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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERS IAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. XII—No. 44. "It Covers The Community Like The Dew' TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1924. BALTIMORE COUNTY'S PRO GRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. Straw Votes Don't Always Mean Anything, But The Fact That Very Few Babies Have Been Named After Bob La Follette This Year May Prove Significant SWING OF SENTIMENT TO DAVIS IS WIDE SPREAD GOVERNOR RITCHIE TO SPEAK AT GATHERING IN To Be Held At Kingsville, Tuesday Has Opportunity To Again Win Banner Democratic —Party Confident County Honor Of Being TO BE "STAR" WITNESS IN PEDELI MURDEH TRIAL. HB&Qtm UlLMffl Woman who was with contractor who nwife followed in another car, shooting him to death on lonely Valley road. Several enthusiastic Democratic meetings were held in various sections of the county this week, and three are scheduled for the coming week, one at Dundalk on Monday evening, one at Kingsville on Tuesday evening and one at Cowenton on Saturday evening. Governor Ritchie will be the main speaker at the Dundalk gathering, and Millard E. Tydings, candidate for re-election to Congress, and T. Bayard Williams will also make addresses. After the speeches there will be dancin. The Kingsville gathering will be held in Monmonier's hall, and presided over by Dr. J. F. H. Gorsuch. Congressman Tydings will speak, as will Elmer R. Haile and J. P. H. Gorsuch, Jr. The committe in charge of the meeting has made ar-ranements for refreshments and daneing. On Saturday evening, November 1st, a meeting will be held in Gam-brill's Hall, Cowenton, the main (Continued on Page 7—Col. 4) Election Of Democratic Candidate For Presidency Now Taken For Granted CLOSED ELECTION NIGHT WANTS ANNULLMENT Mrs. Marian E. Linder Files Bill In Court At Towson. Democratic Headquarters And Supervisors Force To Be Stationed At Jeffersonian. Baltimore County Democratic Headquarters will not be open Election night, neither will the offices of the Board of Election Supervisors, as the forces of both will be stationed at The Jeffersonian, where the returns will be given via the moving picture route outside its plant, opposite the Court House, Towson. HID $100 AND COSTS Grower C. Bledsol, Convicted Of Manslaughter, Following Auto Collision. PROPERTY SOLD County Treasurer Disposes Of 166 Pieces For Taxes Due. Ob Wednesday, at the Court House Door, Towson, Thomas C. Hunter, County Treasurer, disposed of 166 pieces of property of persons who were in arrears on their taxes for the year 1922. Charles B. Bosley, attorney for the Treasurer, had charge of the sale, while Auctioneer R. Calvert Steuart "cried" each piece. A little group of buyers were on hand eager to get a bargain. Mrs. Marian E. Linder filed a bill in the Circuit Court at Towson against Bernard E. Linder, asking that her marriage to him be annulled on the ground of alleged fraudulent representations made to her by the defendant. Attorneys Milton Tolle and H. M. King appear for thei plaintiff. The couple were married! was intoxicated at the time of the on the 8th day of last August. j accident, which was denied by him. ______*--------- ; He was defended by Attorney William H. Lawrence. Judge Duncan said that whether Bledsol was drunk or sober he was guilty of recklessly Grover C. Bledsol, 1814 Pennsylvania avenue, Baltimore, who was convicted of manslaughter on >c-count of the death of William /%-Kay, who was killed as the resu.t of Bledsol's machine colliding with a truck on the Philadelphia road on the night of the 17th of May last, was fined $100 and costs by Judge Frank I. Duncan on Thursday in the Circuit Court at Towson. A sentence of $50 and costs and thirty days in jail was first imposed, but the sentence was changed when Judge Duncan learned that Bledsol had already spent twenty-five days in jail. It was alleged that the defendant AUTO TURNS TURTLE Driver Slightly Injured When Car Goes On Rampage Near Catonsville. William R. Hudson, of near Catonsville, had a narrow escape from serious injury when his automobile overturned several times on the Old Frederick Road. Today (Saturday) he will have a hearing before Justice Andrea on the charge of operating a machine while under the influence of liquor. driving his machine. MISS MILDRED M. TROTT BECOMES BRIDE OF J. E. LOWE. 500 SAILORS ARRIVE FOR AVIATION MEET AT BAY SHORE Two Navy Planes Make Record Flight From Philadelphia ' To County Water-Front—Trip Accomplished In 28 Minutes Roaring through the air at 190 miles an hour, two planes of the United States naval forces made a record run from Philadelphia to Bay Shore, this county, just 28 minutes after the aviators took to the air in MT, WILSON SANATORIUM NEAR-ING COMPLETION. Renovation of the Mount Wilson Sanatorium for tubercular patients is nearing completion, Samuel K. Dennis, secretary of the board of governors, has announced. Mount Wilson will contain 75 beds. When completed, it is said, several patients will be removed there from Sabillasville. LEAD IN VIOLATIONS Baltimore City And County Head List, Says State Game Warden. More violations of the Game Laws were committed in Baltimore City and Baltimore County than any other community of the State during the last fiscal year, according to the State Game Warden. There were 111 arrests in the City and County against a total of 359 elsewhere in the State. Five jail sentences were imposed. the "City of Brotherly Love they landed here. Five hundred or more sailors have arrived for the aviation event to take place today (Saturday), the U. S. S. Concord and the U. S. S. King lying off Bay Shore. Twenty-five motor boats for patrol duty along the course of the flyers are anchored in the river. Marshal of Police Stansbury has made all arrangements necessary to have a large force of policemen on the scene. COUPLE MAKE AGREEMENT BEFORE MARRIAGE. An agreement between Robert E. Shoemaker and Mary Cellar, whom it stated intended to marry, was filed at Towson. It is agreed that after the said marriage each of the parties shall own individually the real and personal property which they now possess. 'BACKYARD PARTY" TO BE HELD AT LONG GREEN. On Wednesday evening, 29th, a "Backyard Party" held at the home of Mrs. Muma at Long Green. October will be Donald Miss Mildred May Trott and Jesse Ellsworth Lowe were married at Summerfield M. E. Church. The Rev. W. W. Barnes performed the ceremony. Mrs. Lowe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Trott, 35 Mallow Hill avenue, Catonsville. A reception at the home of the bride's parents followed the ceremony, after which the couple left for a trip through the South and to Cuba. Upon their return they will live at 4111 Walnut avenue, Rognel Heights. Ki K EEPING J\OOL WITH lYOOLIDGE K< PANIC AMONG REPUBLICAN MANAGERS AT WASHINGTON, AS REPORTS OF G. 0. P. DEFECTIONS COME IN On Second Trip To Middle West Davis Stirred Thousands Oi Voters To Highest Pitch Of Enthusiasm—Whole Situation In Many States Changed. (From the Washing-ton Correspondent of The Jeffersonian) So rapid and widespread has been the swing of sentiment to Davis in the last three weeks that his election is being taken for granted in quarters where in the middle of September it was believed President Cool-idge could not possibly lose. This change of conditions is noticeable in (Continued on Page 7—Col. 5) MILD WINTER AHEAD ELECTION OF DAVIS IS ONLY WAY TO AVERT DEADLOCK. Net THE DOTY NEAREST YOO-WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR JOHN W. DAVIS? Like Great Battles, Political Campaigns Are Won Only Through Organizatioo—Let Us Have Another President Of The Cleveland Or Wilson Type. Great military battles are never won by bringing together a great mass of men and hurling them unorganized and undisciplined into an engagement. Ten thousand such MANY FAIL TO ACT SIMPSON TO CLOSE HIS CAMPAIGN TODAY. E. Ridgely Simpson, Republican candidate for Congress from this District, has announced that he will close his campaign today (Saturday). Statistics Show Thousands Stay Away From Polls. In 1896, only 80 per cent, of the eligible voters of the County voted. In 1900, but 73 per cent, cast their ballots. In 1908 only 66 per cent, voted. In 1912 there was 62 per cent, voted and in 1920 less than 50 per cent, went to the polls. Within the last decade there has been a retrogression of civic conscientiousness—a failure on the part of a large number of citizens to perform their duty of citizenship. Yea, voting is a privilege as well as a duty. soldiers would be annihilated by a trained troop of a thousand men. And so it is in a great political campaign—thorough organization is absolutely necessary to insure success. This is a great contest and one that means much to the general prosperity of the country. The Party in power is doing everything that can be done to retain their hold on the Government. There has never been a National Administration where members of the Cabinet betrayed the trust reposed in them so flagrantly as during the administration of Presidents Harding and Coolidge. During the past week a Congressional committee has been and is still investigating the contributions (Continued on Page 8—Col. 4) ---------------? BENEFIT HELD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. Towson Prognnsticator Does Care What Goose-Bone Prophets Say. Goose-bone prophets to the contrary, it is a four-to-one bet that the coming winter will be normal, according to little Mr. Dance, bailiff of the Orphans' Court at Towson, and a weather prophet of no mean ability. He has been noting the reports that have been coming in as to large nut-crops, and squirrels making unusual hoardings. Once in a while, he said, the long-range nature forecasters make good and that keeps them in high standing until the next lucky guess. He doess not scoff altogether at signs. It would be better, he said, if people were more weatherwise. The rurallte and the sailor, he said, are better "weather sharps than the city dweller, but there is no reason for it except that they live more in the open. As for predictions, however, he said, all signs fail except for short-range forecasts and he has little patience for the other kind. "What," he asked, "is the meas- (Continued on Page 7—Col. 3) Y i In an editorial captioned, ?> "How To Avert A Deadlock," y the New York Times expresses % doubt of President Coolidge's y ability to prevent LaFoUette *£ from getting enough electoral X votes in purely Republican ?!? States to keep the election of *£ a President out of Congress. X "It is this possibility that *j* makes the Republican man- X agers nervous" says the Times. y "In casting about for some way Y to avert the peril, they have X hit upon the device of asking y Democrats to vote for Mr. *** Coolidge so as to make sure of X his election. This is a trifle y cool on their part, since the *** great difficulty of Republican ?*. creation." y The editorial then analyzes X the political situation as it ex- y isted at the beginning of Oc- X tober, and declares the avoid- ?*? ance of a deadlock in the Elec- y toral College is a matter of X enough interest to turn enough ?!? voters one way or the other to ? prevent that outcome at the Y polls next month. A "But it is possible to show $ mathematically and politically & that this interest would be y most purely preserved by a X turning of detached voters pre- ?*? served by a turning of detach- y ed voters in the doubtful states X to Mr. Davis," says the Times. * "Even if they went to Mr. Y Coolidge, they would not oer- X tainly give him a majority. * But they demonstrably would Y give Mr. Davis a majority." X MOTORISTS, ATTENTION! "Watch your step" when you come to Towson and park your car, for the Highways Department ia going to have the streets around the court house "striped" and motorists will have to back into the vacant "stalls." 1 COUNTY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION URGES SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL LOAN An entertainment for the benefit of the Third District Public Health Association was held at the Pikes-ville Public School. "SNAPSHOTS" OF FOREIGN STUDENTS, AND SUPERINTENDENT, WHO WILL THEM ON TOUR OF INSPECTION THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS. TAKE OO PQPPOPOPO0 a Amalgamated Organization Holds Semi-Annual Meeting At Elks Club, Towson—Edward H. Burke And Stuart S. Janney Speakers. The Baltimore County Improvement Association, an amalgamation of various community Improvement Association, at its semi-annual convention held at the Elks' Hall, Towson, indorsed unanimously the proposed $1,500,000 bond issue for schools that will be submitted to the voters November 4. Edward H. Burke and Sutart S. Janney were the principal speakers. Mr. Burke declared that 20 new schools for white children and 7 new schools for negroes were needed urgently, and that the funds for the structures could not be raised by direct taxation, because this would mean an additional 50 cents on the tax rate for three years and a greater amount for a shorter time. Approval of the bond Issue, he said, would add only 5 cents a year to the tax rate for 30 years. Mr. Janney emphasized the importance of medical and physical examination of school children and the value of physical exercise under trained teachers. He said he had heard of some opposition to the bond issue, based on the argument that these educational features were fads and frills, taking up time that could ELECTION OFFICIALS PASS ON BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER 4. Hhe Board of Election Supervisors met yesterday, (Friday), to pass on the form of ballot to be used at the election November 4th. be spent better on reading, writing and arithmetic. In this connection Mr. Janney pointed out that the school schedule provided for the physical examina- (Continued on Page 8—Col. 4) WANT COURT TO ASSUME JURISDICTION OF HOLTGRHVH ESTATE. A bill in equity was filed in the Circuit Court at Towson »y Clarence E. Holtgreve and others askiag the Court to assume jurisdiction of the administration of the estate of the late Herman W. Holtgreve. Attorney James S. Pennington appears for the plaintiffs. TO INSPECT SCHOOLS Delegation Of Students From Foreign Lands Coming To Baltimore County. A delegation of foreign students will wend their way to Baltimore county on November 14th to inspect our splendid public school system, which is recognized everywhere as one of the best rural systems. India, Czechoslovakia. Tmrkey, Persia, Russia, Australia, Arabia, England, Mexico, Porto Rico, Liberia, China, Korea and Japan will be represented. There's A Great Influx Into The Colleges, One Reason May Be That It Is Much Easier To Enter College Than A Labor Union.