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of the Stock-j
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ion will be held!
'socialion. on j
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feting a Board |
iMiing year and j
any other bus
> fore the meet-
Have You
ivisabilitv of opening a Savings Account?
hoc and let vour money work for you.
\MERS NATIONAL RANK will pay you
<'t on the same.
•vor $2. 100.000.00.
National Rank in Anne Afnndel County.
•ugh a strict examination by the U. S.
I>\ a meritorious life of 115 continuous
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and liberal enough to meet all* demands.
j The F armers National Bank !
Of \nnapolis, Maryland
HARRY J. HOPKINS, Presid^tt.
L. D. GASSAWAY, Cashier.
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Capital.
'Caretaker of “Hilsmere*”, Smith
Estate on South River, Missing;
Liquor and Other Things Gone
I Sheriff Thomas S. Dove, and his
| corps of deputies, and the police of
ficials of Baltimore and Washington,
are today engaged in endeavoring to
gain information as to the where
abouts of Russell Godwin, caretaker
■ of “Hilsmere,” the beautiful country
estate on South River, of Martin H.
Smith, of New York and Annapolis,
whose disappearance from the place
'<m Tuesday morning, was followed by
the discovery that a quantity of
whiskies and wines, were found to
he missing, it is also reported that
perhaps other valuables of the house
hold. have been taken.
Mr. Smith, who with the members
of his family, has been at his New
York residence for several weeks, has
been notified of the matter. He is
expected to arrive in Annapolis
either tonight or tomorrow. Pending
his arrival, just what the extent of
the pilfering will amount to cannot
be determined. Sheriff Dove is in
clined to the belief that Godwin has
not absconded, but that he is soine
j where about the county. However.!
FARMERS WILL DISCUSS 1
FORMATION OF CLUB
I
Tomato growers of Anne Arundel j
county who are within easy distance
I have been asked to attend a meeting j
of farmers to be held this evening in •
Edward’s Chapel, at Parole.
The meeting has been called by
County Agent George W. Norris, who
will speak oq topics concerning the
growth and diseases }of. the tomato.
Special attention will be given to the
prospect of this year's Crop, and Mr.
Norris will give timely advice to the
farmers wlTo contemplate planting to
matoes for the coming season. This
professional counsel will be of value
to all tomato growers.
There will also be a discussion of
the advisability of forming a co-op
erative marketing club among the
•farmers present, and the advantages
'of such a body will be pointed out.!
If the plan meets with approval the)
farmers will proceed with the organi
zation of the club, so that it may he
effective in the disposition of crops,
of the spring and summer of this|
year.
Community Service is supporting the
School Boy’s Basketball League. The,
work should be continued and en-:
larged. Join The Community Service I
Association. ’ j3l }
| Mothers’ Circle j
Meeting
Mothers’ Circle will meet;
Friday afternoon. January doth.
' instead of 8 P. M. t in High
| School Assembly Hall.
All are urged to attend.
BOY WANTED
To carry E\ KNINC* SL N ;
route in East port. Apply CAPI
TAL OFFICE*, between 4 and *1
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t [when Goodwin was found missing
. about the “Hiismere” estate between
9 and 10 o'clock Tuesday morning,
by Benjamin Sevier, general super
' intendent of the estate, and lie did
• not turn tip later in the day, the
• matter was reported to the county
. police officials, who, in turn, got in
communication wiih police headquar
ters in Baltimore and Washington.
~ Godwin is 34 years old and had been
■ 'in the employ of Mr. Smith since
> last summer. He was regarded as
, a trusted employee and had keys giv
ing him access to every building and
department about the estate. He oc
cupied one of the tenant houses on
the premises.
Just how much liquor was taken is
not known. It was. at first reported,
that a large quantity had teen re
moved from the cellar of the house
hold. Deputy Sheriff Edward Dove
stated this morning, however, that
only several quarts have thus far
been found missing, and thi* appears
to have been taken from a cupboard
which was found unlocked, and
! “cleaned out.” ,
!A. W. ANDREWS HEADS
; KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
At the installation of officers htld
i last night by Friendship Lodge, No. s.
| Knights of Phythias. in their hail o:i
i School street, the following officers
l were installed:
Chancellor Commander, A. W. An
drews; Vice-Chancellor, Then. Ech
terhoff; Prelate, William Gantt; Mas
! ter of Works, P. C. Godfrey Deininger; J
Keeper of Records and Seal. H. T.
Boettcher; Master of Finance. H. T.
Boettcher; M. of E., William F. Min
nick; Master of Arms, William H.
Weaver; Inside Guard. H. B. Holliday;
Outside Guard, R L. Hopping.
Alter the regular session li.s enter
tainment committee held a lively meet
i ing and outlined an extensive pro
gramme for the meeting in February.
A large attendance of brothers is de
| sired at the meeting of the order to be
j held next Wednesday night, as there
will be several very important mat
ters discussed, and it is expected some
far-reaching changes may he under
taken.
PLAN TOLL M
OVER POTOMAC RIVER
| LINKING MD.-W.VA.
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The proposal to have Maryland and
West Virginia jointly purchase four
toll 1 ridges across the Potomac and
open them free to traffic was given
impetus at a conference between dele
gates of West Virginia legislators and
a number of Maryland Senators.
At the close of the conference it
was announced that ”the sense of the
conference of the joint committees
was that each separate committee
recommend to its respective Legis
lature that the State Highway Com
mission of each State be authorized
and empowered to connect jhe high
ways of West Virginia and Maryland
at one or more points with bridges,
over the Potomac river, as part of
the highway system of the two (
States.”
The conferees paid a visit to Gov
ernor Ritchie, who expressed himself
as in favor* of the plan. Those at the
conference included Senator Bdgar
B. Stewart, former Senator Gray Sil
ver and Representatives J. Sloan
Kuvendall and Roy C. Grove, of West
Virginia. On the part of Maryland
were Senators Eppler, Stifler. Mitch
ell. Mish, Speicher and Harrison.
The West Virginians said their
State probably would have an extra
! session of the Legislature in the
;spring, called for the ratification of
the Suffrage Amendment, and that the
matter of the bridges could be
brought before it. West Virginia has
the money for the project, but it is
I doubtful whether Maryland will be
’able to spare the funds at the pres
ent time.
Prohibition brings many changes,
. but the bartenders have always been
tised to a shakeup in their business.
RELIEF
CHARITY BALL
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MONDAY. FEB. 2nd.
TIIE NEW WILLARD
WASHINGTON. D. C.
TICKETS, (including supper) $3.00.
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THE! MARYLAND
ANNAPOLIS. MIL. THURSDAY. JANUARY 29. 1920
REORGANIZATION
: OF OIOCESE, PUSH
OF EPISCOPWS
.
Adopt Canonical Changes And
' Archdeaconry System j Will Be
■i Abandoned Executive Coun
cil To Direct Church Ma
chinery
BISHOP MURRAY READS
HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS
*
The adoption of vital canonical leg
islation involving important and
sweeping changes in the future or
ganization of the archdeaconry sys
tem of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, diocese" of Maryland, featured
yesterday’s session 'of the;tenth an
nual session of that body at St. Mich
ael and All Angels' Church. Si. Raul
and Twentieth s'reels. Baltimore.
Through the almost unanimous pas
sage of canon, regarded by! many of
the ministers and laymen as the most
far-reaching in its effect of any leg
's la tlon enacted by the stateconven
tion in many years, the resident
t ishop is given an official cabinet,
composed of six clergymen and six
laymen, whose duties will Ftp to share
in the of carrying ipn in tlie
roost efficient manner, the affairs of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the diocese. The mem! ers of this
cabinet, which will to known as the
executive council, will le nominated
ty Bishop Murray, but giving the con
vention the right to accept, or reject
such nominees, lire executive coun- ‘
cil will also have a part in the se
lection of the men who wfjH serve on.
• the convention and of the church
work at large.
Yesterday's action practically
means the reorganization c Tf the ex
ecutive councils of the church, with
special and pertinent reference being
aimed at a radical change in the pres-.
ent system now in operation in the
four arth-deaconaries in the state. By
virtue of the present system the work
of the diocese conies undeir the direct
supervision of the four archdeacons:
Rev. Dr. Peregrine Wrotli, of Balti
more; Rev. Hobart Smith, Towson;
Rev. Dr. E. T. Helfensteip. of Anna
polis. and Rev. Dr. Douglass Hoof, of
Cumberland.*
Bishop Murraj N Weu
The change in this plan was some-,
time ago recommended by Bishop M ur ‘
ray. and it was further one of the out
standing features of his annual report
which was submitted at the opening;
session of thf conventiifh yesterday
morning.
Bishop’s Salary Raised
The convention by umytimous vote I
at the afternoon session granted an
increase from SO,OOO to in the
! salary of Bishop Murray, and an
amount" to'cover his running expenses;
from $1,200 to $3,000. The salary of J
the diocesan librarian was Increased
to $1,500 and that of the Bishop’s
secretary from $1,200 to $1,500. These
increases were included in the report
of Blanchard Randall, treasurer of the
convention.
The Bishop’s Address .
Bishoy Murray’s formal address
dealt at length with numerous affairs
of particular interest to t>ie Protestant
Episcopal Church in Maryland.
Acquisition of a new diocesan head
quarters at 400 North Charles street
was referred to. Bishop Murray re
ported the price paid for It to be $42.-
000. free of any commissions, and in
cluding furnishings. This, he deemed,
was “not exorbitant."
“Saturday arrangements have been,
made,” he said, “with the authorities
of the jAhns Hopkins University for
the removal of our library to Gilman
Hall, a fireproof building.” This, will
be temporary.
“By the sale of the Madison avenue
property and an appropriation from
the nation-wide fund, we should real
ize a sum sufficient to pay for the
Charles street house. I ask that this
convention order sale, approve said
purchase and authorize a loan, if
necessary, to consummate it,”* the
Bishop continued. < ,
Sale of the Church of the Messiah
building was dealt with by Bishop
Murray exhaustively and removal of
the congregation td a future site. The
sale was made on January 12 “for a
sum of somewhat less than $200,000,
but approximately that amount, for the
fabric and land only, all memorials,
and furnishings of wHatever nature
and kind being reserved; Delivery will
not be made until after'Easter, so that
! the Lenten services will be held there
as usual.” ' ]
If you believe in community spirit,
support Tl|e Community Service Asso
i ciation. Active membership is $1100;
Contributing membership. $10.001 ; Sup
i porting membership, $?15.00; Sustain-
I ing membership. $100; junior member
ship, 50 cents. . j3l
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Annapolitans Net
of Ice Famine; 1
Constructing
Housekeepers and merchants of
Annapolis, and other persons in the
vicinity of the city, need have no
fear ok an ice shortage, much more
a famine, during the coming summer,
and for many years for that matter,
as 'he firm of Parlett & Purled Com
pany. the only local ice manufactur
ing concern, is now having installed
a storage plant that will have a oa- •
■ parity to take care of any emergency j
that might arise during warm spells'
of weather.
The building for this storage plant i
has already been constructed, and all
: thni is now awaited is some of the
refrigerating or insulating equip-,
ment, and this will he placed as
promptly as possil le. The entire out
fit. officials of the company estimate,
will he completed by the early spring.
The plant will have a capacity for
i storing 1.000 tons of ice. and it is;
1 eing constructed at a cost of ap
proximately $15,000. The refrigerat
[ML AVIATOR
IN Film FLIGHT
On board the IT. S. steamer "Penn
sylvania." off Guantanamo. January 29
(By wireless to the Associated Press.)
Lieut. Bernard Vanderbilt Elkhout
wis fatally injured yesterday while
living over the Naval Aviat vn Station
at Guantanamo. His plane, a single
seat Nieupo-rt, was wrecked. He was
•alive when taken from the wreckage,
and was rushed to the hospital ship
f “Solace,” where he died.
Lieut. Klkhout was graduated from
the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, in
June, 1917.*
MEMBERS BALTO. W. C. L. {
IN ANNAPOLIS TODAY
Fifty members of the Women’s Civic
League, of Baltimore, who are giving
Casses in civic government, are spend
ing today in Annapolis. They gave
over the time in the early afternoon to
q visit to the State House, where the
Legislature is in session, not that they
came here in connection with any de
sired legislation, hut simply to gain' an
insight of how the legislative machin
ery grinds out laws of the State. Later!
(this afternoon they will visit the Exe
cutive Mansion upon invitation extend
ed tv Governor Albert C. Ritchie, and j
his mother. Mrs. Albert Cabell Ritchie. 1
Among those in the party are: Dr.
Ella Lonn, Instructor in history at (
Goueher College, Baltimore, who is j
: chairman T)f the Americanization Com-j
I mittee of the League, and Mrs. Ber
plinch, w'ho teaches classes in Ameri
! eanization. The ladies brought their
lunches with them, and were served
coffee at the Y ,W. C. A. cafeteria.
1 They also mgrtk- a visit to the Naval
Academy this afternoon.
JUST OUT OF HOSPITAL;
RIB FRACTURED BY FALL
, Discharged from treatment, at the |
Naval Hospital a few days ago, follow
ing a surgical operatoiu% Frank J.
Quinn, government clerk, employed in
the General Store Department of the
Naval Academy. i 3 now confined to his
residence. 211 Gloucester street, suffer
ing from the effects of a fractured rib,
which he sustained by falling on the
ice yesterday morning. Mr. Quinn was
leaving his residence and slipped from I
a step to the pavement. He was as-1
sisted into the house. Suffering much
pain, a physician was called, and an
examination disclosed a rib fracture.
He is resting somewhat more comfort-;
ably today, however.
ICE BREAKING UP IN
UPPER BAY SECTION
■
Ice is breaking up rapidly in tlfc
upper bay. near here, where a huge ice
■ gorge has virtually isolated Baltimore,
ar.d loats joining in this morning and
i yesterday said they had no trouble get
ting through, though the channel was
|/nll of floating ice. There was no wind
blowing, pilots said, but the thaw yes
terday loosened the gorge so that the
pack, which had been broken along
the channel by the iceboat Latrobe,
was cut.
i The Latrobe went out again this
! morning, but it was not expected to be
; required to do any actual riding of the
: ice, unless to release some smaller ice
bound boats frozen in heavier ice back
from the main channel.
The Baltimore harbor was open, yes
terday for the first time in nine days.
Chesapeake Bay traffic was resumed,
three bay liners arriving from the
Capes and three more sailing for Nor
folk and West Point, Y'a. Five ocean
steamers are in the bay, making rather
slow progress because of fog.
i
ed Have No Fear
Parlett Company
Big Storage Plant
ing part of the plant will be of tile,!
w ith calking i card, and a layer of
cement. ( and among other equipment. :
it will have steel trusses. It will be
j modern in every rtsywt.
An official of the Parlett Company
■ stated today that this plant will be,
able to lake care of all demands |
for ice. The manufacturing
, plant is now. and has been for some ,
[time, turning out 50 tons of ice per
Winy, and much of this is already in j
Ji'orage. it is stated. And it is es
timated that the storage plant will
I le filled i<> its capacity and scaled
somewhere between July 1 and 15.
This is about the time that the warm
er weather sets in. and the conse
quent demand for ice. comes on. It
will he readily seen therefore, that
with 1,000 tons in storage and the
plant turning out an average of 50
tons per day. there will he no hard
ships suffered as has been the case
several times in recent years.
AVIATORS NO! FIELD
BY KAN BAND
v
(By tho lTroy*)
Brovvnvllle, Texas, Jan. 20. Lieu
tenants E. F. Davis and G. E. Grimes,
American Army aviators, who yester
day made a forced landing in Mexico,
are not held by Mexico and probably
will fly back to the United States terri
tory today, it was announced at Fort
Brown this morning.
FOUND RELATIVES
KILLED IN WAR
After more than a year spent in Po
land, Count Vladimir Ledochowski,
son-in-law of former Governor Edwin j
j Warfield, has returned to Baltimore, j
The Count visited his old home to as- j
certain whether any of his estates had j
been left after the war and to learn
the fate of his relatives,
j He learned that several members of
his family had been killed and wound- j
ed and a great part of his property j
Ipid w-aste. The Polish people are*
struggling against the ravages of hun-*
ger and cold and trying to stem the
Bolshevist tide toward the west of
Eurpoe, he said, but despite their hard- •
ships and handicaps are slowly “find-:
; ing themselves.” The future of Poland!
sdfcms assured, according to Count,
Ledochowski.
HOUSE SPEAKER GIVES
DINNER TO GOVERNOR
i ,
j Governor Ritchie w-as the guest of
honor at a dinner last night ai Carvel
■Hall, of which Speaker Millard E. Ty-j
dings, of the House of Delegates, was:
tjie host. Other guests included Philip
B. Perlman, Secretary of State; W.
I Oscar Anderson, the Governor's secre-i
tary; Comptroller E. Brooke Lee.
Clarence Bowie, Robert Carman, John
Shearer, of Cumberland; W. Mitchell
11-gges, Col. R. Harris Archer and the
j legislative correspondents of the sev-!
eral daily newspapers.
TEACHERS TO HOLD
QUARTERLY INSTITUTE
There will be no session of the ]
grammar school tomorrow owing to
the meeting of the school teachers,
who are to hold their regular session
for the purpose of exchanging ideas
along the lines of pedagogy.
Bes’des the teachers of the local
school, teachers of other county
schools are expected to he in attend
ance.
For Funeral Of Miss S. E. Brewer
Funeral services over the remains of
Miss Sarah E. Brewer, who died early
yesterday morning at her residence,;
105 Market street, following an illness
t of Bright's disease, will be held from
the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock. The officiating clergyman w ill
lie Rev. H.' Wilson Burgan. pastor of
| First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Miss Brewer was for r.ian-y years an
active member of this church.
,
Next Auto Examination
The next examination for applicants
who desire to drive motor vehicles will
, be held on Saturday, February 14. at
the office of the Superintendent of Pub
: lie Buildings, State House. After this
i examination for application for license
r and fitness to be demonstrated to run
a motor vehicle, there will be none
: until March 13.
V
Community Service will develop
. j leaders in social recreation. Be a
. booster; join The Community Service
! i Association. Active membership,
$1; Contributing membership, $10;
i i Supporting membership. $25; Lustpin
■ling membership, $100; Junior member
ship, 50 cents. J3l
FAIR
Fair; continued cold to
night; Friday, fair and
warmer.
THE EVENING CAPITAL—ESTABLISH KD tL
PRICE TWO CENTS
RUTH JEFFERSON
EXONERATED FHMI
BLAME OF TRAGEDY
Coroner’s Jury Renders Verdict
She Shot Father In Self
Defense As Well As To Pro
tect Her Mother Deliberates
43 Minutes
REITERATES STORY
OF CIRCUMSTANCES
Ul< r deliberating ill minutes
the coroner's .1 it detailed to In
tcsllgate the last port (raged),
rendered a verdict exonerating
Miss ltnth Jefferson of all blame
for iho d< ifh of her fat her, diaries
JctYcrsoii, who was shot and luor
fall t wounded on I lie night of
Januarv 20, last. Tin* inr) hejd
that Miss Jefferson liivd the shot
hi “self-defense, In defense of her
mother. Minnie Jefferson, whose
lift' was then threatened.** There
was a slight dissension among the
jury at lirsi, but the verdict re
turned was unanimous.
Relating iti rub.stanfially the stmo
terms as the sturj sin- gave to a r- ;>
resentative of The Capital, of the cir
cumstances connected with the trap
edy at East port on the night of Jan
uary 20, last. when she shot and itior
tally wounded her father. Charles
Jefferson, -is years old, a painter,
Miss Ruth Jefferson, IS years old
testified before the coroners inquev
that completed a further probe of ?h<
|case. at # lhe Court House this after
noon
The jury, of which Asa \ Joyce, b
foreman, began its sessions at 1.30
, o’clock.
State’s Att<aney James M. Munroe
I conducted the examination of the sev
ieral witnesses as they were called to
the stand, with police Jpstlee John II
Sullivan, acting as coroner in the ul ■
iseuce of Dr. William S. Welch, who
jis indisposed at his residence on
tGloucester street. He is suffering of
ja severe cold. There were present in
[the Court room when the investiga
tion began, a number of residents of
East port and Annapolis, besides the
: govern I witnesses. _
! Although Miss Jefferson was, of
(course, the chief witness in connec
tion with the hearing, the wife of
| the dead man was first called to the
I stand, ami answering a question put
Iby State’s Attorney Munroe, she gave
ja complete narrative of events on the
night of the tragic affair. The gra
■ vender of her testimony was to the
| effect that lu r husband had remained
jat home throughout the night of the
j occurrence and was apparently in the
: best of spirits until shortly before
j midnight, when, after she had retired
j to her room upstairs, he went into a
j raving condition and declared his In
tention of killing himself, and how
! the daughter. Ruth, seeking to pro
tect her, hid her in a cupboard. She
j told of her high state of nervousness
j under the circumstances, and also, in
(spite of it all, she rendered all pos
j sible assistance to her husband aft.or
j lie was wounded by the shot fired 1>;
;the daughter. She also testified that
j she visited ihe husband regularly at
iat hospital until the night of his
(death which was on Sunday last, an !
lof the statement made to her by him
(that he had forgiven his daughter, as
he realized that she allot him to sav 1 ’
her, (the wife.)
| Miss Ruth, the daughter, who has
suffered of extreme nervousness
since the unfortunate affair, wqs 1-
*ed as the next witness. Clad In dee j
mourning, with heavy veil, pale o.
; face, and her body trembling percept -
ibly, she advanced slowly to the wit
ness chair. At the instance of State
Attorney Munroe, she began her nar
rative. and as stated above, it dtd no
1 waver from the statements made to
a representative of the Capital oa Bo
day following the tragedy. That sin
has suffered intensely as the resu!
of the ordeal througlf which she In -
passed. was plainly evident t;
tremors. The weighty party t of h r
-testimony was to the effect that wh* •
’she was about to turn out the ligi
downstairs, and retire to her room oa
the second floor, the father rem ir’ce
“no, daughter, better not turn out all
'the lights, as something terrible is go
ing to happen; I am going -to kill your
* mother and then myself, and you will
find both of us stiff in bed in the morn
ing.” Miss Jefferson said she was
thoroughly frightened at these words
iof her parent and went upstairs, de-
S termined that she would take some
steps to protect her mother, where
upon, she decided to hide her mother
in the closet of her bedroom. “A few
minutes later,” she said, “my father
came upstairs and upon finding me in
the bedroom demanded to know where
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