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| IF A PINK SLIP IS ATTACHED TO THIS PAPER TODAY YOU OWE US A SUBSCRIPTION—PAY IT PROMPTLY, OTHERWISE YOUR NAME WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE MAILING LIST. IT WILL PAY YOU TO PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. —Jefferson. ** TH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. IX. No. 6 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew' TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDifY, JANUARY 31, 1920 IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION SEEN; REACHES FUNDAMENTALS OF NATION'S CHARACTER The Enormous Losses To Industry Caused By Indulgence Of Workers Has Come To An End—Growers 01 Grapes Are Beginning To Learn Market Price Is Not Dependent On Activity Of The Wine Press. WHO'S WHO IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. No. 2. When a great reform is undertaken, the effects connot be seen in a day. When that reform is something- more than an administrative one, when, that is to say, it is one which reaches down to the fundamentals! of a nation's character, the manifestation of its results must necessarily be protracted in its final development. Nevertheless the immediate effects may be seen rapidly and already the effects] of national prohibition are being witnessed in the United States. What went into effect at midnight, on Friday the sixteenth of this month, was. the registration, in the interests of humanity, of a great nature has made ED TO HELP Hands Of People In "Near East" Are Outstreched Begging For A Crust Of Bread.' The "bloody turks" have massacred ands of Armenians, thousands starving and once more the people of Baltimore county are asked to contribute to a most worthy cause, helping to feed those in the "Near East," whose hands are out-stret. for a crust of bread. American efficiency, American business; American ability and power. Throughout the nations of the world these terms have become synonymous. But in those countries whose1 people have felt the grip of poverty, starvation and desolution following in the wake of war, the word is further modi-and the land across the sea is known as America, the Big Heart. n so. America has applied her inatic business methods in her af-of the heart, and so it has been possible for her to produce such efficient aid in these philanthropic deeds. Surely all America is familiar with the system through which our country has relieved the starving, homeless and diseased-racked people of Europe, a system aptly illustrated by the Near East Relief, and yet few people stop to think of the immense machinery that is set in motion by the signing of a check to cave for an underfed youngster in the Holy Land, the pledge to adopt a friendless Armenian orphan. ¦ on to share with the people homeless by the Turkish deportations. this Near Ea i ion that many people are asking, • e been awakened to the terrible conditions existing in the Levant today. Tn prosaic facts, the Near East Relief is a body incor-(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1.) men inclined to the indulgence of what they have for centuries been pleased to describe as the s|ocial amenity of the bottle. Every reader of Tennyson remembers the regret of Guinevere for having yielded to those passions, which seemed to supply something in her life which the human senses had found missing in the stately purity of the King.. It is the wail for just this clay of humanity which has gone forth from the opponents of prohibition in the United States. Like Guinevere thej-want that warmth and color which they cannot find in the austerity of prohibition. And yet that warmth and color found its final tint in the drab atmospiiLic of the police court, the prison yard, and the lunatic asylum. The victory of prohibition has already made a beginning in the changing of all this. From every part of the country comes the same story, the closing of jails, the reduction of police charges, the lessening of crime in every form. , Nor are the foolish prophecies of increased taxation, owing to the withdrawal of the licenses, destined to be fulfilled; though even if they were, to make a profit out of vice io the wora|t kind of vice in which a nation can indulge. Gradually the cost of the repression of crime will be eliminated, and it will be found that the ultimate cost . of the licensed houses amounted to a million times more than (Continued on Page 3, Col 1.) i[]iiiii!iiiitic:iiiiii!iin!C]iiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiuiiii!![iiiiiiiuiiiiaitiiiiiiiiiia HOWDY DO UII!HIIi!!IIQI!Ii!i:!lllI[3!limililllC]!lllin:!!liC:illllilllllli:iili!IIISIII!UI "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "To carry some sugar home, sir," sJhe said. "May I help you to carry it, golden locks?" "No, thanks, I'll use my vanity box." —(Contributed by a reader.) ______________________________c: Captain Isaac E. Emerson is the founder of the Bromo-Seltzer Co., known the world over for its famous Bromo-Seltzer Headache remedy, and is proprietor of the Brooklandwood "Farm, one of the finest dairy farms in the country. Captain Emerson mak< home at Brooklandwood, in the Green ley of Baltimore county. SEASON CLOSES TODAY MARYLAND JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1865 ( CONSOLIDATED 1915 BALTIMORE CO. DEMOCRAT ESTAB. 1885 I WITH THE JEFFERSONIAN. Persons Cannot Shoot Wild Fowl Now, Until November First Next. It will be advisable for the lovers of ' nd gun in Baltimore county ; their fire-arms alter today, January 31st, as/ the wild fowl season closes. Those found shooting, hunting or killing wild-fowl between today and November 1 next, will be ] cuted in the Federal Courts, according' to advices from State Game Warden E. Lee LeOompt. The penalty for such an offense is left to the discretion of the Judge, who can make the fine as much as $500, with a Federal Jail sentence of six months. f COR££SP0NJ>£NCE f*<* yrEVf RY "» THB PLEASANT GROVE. Mrs. Elizabeth Bohn had a sjevere fall on the ice last Saturday. Mrs. R. A. Belt had a fall on the ice, hurting her back. Mr. Leonard Osborne visited friends in Baltimore on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. George Rhoten is on the sick list. Mr. Carroll Myers has been visiting in Baltimore the last few daysi. Mr. and Mrs. James Wilhelm were visiting in Hampstead on Monday. Many of our young folks have been enjoying the coasting this week. -----------O----------- UPPERCO. "Will Wonders Never Cease." : FOR SALE^-BROOD SOW, : : WITH 25 YOUNG DUCKS. : ADDRESS JAMES H. HICKS, PEDRO. IOWA, R. F. D. : -"Lamped" in an Iowa rural newspaper. WHY THE COP SMILED. Traffic Cop—When I signal you to stop, I want you to stop. The next time it will cost you a five! Autoist—Say, brother, if you can show me how to stop this s;heet-iron Lizzard any quicker than I did, I'll give you ten! If You Have A Wicked Mother-In-Law, And Want To Get Rid Of Her, Send Her Out! CUSTOM KILLING ON . . TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS JOHN RUTTERBERG RAVENA, OHIO. -Advertisement "snatched" from an Ohio newspaper. A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grrievous words stir up anger.— Proverbs XT: 1. COUNTY WOMAN HONORED Sunday school at 9.30 o'clock tomorrow morning at Trenton Church. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd and daughter, who recently purchased the Trenton Mill property, have returned from Florida, and are no wstaying with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Seger. Mr. Henry Martin fell on the ice and received a badly injured hip. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1.) Resident Of Owings Mills Awarded Gold Medal At Direction Of King. A Baltimore county woman, residing at Owings Mills, was one of the 18 Red Cross workers awarded the Gold Medal of Montenegro by Colonel Mescherrinoff at the direction of King Nicholas for gallant service in his country. Miss Waters was! one of the first graduate nurses from this locality to volunteer for work "overseas" during the war and has been abroad over four years. a The financial resources of the Federal Government are exemplified in New York City by the activity within the U. S. Sub-Treasury, located on Wall Street, upon the site of the Old City Hall, where Washington took his oath of office as the first President. The financial resources of this community are exemplified by the activity of The White Hall National Bank WHITE HALL, MD. UNCLE JJE1H STEW" Says He Isn't Sore Who Owns Grist Mill At Gobbler's Knob. Lan' Sakes! 'Tween ther slippery weather an' ther bill collectors, yer Uncle Jake ain't had no rest 'tall, an' considerin' everything them guys 'a trusted yer Uncle Jake '11 ¦ ter wait till he gitsi d'urii ~^~^ v. ady ter pay up. Yer Uncle Jake's been held up, held down, sandbagged, walked On, set on, flattened out an' squeezed. First by ther government fer Federal- War Tax, ther excess profit tax, ther Liberty Bond Loans, Thrift Stamps, Capital Stock Tax, Merchant's License, Trader's License an' autermo-bile tax fer my ol' tin lizzie, an' by heck, by every gol durn society organization that ther inventive mi ad er man kin 'vent ter extract what yer Jake might an' might not have in*his possession. Holy Moses! from ther Society er St. John ther Baptist, ther G. A. R., ther Woman's Relief, ther Navy League, ther Red Cross, thei Black Cross, Purple Cross, rhei Double Cross, ther Ol' Man's Home, Ol' Woman's Home, ther Chil-i.ren'a Aid Serciety, Y. M. (\ A., ther Y. W. C. A., ther Boy Scouts ther Girl Scouts, Yiddish Relief, ther Belgium Relief, ther Starvation Army, an' ev'ry hospital at Gobbler's Knob, what's only one. Thei government has governed ther grist mill owned by yer Uncle Jake at Gobbler's Knob, what crushes ol' straw hats inter shredded ^^^^^^^^^^^^^¦wheat, that I ain't so gol durn sure who owns it. Yer Uncle Jake is inspected, suspected, examined an' re-examined, informed, required an' commanded, so he don't know who he is, where he is at, er why he's here. All that he knows is that he's supposed ter be er inexhaustible supply er funds, commonly called in Zulu kail, er money in ther United States, fer every known er heard of need, desire er hope er ther human race, an' 'cause yer Uncle Jake will not sell all what he's got an' beg, borrer er steal ter give way, he's cussed durn good an' hard, discussed, boycotted, held up, hung up, robbed an' nigh 'bout ruined, an' ther only reason he's cling-in' ter life is ter see what in ther h------. is comin' next. Ye Gods! Gittin' back ter terra firmer agin, an' talkin' sensible, yer ought ter seen Ol' Hoke Smith on ther screep-(Continued on Page 6, Col. 1.) FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Boys And Girls Of Baltimore County Invited To Enter War Department's Essay Contest.. Here's a chance for all Baltimore county school children, the winnersi to receive free railroad fares to Washington and return, including passage for their parents or guardians, and they will be presented medals by Secretary of War Baker. The contest in which all school children here are entitled to enter is under the auspices of the United States War Department. There is no age limit and the little 6 year old girl in California has the same chance of being a winner as'has any boy or girl in Baltimore county in the high school. The officials of the War Department at Washington have advised The Jef-fersonian that it has requested the school authorities here to set aside Friday, February 20. for the day upon which the essay on "What are benefits of an enlistment in the United S1 Army?" No manuscript must be more than 400 words and they will be judged strictly on the basis of nrigfnalit:- ion find sincerity. "ol to be the Judge of it? own product, the princi three as judp'es to select the best essay from bis oi- her school. This will be forwarded not later than February 27. to the near-estArmv Reor<- ttion. From the conl -cretary B and Generals I" and March -will select- three national winners, may he boys or girli, of any color or to the nation's Capitol, with a . beautiful r your school. (aisy! Baltimore (Continued on , Col. 1.) ¦¦-------------------------------------------¦¦------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -—I-----------------------------------------------------=-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO SAID THE HARD WINTERS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY WERE A THING OF THE PAST? iniiHiiiiii!iHiiiiiiniiiic3iii!iiiiiiiit!a^iniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii!ii[2 FIFTY YEARS AGO IN BALTIMORE COUNTY | t3iinniiioiniriuiiiiiiinHiiiiiiiiiintfbiiini!t:ii!iiiiiiiiiniii!!HiH!ic]i (From Old County Newspapers.) John T. Ensor, Esq., of Towsontown has authorized us to-state that having procured printed forms for application under the act for the relief of.families of volunteers, he will be pleased to furnish same with all the necessary forms and information. BFLL'S HEAD HOTEL. • Front, Near Gay Street, Baltimore. THOS, C. TRACEY, Prop. Late of Shawan, Baltimore County. ('Advertisemet: -~-^t^^- REPUBLICAN CONGRESS "STARVES" RECLMION | PROJECTS IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF COUNTRY Thousands Upon Thousands Of Homesteaders With Serious Losses By G. it. P's Refusal To Carry Out Development Proyraitf—Attitude About In Keeping With That On Other important Legislation. Dr. Moses W. Merryman, of Baltimore, but well known in this county, where he formerly resided was arrested by government officers on Wednesday and taken to Fort McHenry. (From the *Best quality kerosene oil at 37 y2 cents per gallon. For sale by MRS. M. A. SHEALY, Towsontown. (Advertisement.) To make Lager Beer: Take a barrel and fill it with rain water, put in one pair of old boots, a head of last fall's uge, two short sixes, a sprig of wornrwood and a little yeast. . ACTIVELY INTERESTED Congressman Benson Would like To See Legislation To Help Schools Here. DEMONSTRATION FARM Rural Life Club Behind Movement To Establish One In Baltimore County. A movement is on foot to establish a demonstration farm in Baltimore county, behind which the Rural Life Club of the Sixth District is solid. A meeting in the interest of the project will be held shortly and will be addressed by Dr. A. G. McCall, of the State Experimental Station. MEETING FEBRUARY THIRD Of Much Importance To Those Raising Hogs In Baltimore County. To discuss plans] for the control ot hog cholera, and the the advisability of extending it to eradication work, a public mass meeting will be held in Odd Fellows' Hall, Baltimore city, at 10 A. M., on Tuesday, February 3 next, under the auspices of the Live Stock Sanitary Section, Maryland State Board of Agriculture. A free and open discussion on this sjubject, which is of vital importance to farmers in not only Baltimore county, but the entire state, should bring about the proper sort of co-operation, necessary to check the disease among swine. Congressman Carville D. Benson is actively interested in securing legislation necessary to provide funds for the construction of new school buildings, and additions to old buildings, in Baltimore county during the next two years. The minimum required for this purpose 'is estimated by Superintendent of Schools) Albert S. Cook, to be $500,000.00, and Mr. Benson has suggested to the Baltimore county delegation to the Legislature that a bill be passed authorizing the County Commissioners to secure a loan for that amount, limited to five years, one-fifth of the loan to be retired each year, which will mean an addition to the tax-rate of approximately eleven cents. Mr. Bensjan sets forth his views upon the subject in a letter sent to Prof. Cook under date of January 28, as follows: January 28, 1920. Mr. Albert S. Cook, Superintendent of Schools, Towson, Maryland. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of January 15, 1920, I beg to advise that I have gone over yotrr approximate estimate of the needs of the School Board for new and additions to old buildings in Baltimore county during the next two years, and note that the minimum requirements are approximately $500,000, while the maximum requirements are $Y60.000. In -v iew of the fact that we hope to and should obtain some money from Baltimore City, I have suggested to the Democratic members of the House of Delegates the advisability of adv.s-ing the School Board to borrow $500 -00'» for construction during the next two years. This should enable you to catch up with the present needs of the school system brought ahout largely by the fear of annexation and war cnrli-tions. I'er." ;i >!!y. I f-e1 that it is ab-s lutely e«.-- i/llal that the "-hool children f l.iMiiro ' count v should Improperly and hygienically housed. I have suggested that such a loan be limited to five years and that the County Commissioners be required to levy sufficient money thereon to cover one-fifth of such loan each year, which would take care of the entire loan in five years' time. This would cost approximately eleven cents on the tax rate, hereas should we intend to take care of the most pressing necessities without caring for the whole, it would cosjt twenty cents on the tax rate to do it by direct taxation. I would like to have your opinion on the feasibility of the plan I have suggested. Yours verv trulv. (Signed) CARVILLE D. BENSON. le Washington correspondent rangemen.t whereby some of this money of The Jeffersonian.) j which nasi hitherto been expended shall ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ be returned." The Democrats appreciate proper efforts to economize, but they believe that the Republicans, are playing politics at the expense of Government The Republican leaders of Congress are progressing backward on irrigation projects in the Indian reservations of the West. Many of the important de- _^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^_^^^^_ velopments will have to be abandoned I "«--» al <-"e expense of Government if present/ plans of House committees | Pledges. Mr. Snyder s policy i are carried out. |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Republican party launched re structive rather than economical. Senator Penrose is ill and may not clamation programs to catch votes in! be able to return to Washington for tlie West; it spent millions of dollars j weeks. The Republicans are lost within Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and other ojut^himu They will not hazard a move State's where lands were originally re- ' * "" served for Indians. An illustration of what is being done is found in the Flathead Indian reservation of Montana, where about 1,800 homesteaders) have settled in vompli-ance with the law witj.ii the expectation that they would rececive supplies of water. The Republicans of the House have reduced the Flathead estimate from $1,000,000 to $100,000. Theodore Roosevelt was president when Congress opened the Flathead lands to entry. A Republican administration was first to sipend a large sum of money there. About $4,000,000 has been expended on the project thus far. "One thousand eight hundred men, under the law which I deem to be equivalent to a contract with the Government," said Representative Evans, Democrat, of Montana, "have gone upon this reservation, have taken up tracts of land, have complied with the homestead act, and have paid on an average of from four to five dollars an acre for the land. They are now waiting for the Government to carry out its contract, complete the irrigation project and give them title." That is the sort of economy the Republicans are practicing. They opened the flood gates on reclamation projects but would close them now on uncompleted developments and thereby lose all the money Invested in them, violate the contracts of the Government with the people who have taken up the lands, and cause financial injury and physical hardship among the homesteaders. Representative Snyder, chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, has indicated plainly that he will starve the irrigation projects by refusing to appropriate money to realize them. "So far as I know," said he on the floor of the House, "there has Deen no project completed, and so far as my belief goes, there is no intention on the part of any one ever to complete any of the projects. The chairman of this committee proposes at this time. If it is within his power, to make some ar- in tariff matters until he is here to guide their hands. Should this real "boss" of the Sixty-sixth Congress fail to appear here this session, the Republican House and Senate leaders would be at a loss to know what legislation to pass. Last session, while Mr. Penrose was in Pennsylvania mending his political fences, ambitious protectionists went ahead and outlined a tariff program, but he thrust aside all their plans. The series of bills brought forward by the Ways and Means Committee under the leadership of Representative Fordney, the high protectionist of the House, were stuck into pigeon holes by Mr. Penrose, who called them "pop-gun" measures. (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1.) WORKERS TO*HAVE "PICK" Sale Of Dundalk Homes Commenced This Week. Public May Purchase Later. The first two. or three weeks of the sale of the modern homes erected by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, at Dundalk, this county, which is now being conducted by Harry E. Gilbert, the appointed agent, will be given entirely over to workers at Sparrow's Point. They may secure the "pick" and after they have purchased the public will then be permitted to buy. DELEGATION BUSY Bills Introduced In Legislature By Representatives From Baltimore County. of The (From a staff correspondent Jeffersonian.) ^^^^^^^^ The Legislature got into "full swing" during the week. Bills of all descriptions were dropped into the legislative hopper by Senators and Delagates from all parts of the State and the various committees were kept busy in considering them. Among the bills introduced in the House and Senate during the week by the Baltimore county delegation, are the following: By Senator Mcintosh—To amend the law so as to limit and fix the responsibility of the County Commissioners' of Baltimore county for accidents caused by condition of highways. By Mr. Burke—Changing the fiscal year in Baltimore county so as to agree with the calendar year. By Mr. Burke—To amend the Road Laws of Baltimore county. Air. Holzknecht—Declaring liquors containing not more than 5 per cent, of alcohol legal under the Eighteenth Amendment. By Mr. Holzknecht—Creating a State bonded debt of $2,000,000 to eliminate grade crossings of steam railways and public highways. By Mr. Weilbrenner — Authorizing Baltimore County Treasurer to hold fees for County Commissioners in delinquent tax collections. Mr. Given—Repealing the law .authorizing the employment of a clerk to the grand jury. By Mr. Given—Reducing the number of County Commissioners in Baltimore county from five to three. By Mr. Rice—Authorizing the County Commissioners of Baltimore county to acquire a road from the Rolling Road to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Viaduct avenue. By Mr. Bur-ke—(By request) Four bills to provide that the estate of a married female having a separate estate sihall be liable for funeral expenses, and repealing the law as to the payment of funeral expenses of.decedents by executors and administrators. Congressman Benson came to Annapolis Tuesday and conferred with the Baltimore county delegation relatiVe to a proposed bill authorizing the County Commissioners to borrow $500,000 for schools, the money to be paid within five years. It is estimated that that sum is needed to make, the minimum of necessary imporvements. If the county fares well in the arbitration proceedings with Baltimore city upon the value of trie public property taken under the ¦ ttion act, the $500,000 it is proposed to borrow may be sufficient, plus cover the maximum of necessary improvements. —Mrs. W. Irving Cole entertained some friends at cards on Tuesday afternoon last. —The Towson W. C. T. U. met a the home of Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Cassen on Thursday evening last. —Mr. Martin Kottman, of Altoona, Pa., is the guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schuler. —Mrs. Philip Myers has returned to her home here, after spending some time with her parents in Westminster. —Little Ethel, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah M. Price, was seere-ly hurt while coasting on Sunday last. —Mr. Earl Keller, a student at St. John's College, Annapolis, spent Sunday, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Cassen. —The Ladies' Guild of Trinity Church will serve the annual banquet of Mt. Moriah Lodge of Masons, on Tuesday evening next. —Mr. Snyder, manager of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Store here has been confined to his bed for some time with illness. —While there was plenty of water out of doors during Tuesday's thaw, housewives suffered because there was none inside, due to the cutting off of the supply by the Baltimore County Water and Electric Company. (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1.) ON LOOKOUT FOR NEGRO Baltimore County Police Searching- For Lad Who Attacked Catonsville Girl. The Police of Baltimore county and elsewhere are on the lookout for a 19 year old negro, who IS alleged to have assaulted Miss Marie Heinicken, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Heinicken, of Catonsville. The girl was returning to her home on Monday night, when the negro attacked her. A good description of the culprit is in the hands of the police. NOW MILD* EPIDEMIC Many Cases Of "Flu" Reported In This Locality. Care Should Be Taken By All. The dreaded and deadly "Flu" which has gripped western cities, with thousand^ of cases reported and many deaths, is in this locality in mild epidemic form, but as the weather lately is a "breeder" for the disease, the Baltimore County Health Department is taking no chances and every precaution is being taken so that the number of casjes reported will be on the decrease, rather than increase. Colds should not be allowed to run without using some remedy, and folks getting wet feet, and not changing socks and shoes run great danger of contracting the "Flu." The Second National Bank OF TOWSON In answer to repeated inquiry, We are still receiving Liberty Bonds for safe-keeping free of charge. Don't Sell Your Bonds, and do not continue to keep them in unesafe places. OFFICERS-THOMAS W, OFFUTT President. ELMER J. COOK HARRISON RIDER Vice-Presidents. JOSEPH B. GALLOWAY Cashier. THOS. J. MEADS Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS— THOMAS W. OFFUTT ELMER J. COOK HARRISON RIDER CHARLES H. KNOX W. GILL SMITH NOAH E. OFFUTT GEORGE HARTMAN ALLAN McLANE GEORGE H. STIEBER J. H. JARRETT LEE OSBORNE I. YELLOTT H. COURTENAY JENIFER i |