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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. xii—No. 40. "It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATUBDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924. BALTIMORE COUNTY'S SUNDAY NEWSPAPER It Seems As Though It's Going To Be A Mighty Common Campaign When La Follette Is Fighting For The Common People—Coolidge For Common Sense And Davis For Common Honesty FEW SERIOUS CRIMES TREATED BY GRAND INQUEST Ninety-Nine Cases Investigated, True Bills Found In All But Seventeen, Which Were Dismissed PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK IMPROVING AS ELECTION APPROACHES—REPUBLICANS SHOW ANXIETY With Decision At Polls Just Six Weeks Oft, Democrats Are Gaining Ground Steadily—Result will Show Whether People Stand For Honesty Or Not ^X^M^M«^M^Mh%A.VVVVV>.X«!. APPLY COMMON SENSE TO YOUR DRIVING. Common sense and courtesy-are the chief elements of safe driving. More than 17,000 persons are being killed every year because someone took a chance. Common sense takes the guess out of driving and makes safety certain. There are points to observe which will do away with the causes of motor fatalities. Among them are: Watch out for the man on foot, travel at a reasonable speed and don't be selfish. mmmmvm+mmm THROWN AGAINST SHIELD Owings Mills Man, In Auto Accident, Has Injuries Dressed At Hospital. Raymond Williams of Owings Mills, was taken to Colonial Hospital after he was thrown against the windshield of his automobile in a collision on Homeland avenue with a machine operated by Charles R. Van Horn. DOG ATTACKS CHILDREN Mother Fights Off Maddened Animal—Pasteur Treatment Given. It -is just six weeks before election and the Presidential and Congressional campaign is at its height. Mr. Davis and Mr. Bryan, Mr. Dawes, the Republican candidate for Vice-President, and Messrs. LaFol-lette and Wheeler, the Independent candidate, have all been busy while the President continues to pose as the silent man. Mr. Davis has shown himself to be a good campaigner. He has been preaching good Democratic doctrine) and at the same time has not hesitated to pour hot shot into the very vulnerable record of the Republican party. Mr. Dawes is also a very much better campaigner than he was given credit for, but his managers have some difficulty in keeping him down. The only reason he has not struck his Hell and Maria gait yet is that he is held back with tight check-rein and snaffle bit by his trainers. LaFollette has been flaying the Republican party, and his side partner, Senator Wheeler, has been furnishing the star pyrotechnics of the campaign. He is a very able speaker and a wonderful campaigner. He has the "stuff" on the Republicans and is using it with telling effect. He is the only campaign orator in the history of American politics who (Continued on Page 8—Col. 5) HOLDS MEETING Attacked by a pet collie dog, Norman Day, two, and his brother, Stanley, fifteen, were thrown to the ground and severely bitten at their home, near Freeland, the children being taken to the State Health Department to receive the Pasteur treatment. It was only after their mother, Mrs. Samuel Day, had come to their assistance that the animal was driven off. Earlier Bortner Day, ten, another brother, was attacked by the collie and bitten on the chest. Following (Continued on Page 8—Col. 5) Dr. Bowen Reports On Activities Of Public Health Service In County. The Baltimore County Health Association held its annual meeting. Dr. Josias S. Bowen, health officer of Baltimore county and director of the association, in reporting on the work during the last year said five nurses now are on active duty and new health centers have been opened at Pikesville, Essex, Kingsville and Thistle. Elections were held for seven members of the board of directors whose one-year term had expired. Dr. Walter M. Carmine, Mrs. John W. Harrison, Miss Ethel Crosby and Dr. W. P. E. Wyse were re-elected. Mrs. Jesse Hoshall, Mrs. John Mays and Mrs. W. D. Hurst were elected. Officers of the organization will be chosen by the board of directors at its next meeting. BALTIMORE COUNTY MA Y SOON RECEIVE LONG EXPECTED WAR TROPHY Long List Of Those Available For Distribution Has Been Complied—Local Authorities Prefer Captured Cannon. Baltimore county soon may become the possessor of a highly prized trophy of the World War, to decorate the Court House Park, if Governor Albert C. Ritchie decides to accept the list of relics offered by the Federal Government for distribution among the various sections of the State. Soon after the close of the war Congressman Tydings, at the JUDGE ORDERS RETRIAL Colgate Creek Man, Convicted Of Car Hold-Up To Face Court Again. Affter convicting John Sowinski of Colgate Creek, of holding up a street car near Riverview Park on August 2, Judge Eli Frank in Criminal Court, Part 1, has ordered counsel for the defense to file a motion for a new trial at the expense of the State. Sentence was suspended pending filing of the motion. Judge Frank said the case was a very serious one and he would like to have the other members of the Supreme Bench review the testimony. suggestion of The Jeffersonian, took steps to obtain a trophy for Towson, but later, because of a flood of similar bills, the ordinance authorities agreed upon a general distribution. This week the War Department notified the Governor that a list of items was available, showing just what Maryland would be entitled to receive, as the result of Congressional action in the last session. And now, among other items, Governor Ritchie is wondering how he could dispose of a paper apron; a horse's collar or 1,8 50 "Gott Mit Uns" belt buckles. This is the question the Governor will have to decide if he accepts for the State of Maryland all the captured war devices and trophies that Congress has bestowed upon the States. The list consists of two sections, one of articles such as cannon and (Continued on Page 4—Col. 5) -----------,»----------- ATTENDS PHILADELPHIA CELEBRATION. Col. Washington Bowie, Jr., of Lutherville, commanded 130 officers and men of the 5th Regiment who went to Philadelphia to participate in the Valley Forge celebration. MAY SEE SHENANDOAH Giant Airship Expected To Come Here For Bay Shore Event. The giant airship Shenandoah may come here next month to participate in an aerial carnival in connection with the Schneider Cup race off Bay Shore, it has been announced. If the ship, which leaves for the Pacific Coast October 3, returns on schedule, there will be no question as to its coming. TWO KILLED Lad And Father Mangled By Gar, Buried From New Home. Side by side in the new family home near Overlea, into which they were moving when both were crushed under the wheels of a trolley car, the bodies of William Curfmau, thirty-seven, and his son Albert, ten, laid until their double funeral. As they died so they were buried together. There in the new home, where there was so much joy as the family moved from Darley avenue, are the survivors—a widowed mother and three young daughters. Father and son were walking together along the Belair road. They had assisted in moving furniture and were bound for a store, when a car bore down upon them. With both legs almost severed from his body, the senior Curfman died as the car was being lifted. In the same hospital (St. Joseph's) the little boy, with one leg cut off below the knee, lingered for five hours. In his delirium young Albert continued to cry: "Not yet, papa; not yet." Edward Hundtermark, 1906 Patterson place, motorman, who said he sighted father and son on the tracks too late to stop his car, was released on his own recognizance pending an inquest by the coroner. ZIP! BOOM! BANG! VISIT TO TOWSON EXCHANGE OF TELEPHONE COMPANY IS WELL WORTH WHILE 'lis One Of Busiest Spots In County—Enough Wire Osed In Switch Board To Circle More Than One-Fourth Round The United States. SUITS AGGREGATING $12,000 DOCKETED. Suits by titling in which damages are asked aggregating $12,000 were filed in the Circuit Court at Towson against Wm. H. Menges, Sr., and William H. Menges, Jr.. John Bohl sues for $500 damages; Fannie Kaufman sues for $1500 damagaes; Mary T. Bohl for $5000 damages and Gertrude Kaufman for $5000 damages. Attorney Samuel Lasch appears for the plaintiffs. A visit to the Towson Exchange of the C. & P. Telephone Company is well worth the time of anyone interested in one of the marvels of modern times. On the second floor of the building, located on East Pennsylvania avenue, are the offices, on the rear opening into the lobby is a rest room, large, light and comfortable for the use of the women employees where they can go and have quiet after a siege at the operator's table with an exacting public. SOUTH TOWSON NOW HAS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. Residents of South Towson recently organized an Improvement Association with George Kertley, president; Rev. Milson Thomas, vice-president, and Richard H. Stevenson, secretary-treasurer. TO ANNULL MARRIAGE Col. Consolvo Will Seeks Courts Aid With Reference To Son's Elopement. Col. Charles Consolvo, proprietor of the Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore city, who resides at Belvedere Manor, his beautiful estate near, Reisterstown, has declared his intentions to have the marriage of his adopted son, Charles, Jr., to Evelyn Lamb of Elizabeth City, N. C, annulled. The ceremony took place September 1st at Ellicott City, the Rev. D. M. Dibble, former pastor of Lutherville M. E. Church officiating. Col. Consolvo stated to a representative of The Jeffersonian that he adopted the boy several years ago when he found him, a waif, in Washington. The youngster, he said, is now 18, and entirely incapable of supporting himself, much less a wife. POLITICAL PARTIES PREPARE FOR REGISTRATION. Two days are set for enrollment in Baltimore County this year. Workers of both parties are devoting their time to preparations for registration of voters. The* present poll lists are being scanned and efforts are being made to reach persons whose names are not on the books, but who are entitled to register for the voting at the election November 4. Registration days will be September 30 and October 7 and the hours will be from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. The registration officers will meet October 15 for revision of the lists. No names will be registered on that day. The registration this fall will be "supplemental." Those who voted last fall or in the spring primai-y will not be required to register unless they have removed from their former precincts, in which case they will have to get transfers from the former precincts and present them to officials at the polling place in their new precincts. Persons who will arrive at the age of 21 years November 5 may register and vote this fall, as it is held they will complete their 21 years November 4. November 5 marks the beginning of their 22nd year. Below is where everything is kept in the neatest of ways and shapes— spotless, in fact. To the rear of the main building is the ware house, or store room of the Company, where everything needed in the way of tools, equipment, etc, is always on hand and kept so it can be accounted for and found in a moment's notice. System and order are found as everywhere else. Upstairs is the exchange itself, with its busy corps of operators, working with trained hands and ears to make the thousand and one conections—as it would seem to the observers—being asked for every minute. Watching this and seeing the number of constant calls the marvel is that so few mistakes are (Continued on Page 4—Col. §) SEPTEMBER TERM OF COURT WILL HAVE MURDER TRIALS TO CONSIDER Report States Various Cases Reviewed Indicate That County Is Afflicted With Certain "Sore Spots," Which Will Be Cleaned Up. The grand jury for the December term of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county adjourned yesterday (Friday) after being in session four and a half days. The body reviewed 99 cases, find- (Continued on Page 4—Col. 6) ESSEX MAN BURNED In- Seriously jured, Trying To Rescue Family. Raymond Bennick is at Bay View Hospital suffering from burns which physicians say may cause his death, received in a fire which destroyed his home at Essex. The damage to the property was estimated at $5,000. The origin of the fires have not yet been ascertained. Bennick was burned while rescuing his four children and some of (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) FIELD BEING GROOMED COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEETS. The members of the Republican State Central Committee for Baltimore county met on last Wednesday at Hotel Emerson and arranged to make efforts to get the full party vote registered in the county. Big Polo Game At Pikesville Expected To Draw Huge Crowd. Increased interest in polo in this vicinity during the last month has led to many improvements at the field at the Pikesville Armory preparatory for the challenge game at 3 P. M. tomorrow (Sunday) between the Maryland Polo Club and the Third Corps Area polo team. A grandstand seating approximately 400 spectators has been erected on one side of the field. On the other side parking space for automobiles has been assigned. Ground-keepers have leveled the playing field and new side boards have been placed. Prior to the game tomorrow the ponies will be paraded before the spectators following the custom of the international polo games. The army will have 15 ponies in line. The Maryland Polo Club promises to show 20 horses. 1923 WHEAT CROP COST FARMER NET LOSS OF 25 CENTS PER BUSHEL. The fallacy of the Republican claim that the tariff on wheat imposed by the Fordney-McCumber act "saved the American wheat farmer" is bared by figures on production costs and selling prices for 1923 in a bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Department's Bulletin shows that wheat on 7,852 farms covered in the survey cost to raise on the average $1.24 per bushel, and had an average sales value to the grower of 99 cents per bushel, a loss of 25 cents on every bushel of wheat grown. The survey shows an average gross cost of raising the wheat of $22.82 per acre. The credit for straw was $1.86 per acre, leaving an average net cost of $21.02 per acre, or $1.24 per bushel, the average yield being 17 bushels per acre. The same survey shows that oats cost 52 cents per bushel to raise, and had an average sales value of 49 cents per bushel, a loss of three cents per bushel. WRITER SCORED Towson Preacher Says Hughes Is Unfit To Write About Scriptures. Rupert Hughes, American author, was declared "manifestly unfit to write anything in regard to the Scriptures" by the Rev. R. W. Wickes, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Towson, in a sermon recently. The attack on the author was the result of Hughes' -recent article, "Why I Quit Going to Church." The Rev. Mr. Wickes said, in, part: "Hughes confuses those things that are purely poetic and forces a literal interpretation. He speaks (Continued on Pag<* 4—Col. 5] FOLKS IN DAYS GONE BY, DID'NT SEND FOR DOCTORS AS THEY DO NOW Vaccinations Were Accomplished By Borrowing From Some Other Fellow's Arm, Whose Vaccination "Took". Scabs ON CONTINENTAL TRIP TOWSON GIRL GIVEN TEACHING POST AT SPARROWS POINT. Miss Agnes Kelley, of Towson, has been appointed a teacher in the Sparrows Point High School. She is a graduate of Notre Dame College. Catonsville Children Enroute Alone To Visit Aunt In California. Two children who have never been far away from home before have started a trip across the continent unattended. But the Travelers' Aid Society saw them safely off and agents of the organization will guard them all along the route. The children are Hattie and Wilson Chenworth, 15 and 14 years old, children of Mrs. H. Wilson Chenworth, Catonsville. They will spend the winter with their aunt, Mrs. W. B. Preston, in California. Their mother and Miss M. C. Judge, in charge of the local branch of the society, put them on the train. In Chicago they will be met by another agent of the society, who will see that they get breakfast and place them on a train for the coast. In Los Angeles, their aunt and a third agent will meet them. (By Old Timer) I go back over fifty years to a period long before the telephone— when the only hard roads were frozen roads—when the professional trained nurse was unknown. When a case of smallpox was not a curiosity and when vaccination was accomplished by borrowing a scab from the arm of some other fellow whose vaccination "took." Wh^n diphtheria was prevalent and generally fatal—when tuberculosis was consumption and always fatal; before the days of the x-ray, the blood test and the measurement of the blood pressure. To a period when a doctor's prescription was unknown to the county people and all the drugs they ever took came from the saddle bag of theold county doctor. They didn't send for the doctor as often in those days as they do now; for the old time mothers were pret- TO GIVE OUTING TO M. S. N. S. STUDENTS. Today (Saturday) at 2 P. M. the Towson M. E. Church will give an outing to students of the State Normal School. Cars will "pick up" passengers at the dormitory. ty good nurses, with plenty of good judgment and hard common sense— and they didn't seem to be as easily frightened then as now. If a child became droopy during the day and at night had a fever, it got a dose of castor oil, and as a rule was alright in the morning. If it had a cold and sore throat, it would also get the oil, and in ad- (Continued on Page 8-Col. 3) PROSPECT PARK SOLD 20-Acre Tract Goes "Under Hammer" For $22,000—New Owner Plans Development. Prospect Park, located near Back River, for years one of the best known amusement and driving^ parks in this section of the country, has been sold at public auction and will be converted into a residential community. Joseph F. Moreland, a home developer, has purchased the 20-acre tract for $22,000 from E. T. Newell & Co., auctioneers. Up to six years ago the park was the Mecca for all sport lovers in and around Baltimore city. It possessed an exceptionally fine race track. It was also noted for its various amusements. Bobbed Hair Is No More Likely To Cause A Woman To Stray From The Straight And Narrow Path Than Long White Whiskers Are Likely To Make A Man A Saint.