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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. 18 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1924. BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. Ten College Glee Clubs Have Been Engaged To Furnish Music For The Republican Campaign This Fall But Someone Has To Find The Subject For The Glee. SPEED LIMIT SHOULD HELP DOCTORS AND UNDERTAKERS. Step On Gas" Signs Placed Along Highways Makes Efforts To Keep Reckless Drivers Down, Useless. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE INDIGNANT IT IMPUDENCE OF AUTHORITIES TO CREATE SPEED WAYS. UNITED RAILWAY WANTS MORE FARE-PEOPLE DESIRE LESS "TAX" WITH BETTER SERVICE. Street Cars Filled As Traction Company Fills Them, Would Make Sardine Packers Blush—'Tis No Wonder Strap-Hangers Are Protesting. A4+4+*«£++*+«4***«*4**«««4' DOES ANYBODY CARE? NO, NOT A TINKER'S DAMN. The sixty-eighth Congress has. been. convened. four months. The average expense of run-y ning the Government is $10,-% 000,000 a day. This money comes principally from the pockets of business men and citizens. After 121 days at $10,000,-OOO a day we have passed one appropriation bill. Does anybody care. Not a tinker's damn. The political coyotes have exhibited themselves in action—a new sensation every day. Indictments, resignations talk of impeachments, private characters assaulted, general destruction and a disgraceful party scramble for advantage has aroused the public cheer. Has leadership vanished from the earth. Have both the party in power and the party out of power become paralyzed by the monotonous march to the mahcine torn torn? Have we become so sordid, so pleasure crazed, so selfish, so sodden that we don't care what happens either in village, county, State or nation so long as we can turn the tide to personal advantage and find our joy in gloating at character assassination? One hundred and thirty-six years ago Washington wrote to Lafayette: "The greatest danger to this new Republic % will be the listlessness of the * voters." Think it over. The answer of course lies in the ballot, a ballot not aimed at the destruction of this party or that but one aimed at placing in of-r flee men who really represent *j* a virile Americanism, men who % will answer publicly for their activities and their votes, men who are not afraid to be heard. ---------o--------- (By Nancy Hanks) The United Railways and Electric Co. wants to increase the rate of street car fares from seven cents to as much as the Public Service Commission will permit. No one is surprised at this—for if it had voluntarily asked the Commission for permission to reduce its fare to pre-war rates, half the people of the community would have died from heart failure. It requires considerable nerve for a public service corporation giving the service that the United does, to ask for a raise in fare. When we see cattle and hogs massed together in the stock cars on the steam railroads, we pity them, for we know their discomfiture is great. How much more we pity the vast army of strap hangers who are crowded together much closer than cattle and are compelled to pay for their discomfiture. Have you ever noticed the loading process at the Belair Market, the (Continued on Page 8—(Col. 5) CHICK" BOSLEY WINS "Easy Rider" With Owner Up, Victorious At "Fine Farms" Point-to-Point Event. Ridden in faultless form, Easy Rider, with the owner, John Bosley, Jr., in the saddle, galloped between the finish flags first ahead of a large field in the twenty-third annual running of the Grand National Point-to-Point over "Fivfe Farms," the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Olivier, near Lutherville. Stilts, owned by S. L. Depew and ridden by Crawford Burton, finished second, ten lengths behind the winner, with Joseph Neff Ewing"s Daybreak, with owner up, a hangup third. William Almy, Jr.'s Hard Banking, with Albert C. Burrage in the saddle, was fourth. HOME AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE OF FARM BUREAU TO MEET APRIL 28. The regular monthly meeting of the Home and Community Committee of the Farm Bureau will meet at the Bureau"s headquarters, Towson, on April 28t8h, at 10.30 A. M. At this meeting final plans for opening a community market on the York Road at Sparks will be made. TO HOLD SERVICES Towson Odd Fellows Will Commemorate 105 th, Anniversary Of Order. FURNITURE FAKED. Many "Antique" Pieces Sold Are But Clever Imitations Of Real Thing. Every public sale held in Baltimore county attracts many seekers for antique furniture, and the demand is becoming such for "old junk" that there is increasing difficulty in supplying it. In order to satisfy the collector many second-hand dealers cleverly create pieces which are sold to customers under the impression that they came over in the "Mayflower." Replicas of old pieces are frequently made and the workmanship is so excellent and the copy of the old craftsmans' style so perfect that it requires a century or two of wear to give to the specimen the necessary tone which genuine antique furniture has naturally acquired. In one of the villages in this county, the name of which we will withhold, likewise that of the maker, French Ornate furniture from the days of Boule to the Empire period is being made daily. Secret processes are employed to impart the appearance of age to the wood and the metal mountings. The crude method is to eat off the sharp edges of the metal mountings by means of YEA, IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER. OFFICAL WASHINGTON IS UNEASY AS WAR CLOUDS ARISE IN THE WEST. WELL.—SPEAKING OF HEROES AND VILLIANS— Why is it a crime to lease a Naval Oil Reserve to Edward L. Doheny and a virtue to make a gift of Muscle Shoals to Henry Doheny could never make any trouble for either party by running for President, while Ford could. Doheny never promised the farmers a rake-off if his offer was accepted—Ford has. That is to say, Henry has promised to sell them fertilizer at a price that will yield him an 8 per cent, profit, and they have construed this as a rake-off, as they are the same farmers who have believed that a boost in the wheat tariff would raise the price of wheat, their trust in Henry's philanthrophy is not to be wondered at. Deeper than either of these reasons as an explanation is the natural notion that Doheny is a malefactor of great wealth and Ford a benefactor. Doheny gives jobs to ex-Cabinet members; Ford to ex-convicts—ergo the one is a devil, the other an angel—but the diffierence is more fancied than real. Each, it seems, in his own peculiar way shews a sublime faith in human nature. In conformity with the proclama tion issued by the Grand Sire, Lu cian J. Eastin, Towson Lodge No 79, I. O. O. F., will hold services acid commemorating the 105th anniversary of the institution of American Odd Fellowship, which occur on April 26th, at Towson M. E. Church,1 ______ Sunday, May 4th, at 3 P. M. i _,,., _. A ,> will be appropriate exer-:. Six-Year-Old Child Dies As Re- TINY VICTIM ADDED suit Of Being Run Down By Auto. Frances Hollenderry, six, Reis- There will be cises and the anniversary sermon will be delivered by Rev. Mark Depp, pastor of the church, a member of the Order. Members of the Lodge and visit-, ing Brothers will assemble at the'terstown road, near Rose Hill, died Hall of Towson Lodge at 2.30 P. M. at University Hospital, Baltimore and proceed to the church in a body. City, from injuries sustained when The committee in charge of the af- Lhe was struck by the automobile of fair is composed of James E. Dun Half Dozen Ill-Chosen Words From Jap Ambassador, A Paopable Threat, Deliberately Aimed To Frighten Congress Has Pot Senate In Dgly Mood. phy, Henry Will and Fred. A. Groom. C. W. Baker, of Westminster. COMPLAINTS BY HUNDREDS REACH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT DOGS, Problem Becoming Serious One And Must Be Viewed From Various Angles—People Owning Pets Must Co-operate To Rid Community Of Nuisance. There is no doubt that the dog situation in Baltimore county is becoming a tough problem, but it must be looked at from various angles. Complaints by the hundreds have reached the County Commissioners about stray curs killing live stock and chickens and numerous letters have been sent The Jeffersonian by residents in all sections protesting WILL REGISTER APRIL 29 County Voters Not Now Qualified May Get Their Names On Books. Registration of voters will be held in Baltimore county April 29, in order that persons not now qualified may get their names on the poll books in time to vote at the primary election May 5. The hours for registration will be from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. There will be no spring registration in Baltimore city this year, as the law does not require any except in years when a municipal election is held. There will be a supplemental registration as usual in both city and county next September. about worthless dogs running at large. It is not the intention of the County Commissioners to act arbitrary in the matter, but there is a law on the statute books of the State which treats Baltimore county like the other counties, making the enforcement of the law up to local authorities, therefore the lover of dogs should take an active interest in the campaign to rid the community of no-good hounds; likewise the family who has a dog for the children's pet, and the farmer who keeps a dog for protection. It is not the dog that has a home that complaints pour in about, but the one that roams about at will, has no home and destroys the property of everyone. Folks who have dogs think enough of them to see that a little brass tag adorns their neck, and the concen- (Continued on Page 4—Col. 3) MOVIE SHOW AT UPPER FALLS MAY 10TH. On the evening of May 10th, a moving picture show will be given at Upper Falls School. Proceeds will be devoted to the school library fund. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Official Washington is uneasy; suddenly a war cloud, black and ominous, has arisen in the West. Half a dozen illchosen words from Japan's ambassador, a palpable threat, a plain and deliberate threat aimed to frighten the American Congress into altering its plan for stringent immogration legislation, has put the HART GONE 15 WEEKS Still No Tangible Clue Found By Police As To Convict's Whereabouts. Fifteen weeks ago today (Saturday), Jack Hart and William F. Tilson escaped from the Maryland Penitentiary. Hart was serving a life sentence for the part he played in the robbery and murder of William B. Norris at Park Avenue and Madison street, Baltimore, on August 19, 1922. Tilson was serving a five-year term for highway robbery from Baltimore county. No trace of the men has been found. Neither the police nor the prison authorities have the slightest clue as to the movements of the men since they climbed out of a window of the prison at 12.30 A. M. January 13. Senate into an ugly mood—so ugly that several members of that body spoke their plain opinion of Japan's action without mincing words. There seemed to be agreement that Japan was not only seeking to in-uence American legislation on a purely domestic matter, but that she was using a course, bull-dozing method little to the taste or liking of this great republic. Her attitude is not bettered by the fact that she herself does not permit any alien from any land in the world to own a foot of territory in Japan. There is a feeling that the United States has long befriended the land of the Mikado, (Continued on Page 4—Col 5) PATIENT AT BALTIMORE CITY HOSPITAL. Mrs. Ruth Merryman, of Trenton, Is a patient at a Baltimore City hospital, where she underwent an operation. HARRISONVILLE FOLKS MOVE TO ROCKDALE. Mr. and Mrs. L. Edward Lauter-bach, who have resided at Harrison-ville for several years, have moved to Rockdale. LOGAN FIELD, DUNDALK, APPROVED FOR INTERNATIONAL EVENT BY CONTEST GROUP Foreign Entrants Will Spend More Than $100,000 To Participate In Schneider Trophy Race, Scheduled For October. Officials of the National Aeronautic Association and the United States Navy conferred with officers of the Flying Club of Baltimore regarding plans for the Jacques Schneider Trophy Race for high-speed seaplanes and flying boats. The event which will be the first international air race to be held in this country since the Chicago event of 1912, will be staged October 24 and 25 at Bay Shore. B. Russell Shaw and Carl Schory, members of the contest committee of the National Aeronautic Association, accompanied by Lieut. F. W. Wead, U. S. N. Air Service, inspected the flying course and attempted to select a site for erection of a hangar. Lieutenant Wead, who witnessed (Continued on Page 4—Col 5) Saloon Shoes, Over Head Crossings And Railed Side Walks May Be Necessary For Pedestrians To Keep Out 01 Mad Operator's Path. The "step on the gas" invitations placed along highways by the State Roads Commission should help doctors and undertakers and make cemetery lots sell at a premium. With the "stand pat" attitude on the part of the State Roads Commission regarding the dastardly placing of the black-lettered signs with or- (Continued on Page 4—Col. 6) LIVE-STOCK BURRED. State Places Quarantine On Cattle, Hides And Skins From California. The State Board of Agriculture, through its Live-stock Sanitary Service, has forwarded to the Governor a proclamation, placing quarantine against any stock, service, hoofs, hides or skins being shipped into this State from California. It was stated that the proposition to quarantine Maryland against the possibilities of the foot-and-mouth disease is merely a matter of precaution. There has been no appearance of this disease in the State since 1914-15, when there were a number of cases brought from adjoining States. Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York have also quarantined against the disease and for this reason Maryland thought it advisable to follow suit. *<~><*<~>>M~>**^^^ 'JEFF" GAINS IN CIRCULATION AND ADVERTISING. In its last issue The Jeffersonian carried twenty-eight columns of local news, while its contemporary carried but eight. If you want to know the real news—the real facts, you must read Baltimore county's Sunday newspaper. During the year ending April 1, 1924, The Jefferson-ian's increase in unsolicited subscriptions was over 1000 copies, not to mention the increase at various stores throughout the county where it is on sale. For the same period, 90 per cent, of all legal advertising in Baltimore county appeared in the columns of The Jeffersonian, with an increase in com" mercial advertising of 25 per1 cent, over the preceeding 12 months. These facts prove that Baltimore county citizens recognize this paper as the leader in compiling the news, and that advertisers here, there, and everywhere realize its merits as a publicity medium. ¥ I I f I I 1 f ± y y I j 1 y y T y y y y y y 4 f ^^^^MH^M^^h^v^^mS^^^^ BILL DISMISSED. Case Of "Uncle Jack" Tarbert Has Been Amicably Adjusted. FALLS UNDER ENGINE Steel Company Employee Dies On Operating- Table Following Accident. Falling under a yard engine at the plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Sparrows Point, William Hunt, brakeman, had both legs crushed. He died at the Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore City, while surgeons were operating on him. The bill filed by Andrew J. Tarbert in the Circuit Court at Towson to have set aside a deed by which his wife, Mrs. Mary C. Tarbert, acquired an interest in real estate owned by him, as a tenant by the entirety, was dismissed on Thursday by Judge Frank I. Duncan. The matter, it is stated, had been amicably adjusted, and the signing of the decree was in accordance therewith. An agreement of separation between the parties has been affected, whereby Mrs. Tarbert accepts the real estate located on Washington avenue and pays therefore a sum agreeable to Mr. Tarbert. EDITOR OF TRADE PAPER SA YS TOWSON IS THING OF BEAUTY AND JOY. Beautiful Town, Like Beautiful Store, Attracts People And In End Is A Profitable Investment Proclaims Richard H. Edmonds. (By Richard H. Edmonds) Though temporarily away from Baltimore City, I have been watching with keen interest the development that is going on in that city and the surrounding country, and in some respects contrasting it with the progress in Florida. As I have studied the growth of Baltimore for a good many years I have repeatedly taken the ground that ollowing the his tory of all other great cities there would come one or two secondary trading centers which would develop into large commercial centers of activity. Towson, I am quite sure, is to fulfill this prediction as one of these points. Twenty-five years ago an old Wall Street friend of mine who had retired and was then living in Baltimore, pointed out to me repeatedly that two streets which were destined to be great trading centers were Howard street and North avenue, in the LONG GREEN PONY SHOW JUNE 21 ST. Members of Trinity Church, Long Green, are planning to hold the annual pony show at the home of Mr. Henry F. Barker on June 21st. neighborhood of Charles street. He gave his reason for this prediction based on the developments which he had followed in New York and elsewhere. In those days property on Howard street was extremely low, and in the neighborhood of North avenue and Charles street it was still lower. Fortunes could have (Continued on Page 7—Col. 2.) ASKED TO AID County Churches Requested To Help Rebuild Jap Hospital. The construction of cbjirch buildings in Japan to replace those destroyed by the recent earthquake in that country will be asked by the department of missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The estimated cost of rebuilding churches in Japan is approximately $3,000,000. Every parish in this community will be asked to organize for subscriptions from $10 upward between •May 5 and 15. The Timely News ''Snapshots" In Today's Newsgravure And Magazine Section Of The Jeffersonian Are Extremely Interesting, In Addition There's An Abundance Of Wholesome Reading.