camp Meade BLADEN ST. ARMORY | Saturday, Jan. 10, 1920 At 8 O’c lock * ADMISSION, - 20 CENTS | jlO The Army and Navy League —TR Y MERVIS SALAD KING BRAND | # Mayonnaise Dressing AND Tartar Sauce For sale at all good groceries'. Sold with a guarantee of .money refunded jl4 C00000000<!<KCt000000C00Cf0t?00O ■o CENSUS ENUMERATORS 1 ARE BUSY IN CITE Enumeration of the -population ci the city is now well under way and the several vouug ladies of Annapolis, who j are engaged in collecting this statistk-- i al information for the government are busy for several hours each day with ) their work of calling at the house.- and ; making their reports. These reports are sent directly by ; the enumerators to Dr. Carrico, of St. , j Mary’s county, who is in supervision of ; the census-taking in Anne Arundel am! * several other of Southern Maryland ; counties. The young ladies who are doing the , work are quite enthusiastic about it, being stopped by neither cold nor rain, both of which have come within the past few- days to test tae.r determina tion to go out and get the information desired. The task of collecting this v !ata is one which require- a certain | amount of accuracy, since all i f# the answers to question are, so far as in i dividuals are concerned, held in strict ; confidence by the government officials. For this reason great care is invar; ly exercised in selecting the enum faior; from a standpoint of trustworthiness REINA MERCEDES TO PLAY HOLABIRD j Flush with their victory over the strong team of the Marines : tationed ! at the Naval Academy rifle range, tit? basketball quint of bluejackets attach ed to the station ship lteina Mere-ales at Die Naval Academy, will meet the team from Camp Holabird on the floor j of the Balden street armory tonight. The players from tin* arm/ st-.-t.inn ar reported to he strong and a fast contest is anticipated. Robert*, captain >f :h<> Reina Mercedes team, is last rounding a strong combination into shape, find his players are in good trim to meet the enemy. He will pick his : -am from tin* following: Brooks, Collin-., i’nl- I lack:. Synunske, Kilsbv and Mead BISHOP OF MARYLAND TO CONFIRM CLASS Tin* Bi-hop of Maryland will via it j St. Anne’s Church and administer the i Rite of Confirmation on March 10. In i struction prepartory to this visit will he given tomorrow at 3:30 in tho Guild | Room. On The Mend Joe Anderson, who has been very ill of pleurisy, is very much improved, i Surgeon Huff, IT. S. N., is attending him at 242 King George street. Oyster Supper will Le given for BENEFIT OF EASTPORT " FIRE DEPT. AT THEIR HALL. tf JANUARY 21 and 22 Reward i SIOO.OO REWARD for informa tion as to the identity of parties that drove, my Reo truck to Bal timore Saturday nisyht, to. the Gayety Theatre. ilO ROY V. TYDINGS. FOR SALE The double dwelling. Nos. Ik and IS Second Street. Large* lot. Low prme for quick sale. E. W. Iglehart, Real Estate. Advertiser Building. j9-tf ' * 1 * L A. W. SHARPE Optician 136 Main Street ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. ' -s *> NOTICE! In view of the great waste of water causing very low pressure in the city, greatly increasing the] expense of pumping at the water works and almost exhausting the sources of supply, the board of di- j rectors of the Annapolis Water ] Co npany has passed an order that waste of water must be stopped.! ! and that landlords and tenants bej [ notified that meters will be in-' ► stalled where this notice is clir-re-] ’ garded. Those who wilfully waste t the city's water supply cannot ■ } complain if fhev are required to i pay for what they waste. GEORGE T. MELVIN. | President Annapolis Water Co. > i the: MARYLAND GAZETTE. \NNAPOLIS. Ml).. SATURDAY. JANUARY 1 fan PLANS ' Of AMERICAN RED CROSS OUTLINED ) . Completion Of War-Time Obli -1 gations And Carrying Forward Of Peace-Time Activities Funds Set Aside Fcr Various r Uses 1 FCR WORK AT HOME AND ALSO ABROAD For th* l flr.-t voice :!-,•• i'nhe-l- Sutl.s <;i"r* I the world war. the American Red Crop* can, with the 1 coming of the veer 1. 2>. look ahead wah a”> dear ? of assnianrc as to the ,-ize ai. 1 extent of the prnlde.n* ulr’cli it may lc called upon to mec. During the ptrioti of ac.ive war, and for the first year fol owing tlie armi? 1.-e, it was necessary far the Red Cross to hold loth it#- plans and its resource* in a highly inolile state in order to he alls’ to meet promptly the constantly shifting demut.-ds tu’ co:>.- ’antly changing conditioi:.* Even now complete assurat\ce is by iv means po.sib’e, 1 tit some definition can te a’tatned. Wi’h thi - opportunity to look ahead; it is the first desire of the admiuis-' tri'iot! that every member of the lie 1 Cross, as well us the public general ly, should le as fully acquainted as, may le with the obligations, re sources and plans of the organiza tion. The year 1920 must obviously sec the great mas- cf oar war-timt o! !i --gathm. met and. terminated, and it is also the year in which car jh tee time activities shoul 1 be largely iore -1 cas; and liiol their proper level. It mm be. therefore, necessarily, a year of active ‘ planning-, not only for the national administration. ' ut for every chapter as well. For that reason we make the new year th occasion, prior to the preparation and pul Beat ion of the full report of the Comptroller, of giving a 'statement of the resources of the Red Cross as bsael upon the latest estimates and of tlie general plat) of the Executive Committee in the application of the funds javailable. After the ac ion of the Executive Committee in setting am-'- a reserve from the Unit'd States Government bonds donated to tlie Red Cross, as reported in the published Bulletin, the Red Cr>,-- lint’s itself possessed of estimated cash resources available for appropriation o;t January 1 of $30,000,000. As tlie Red Cross cannot anlici- !■ pate nutter al additions to this amount j during the year, and us it finds it self confronted, owing to the decant ed and lielple*s slate of the world, with appeals infinitely beyond its re sources, it iv 1 oih wise and necessar;. to consider the application of its (Continued On I’age Three) ~ * OPEN HOUSE AT “V” FOR YOUNG PEOPLE' TOMORROW AFTERNOON : ’ j Mrs. Dudley Carpenter of tlie Naval Academy, who is to be the hostess, will be assisted in receiving and in serving tea bv M.-s Caroline Ileintz. •: teacher in the Grammar School, and Mrs. Byron B. Ralston, wife of Lieut. Ralston. U. S. N. Mrs. Elliott H. Burw-dl. Jr., whose sweet voice is well known and al ways appreciated, will sing.. Read ings will be given by Miss Leonard, Cods’ Work secretary of the V W. C. A. Ti.e committee hopes to discover musical talent among the guests and the formation of a musical club max lie the outgrowth of the Sunday aft ernoon sings. The attractive living room of the Y. W. C. A. should prove a pleasant gathering place for the young people of Annapolis Sunday afternoon dur ing the winter. INDEPENDENT DRAMATIC CLUB ENTERTAINMENT Members of the Independent Dra matic Club will give an entertainment tonight at Owensville llall, this coun ty. at S o'clock. A well arranged and pleading pro gram is promised. The club is com posed of members of Independent Fire Company, No. 2 of this city. Tlie cdb will leave the firemen’s headquarters, Duke of Gloucester street, in automo bile trucks promptly at 6 o’clock this I evening. iwo mpoms GET AWARD OF D. S. C 1.. ’ than one percent of tin' A >iori rjii soldier.', who saw senrie*? with the A I’.. 1-'.. von the Congr- i.mil Mod ! of Honor and the i>: ncuGhed Sc.v ice Cross, the military decorations be s:cv.el by the American gover unco: for extraordinary heroism in aenm. Tlie official figures are: Medal ... Honor. 7S; Distinguished Servk Cross, 5.241 Two Antiapolitans var. recipients of the I>. S. C. There were ‘.*4l awards of the Pio -1 i:;gr.i h.’d Service Midi’.. v'noh Is th d 'coralion confered by tin? gov. ;; v:o i*i far c im-ptcous service in a pac tion of great trust and rasp inability. The American dv corn: ion * art* the: * greatest in the world Winning th r. calls f< r a gro*er act of honor, vain, or service that: required I>> any other, r:lion. The man who weais one has' done something! These interesting facts are disclosed | in tlie publication of "Heroes All." i which lias just been announced by the! Fas a-t Publishing Co , of Washing?oft. P C. Tiie book is an official record of} the : :iuivid:*al exploj's and oralove-: n; •••: of Americans in the great war. e; training the name and the citation of those who were il . orated with ih ■ M< dal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished. Sir i. Medal. Included in "Heroes A!’." are tables! w hich show the number of men tram I each division and regiment 'u:l each' Stale and city who received the deco- j rations. The Fiihh Reg ment of Ms-. nitcs and Ne.v Vo; k St .te head i th- t list. Nine men from Xow York wo:. I Medal cl Honor and *’.2o the D il. ! C. Illinois, with seven i m i on : toe Medal of lienor list. v. a .■> Ten i: ; ce. South Carolina. C ••rn'hi, M! c.r; and Nov Jersey, with six apiece are tied for third. On the I*. S C. ! . Pennsylvania i sc-- .-ml with 420. while Illinois is thir;’ ' with Med. Massachusetts a close ton ’!.• with M 2! Maryland is enured, with 79 of the award-;. 'idle following ni ls shows the nusn -1 or of men from each city in Mary land who were decorated with the med >1 of honor or the Distinguished Service Cross: Annapolis. 2; Baltimore, 39; Bel Air. j 1; Bloomington. 1; Cambridge. 4:j Cumberland. 1; Dawson. 1; K.oion, 3; i MllFon, 1; Fairfield. 1; Fodcr:i!s-uirg 1: Forest Glen. 1; Frederick. 1; Fr >st hurg. 1; Germantown. 1; Govern. 1: Hag rstown, 4; Halerhocpe, 1; II"*- ard.-ville, 1; Kensington, l; Laurel. 1: . Mt. Washington. 1; Peryman. 1; Port • Deposit, 2; Princess Anne. 1; Prin-: cipio Furnace. 1; Salisbury. 2; Swan ton, t; Thurmont. 1; Win: ate, !. “Y” GIRL RESERVES RECEIVE A SURPRISE When the Polyanua Clul* of Girl Reserves met at the Y. W. C. \. vas ter ’ v afierttnon for the’r regular weekly meeting. Tliey were very pleasantly surprised After the regu lar duties of the club were attended ; to. the girls were asked to come into ! the (lining room. There tliev found jjee i ream, and two beautiful I irthduy cakes lit up with pink candles. Miss ; Eleanor Montgomery, a member of the ( ’i>b. shared tlie happiness of iter eleventh birthday with her club friends by giving them this little sur prise party Uefope leaving for school 'at Log Cabin Camp. Cardinal. Ya. The second cake was presented to Mi s McGregor, the general sec re- _ Gary of the Y. W. C. A. since M.ss Mc- Gregor shares with .Miss Eleanor : January ninth, as her birthday. — NEW RECTOR FOR SAINT JAMES PARISH At tomorrow’s services tb ■ new rec-i tor. Rev. Harding, will officiate at all services at Saint James' Parish. The Rev. Harding succeeds the Rev. H. M. D. Martin, who was rector of St. James' for some years, and was or dered to foreign fields of work the last of the year. Tlie ladies of the parish have bee putting things in readiness for the new rector and his family, and the pa ;t few days painters and paperhangers have been busy papering and painting tb rectory. generous gift to EMERGENCY HOSPITAL Beginning today. J. B. Moore, local agent for the Baltimore Sun. w ill serve the daily and Sunday Fun free to the Emergency Hospital. The generous donation of the Sun to the local hospital was brought about through the solicitation of Mr.-. Abram Moss, one of the members of the Board of Managers: Visiting H\angelis‘ At West Annapolis Methodist Epis copal Church tomorrow evening, the Rev H. F. Cory, pastor, Clifford South all, “salesmen evangelist,” will speak jThe public is cordially invited. MIDSHIPMEN 10 MAKE FUR FLY WITH ITS Penn. State To Send Team Of Boxers February 14 And U. Of P. May Follow OTHER ATHLETIC DATES Tin- midshipmen are to engage i” some sure enough fistic combats, and with out-of-town competition, too. Pennsylvania Mate has agreed to ■ml a boxing team to Ann.ipolls ors February !4 to meet the sa lor lads, the match being the first event of the kind in which the Naval A-ad-m. ha ever participated The I’aivor u;v of Pennsylvania will also probibljTst d a team here. There ha - be.-n some difficulty n .- - curing matches for the gymnastic team, that sport not having been thor oughly re establi hed siiva the war However, these matches have been ;.r ranged: February 14. University of Pennsyl vania; March *>. Haverford; March IM. Princeton Yale and other l>ig col lege- are a!-<> expected to send teams to ik • Academy. Four lacrosse games a follyw.- bvc he. i arranged: April M. Sv.v.rhmore; April 14, I lar va-d, May 1. PniV: rsitv of Pennsvl vani :; May s, Syracuse. Johns Hop kins is al. o expected to pin the mid shipmen. To Talc Over Old Business An'advertisement in another column < alls attention to the fact tha: Allen Bowie How rd has taken charge of r1 esiate la.-ivies < (indue ed for many years by lb ■ 1 .to Richard G. 171- lioit for the estate of Mr Hliiott Mr. Howard ha. his office on School street. Mr. Elliot fs Insurance and real cs*;*te busiro- is among tin- old • : established in the city, an 1 lie had •he confidence and pitronage of a wide . Jientcle. First Methodist Episcopal Church I Slate Circle ; ! H. W. BURGAN. D. D. Minister TOMollltmV SKbYMKS f ■ nil A. M Wide Sclkmil i maxi A. M \\ i-sley r ini Ikilii.iiil Wide * 'til HX Had \ \| Si rum;). • sin ■ mi, A Man \'<<r Tlilh Aki- 1 7 :ir, p. M lt|> '<rtli League "bright Hour.'.! ; j sain r. M Scriucii, Ii And Mat)" Come ! Bring a Friend ! Maryland Avenue M. E. Church n tin: cm tail with a i:j;ai, m i:l<omi:." X <> EMMET I E R. SPENCER. S. T. B . Pastor t 'I £ Corner Maryland Avenue and f Vince George Street £ ! o $ S TOMOItHOWS KICK VICKS z, < X ] > .00 A. M Sun.lay S-*mml <s ji ;<*o A. M K-raom. "I’rnj • r. A lb iUt.\. A I’hv.it O 7:15 P. M Lfwortli league <* X s asi I’. M .’.Si-i-i-i.-il Sermon t* *linl*-|m-iit*-nI * *?I iofM> ■ lianb i'. O !> ' O-e n TOMORROW AT WEST ANNAPOLIS CHURCH H. F. CORY. Paator Clifford Southall l Salesman Evangelist)Speaks 8 p. m. — A Prosperous and j. \ Happy New Tear ; To All of Oar Patrons !j :| • j! A Bank that is strong enough and liberal enough to care for its patrons at ail times J 1 ! ' . ESTABLISHED IN 1805 i :{ : ii Gross Assets Over $2,700,000.00 4 Per Cent Interest on Savings Accounts ! :! ‘ " j The Farmers National Bank !| j Of Annapolis, Maryland j a FAIR 4i Fair tonight and Sunday. j THE IVgNlNtl CAPITAL—KBTABLIBUED 18H. BRIEF TWO CENTS WOULD IE C!TV I COUNSELOR HILO . ey THE COUNCIL ■ Nrf Charter Commission Also Feels That Official Should Not Be Entitled To Vote In Municipal Body. But Sit As Legal Ad visor Only „SUBMIT DRAFT OF ANNEXATION BILL e ! That the Guy Counselor of Annapo -1 lis should lie appointed by the Mayor " and BiTard of Aldermeu. and not elect ed by tho people at the bi eenial mil ~ nicipal elections in July as has been the case for years, was the sen;ime:it recorded by a majority of the eleven members of the Pity (’barter Commis sion who gathered las; night for the regular weekly meeting of that body ; to di-cn-s proposed legislation affect ing the city and its general welfare And under this proposition, tho counselor would also le eliminated ~ from voting with the Mayor ami Al .■ run n. In other words, his duties . v.'ild le confined strictly to*furnish ng legal advice on all questions that J might arise from time to time. The move which has loan given impetus, and which is likely to be drafted for submission to the present session of the Legislature, was the i subject of a proposed bill which was a ! read before last night's meeting by f former Ftatc's Attorney Nicholas 1!. • Green. Mtie of tho citi/.en members of - he Charter Commission, who also eftei ml a ni.if! of a bill to cover tlm 1 question, of proposed annexation of 1 -last port and Geruiantown to the city. ,'.oih questions evoked considerable ! diM e.ssion. Took* 1 attending the meet (Continued on Pago Four)