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.-ociated Frca. D. - Js* of b "' w ■* I',, and abroad are pub m The Capital. , GAZETTE-ESTABLISHED 1727. TB£“ a!: ' IA - ' r rail 111 Si BEFORE I JUTE LAWMAKERS I Measure Provid- Hi :.'***'■* H v r ■ - I ■ yof Public School ■ j.-or> I': trented By Senator I Disharoon h l 0 UL!) MAKE TERMS OF I SHEKIFI S FOUR YEARS ■ v .r. 'n il ! .*-• -i.t l ur<‘ has en ■ T,, 1 . r *n a . .1. of its session, * ■rr j,reconvened last]* FT. ‘ o ~m no measures of 10-M ■ t, i V i- ;i - yet made their ■ . r the Senate or | 1 ther bills have ; 1 ■ ' t', r , i . i the several com- 1 ■ ~.;*!<• I down to work,! 1 ■ ( . ~ the work of the i 1 KLi,i,..r< w:i! ■ > ,i.j l l > increase. 1 ■ j., . j,,,hills w hich are he-> ( B, a.,.*.. ~; ( i whuh will soon bej* I h i c will he a road 1 Ilj, ~ r tin Eighth district. The ’ In I he pn-cntc.l jointly hy Dele- 1 ■ f . \ tin! Lodgers. both of < I , fnmi the lower section < ■ . The hill, among other ‘ I ~'a‘cl, will provide for t K ru< rin of about six miles E road in the Eighth, under State t I ;r Vi”,oils ' ■p, , -ams iif both houses last t |, .r,. jira!. and adjournment * 1, ;,;ki'n until noon today, |l ■ I Tnulierx* Siilnrj Itill lit Bfcn.r r n.-liaroon, of Wicomico Lvi i ■ niglit introduced the ad- ( ■Miration's tiill to increase the j Hasty teachers’ salaries and provide t Bi.c is,, rdaf from the cost of k B>n.iiin> to students at the-c State , Erma! Schools ■ Oowrnor li. chic gave out. a state- j Hr. a mug the terms of the j Btuiiri He said that the minimum ( InM-s (irmuled average about 33 jj ■ prrci’t aiul represents the judg- ( Hi of the Sr ato Hoard of Kduoa- H the normal sciiool principals, the H associat sons, the county ail- { ■tins ami o hers. The burden of j B (Cnntitnieh on Pace Four! |- ♦ l ■American Legion i I IMPORTANT MEETING ITonight-Tuesday | I ((.immunity Club I Main Street L i F ■ —== ' ITU V Ml KUS SALAD I KING BRAND Mayonnaise Di essing AND 1 artar Sauce i p - • ■ a good groceries’. "• ; guarantee of L : >r, : anded j 27 | $ I -'/ Prosperous and Happy New T'car To u /// of Our Patrons A Bank that is strong enough > ul liberal enough to care for its patrons at all times j ! ESTABLISHED IN 1805 ✓ j * j Gloss Assets Over $2,700,000.00 i \ 1 Tr Cent Interest on Savings Accounts The F armers National Bank j Of Annapolis, Maryland (Veiling feuLf. (Enpitnl. TRIAL OF SOLDO PRESENTS BIG ISSOE Important Points Involved In Verdict Of Manslaughter In Case Of Army Captain MAY CAUSE AN UPSET ('apt. John S. Strahorn, assistant T. 8. District Attorney for Maryland, has just returned from Atlanta, Ga., where he has been for several days, in private practice, on behalf of a former Army Captain, now confined in the Federal Penitentiary there, who was found guilty of manslaught er by general court-martial, held at Camp Sevier, S. C., in I<JlB, on a charge of murder. This case bids fair to attract more than usual notice. The question of the, release of tlie accused under a writ of habeas corpus, issued in the United States court for the northern district of Georgia has seemingly stirred up a considerable furor in the office of the Judge Advocate General at Washington, since that office wSs unwilling to have the District Attor ney at Atlanta handle the case alone in the trial of it on the 2th inst. Lt.- ! Col. Francis E. McGovern, a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Staff, appeared for the Government at the hearing. The points raised by the petition for the writ are of unMeual interest, especially to the Law Department of the Government, and, incidentally, to any former soldier who may have been in trouble during his service, j which brought him before a court martial. As was argued by Colonel Mc- Govern, if one of the reasons shown \ is sustained by the court, it may re-j suit in a great number of convicted | soldiers having their confinement ter minated promptly. These reasons 1 are: That the court-martial was not I legally appointed; that it had no jur-i isdiction over the accused, since no’ proof that he was legally inducted! into the service was introduced; that] the court-martial had no Jurisdiction' over the crime, since the trial was not completed until after the armis tice, and that the corfmitment is not' in accordance with the findings, since! the court said that Should be con- ! fined in a place to be designated hy tdio Reviewing Authority, and the Commanding Officer of the camp, a review failed to point out any place of confinement. During the argument in this case (Continued on Page Four) ■ • <s> i A. W. SHARPE Optician 136 Main Street ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. <.♦>— w Basket Ball; CRESCENTS M A RI N E S Tuesday, Jan. 27th, BLADEN ST. ARMORY Game Called 8 o’clock . Admission 20c. — ~ ICE CONDITIONS ! IMPROVED TODAY i Higher Temperature Causes Coating On Streets To Soften And Walking Is Better . . ’ SHIPPING AT STANDSTILL | With the more moderate tempera ture today, ice conditions generally, ’.and as fur as they have affected pe 'jdestrians In particular, during the ’j sleety weather of the last several days, are greatly improved. i The snow storm forecast by the (weather bureau as due to set in last night,* must have been sidetracked I somewhere. In it's stead a drizzling: rain prevailed, intermittently. This' 'only added to the slippery conditions under foot during the night, hut with , the rising of the temperature towards ! morning, Annapolhans were al le to i get about the streets with less danger of failing. Navigation in the lay, and tli£ riv ers and other estuaries, however, still remains seriously impeded owing to the solid condition of the ice in many places, and heavy fioes in others, j Around Sandy Point particularly,) there are masses of the heavy cakes of ice. It is out of the question for j hay vessels, such as oyster schooners j and other similar type of craft to [venture out, and, in fact, only the larger sea-going steamers are able to mike much progress to and from the port of Baltimore. All of the Tolehester Company's steamers art tied up at their piers in Baltimore, land so are those which ply the lay and other river routes. The iceboat 'Latrohe, the now available has been working night and 'day, battling with the heavy ice it:! (the upper hay. and has kept a c!r.in-i 1 nel open for the larger vessels, at j the same time giving assistance to | the craft that become stuck in the, big floes. , Just how long the present thaw j will continue, not even the weather ! sharps know. The sun has shown it ; self from behind the clouds at in ! tervals during the day, hut the hor izon is pretty generally overcast, and what little wind has been blowing is from the northeast quarter, all of j which would hardly indicate that : clearing conditions are in sight just now. The weather bureau’s forecast for the next 24 hours, is for generally I cloudy conditions, and colder tonight and Wednesday. ADM. JELLIOOE LAUDS NAVY’S CG-DPERATION * fc I While Admiral Sims appears to be in doubt as to whether the United States Navy co-operated well with the British Navy during the world war. Viscount Jellicoe, Admiral of the fleet.) has a different notion. A letter transmitted to Secretary of; j the Navy,Daniels by R. (’. Lindsay. ! counsellor and charge d’affaires of the! British Embassy, expressing apprecia i tion of the many courtesies extended j to Viscount Jellicoe during his recent visit here, among other things said: “Admiral Jellicoe also wishes me to I add that he was afforded the opportun j ity hy Mr. Daniels of meeting the wholep ersonnel of the naval officers J present in Washington, an event which j gave to him personally and to his staff the very greatest pleasure, as it fur nished them with the opportunity of renewing the very close associations which were the result of the splendid co-operation between the two navies during the war.’’ TONIGHTS LECTURE AT PRESBYTERIAN CH. “Bolshevism.” a subject \hat is agi tating the minds of most people snice these days of reconstruction after th? world war, will be discussed in a high ly interesting lecture tonight at the ; Presbyterian Church by Dr. George I Meade. Dr Meade’s subject. “Are We Ready For a Revolution?" will carry with it importance and more than usual time ly interest. Dr. Meade is an author as well as a lecturer, and comes here highly recommended by the literary world today. The lecture is free, and those who desire to know and under stand more of Bolshevism, and what H means, should not fail to avail them-1 selves fo this opportunity. NAVAL OFFICER PURCHASES HOME Lieutenant - Commander Rjv H. | Wakeman, U. S. N’., has purchased from R. F. Suit the new burhgalow at j ’jyest street extended, i The purchase was made through the ! real estate firm of Charles F. Lee, * i broker. THE MARYLAND GAZETTE. ANNAPOLIS. Ml)., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. I!UU U. S. TO CONTINUE 1 CONTROL OVER SYS. AT LEAS! 2 YEARS i (Hy T.h* Associated PresM Washington, I>. f. Jan. 27. Con ! tinuance of government control of rail roads for at least two years w,is ;Of President Wilson toda"y hy repre sentatives of farmers' itiuns. the American Federation*-! i, a bor and the. four big brotherhoods. A large delegation composed of„maiy of the same persons who called u! the \\ kite House last December '.7 *1 v to the ! executive office with a lett*-.- for the President. Sentiment in fsvAr of gov | eminent operation, the letteF .--aid, has increased, during the p.*s; y V v since the first request was it m.-, ‘ un til we can accurately state rfeat th;- Is the preponderate desire of Vi:e farm fers and of organized labor forces of most of the States of the Union.” j The return of the roads, the letter declared, would involve an ipcrea.se of 25 to 40 percent, since an additional revenue fo (dose -o a billion dollars will he needed, which would mean, it , was said, "an increase in the cost of living as estimated by your Director- Gen, ral fo Railroads of at least 4 bil | iion dollars a year.” E. T. MEREDITH. EDITOR TO SUCCEED HOUSTON (Tty flip Associnted iTcssi Washington, D. ('.. Jan. 27. Edwin T. Meredith, of lowa, editor of “Bue l cessful Farming,” will le named £?fcc retary of Agriculture to succeed Sec retary Houston who is -:o become j Secretary of the Treasury in place of (Carter Glass. Mr. Meredith telegramed the White | House today accepting the office. He lis r. 4 years old and his home is in ' Des Moines. Be So re starting “Suc cessful Farming” he was publisher of the "Farmer's Tribune.” He was a candidate for United States. Sena tor in 1914 and for Governor of lowa in 1916. President Wilson was exptyted to send the nominations of Houston and Meredith to the Senate today. As soon as Houston qualifies,*Gla.ss take his seat in the Senate to succeed the late Senator Martin, of Virginia. ! SIMS SUBJECT Of ABACK IN HOUSE i (Hy The Ass< dateO .Pjvssl Washington. D. U~ Jan. 27. .Rear Admiral Sims, a leading figure in thj> Naval Decorations controversy, and lin the pending Senate Investigation >f the Navy’s conduct of rhe war. was | vigorously attacked today in the > j House by Representative Burns, Deni-1 iocrat, of South Carolina. < ’He declar ed that if the Admiral wras admonish ed by a high Naval officer not to let j the British “pull wool” over his eyes, is specified recently hy Sims before .he Senate Committee investigating Naval awards, he violated a confi dence in making the instructions pub lic‘ . ' Mr. Burns said that Admiral Sims ‘deserved the condemnation of every American ami a dishonorable dis charge from the Navy. JEFFERSON FUNERAL TOMORROW AFTERNOON ■ Funeral services over remains of Charles Jefferson, victim tpf the East port tragedy of last Tuesday night, when he was mortally wounded by a pistol shot fired by his: 18-year-old daughter. Miss Ruth Jefferson, will be held from his late residence. No. .177 Third street, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. The services will be con ducted by the Rev. Geo R. Savage, a Protestant Episcopal minister, in the absence of Rev. Edward D. Johnson, rector of St. Anne's Protestant Episco pal Church, who has been called to Baltimore to attend the hffocesan con vention. Mr Jefferson died at thfl Emergency Hospital Sunday night ffom the bullet , wound through the left ; lung. His j body has been prepared for burial by ; undertakers James S. Taylor and Sons. . and is now at his late horje where his widow and ten children £re in a dis tressed condition. r Announcement was made today that the jury of inquest apjK>n|ted to inves tigate the circumstances of the trag edy will hold a final meeting on Thurs day and give a forrmal in con nection with *tbe unfortunate affair. The jurors viewed the of Mr. Jef- Iferson yesterday prior to jts removal from the hospital. CONTRACTS AWARDED BY CO. OFFICIALS l I -Weekly Advertiser Gets Both Printing And Publishing— Stationery Deferred SEN. BRADY ON ROADS In pursuance of advertisement for proposals, the County Commissioners opened bids today for County pub lishing. County printing and station ery for the several County depaai mer s, for one year front February 1. 1920, The County publishing was award ed to the Weekly Advertiser for $1,100; the printing for the several county departments was awarded to The Advertiser office for $325; and the stationery contract was awarded to the Advertiser office for $661.05. The other bidders were: The Art Press for the County printing for SOOO. and Meyer and Thalheimer, $735.35 for the stationery and Dulany- Vernay Co., for the stationery, $813.22. Senator Brady called on the Coun ty Commissioners today and request ed that they make such suggestions and recommendations as they deem proper regarding proposed legisla tion. and further asked that they in- ! vile the taxpayer? of the entire Coun ty to meet at the State Hone at an ! early day to confer with the Sena tors and Members of the House and I give expression to what laws they! desired passed. President Walton ex-! pressed the thanks of the board to’ Senator Brady and said he would call such a Tfneeting and hoped to have a representitive attendance. Mothers’ Pensions A resolution was passed by the Board referrring to the Circuit Court for final decision all applications for mothers’ pensions. As these applica tions have from time to time leen sui mitted to the Board they were act ed on by the Board under the as ; sumption that the law- imposed this duty on them. Recently it lias been discovered, however, that there is a provision in tlie law which requires that these applications shall be re-' ferred to the Court for final action; after examination made by the Coun ty Commissioners.. It was in order; ito straighten out this procedure that! <the Board today passed the resolu- j tion fully reciting all the circum stances and providing for a complete 1 certified list of these applications to be submitted to the Court. The body of the resolution is as follows: ‘THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDj BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION ERS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTYj that all of the applications for j ers’ pensions bled in the office of the l County Commissioners be listed and| certified to by the Clerk of this Board, and together with all papers in corn i nection therewith, showing the award; 'of th's Board in each case be imme diately transmitted to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County for ! final decision in said cases, as pre scril ed in the Statutes for such j ; cases.” for salelTarmy . FOODSTUFFS !N CITY The speciaj meeting of the City Council called last night lasted only five minutes. The only business be fore the body was the granting of per mission to officials of the Federal Gov i ernment to use the lower room of the city assembly hall for the purpose of ? displaying army stores and foodstuffs to be offered for sale to citizens of Annapolis. Tliis gives opportunity to buy the army surplus supplies. These sup plies are sold a saving to tho con sumer, as coin pa red to the market price for products. The War Department officials re quested the use of some appropriate place for displaying the goods hence the action of the Council as referred to above. The supplies, it is expected, will be received here within a short time. / HELP ASKED FOR STARVING ARMENIANS i While there is practically no ! “drive” on for the starving, suffering 1 Armenians. Mrs. Robert B. Dashiell, j chairman of the comfort committee of: the Armenian Relief fund for Anna polis. is daily receiving any gifts of clothing for men. women and espe cially for children. All gifts may be i sent to the Municipal Building, Duke iof Gloucester street any day and will ,be received either by Mrs Dashiell,. j or her representative. 1 The condition of the Armenian suf-' iferers appeals to all. $' “SPECIAL PRIVILEGE" ;■ TAX IS PROBLEM i County Commissioners Demur To Ground Taken By Offi cials Of City Gov’t. ,SHOULD HAVE HEARING Parsing upon the question of pro posed legislation for levying a tax up on taxable property in the outlying sectiions of the city fur “special privi leges,” as recently presented by Mayor Levy and a committee of the City ■ Council, the Board of County Commis | sioners, at their weekly meeting here j today, adopted a resolution referring the whole issue back to the municipal authorities to the end that persons in i the communities to be affected, or those interested in the premises, should be given full opportunity to be heard on the subject. The City Council at a meeting two I weeks ago took the ground that out lying communities enjoying special privileges, byway of police and fire protection, and in other ways, should pay a special tax therefor, and named the Mayor as the head of a committee to place the matter before the county officials. Thisc omraittee waited upon I the County Commissioners last Tues day. The Board deferred the question ' for the time being, but at today's meet ! ing, the following resolution was ! adopted: i “Whereas, The Mayor and City Coun cil of Annapolis, Md.. submitted to us | a draft of a bill to be presented to the j General Assembly of Maryland, now In ! session, known as "Special Privileges,” for our endorsement “We. The Board of County Commis sioners, in session this 27th day of January, 1920, do hereby resolve: “That this question of ‘.Special Privileges’ is a most vtial one, de manding much time and consideration for its proper decision. “That we respectfully refer the mat ter back to the Mayor and City Council with the suggestion that this is a mat i ter tor the Anne Arundel county legis lative delegation to consider, so that all persons and communities interested in it be given full opportunity to be J heard upon the subject, j “And that a copy of this resolution | he forwarded to the Mayor and City Council.” HIS FIRST BIG SALE IN 15 YEARS’ BUSINESS Max Snyder, prominent West street i shoe merchant* announces that the first sale he has ever had in his busi -1 ness career in Annapolis, extending over a period of 15 years, ’will start on Friday. The reason for the sale, j Mr. Snyder says, is that his store is too I crowded and the present be 1 disposed of in order that he may make improvements to relieve congestion. The service of an expert sales pro moter have been secured, and no effort will be spared to make the sale a suc i ces.-\ A large stock of shoes will be disposed of, and Mr. Snyder guarantees every pair to be as advertised. TO ATTEND CONVENTION OF EPISCOPAL DIOCESE This evening Dr. Edward D. John ; son. rector of St. Anne’s, will leave for j Baltimore, where he will attend the business meeting to be held to report i result of the of the World Movement. This business meet ing is being held prior to the two days’ session of the Episcopal Diocesan Con vention, which will be opened by Bishop Murray tomorrow morning at St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Bakiiffore, with the celebration of the Holy Communion. j The delegate from St. Anne’s Parish j is W. Meade Holladay, who will attend a portion of the convention, but as he is a representative from Anne Arundel county to the Legislature, he will not : be able to be present throughout the entire convention’s session, and Dr , Fell, alternate, will represent St. Anne's. ST. MARTIN’S LADIES TO GIVE SUPPER Ladies of the Aid Society of Saint : Martin’s Lutheran Church will give one of the splendid suppers for which they are famous on Thursday evening, February 5, in the lower rooms of the 1 church on Francis street. An appetizing menu will be served . for fifty cents, the supper being from 6:30 throughout the evening. >atj Officers Transferred Commander Ellis Landon, command : ing the Barker, has been transferred j to the command of the Meade, reliev ing Lieut.-Commander William I>. i Brereton. who is assigned to duty at ; the Naval Academy. Lieut.-Command er Charles C. Windsor is assigned to j the command of the Barker. Cloudy Generally cloudy tonight and Wednesday; colder. THB ■YKNING CAPITAL—ESTABLISHED IS* PRICE TWO CENTS, 'SLEETY WEATHER I KICKS OUT HIGH PIER WIRELESS Icy Coating Of “Antaenna,” At Government’s Big Plant Across 1 Severn River To Be Removed By Novel Method Of Employ ing Balloon Operator 5 i NETWORK OF WIRES PRESENTS BIG TASK - . > i ; Because of the continued sleety I weather, the Government’s high pow -1 er wireless plant, located on the • igrounds of old Fort Madison, across . Severn river from the Naval Acad- Jemy, lias been practically out of eom | mission for the last few days, i! Tee that formed on the “Antaenna,” -! the network of wires stretching bo ll tween the four huge 600-foot towers. • | caused them to become heavily l j weighted down so that communloa- I tion has not only’ been seriously in > terrupted, but at times, the plant has /been rendered entirely out of com i mission. To relieve the resulting condition a i captive 40-foot balloon is now In course of transit from the aviation ; station at Cape May, N. J , and a na val aviator will he sent to Annapolis from Washington, to ascend in the balloon, and cut the coating of ice ■ from the multitude of wires. This, it i is expected, will be an operation far ’ exceeding ordinary interest, and ar cording to the authorities of the Na val Academy, it is likely (hut u bat tery of cinema and moving picture operators, will make the Jaunt here [ to “can" it for exhibition purposes. The balloon is expected to reach the i Academy toifight, and (he work of cleaning the wires will get under way ■ tomorrow. 1 The wireless station here is the next greatest high power plant in the world, being exceeded only by the Lafayette station which tho Uniter I States government erected in France i during the World War. It is distinc tively a sending station, although no i operators are employed there. All ’ communication is done by a key in Washington. In other words, the lo cal plant is termed a relay station There is, however, a force of about ■ t 25 men of the service employed there jregularly in different capacities. FAITHFUL DOG MOURNS FOR HIS DEAD MASTER “Ponto,” the faithful dog of "Uncle Tom" Simms, the old colored man who was hurried to deatli in his home al , Cedar Park on Sunday night, mourns , for his dead master. The dog howls piteously around the ruins and ashes of the house in which he and his master lived, and refuses to be comforted. The faith/ulness of the , animal but emphasizes the love of a dog for its ownfcr. Today the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was notified of the dog’s predicament, his homlessneas and friendiessness. Although peoplo ’| in the neighborhood have attempted to • care for the animal, he refuses to leave i the ashes of his former home and the ■ j scene of his master’s death. CRAB TOWN FOLLIES MIXED MINSTREL SHOW The Knights of Columbus and /Daughters of Isabella will have a j'mlxed minstrel, called the “Crabtown Follies,” to be held at St. Mary’s Hall | February 12 and 13, (Thursday and Friday nights. ) Good singing is prom ised and a good number of new joker. J which will provoke laughter, will be “sprung.” It is the first minstrel held at Ft. I Mary’s Hall in many years, and gener ' ous patronage is asked. A pleakant evening with much fun is assured all , who attend. In The Orphans’ Court Judges of the Orphans’ Court of the County held their regular se*- ! sion here today. Only one item of business came up for disposition. This was the filing by Mrs. Alice L \ i Gale, of her second acrxiunt as guard !, ian of Hamilton A. Gale, and Alice L. Gale, children of the late Hamilton ’i A. Gale, of Annapolis. The account was examined and approved by the I Court. Marriage Licenses SJMP&ON -ARNOLD —Levy Simpson. 24; Marie Arnold, 21. both of Prince George’s county, Md. Applicant, Franklin Simpson. i Colored HOWARD - SELLMAN Charles Howard, 21, Davidsonvllle, Anne Arun , del county; Bessie Sellman, 18, Mayo,* II Anne Arundel county. Applicant, J Lambert Hardesty.