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v.- ••j'ions Fare Well In
“ ~:n n;r:e nt.s Made By Gov- j
• K . In Budget Bill
To Legislature Yes-j
Unease of SIO,OOO
' ' TO ST. JOHN’S. 2 YRS.S
iii-s;tori*nK <f Nnnapolis
, A.i. ;f jjijimpriations for
. A ,ra - provided for
~f Coventor Ritchie
v.-'i-r<i:iv presented and
.. v 0,,. c'li.f F.xocutive be
imm: of ' lie Senate and :
(p.f 1 0)4 f.l 'O
.. ( ~!!•£•• and tin* \nnapo-
Hospital each will re
. r , • r p.ijl and 1!22. tliati
■ n „ for the last two.
fe,, . p.' of appropriations j
~r ioc.il interest, the I
tj . ,;,j,h!,itfil io-tiiK fir each the j
: j • it
; J,,inis College $45,000
Lvrmaay Kaspral .. 0.000
ft,,, Home 500
I: ~ s • Claiborne
.Ferry 18.000
a appropriations tire for
t , ;a i, of maintenance. For
the sum is SIO,OOO j
k ,r than Un 1 institution has re- i
s , ucHparod to the last two
IP ■;;: i t for the Emergency
r s'.om> greater. Concern -
v . -jot.*i. it is not known whe- :
r • imp stun will he turned I
r Hii.tr.l of Managers of that :
g:vn or th.t: the same provis-j
M ptrtad as in former years,
a h.t-is of earnings
tv, '! $1 tin per capita for ex
v pf feeding. etc. of free pa*
Lt ' . H.iine is an institution
:>■ women, the (|\i;trters
i argo Prick colonial build
t < ■ 'M.,r of .Maryland avenue
ke.iK <;.• 'rye street
Into (at >alar lun case
' . r>• vtfi.-tnnt ial increases
i • Budge: tor a number
:>'ti!ufmn, Imt the Gov
r ra.i- jitc document also
*" ■ • 't for raising the salar
or ,f the State officers.
' "t the ci retary of the
Works was raised
Philip B. Perl-!
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basket - ball!
and DANCE I
‘Tidav. l ebinary 1 3
' hi) I’ M
>TATr. armory
Cali is vs. St. Mary’s Girls
!V\ s vs. Roina Mercedes.'
Benefit A. If. S.
• Uhlciic Association
Admission :
Uciulemon. f>oc. |
Y: ic- ’’ cents. I
Have You
ndvi-al'iiitv of opening a Savings Account.
■ :ce and let vour money work for you.
\il R> NATIONAL BANK will pay you
vi>t on the same.
: ' ver S*?,:00.000.00.
I
N ational Bank in Anne Arundel County. j
mgh a strict examination by the U. S.
’t . • 1 hv a meritorious life of continuous
;h ami liberal enough to meet all demands.
! The Farmers National Bank
Of \nnapolis, Maryland
HARRY J. HOPKINS’ President. \
| L. I). GASSAWAY, Cashier.
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“MS” DECLINED
10 PRESENT CASE
Protested Against Proceeding In
cident To Hearing On Amend
ment Yesterday, As Unfair
THEY ASKED MORE TIME
Protesting against what they char
acterized an unfair proceeding, the
suffragists declined to participate in
the hearing yesterday afternoon he-j
fore the joint committees'*of the two!
t houses, sir n both sides vere invited!
to speak for and against the proposed i
ci ailment to the Constitution. When'
the committee convened in the House |
of Delegates Chairman Roberts, who I
presided, announced that one hour
would be given the advocates of suf
trage and three-fourths of an hour to
| tlm antis, the apportionment being
made to favor the suffragists.
Delegate Coburn, of Harford, who
represented the latter, protested,
against what lie termed a summary j
proceeding, declaring that not stiffi-)
I Hent opportunity had been given the
i women who favored the amendment to
j present their side. The resolution, hoi
! said, liml been introduced last Friday
and this was only the second legisla-j
•ivc dav since it made it t appearance
“In all justice and decency," said he,,
“the ladies should be shown e insid-!
eration. The committee'should grant)
at least a week to give the opportun
ity to have men of national promi-j
lienee address the committee. \\ <
ask, therefore, a continuance of the I
■ hearing for one week. This is file only
statement we care to make.”
Chairman Roberts here asked j
whether the suffragists desired to use j
the time allotted them, whereupon Mr
Coburn replied that they must have an
opportunity to properly present their
case, and speaking for them he again)
j asked for a postponement.
The chairman stated this was a mat
j ter for the committee to determine, j
and after Delegate Ruck argued,
against postponement and Delegate
Curry pleaded for it, Mr. Roberts an-'
pounced that the hearing would go on
He said he had notified the suffragists |
in person and by telephone of the time)
fixed for tlit* hearing and said it would
not be fair to the committee to expect j
it to adjourn tit a time to suit the con
venience of the ladies.
There were in the House during this
controversy Senators, as well as mem
bers, while the galleries were crowded
with women representing both sides.)
and as their respective champions
scored they cheered and applauded toj
the echo.
After considerable time had been
spent in sparring for position, the
'chairman finally put an end to the de
sultory talk by calling on the antis to
present their case, and Mrs. Rufus N
Higgs started the hall rolling.
She was given a warm reception.!
and her talk aroused :he enthusiasm
of the opponents of suffrage who ap
plauded her continually. Several
other speeches were made.
( RAH TOWN FOLLIES
MINSTRELS
GIVEN BY
K. of U. atuj 1). of I.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
(February 12th and 13th).
St. Mary’s Hall.
At 5.15 P. M.
Admission :: :: 50 Cents,
i _ _ H2_
MOVEMENT UNDER
WAY TO RETAIN
MINIMUM HI
Senator Mish, Of Washington
County, Offers Resolution That
Would Mean Price Of $2.26 —
Naming Of Tobacco Inspector
By Governor
WOULD EXTEND TIME
FOR OYSTER DREDGING
A concerted movement, supposedly
backed by the National Grange, is now
under way to have the government re
) tain the minimum price for wheat, and
a resolution introduced by Senator
Mish, of Washington county, not only
strongly urges that this be done, but
that at grain corporation be uppoint
l ed, the members of which will he men
friendly to the farmer.
Senator Mish. himself a farmer, fie
clares that under the war provisions
he has been producing wheat at a loss
and ihat if the financial coalitions
i grow worse and the prices sink below
: the present rate, not only will pro
j duction be limited but the wheat rais
| ing farmers will be threatened by ti
nancial disaster.
In the preamble it is set forth tint
inasmuch as according to the newer
, political economy it has been deemed
! wise and beneficent to fix minimum
j prices for wages, salaries and farm
products, and, whereas, under Ft
| scale of prices fixed for wheat and
pork the American farmer has suffer
| ed a loss of not less than $2,000,000.-
j 000 during the past three years, and by.
j reason of threatening financial clouds
wheat may sink to even lower levels |
jit is highly desirable to stabilize the 11
• price to t he farmer.
; Unless this is done for the next M
j three years the producer, it is claim
led, faces bankruptcy and distress j
! Congress is therefore asked to con-j
: tinue the fixed minimum price of $2.20, i
j for the reason that, this was imposed I
I when the farmer did not ask it and I
(lid not need it. It must now appeal)
j to the most elementary sense of jus-j
tice to fix it when they do want it and |
! may need it.
The resolution then asks that the
present United States Grain Corpora-)
I tion be dissolved and one more triend-j
ly to the farmer be named. Copies of
! the resolution are asked to be sen’ c )
i Maryland’s representatives in Con- j
. gress.
(Continued On Page Two.)
SIX "MARYLAND’S 800”
ACT AS PALLBEARSRS
I
The funeral of John Jefferson
Jacol s. one of "Maryland’s S 00” tirst
volunteers in the U. S. Navy, whose
! death occurred at the Marine Hospital,
Baltimore, on Monday, took place this
morning with Requiem Mass, from St. j
Mary’s R. C. Church
The celebrant of the Mass was Rev.
Father F. J Murray, C. SS. R., who
served during the war as Chaplain in :
the Aviation Corps for eighteen
months. The pallbearers were all An
napolis young men whose names are
enrolled on the tablet of “Maryland's
Immortal S 00,” and were the follow
ing: Henry and George Craig: George
Freeman. Oliver Holland. Gilbert Col
lins. and Ell wood Scherger. Inter
ment was in Cedar Bluff Cemetery,
funeral directors James S. Taylor Ac
Sons, being In charge of arrange
| men is.
FIRST ARREST FOR
! VIOLATING PARKING LAW
On Monday night the tirst arrest
j was made for violation of the parking
ordinance on Main street. The ordi
nance prohibits the parking of cars
between 7 and 11 p. m. on Main street
between Francis street and Church
Circle. The young man charged with
violating the ordinance pleaded ignor
ance of the law as there are no park
| ing signs posted. He was given a
j hearing before Justice W. S. Welch,
! who imposed a tine of s7> and costs,
amounting to $6 75. which he paid.
The arrest the police authorities
hope, will be a warning to others
who park cars between 7 and 11 p. in.
on the Northeast side of Main street.
OUT OF TOWN PREACHER
AT MD. AVE. CHURCH
On Sunday morning and evening the
preacher at Maryland Avenue Metho
dist Episcopal Church, the Rev. Em
mett R. Spencer, pastor, will be the
Rev. Dr. Edwin A. Schell, father of
Midshipman Schell, of the first class.
In the evening Dr. Schell will take
for his theme his "Experience in the
Balkans." Dr. Schell was a former
| president of Wesleyan University.
THE! MARYLAND "GAZETTE.
\\XAP< >L!S. MD.. THURSDAY. FKRKU\KY I*. 1
Lincoln’s Famous
Gettysburg Speech
Reherc i at the Dedication of the
National ('inetery. Nov.
• mher U>.
i Four score and sevea years ago
I our fathers brought forth on tins
continent a new nation. ( >m * vo l
in lil erty ar. i dedicated to the
j proposition that all nun are cre
ated equal.
Now we are engaged in a ere .’
civil war. te-Fng whether that na
tion or any other, nation so con
ceived ami so dedicated, can long
endure. We are me on a gi e u
| battlefield of :h:; war. We have
t o;ne to dedicate a portion of that
i field as a final resting place for
those who here gave their lives
that that nation might live. It is
altogether rising and proper ill it
we should do tit -.
Hu:, in a large .*• we oanuot
dedicate we cannot consecrate
we cannot hallow this ground.
The 1 rave men. living and dead,
who struggled here have con so*
( rated it far al ove our poor power
to add or detract. The world will
little noie or long remember what
we ■'.:>• here. 1 it it can never for
ge: what tilry did here. It is for
ns, the living, to le dedicated lor*
to the unfinished work which they
v ho fought here have thus Fir s >
nobly advanced. It is rather for
us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us
that from these honored dead we
t ike increased devotion to that
cause for which they gave the last o
full measure of devotion: that we j
here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain; that,
this nation, under God. shall have
a new l:ir"h of freedom, and that
government of the people, ly the
pcovde. for the people shall not
1 .>’isii from the earth.
SUCH DEFENDS
MERIT GILL IN S
IK 10 EDITORS
Officers Of Maryland Press As-)
sociation Elected At Annual
Meeting Held At Carvel Hall
To Gather Here Again In Mid-
Summer
FUND FOR PUBLISHING
LAWS IN CO. PAPERS
Though a number of the members
| were unable to make the trip to An- \
napolis, because of difficulties in traf-j
tic resulting from the recent snow
! storms, the special meeting of the)
Maryland Press Association, composed)
of editors of county papers till over
(the State, held at Carvel Hall yes-!
iterday afternoon, was an interesting)
! one. Special guesrs of the occasion!
were Governor Albert C. Ritchie, State,
j Comptroller E. Brooke Lee, and Mil
liard E. Tydings, Speaker of the
House of Delegates, all of whom de-j
liverod brief addresses.
Officers of the Association were elect
ed. a committee was named to keep
in touch with legislation affecting the
interests of the county newspapers,
other matters of a routine nature
were disposed of. and Annapolis was
chosen as the place for the mid-sum
! mer gathering of the editors. I.eo M.
Moore, editor of the Havre de Grace
ledger, was re-elected president, and
the following other officers of the As
sociation were chosen: r
j First vice-president. George T. Me-1-
vin. editor of the Annapolis Weekly
(Continued On Page Three)
SIB. liiiNSOON
10 RESUME SCHEDULE
With the bay now open again to
navigation for the regular bay steam
ers. following the long ice embargo,
which for a time also impeded the
larger vessels, the steamer Emerson
C. Harrington, of the Annapolis-Clai
borne ferry line, it is expected soon
will return to Annapolis, and resume
her schedule of trips between this city
and Claiborne on the Eastern Shore.
The Harrington has been tied up in
Baltimore harbor since early in De
c-emf er and there has been no traf
fic over the ferry line at all. The
steamer, was sent there, placd in dry
■ dock, and given a general overhauling
’ and repairs, in preparing for the
spring and summer traffic. The Har
• rington experienced considerable
■ boiler trouble during her trips in the
• late fall, and several times broke
jdowu in mid-bay.
ESSAY CONTEST
IN SCHOOLS TO
START FEB. 20
Prizes To Be Given For Best Es
say On Topic "What Are The
Benefits Of An Enlistment In
The U. S. Army?"—Rules
Governing Competition
_
PUPILS OF SCHOOLS
ARE MUCH INTERESTED!
NnnipoUs High and Grammar
S bools, and Stuint Mary’s Parochial j
School pupils are beginning to show!
(lei ;> interest in the contest of tin*:
United States Army which is offering
three prizes for the best essay on the)
topic “What Are the Benefits of anj
Enlistment in the United States
Army ?’’
The rivalry promises to be friendly,
and the competition keen. A1 reday
much enthusiasm is being shown and
Uap ; A. \. Myers. U. S. A., local re
cruiting officer, says enthusiasm is
growing among the scholars who will
enlist in tlie contest.
( apt. Myers hopes to create a sen- j :
timent to arouse interest in awarding!
prizes to the wriiers of the best, sec
and and third best essays in Annapo-
Hs. as it is felt that pupils here may
l>e discouraged to compete with those)
from all over the nation in such a con-!
rest, ami it is due them that their ef
tor should be worthily recognized.
However, details of this pian will be
announced later through the local i
pr*-s-. If a number of merchants and
hu in ess or professional men can he
suflii iently interested in this matter. \
the Annapolis writers of the Lssnys
wid not go unrewarded, fvcii though
•h< v should lose out inJNlie nation’s
competition. *
Explanatory of the re (fiirements and)
details of the contest is the following j
letter received on February 1 from the
War Department by Miss Louise Lin-j
thieuni, principal of the high school:)
'On April I<*. next, a board of judges)
construing of Secretary of War Baker.:
'General Peyton U March and General j
John J. Pershing, will announce to the I
awaiting juvenile world the names of
the three boys or girl> who on Febrn- '
ary 20. l'.t2t>. wrote the ! est essay on
the subject: ’What are the benefits of i
an enlistment in the U. S. Army?’
v.C'l itinued On Page Three)
ADM. SCALES CONFERS
AT NAVY DEPARTMENT
'Jo confer with officials of tfie Navy ,
• Department on various matters of it;
| routine nature pertaining to atiair.-, at
: the Naval Academy. Rear-Adrimal A
H. Scales, Superintendent of the Acad
jemy. is spending today in Washington
I The list of deficient midshipmen, as
j prepared by the Academic Board fol
lowing the late semester examinations,
together with recommendations there-j
on. is now before the Department, and!
it is not unlikely that this will be j
! touched upon, along with other sub- j
j jects. in course of the conference.
MISS KATHERINE LAMB
DEAD FROM PNUEMONIA
A telegram received here last night j
announced the unexpected death from,
pneumonia of Miss Katherine Lamb.,
A letter received from Miss Lamb a
few days ago stated that she was in
the best of health, but a sudden at-'
tack of the "flu” was followed by
pneumonia, which proved fatal.
.Miss Lamb was French governess,
to Mr. Matthews, of Bethlehem. Pa. t
She was 1 orn and raised in Annapo
lis and has a host of friends here,
she was beloved by ail who knew her
The remains are expected late to
night at the residence of her sister.
Mrs. Jennie Turner. Conduit street.;
but arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been completed.
Miss Lamb is survived hv her moth-)
er. Mrs. P. Lamb, and the following
sisters: Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Kimball.
Mrs. Collahan. Mrs. Albert Winches
ter, and the Reverend Sister Anina.
She also leaves one brother. Frederick
j. Lamb, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Death Of Infant
Walter E. Quenstedt, Jr.. 2-day-old
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E
Quenstedt. died at 6.45 o clock yester
day morning a: the residence of his
parents. 1235 B. street. Park View.
■ Portsmouth. Va.
The funeral service will take place
; at 11 o'clock this morning at the
ii grave in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs.
Quenstedt is a daughter of Mr. and
■ Mrs. E. T. Veazey. College avenue.
Miss Blanche Veazey was called to
• Portsmouth, Ya., by the illness of her
| sister.
WILSON TO CONFER
ON R. R. SITUATION
President Will Meet Three Rep
sentatives Of Brotherhood
On W3ge Demands
STUDYING NEGOTIATIONS
U’y The Associntfil Press.)
Washington. I). t „ Kelt. 12. Presi
dent Wilson will have a personal con- '
ferenre tomorrow with three rep re-1
sematives of the Railroad Rrother-|
hood to discuss the wage demands oil
the two million employees, which art
to he refered to him today by director- .
General Mines.
Before meeting the Brotherhood of !
iicials the President will study in tie
tail the report on the wage negotia
tions. which Mr. Hines will submit
through Secretary Tumulty
Selection of their spokesmen was
left by the President to the Pnion re
presentatives, who chose B. M. Jewell,
acting president of the Railroad Em
ployees Department of the American
Federation of Labor; W. J. Manion,
president of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers, and Timothy Shea, act
ing president of the Brotherhood of
Firemen and Engineers.
The Director-General was in con
ference with Secretary Tumulty this
morning and then returned to his of
fice to complete his memorandum for
the President, who will be asked to
make the final decision on the de
mands presented by the railroad work
ers nearly a year ago.
Director-General Hines’ memoran
dum. which was sent to the Whitt
House shortly before noon, was iindei
stood to have embodied the claims and
arguments of the railroad official
with whom he has been conferring
since Eel ruary 3.
While Railroad Administration otfi
■ials and Pnion representatives appar
enMy were inclined to regard the situ
ation as not of immediate serious
ness While House officials express
ed concern at the gravity of the prob
lems presented. Without, disclosing
what these questions wore, it was said
that the general public did not realize
Hie serious nature of the issues in
volved.
Pnion officials, with the exception of
file maintenance of wage employees
and the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, apparently were willing to
leave the case in llie hands of the
President. Although there was dis
satisfaction that the cost of living had
not been decreased, it was evident that
the union men felt that another oppor
tunity should be given for adjustment
of. the dieft’renees, which have been
held in abeyance at the President's
request since submitted hist duly.
TWO VACANCIES ON
HOSPITAL BOARD
There are two vacancies on the
Board of Managers of the Emergency
Hospital, occasioned by the resigna
tion of Mrs. I). M. Garrison and Mrs
J. F. McMakin. whose resignations!
were presented on Tuesday, February
in.
I Mrs. McMakin has 1 een a member
of the Board of Managers for sixteen
years, and is the third oldest member
of the Board in point of service. Mrs.
Garrison has been a member of the
Board for nearly four years. Both
ladies have served on important com
mittees.
ADMIRAL SCALES TO
ADDRESS N. CAROLINIANS
The North Carolina Society of Bal
timore tfill hold its annual banquet
at the Hotel Emerson on Saturday
evening and the speakers will be
Rear Admiral Archibald H. Scales.
! superintendent of the Pnited States
Naval Academy, and Dr. (’. Alphonso
Smith, head of the Department of
English at the Academy. Both men
are natives of the Old North State.
1 President T. J. Copeland will be toast
master and there will be other enter
jtainment features.
■
Cumberland Arms
211 KING GEORGE ST.
Will Open Thursday Afternoon, February 12
From 4 to 1 for Afternoon lea
*
Regular service will start Friday morning for breakfast.
Three meals a day SIO.OO a week.
Lunch and dinner $8.30 a week.
Dinner only ST,OO a week.
W AFFLES SERVED EVERY AFTERNOON IN
THE TEA ROOM
Several attractive bed-rooms for rent. f!2
i
FAIR
Fair tonight and Friday;
not much change in
temperature.
TUB BVBNiNU CAPITAL—ESTABLISHED UM.
PRICE TWO CENTS
"FLU" EPIDEMIC
! HERE IN CITY
DOCTORS STATE
Approximately 150 Persons Af
fected But Is Is Believed Mal
ady Has About Reached Peak
—Urge Co-operation Of Physi
cians
FEAR NOW FELT FOR
PNUEMONIA SPREADING
__ _
With the number'-of case- of "tin” in
' Vunnpolis reaching above the mark of
lat). the physicians of the city feel that
the malady has now about reached its
peak, but fear is expressed by mem
bers of the profession as to results
that may follow in its wake in the
way of pneumonia.
Already there are at the Naval Acad
emy Hospital ten fully developed
cases of pneumonia, which have fol
lowed “tin" attacks, and several other
patients who have suffered troll) tin*
•fiu” are said to be developing synip
tons of pneumonia. There can as yet
be no definite prophecy made as to the
mmber of cases in the citv that will
levelop into the latter disease, but tin*
•liances are that there will be quite a
number to reach the pneumonia stage.
Looking forward to this, an effort is
being made to bring the doctors of the
city into closer co-operation so that
they may he able to handle all emer
gencies that may arise. Though there
in now no great fear of the “flu” itself
-spreading further, it is thought by
-ome of the physicians that co-opera
,ion among tin* members of the pro
fession might have lessened the bur
len thus far placed upon those who
have been compelled to attend a very
large number of the patients, and that
measures should be taken tu protect
these doctors from further danger of
tverwork. In this connection, it will
)*• remembered that during the epi
demic of last year, several ot the doc
tors of the city were so overworked
hat they too became ill. it is, there
fore. for the good of the physician
; bemseives, but still more for the
benefit of the community, that the
members of the profession are en
dcavoring to get together in combat
ing the disease.
Tint th.* present large number of
cases have developed is a surprise to
many people, who about two weeks
ago scouted the statement of Dr. .1 J
Murphy, County Health Officer, when
lie said that “flu” would soon develop
epidemic form in this city. But tin*
accuracy of Dr. Murphy's prophecy,
based on professional and scientific
knowledge, is now demonstrated, for
tho large number of cases certainly
warrants the jise of the word “epi
demic" in description of existing con
ditions.
(Continued On Page Two)
WILSON MAY ATTEND
. 1 i CABINET MEETING
* iff t*
<fly The Associated Press.)
Washington, |l. C„ Feb. 12. The
next meeting of the Cabinet probably
will be called and presided over by
, President Wilson. Secretary Lansing,
' who has been issuing the calls for the
meetings for several months, said to
day that he had written Cabinet offi
cers that there would he no nitre
■ regular sessions of the President's of
• ficial family for the present. He would
. offer no explanation, but it was under
i stood that this letter wa- written by
t direction of Mr. Wilson.
' For several weeks now the Presi
i dent has been taking more and mor *
. of a hand in the conduct of official
- business. Secretary Tumulty said
- he had never seen Mr. Wilson looking
better.
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