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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0374 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| TUT? TI?l?CTr1?' 'MAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. Xn—NO. 47. It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1924. BALTIMORE COUNTY'S PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. A Scientist Says Work Is The Justification Of Existence, The Zest Of Life, A Solace In Sorrow And The Glory Of Mankind-Perhaps This Is Why So Many Employers Think There's No Need To Pay Much For It "PENNSY" UPHOLDS KILLINGS NO ELECTIONS IN STATE DURING 1925—DUE TO FEWER ELECTIONS LAW PASSED BY LAST LEGISLATURE Under Act Terms Of All State And County Officers Except Judges Elected In 1926 And Be For Four Years. PENSIONS, EXCLUSIVE OF WORLD WAR, COST U. S. $8,836,000,000. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jefferson-ian) — Wars in which the United States has taken part since 1790, exclusive of the World War, have cost the nation more than $6,836,000,-000. Pensions for the Civil War totaled about $6,427,000,000, it was shown in figures announced by the Interior Department, while those growing out of the Indian Wars amounted too $25,000,000. Pensions for other wars included $46,-000,000 for the War of 1812; $70,000,000 for the War of the Revolution; $56,000,000 for the Mexican War and $126,000,000 for the War with Spain. :: ?? •:-x-x-:-x-k-:-h-x-k-k-h-:-k-K' WORRY OVER ILLNESS COUSES MAN TO TAKE LIFE. Worry over ill health caused Alfred M. Lorenz, of Catonsville, a i contractor, to commit suicide by| shooting himself in the head. GUILD GIVES CLOTHES 137 New Garments Presented To Lhildrens' Aid Society. The Needlework Guild of America, of which Mrs. D. K. Este Fisher is president, presented the Children's Aid Society of Baltimore county with 137 new garments for use of wards of the organization. This donation is the largest single one of clothing received by the society since its organization about 12 years ago. and helped materially to stimulate Interest being shown in the membership drive now under way, according to Charles H. Baet-jer, drive chairman. Miss Anne Winslow Williams became a drive worker this week and will solicit memberships from business houses having offices in Baltimore city and plants in the county. Owing to the Fewer Elections Amendment to the State Constitution, voters in Maryland will be permitted or compelled to take a rest in 1925. There will be no elections, State or county, next year and there will be no registration days. So far as registering and voting are concerned, the year will be a blank. In 1926 will come the deluge. A (Continued on Page 8—Col. ^) SELF-HELPJEIflEOY Nat. Grange Head, Talked Of For Cabinet, Advises Against Cure By Law. (Special to The Jeffersonian) Arguing that the problems of the farmer are economic and not political, Louis J. Taber, Barnesville, Ohio, master of the National Grange, in addressing the opening of the grange's annual meeting at Atlantic City, urged its 800,000 members to seek a cure for their trouble through adherence to sound business principles rather than by legislation. As Taber is being groomeed by the National Grange for the post of Secretary of Agriculture, his address was accepted as an enunciation of his views on the farm problem. "We have cold contempt for the army of politicians," he said, "who belittle the intelligence of the farmer by insisting his prosperity depends on their support. True, the (Contuiued on Page 8—Col. 3) Assumes Attitude That Nothing Must Interfere With Operations Of Its Trains—Not Even Lives Of Autoists And Pedestrians. COUNTY-SEAT GOES DRY BIG AND BRAZEN. ittnu< NED FINED $300 AND COSTS Nettie Mitchell Charged With Keeping- Disorderly House Found Guilty. Nettie Taylor, known also as Nettie Mitchell, was fined $300 and costs in the Circuit Court at Towson on the charge of maintaining a disorderly house. The indictment against Wm. E. (Spot) Mitchell, on the same charge, was stetted. Attorney George G. Wheeler appeared for the defendants. SOARING PRICES MAY ELIMINATE TURKEY FROM THANKSGIVING DINNER Housewives Are Considering Boycott In Favor Of Roast Pork And Apple Sause, Or Corned Beef And Cabbage. (By Nancy Hanks) Cranberries and plum pudding may lose their traditional playmate on the Thanksgiving menu if war prices continue to prevail in the turkey market. Baltimore county house- DIES OF HEART DISEASE Glyndon Man Running For Train Drops Over At Dover, Delaware. Running for a train in „, Dover, Del., on his way home, Thomas J. Sisk, of Glyndon, collapsed on the platform from heart disease and died a short time later. A certificate of death due to heart failure was issued by the coroner of Dover. The body was taken to Glyndon by a relative. Mr. Sisk, a salesman for a hard-' ware concern in Aurora, 111., left Baltimore last Sunday night for Philadelphia. He left there Monday for Dover. He was 6 8 years old. Besides his widow, Mrs. Ida M. Riley Sisk, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Lucetta Sisk, principal of the Randallstown High School, and Mrs. William McLean, of Glyndon, and three sons, A. W. Sisk, of Detroit; B. E. Sisk, of Toledo, Ohio, and Edward F. Sisk, of Washington. Burial was in Druid Ridge Cemetery. wives are discussing this melancholy prospect with their neighbors. "Fifty-five cents a pouund is too much," they declare. "Before the war the best turkeys sold for 20 and 23 cents a pound. We can't afford to pay $5 or $10 for a turkey. Think of all the other things that have to go with it." Turkeys sold in market this week from 50 to 55 cents a pound. The wholesale prices ranged from 42 to 45 cents. Many of the dealers expressed the opinion that the price would drop considerably during the next week or two. They base this prediction on the fact that there is a large supply of (Continued on Page 8—Col. 4) ROCKLAND WANTS NEW SCHOOL. The Baltimore County Board of Education met Tuesday with an abundant treasury. Work on a budget for the expenditure of the $1,500,000 to be derived from the bond issue approved by the voters of the county at the recent election was begun. Almost the entire population of Rockland, in the Second District, appeared as a delegation and asked that a school be established there. The matter was held under consideration. Another delegation also was on hand and asked that a new high school building be erected at Randallstown. EDUCATION WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED IN COUNTY BY PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS White Teachers To Assemble At State Normal School Oo Friday, When Dr. Margaret M. Alltucker Of Natiooal Education Association's Research Division Will Speak. METROPOLITAN SANITARY ENGINEER MAKES CITY OFFICIALS "STEP LIVELY" TO RESTORE USUAL WATER SUPPLY. Towson went "dry" again yesterday (Friday) for the second time within two months, and without any warning at all. Householders turned on their spigots to find the supply non-est, and as a consequence pupils of the Towson High School were dismissed at 11.15 A. M. (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3) 3 Double "5" Curve On Phila. Road Scene Of Auto And Truck Collission. American Education Week, beginning Monday, will be observed by 'UPPER END" FARMERS GUESTS OP HUNT CLUB. Quite a number of farmers from near White Hall attended "Farmers' Day," the guests of the Harford Hunt Clu, on Tuesday and enjoyed the amusements, races and the fine luncheon which was served. ROBERT H. GRIBBLE SEEKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE. Robert H. Gribble filed a bill in the Circuit Court at Towson in which he asks for an absolute divorce from Mrs. Grace V. Gribble on account of her alleged infidelity. The bill states that the parties were married April 9, 1924. The defendant is now said to be a nonresident. Attorney Robert D. Port-ness appears for plaintiff. MAN HANGS SELF Body Of Suicide Found Dangling From Tree Near Gardenville. The body of a man believed to be Anton Sclagitis, sixty, was found by police hanging from a tree near Gardenville. He had apparently been dead for hours. A tax receipt bearing Sclagitis' name and the address 1519 East Chase street, Baltimore, was found in a coat pocket by Patrolman Andrew Randlett of the northeastern district. A tall box near the tree indicated the man had first tied a rope to a limb of the tree, put his neck in the noose and then kicked the box from under him, slowly strangling to death. Randlett called a physician, who said that life had been extinct for several hours, and then sent the body to the Morgue, where it will remain until positive identification is made. schools and the Parent-Teacher Associations throughout this county, and the outstanding event planned by the educational authorities is the rally to be held at the State Normal School, Towson, on Friday, November 21st. All white teachers will assemble at the Normal School at 9.30 A. M. and the entire morning will be devoted to a general meeting. "What's Right With the Public Schools" will be the subject of an address by Dr. Margaret M. Alltucker, Assistant Director of the Research Division of the National Education Associaion. (Cont. on P. 8—Col. 2) Devil's Elbow, on the Philadelphia road, scored another serious accident when three men were injured, one critically, through collision of a touring car with an unlighted truck loaded with brick which had been left parked on the double "S" curve at the danger point. The victims: George Hock, 21, 420 North Rose street, Baltimore internally injured. Ambrose F. Lukas, twenty-five, 222 North Rose street, Baltimore city, severely cut and bruised about the head and body. Clarence E. Whitley, twenty-six, 426 North Glover street, Baltimore city, severely cut and bruised about the lower limbs and body. A fourth man, Frederick Tanning, twenty-four, 404 North Rose stheet, who was with the party, escaped with slight bruises. The four young men occupying an automobile owned t>y Henry G. Whitley, 803 North Chapel street, were riding on the Philadeelphia road between Poplar and Golden Ring. Hock was driving. They were halfway around the second curve of the double "S" curve of Devil's Elbow when suddenly there loomed before them the unlighted outlines of a heavy truck loaded with brick which, Tanning claims, was parked partly on the roadway. (CoontinuCd on Page 8—Col. 5) EX-SENATOR LINDSAY MUCH IMPROVED. THREE PERSONS HURLED INTO ETERNITY AT LUTHERVILLE RAILROAD CROSSING "Pennsy" Flyer Crashes Into Auto In Which Men Were Hiding— Flash-Light Signal And Warning Gong Failing To Work Cause Of Accident. Due to a split rail between Park-ton and Lake Station, trains on the Northern Central Railroad northbound were diverted to the southbound track, hence the flash-light signals and warning gongs did not ring until after northbound trains had passed crossings. As a result three young men were hurled into eternity at the Seminary avenue crossing at Lutherville, the machine in which they were riding being demolished by the "Pennsy" flyer enroute to Harrisburg, Pa., about midnight. Chas. S. Pickering, 21, of Forest Park, and George Hartman Wight, of Forest Park, were killed instantly, while William Russell, Jr., died on the way to Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore city. (Coontinued on Page 8—Col. 5) tmm+m+mmm+m YEA! A WORD TO THE WISE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. "MOONSHINE" FOUND Prohibition Agents Locate Hooch Plant In Swamp Near Elkridge. Prohibition agents attached to the Washington "flying squadron" captured a 500-gallon moonshine plant in a swamp about a mile from the Washington boulevard, near Elkridge. Charles R. Pearce was arrested at the still, but two other men escaped. FIRE COMPANIES OUT Woods Fires Bring Glyndon, Reis- terstown and Owings Mills Apparatus To Scene. After subduing a blaze which covered a large tract of woodland at Park Heights avenue extended, near the Wortnington Valley, firemen of the Glyndon, Owings Mills and Reis-terstown volunteer companies were called out again a few hours later when the flames broke out anew. At midnight the firemen were still fighting the blaze. No dwellings were endangered, it was said Out of the five hundred or more property owners in Towson but twenty-five or thirty have neglected so far to connect up with the sewerage system notwithstanding the fact that they have been notified to do so time and again. Now the time has been reached when patience ceases to be a virtue with the authorities and "the dead line" will be on Monday, at which time The Metropolitan Sanitary District, under whose supervision sewerage comes, * will take decided action. For thosee who have not connected it might be well to remind that the law prescribes a severe penalty for failure on their part to connect their properties with the town's sewerage system. CRUSHED TO DEATH Hugh Pipe Falls On Man Working In Trench In "Lower End." Charles Maginski, thirty-five, 1610 Gough street, Baltimore city, a pipefitter employed by the Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company, was crushed to death in a ditch on a county road in the "lower end" when a 1000-pound section of pipe fell upon him. Workmen were laying a gas main in a trench. Maginski was in the trench waiting for a section of pipe to be lowered so he could connect it with other pipe. In some manner, unexplained, the sling slipped and the pipe fell. The bruised and broken man was taken to the Church Home and Infirmary, Baltimore city, by Charels Collett, 3602 Ash street, and pronounced dead HONOR IS NOT ALL President Get $75,000 A Year With Numerous "Little Things" Thrown In (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) The honor and work attached to the job of being President are not all that the voters handed President Coolidge on November 4. The emoluments and perquisites that go with the office are no mean consideration in themselves. To one of Coolidge's thrifty ten- (Continued on Page 8—Col. 4) CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL IS DEDICATED. The condition of ex-Senator James J. Lindsay, who has been confined to his home for the past week with illness is much improved and he expects to be out the fore part of next week. CLAIMS $10,000 FOR ALLEGED ASSAULT AND BATTERY. Pauline Wilson filed suit in the Circuit Court at Towson against Morris Cohen and Abraham M. Cap-Ian, of Sparrows Point, in which the plaintiff claims $10,000 damages for an aleged assault and battery committed upon her by the defendants on November 3. Attorney Eugene A. Edgett filed the suit for the plaintiff. The Consolidated School on Westchester road was eradicated when addresses were made by S. M. j Shoemaker, president of the Balti-! more County School Board, and C. G. Cooper, superintendent of Baltimore County Schools. Howard Council, No. 46, Jr. O. U. A. M., of Ellicott City, presented the school a silk flag. Addresses were made by Dr. William B. Grembrill, Herman Menenerick and the Rev. E. Otto. FINED $5 AND COSTS As Result Of Auto Accident Man Is Found Guilty Of Reckless Driving. As the result of an automobile accident on the Washington Boulevard, when a man and women were injured slightly, Arthur G. Chalk, 2700 block Huntingdon avenue, Baltimore city, was fined $5 and costs by Magistrate Richard E. Stapleton at the Halethorpe Police Station, on the charge of reckless driving. The accident occurred at Washington Boulevard and Sulphur Spring Road. It was testified that the automobile operated by Chalk ran into an automobile operated by Bruce H. Davis, 1500 block Edmondson avenue, Baltimore. Davis and Miss I/Iaude Daley, who were in the machine, were injured. WHATEVER GOD GIVES ME TO DO, I'LL DO," SAYS MRS. FEDELI Woman Found Not Guilty Of Murdering Husband, Faces Life Without Any Funds—Takes Up Abode With Sister In Italian Section. (By Nancy Hanks) "Whatever God gives me to do I'll do. He took care of me and brought me free. He'll find something for me to do." Mrs. Antoinette Fedeli, acquitted by a jury at Towson of the murder of her husband, sat in a circle of neighbors in the home of her sister in South High street, Baltimore, and repeated her trust in Providence to care for her and her sixteen-year-old son Arthur. She was still dressed in the black that she wore during the trial, and with the exception of the clothes upon her back, has nothing more. The red fiag of the auctioneer hangs on her home at 502 Lynd-hurst avenue, whither her husband REV. P. A. CASSEN TO SAIL FOR INDIA TODAY. moved from the Italian quarter when war-time contracts made him wealthy. The home, a thousand dollars she received from her mother's estate, (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3) STROKE KILLS MAN The Rev. Paul A. Cassen, son of the Rev. Samuel F. Cassen, pastor of Towson Methodist Protestant Church, will sail for India today j (Saturday) where he will engage in missionary work and teaching and will be located 281 miles from Bom-J bay. He will be accompanied by his wife. Mr. Cassen graduated at St. John's College and pursued his theological course at Western Maryland College. Resident Of Sparks Collapses While Driving Auto Through City. Stricken with apoplexy at the wheel of his automobile,, Earl S. Dashiell, fifty, candy manufacturer of Sparks, steered his machine to the curb at North avenue and Mc-Mechen street, Baltimore, and dropped dead. Mr. Dashiel had come to the city on business. He stopped at a garage of the Jenkins Motor Company, 1626 Mount Royal avenue, to have repairs made to his car. He was on his way to the plant of Ditch, Bowers & Taylor, Inc., Mount Royal and McMechen street, when stricken. Wilbur H. Wittig, 1756 Bank street, saw Mr. Dashiell unconscious over the steering wheel and drove the car to Mercy Hospital, where Dr. J. M. Miller pronounced Dashiell dead. Dr. William T. Riley, coroner of the Central district, gave a veri of death due to natural cs America Now Has Half The World's Gold And About Ninety Per Cent. Of Its Bn |