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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0072 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" XOh. xii—No. 31. "It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1924. BALTIMORE OOUWTY'S OKLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. -Leopold And Loeb, The Eminent Young\\Chicago Ornithologists Who Delight In Studying Birds, Now Have A Chance To Study Jail-Birds At Close Range FIRE HOUSES IN COUNTY ARE "MILLIONAIRES' CLUBS" Criticisms Concerning Loafing, Are Causing Chief Concern, Stringent Orders May Be "Broadcasted" GOVERNOR RITCHIE NAMES CARVILLE 0.6ENS0N STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Baltimore Counlian To Succeed Harvey l. Cooper And Will Assume Duties August First—Is Well Equipped For Place. ^^^H^H^M^HHHM^^ INCOME TAX REFUND WILL BE MADE. If you have already paid your income tax in full you will get a check for one-quarter of the amount from Uncle Sam pretty soon. This is the definite promise of the Internal Revenue Collector's Office. Lists certifying amounts due to individuals as a result of the lower tax rate established by Congress have been completed and are in Washington. As soon as these lists are approved and returned and special forms for drawback checks provided, which should be within the next few days, preparation and mailing of the checks will be begun. SM^*^*^«MHMK•*^*^^ FIRST TO DIE Sweet Air Blacksmith Was Head Of Family Of Sixteen. Survived by 14 children and 45 grandchildren, Henry Hilgartner, —eighty-five, who until five years ago was the village blacksmith of Sweet Air, died at his home in the Long Green Valley. The last reunion of the family held last spring a year ago brought half a hundred relatives to the Hilgartner home. The death of Mr. Hilgartner marks the first death in the immediate family and only a few of the grandchildren have died. Mr. Hilgartner came to Maryland from Germany when a young man, and estaa-lished the wheelwright and horseshoeing estalishment in Sweet Air which in the early days did a flourishing usiness. Aout five years ago he retired. YOUNGSTER LAID AT REST IN FORK CEMETERY. Anna Ruth, the five-year-old daughter of Norman and Elta L. Jackson, died at her home in Belair. She was buried at Fork Christian Church. Former Congressman Carville D. Benson, a resident of Halethorpe, this county, has been named by Governor Ritchie to succeed Harry L. Cooper as State Insurance Commissioner and will assume duties Aug. 1st. Mr. Cooper, whose home is in Denton, was appointed in 1922 to complete the term of Thomas J. Keating, of Queen Anne's county, who was at that time appointed Associate Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit. When his term expired this year he was reappointed. Rumor has it that Mr. Cooper resigned to head a large insurance company. During the campaign of Wm. Cabell Bruce for the United States Senate Mr. Benson acted as his political manager. The new insurance commissioner is senior member of the law firm of Benson, Nock & Rowe, and is well qualified to handle the work of that important office. SHED ON PROPERTY OF HIL- LENDALE GOLF CLUB PREY TO FLAMES. A tool and wagon shed on the property of the Hillendale Golf Club was destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon. Agricultural machinery was stored in the building. The loss is $5000, partially covered by insurance. The Towsbn and Ful-lerton fire engine companies were summoned. THOS. P. PYRELL DEAD Ilchester Man Succumbs In 87th Year—Was Lifelong Democrat. Thomas Payne Pyrell, eighty-seven, the oldest member of the Patmos Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Ellicott City, died at his home in Ilchester. Mr. Pyrell was for many years engaged in the milling business in Ilchester. He was a lifelong Democrat and always took an active part in political campaigns. He is survived by a daughter, Miss Cora Pyrell, and a son, Raymond Pyrell. MACHINES FROM MANY ¦ STATES "LAMPED" IN COUNTY Garage Men Say Honeymoon Couples And Families With Youngsters Predominate, Riding In Everything From Packard To "Lizzie". Maine, Florida, Nebraska, Ohio, California, Utah and Texas are but some of the States from which automobiles laden with tourists have been "lamped" in Baltimore county. Machines from here, there and everywhere can be seen stopping for oil and gas, or parked along the WANT EXPRESS SERVICE 474 Sign Petition For Better Service On Emory Grove Car Line. Express service on the Emory Grove line of the United Railways was asked in a petition signed by -474 persons who claim to reside along the line. The petitioners suggest that Emory Grove cars, during the afternoon rush hours, leave the center of the city bearing conspicuous signs: "Ex-jM:ess" and "Two Fares as You ^Kiter," and that these cars be given a distinct route number and color. To enable them to pass the slower "accommodation" cars, it is proposed that sidings be provided near Carlin's Park and in the vicinity of Wylie avenue. streets while the occupants partake of lunch. According to garage men the cars seem to be divided into two classes; first, the small roadster or coupe, which contains a young couple who have suspicious indications of being on a honeymoon; then the large sedan, which carries the whole family. Ohio and North Carolina, with District of Columbia cars seem to favor Baltimore county, while New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia machines are constant visitors. Over on the Belair road at the Gunpowder Falls, where a camp site is maintained for tourists, a little cosmopolitan colony can always be seen. DR. F. R. BAYLEY TO OCCUPY PULPIT AT WILSON M. E. CHURCH. Rev. F. R. Bayley, District Superintendent, will deliver the sermon at Wilson M. E. Church tomorrow (Suday) afternoon, at 3 P. M. in the asence of the pastor, Rev. R. E. Arm strong. FOUND BESIDE CAR TRACK Catonsville Man Killed Instantly, Say West Baltimore Gen. Hospital Authorities. John Edward Cloney, of Catonsville, was found dead beside the car tracks near Coleraine road and Ed-mondson avenue one night recently. He was taken to West Baltimore General Hospital, where doctors said he had been killed instantly. Cloney had been identified with the seed business for 34 years and for the last 10 years had been in the employ of the Meyer Seed Company, 32 Light street, Baltimore. He was a widower, and is survived by his mother and three children. POLLUTION BLAMED Expert Refutes Thorp. Bombing Planes Caused Fish Death, Excessive death of fish, eels, crabs and other sea food around the county water front is not due to bombing by airplanes from Aberdeen, but to an infectious disease and to pollution from the sewage disposal plant at Bodkin Point, according to an exhaustive report submitted to the Maryland Conservation Commission by H. D. Davis, noted patholoogist of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. For months fishermen and residents have been alarmed by the large quantities of dead and dying fish found floating in the water. All sorts of guesses were hazarded as to the cause. The most generally accepted theory was that bombing airplanes from the Aberdeen Proving grounds were responsible. This (Continued on Page 5—Col. 4) MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BONDS DELIVERED TO BANKERS. One million dollars worth of the bonds of the Metropolitan District of Baltimore County were on Wednesday delivered to Colston, Heald & Trail, bankers, the highest bidder for them. A sewerage disposal plant will be installed at Catonsville, and a water supply provided at Essex from the proceeds of the bonds. The $100,000 of additional Tow-son sewerage bonds were delivered to Alexander Brown & Sons, the highest bidders for them. DEATH CLAIMS HENRY J. HALBERT. Henry J. Halbert, aged 77, died of the infirmities of age at his home on West Joppa road, Towson. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie D. Halbert; three sons, Major Edward O. Halbert, U. S. A., stationed at Buffalo, N. Y.; J. Brown Halbert, of Morristown, N. J.; Herschel O. Halbert, of Milford, Del.; two daughters, Mrs. Lulu L. Miller, of Norfolk, Va.; Miss Rhoda W. Halbert, a trained nurse at the hospital at Jefferson Barrocks, Missouri. Mr. Halbert served as a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1898; for fifteen years he was connected with the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue. He had served as one of the judges of elections here for a number of years. CARRIES RECORD CARGO Steamer Has Enough Lumber To Build Two Hundred And Fifty Houses. Carrying the world's record lumber cargo, the steamship Lewis Luckenbach is lying off the county water front from Tacoma, Wash., via the Panama Canal. The cargo consists of 7,574,000 feet of lumber from the Puget Sound district and the Pacific Northwest. Lumbermen estimate that the lumber aboard is sufficient to build 250 modern seven-room houses, as an average house of this size requires 30,000 feet of lumber. MILLIONAIRES' " CLUB. LAD MEETS RUSSIAN DAO AT MODEST COUNTY ROME AFTER 12 WILD YEARS During Father's Absence From Land Of Bolshevikis, Six Sisters Were —Old Man Sent Fonds To Family, But They Were Never Received Once a fugitive from the wrath of of his sisters were killed, Louis of his sisters were killeld, Louis Garonzik, eighteen, had a reunion this week with his father at his CONTRACT AWARDED John Cowan & Son To Erect Eudowood Sanatorium A contract for the construction of the new hospital and administration building planned for the Eudowood Sanatarium group at Towson has been awarded to John Cowan & Son. Ground will be broken soon. Approximately $150,000 will be expended. Plans for the proposed building, prepared by William W. Emmart, call for a three and one-half story building of Colonial design, which will have measurements of 50 by 130 feet. It will contain rooms for the treatment of patients by X-ray hielother-apy and other treatments, for operating and sterilizing, besides offices and 12 private rooms with baths and sleeping porches. The construction of the children's pavillion, the gift of Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, will be commenced next spring. Officers of the hospital are Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, president; William Graham Bowdoin, Jr., secretary; Conrad C. Friedel, treasurer, and Dr. G. Milton Linthicum, chairman of the executive and building committees. MRS. ETTA HORD PIERSOL TO BE HOSTESS. The Laadies' Aid Society of Fair-view M. E. Church, South, will meet at the home of Mrs. Etta Hord Pier-sol, Sunnyrook, on Saturday evening, August 8. modest little home in the lower end of the county. It was twelve ye'ars ago that the elder Garonzik left for his home in the old country and left his boy behind. After escaping numerous perils and through years of effort, young Garonzik managed to gain access to the United States after he had been denied passage from Europe. Escaping to Cuba, from which country he wended his way to New York, thence to this community. Prior to his arrival he had not seen his father since he was six years old. In Russia he left his mother, one brother and two sisters, who have been making strenuous efforts to gain passage to this country. The father has systematically sent money to his family, but they never received it, the supposition being that the Bolsheviki intercepted the mail and confiscated the money. BASKET PICNIC AT SPARKS TUESDAY. On Tuesday the Home Economics Clubs and the Home and Community Market will hold a basket picnic at the Sparks High School. The affair will begin at 11 A. M. and at 11.15 Dr. John P. Simons will deliver an address on the care of the feet. MISSING WOMAN SOUGHT Relatives Request County Police To Help Locate Trenton Resident. Vain search is made here for Mrs. Julia R. Gilbert, forty-three, of Trenton, N. J., who has been missing for a week. A reward of $1000 has been offered for the finding of Mrs. Gilbert, according to a telegram received by Chief of Police Stansbury from Chief James T. Culliton of Trenton. Mrs. Gilbert is described as five feet five inches, 150 pounds, dark brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. She wore a plain blue dress, small blue straw hat, mink neckpiece and black slippers. NO CLASS OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ARE MORE HIGHLY REGARDED THAN FIREMEN No One Wants To See Them Sit And Twirl Thumbs, But They Should Not Permit Quarters To Be Lounging Place For Idlers. Complaints have come to The Jeffersonian from time to time from more than one section of the county that the Fire Department buildings are being used as loafing centers and that the men who frequent them (Continued on Page 5—Col. 3.) CHAIRMAN SELECTED Clem Shaver Chosen By Davis To Handle His The Democratic nominee, Hon. John W. Davis, has selected as the chairman of the National Democratic Committee Mr, Clem L. Shaver, of West Virginia. Mr. Shaver was the original Davis man, having brought him out four years ago. He is a lawyer by profession and wag 'active in practice until a few years ago, when he gave it up and devoted himself to politics, and it is said the Democratic party has flourished under his leadership as never before. Mr. Shaver is a gentleman-of independent means and outside of politics has two hobbies, stock raising and fox hunting. In his political management he is a strategist. He seldom talks, but is quick to aact. On account of his extreme silence he is known in his home State as the "Sphinx." In this campaign he is likely to keep the Republicans guessing and in hot water all the time. AUTO STRIKES WOMAN Mrs. Mary Hummelbach In Hospital With Possible Fracture Of Skull. Struck by an automobile on the Philadelphia road, Mrs. Mary Hummelbach, who lives at Philadelphia Road and Bosley Lane, is at Johns Hopkins Hospital with lacerations of the scalp and a possible fracture of the skull. Police said the woman was walking on the road when struck by the machine of James E. Grimes, which was going west. Grimes took the woman to the hospital. $***?*?**********?»*******$. HORSE IN DEMAND MORE TODAY THAN EVER. The demand for horses in rural districts is greater today than at any other time in the history of the nation, according to William E. Murphy, secretary of the National Horse-shoers' Protective Association, in convention at Asbury Park, New Jersey. The use of horses in the large cities is also growing, he said, and the automobile will never replace the horse for short hauls. He also pointed out that the Federal Government has appropriated more money than ever for horses. Y Y Y Y Y* ? Y Y Y Y Y Y f 1 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ? I ? **?**?* TRAVELS 15,000 MILES Boy 9, Arrives From Australia—Made Trip By Himself. Only nine years old, yet with the couraage of the thunder god for whom he is named, Thor Sanger, Jr., arrived on a steamer now anchored off the county water front, ending a 15,000 mile trip from Melbourne, Australiaa, which he made alone. He traveled aboard the steamship Venezuela, which sailed from San Francisco via the Panama canal June 24. He boarded the Veneguela from the ship which bore him from Melbourne. The boy came ashore in a launch and was met y his father, a member of the United States Trade Commission, who had taken him to Melbourne, then was compelled to leave him behind when hastily recalled to the United States. TIMONIUM AFFAIR TO BE CONTINUED TONIGHT. Beginning last night (Friday) the lawn fete held by the Ladies' Aid Society of Timonium Church for the benefit of the building fund, will be continued tonight (Saturday). DOG DAYS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED BY BELIEVERS IN MYSTIC PERIOD Failure Of "Jeff's" Almanac To Specify Sultry Canicular Date Of Baleful Summer Influences Concern Throughout County. Dog days, the 40 hottest days of summer, when Sirius, the dog star, follows the sun in true doglike fashion, are near at hand. At least they are suposed to be near at hand. From the time of the ancients canicular days have been looked upon as the sure cause of the sultriest summer days and maladies attending them. But this year the knowing ones throughout Baltimore county are perplexed somewhat—¦ they are uncertain of the time for the witchery to begin. The failure of the "Jeff" almanac to specify the exact date of the dog-day season for this year has caused no little concern among elder people of the county. They have delved in almanacs ATTACK ON POLICEMEN COSTS MAN $50. James Wells, of Carroll street, Catonsville Manor, was fined $50 and costs on charges of disorderly conduct and assaulting an officer. Wells became involved in a quarrel and is said to have attacked Sergeant Poehlman and Patrolman Robinson, who arrested him. from 1907 to 1924 and found that for the first time the dog days have not een listed this year. "Uncle Ike" Holbrook, the genial appraiser of the Orphans' Court, and Towson's weather prophet, more ('Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) DRY AGENTS HALT TRUCK Two Men Arrested And Ten Half Barrels Of Beer Confiscated. Two men who are alleged to have been driving a truck loaded with 10 half barrels of beer were arrested on the Reisterstown Road by Prohibition Agent Janthan Paul, of the Washington Flying Squadron. They gave the names of Joseph Polacarolla, 100 North Pearl street, and Vincent Laburte, 402 North Pearl street, Baltimore city. Paul said he saw the truck, loaded with barrels, pass by his car. He drove ahead of the truck and stopped it, he said. The men were arraigned before United States Commissioner Supplee on charges of illegally transporting intoxicants. Savages Bartered Away Valuable Lands For Glass Beads, But The Other Day A Civilized Millionaire Paid $600,000 For A String Of Pearls. © Maryland State Archives mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0072.jpg |