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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. Wo. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. XII—No. 9 It Covers The Community Like The Dew' TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. Ye Gods! Rumor Has It That America Has No Spectacular Runners For The Olympic Games-Whafs The Matter With Our Rum-Runners? SEN. M'INTOSH INTRODUCES CITY-COUNTY WATER MEASURE BRUCE QUITS SENATE FLOOR IN BONUS DEBATE—RESENTS CRITICISM AFTER SPEECH. Insists War Stipend Would Be Illogical, Going Into Patriotic And Economic Phase Of Problem—Senator Caraway, Of Arkansas, Makes Bitter Reply. *****««*****«*$4******** STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Look for the dot in this identical position in the next issue of The Jeffersonian and those thereafter, for it will he a signal to read the snappy* comments on timely subjects. We are at all times striving to make The "Jeff" one of the most unique of publications and believe that you will like our new method of "slapping you in the eye." PLANS OWN HOME. Towson Hghts. Bldg. Asso. New Owners Of Property On York Road. A transaction of interest in local real estate circles is the acquisition on Tuesday of this week of the Peterson property on the west side of York Road between Chesapeaks and Pennsylvania avenues by the Towson Heights Building Association. The property has a frontage of 56 feet by a depth of about 130 feet, and is ideally situated for business purposes. Plans have been prepared for a temporary structure on the north side of the lot, to be used as an office by the Association. Mr. Peterson, however, will continue to occupy the store and residence now on the property until the expiration of his lease, which has about a year to run. Plans for the final development of the property contemplate the razing of the present buildings, and the erection of a permanent substantial building, occupying the entire lot, to be used for business puroses. The home of the Association will be located on the ground floor of the new building. _—,-------_?------------ HART GONE SIX WEEKS. Jack Hart and William Tilson, the two convicts who made their "getaway" from the Maryland Penitentiary, have been gone six weeks, with no clues as to their whereabouts. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Apparently angry after he was criticised on the floor of the Senate just after he had concluded a speech in which he set forth his opposition to the proposed soldiers' bonus, Senator William Cabell Bruce of Maryland, left the Chamber while Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas, was speaking. "I should like to have the Senator remain," Senator Caraway said, "but I do not blame him for not doing so." Senator McKellar, of Tennessee, said he would like to make a statement before the Maryland Senator went out, but Senator Bruce did not wait. Senator Caraway declared that Senator Bruce "wants to be counted among the first to defend the Jack Dempseys and the other people who stayed out of the trenches and to condemn, with all.the odium that language can convey, the soldiers who are willing to die that he and his children after him might live." Senator Bruce said the proposed Federal soldier bonus is not only indefensible in principle, but that, as a measure of practical relief, it would be most illogical and unequal in th edistribution of its benefits. It still remains to be seen, he said, whether a majority of former service men favor a bonus. Bill Offered In Legislature, Is To Extend Service To Various Sections In County Close To Baltimore BALTIMORE COUNTY TO PAY FOR MAINS WHILE CITY WILL COLLECT WATER RATES MAN BADLY INJURED Stumbles Crossing Railroad Track —Heard Something Whiz By And That's All. Battered and bleeding and unable to tell what had happened to him, Clarence Whitely, twenty-five, Ches-aco Park, was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore City, by Jefferson Curran, also of Chesaco Park. Whitely, when he regained consciousness, told physicians the last he remembered was stumbling as he crossed the railroad tracks in Chesaco Park. He said he had a vague remembrance of something whizzing1 by him as he huddled in a ditch along the tracks. Curran found Whitely several hours after the accident. TOWSON MAN PAROLED David J. Kennedy, Convicted With Him, Gets Two Years In ''CuV James J. Franke, of Towson, convicted with David D. Kennedy, of Baltimore City.on charges of forgery and embezzlement, was paroled in a city court, while Kennedy was given 2 years in the House of Correction. There were 14 indictments against the two men. Kennedy, who is an attorney, was accused of defrauding the National Bank of Baltimore and the Belt Automobile Indemnity Association of Chicago. One of the charges against him being made by Mrs. Emma Schlisser, of Towson, who stated he obtained $400 from who stated he obtained $400 for her he made no return. 3. BALDWIN DEAD. Operator Of Old Warren Cotton Duck Mills Succumbs In 91st Year. Death claimed Summerfield Baldwin, aged 91 years. Prior to the city's acquiring Warren for a portion of the Loch Raven water-shed, Mr. Baldwin operated the cotton duck mills in that village, which he established in 1864, and made it his summer home. At one time he ran for Governor of Maryland on the Prohibition ticket and was the first president of the Brush Electric Light Company, which first introduced the arc and incadescent lighting system in this community. Mr. Baldwin was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served 40 years as lay delegate to its j general conferences, and for a number of years was president of the Board of Trustees of Goucher College. Until about three weeks ago he was able to be about, although his health has been failing for a year or more. WELL! WELL! LOOK WHO'S HERE, MOTHER SEEKS AID FROM COUNTY POLICE TO FIND SON WHO LEFT HOME. THAT MYSTERIOUS DOLLAR BILL IS EXPLAINED BY CURRENCY AUTHORITIES. Sympathizers Of Ku Mux Klan Will Have It That "Green Back" Containing Pope's Head, Rosary And Crosses, Was Designed By Catholic Engraver. (By Nancy Hanks) Not so long ago I met an elderly gentleman in the rotunda of the Towson Court House, and during the conversation I was shown a dollar bill upon which the Pope's head, rosary, beads and crosses were pointed out and was told that the dismissals some time ago in the Bureau of Printing and Engraving at Washington was due to the designing of this particular piece of money. While I do not know it to be a fact, there is every reason to believe that the gentleman in question is a INVITATION ACCEPTED Rev. Frank A. Thill To Be Present At Field Mass On May 11th. Rev. Frank A. Thill, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has accepted an invitation to be present at the field mass to be held at Mount de Sales Academy, on May 11, under the auspices of the local unit of the Catholic Students'' Mission Crusade. Father Thill is the secretary-) treasurer of the National Crusade. member of the Ku Klux Klan. Sino(e this particular^ instance I have heard the same story several times and it aroused by curiosity to such an extent that I made inquiries at the Treasury Department, where no foundation was found for such a rumor. William G. McAdoo, now an aspirant for the Democratic Presidential nomination^ 'was Secretary of the Treasury when this bill was issued, and to him I wrote for an explanation. In his reply Mr. McAdoo declares that the Catholics had no more to do with the design of this one-dollar bill than the man in the moon. He points out that there was need of more one-dollar bills in 1917 and it became necessary to resume the one-dollar greenbacks, so old designs were used and the words "series of 1917" were added, merely to indicate that the reissuance was not (Continued on Page 4—Col. 2) Worried deeply by the disappearance of her son, George P. Miller, 16 years old, Mrs. J. E. Slade has written a letter to Marshal Stansbury, head of the Baltimore County Police Department, asking aid in her search for her boy. According to his mother, the boy left home about Thanksgiving time because of disagreements with his stepfather. Mrs. Slade said she last heard from the boy December 3, when he telegraphed her from Wilmington, Del., that he would not return to his home. Mrs. Slade said she believes he is afraid to come home because he believes he will be sent to a reformatory. Mrs. Slade said she would be only too glad to have him back, home. The boy is described as five feet nine inches tall, auburn hair, brown eyes and appears to be about 20 years old. He weighed about 170 pounds, Mrs. Slade said. The Slades live at 1321 West Fayette street, Baltimore. COCKEYSVILLE MAN WEDS BALTIMORE CITY GIRL. Miss Sophie E. Menzel, of Baltimore City, bcame the bride of Thos. E. Stroh, of Cockeysville, at the M. E. Parsonage of that village, the Rev. William D. Beall officiating. The couple will make their home at Warren. CHINESE SAILORS CAUGHT UPPER FALLS WOMAN RETURNS FROM FIORIDA. Miss Emily Quinlin, teacher at the Upper Falls Public School, has returned from a trip to Florida. Three Orientals Left Ship At Sparrows Point And Were Enroute To New York. Three Chinese sai!ors; Wah Ching, Lee Afoh and Ah Lai, alleged to have deserted the steamship Lampa»„ docked at Sparrows Point, were arrested at Union Station, Baltimore City. Police stated the Oriental sailors were purchasing tickets for New York. Immigration authorities and the captain of the steamer are investigating. 205 DEMOCRATS AND 17 PROGRESSIVES LINE UP LIKE STONE WALL. DEFEATING MELLON PLAN Commissioners Given Power Onder Act To Condemn Streams, Watersheds Or Other Property—When Plans Have Been Completed For System, Construction Shall Proceed. The Metropolitan Water and Sewer Bill Introduced By Senator Mcintosh Will Be Found Printed In Full Elsewhere In This Issue Of The Jeffersonian. Elaborate provisions for water supply, sewerage and storm-water drainage for the section of Baltimore (Continued on Page 8—Col. 1) Measure Was Bold And Bare-Faced Attempt To Load Still More Of The Burdens Of Bich On Shoulders Of Middle Classes— Represents Great Victory For People. (Prom the Washing-ton Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) It was a grand sight that argued well for the future of the country when 205 Democrats and 17 Pro-gresssive Republicans lined up like a stone wall in the House and defeated the Mellon plan, which was a bold and bare-faced attempt to load still more of the burdens of the rich on the shoulders of the middle classes. It should be borne in mind that every man of the 222 Representatives E. James M. Cox Authorizes Ohio Delegates To Use His Name For Presidency. (Special to The Jeffersonian) Cleveland, Feb. 22—James M. Cox, Democratic Presidential candidate in 1920 and former Governor of Ohio, contemplates entering the race for the Presidency again this year. Twelve blank declarations bearing the signature of Mr. Cox and giving his consent to Cleveland delegates to the Democratic National Convention to use his name were received by Thomas R. Brannon, treasurer of Cuyahoga county Democratic executive committee. The blanks were accompanied by a letter dated February 19, which contained reservations about holding the blanks until Mr. Cox formally should file his declaration of candidacy with Secretary of State Thad H. Brown. "We are enclosing herewith blanks for delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention, carrying the necessary consent of the candidate for President, James M. Cox," the letter states. "We have also inserted the name of ex-Gov. Jas. E. Campbell as second choice." Because the letter came from Democratic State headquarters Cleveland Democrats are inclined to feel that the State organization will strongly support the Cox candidacy. The declaration must be filed before midnight February 29. BROOKLANDVILLE WOMAN QUITE ILL. had been subjected for two months to a continual barrage of heavy artillery fire directed from the bomb-proofs of the entrenched wealth of Wall Street with it's intricate and innumerable extensions. From the headquarters of J. P. Morgan & Co., out to the allied and associate banks of the great cities, through them to their correspondent banks, through these to their customers, more than a million persons were induced to write or wire or talk to their Representatives in favor of the Mellon plan, urging and even bullying them to vote for a measure which would bring great benefits to Morgan, Rockefeller, Mellon and a few thousands of the richest men in the country, and very small good to the remainder of the people. A lover of his country can take heart and hope from the fact that 222 Representatives resisted the concentrated attack of great wealth and its duped auxiliaries and gave the people (so far as one House could give) a tax reduction measure that will ' give a great and real relief to all taxpayers who pay on a few thousands of income, a good saving to those who might be termed wealthy, and a moderate serving to the rich and very rich. Under the Democratic plan (patriotically supported by 17 Progressive Republicans) single men are relieved of all tax on net income of $2,000 and married men without children on net income of $3,000, with additional exemption of $400 for each child under 18 year3, with reduction in percentage of all taxes. Senators Lodge And Pepper Urge Conlidge To Request Dougherty To Quit. (From the Washing-ton Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) ¦ The Tea Pot Dome is still boiling, Secretary of the Navy Denby has quit his post as the outcome of the oil scandal and now President Cool-idge has been told by two leaders of the Republican Party that it is practically the unanimous decision . of members of his party in the Senate that Attorney-General Daugherty should resign or be asked to, at least. This step, taken primarily in the interest of "the party in power, but also to partly restore public confidence, shaken by the oil exposure, was reluctantly carried to the White House after a conference of Old Guard leaders. At this conference it was decided that the Republican Party could no longer safely carry the burden of the attacks upon the Attorney-General's office, which have come with new vigor since the resignation of Denby a few days ago. MRS. HELEN E. WISNER FILES BILL FOR SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. DEATH CLAIMS MISS CLARA H. ARRINGTON. Miss Clara H. Arrington, daughter of Capt. Harry L .Arrington, of the Towson Fire Engine Company, died after a prolonged illness and funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. ALLEGES ABANDONMENT Mrs. J. George Harr, of Brookland-ville, is suffering with bronchial pneumonia, and is quite ill. John M. Pohlman Piles Bill For Absolute Divorce From Wife. Alleging that his wife has abandoned him, John M. Pohlman, by his attorney, Gwynn Nelson, filed a bill in the Circuit Court at Towson against Mrs. Ida Arnola Pohlman for an absolute divorce. The couple were married in 18 91, have five children and became separated in 1919. Mrs. Helen E. Wisner, by Attorney H. Courtenay Jenifer, filed a billj for separate maintenance in the Circuit Court at Towson against her husband, Halbert C. Wisner, whom she accuses of cruelty and failure to properly provide for her. The bill states that the parties were married February 20, 1915, and that they separated in May, 192 2. Judge Walter W. Preston signed an order upon the bill requiring the husband to pay his wife $10 a week for her maintenance and support, and a $50 fee to her attorney, unless cause to the contrary be shown by February 29. 6«0«6«*««***64Mfr666««6«*64* JAIL-BREAKER NABBED. t ? t x -------- x X 'Sheppard McCoy, who, with A y six other prisoners broke out y X of the Towson Jail on the £ & night of July 14, 1919, wai y arrested in Cleveland, Ohio X according to a telegram reach- £ ?*? ing Baltimore county authori- y y ties. y ? T y McCoy was awaiting trial y X on charges of false pretense % ?*« when he vamoosed. All now «|» y have been apprehended except *f X Geo. White. X X Deputy Sheriff Hiram W. X y Brown will leave for Cleveland y *t* today to bring the man here *t» X to face the charge of jailbreak- A y ing, he being indicted by the ? *t* grand jury after his sudden \ ?*? departure. *y v *?* ASKS CUSTODY OF CHILD Towson Woman Petitions Court For Separate Maintenance From Husband. Mrs. Russell Steuart Considine, of Towson; H. Courtenay Jenifer and James P. Kelley, her attorneys, has filed a bill in the Circuit Court here against her husband, John T. Considine, Jr., in which she asks for the custody of their infant child, John T. Considine 3rd, and separate maintenance for herself and child. The bill states that the parties were married December 24, 1912, and that the plaintiff became nervously derange as a result of childbirth in February, 1915, and did not fully regain her health until May, 1923. For more than two years past, it is alleged, Mr. Considine has lived an adulterous life with Helen Marshall, on Oak avenue, Pim-lco, and during that time his father and mother have had the custody of the infant child of the partiess. Judge Walter W. Preston signed an order upon the bill requiring the defendant to pay his wife $50 a month alimony and $200 to her counsel, unless cause to the contrary be shown by March 10. THOMAS J. MEADS IMPROVING. Thomas J. Meads, formerly cashier of the Second National Bank, of Towson, who is ill at the home of his son, T. Wilbur Meads, at Gov-ans, is in an improved condition. UNIVERSITY OF MD. IS PRICELESS PO-SESSION STATE MUST NOT NEGLECT No Need To Take History Of Institution, Created In 1808, Into Consideration—Must Be Judged Solely Upon Its Present Worth And Possibilities. (By Nancy Hanks) Economy is all right if it does not prove expensive in robbing the State of its institutions and retard their progress, and notwithstanding the fact that the Governor has taken a definite stand with regard to the University of Maryland we must commend Delegate Frank S. Given of Baltimore County, "the daddy of the House," for sponsoring the bill in the House which will give the University a greater budget to work on, and incidently increase its scope of activity. To handicap the University of Maryland by refusing greater support would be to diminish the health and educational facilities of the entire State, and Baltimore county- should be especially interested in its welfare because, having no hospitals of its own, it is compelled to call on those of Baltimore HUGH P. PRICE SUFFERS ATTACK OF GRIPPE. Mr. Hugh P. Price, deputy in the office of Register of Wills William J. Pach, is confind to his home suffering from an attack of the Grippe. City—of which the University Hospital is one of the largest. In 1808 the University of Maryland began its career with but eight students; today the enrollment is 3,732, of whom 2,366 are in the seven schools located in Baltimore city, and of the total number 1,368 are from various sections of the State. In three years the increase in the total enrollment has been 1,268. Of the 1.461 practicing physicians (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3.) CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Chapman Of Towson, Hold Family Reunion On 32nd Occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Chapman, of Towson, on last Monday celebrated the thirty-second anniversary of their wedding. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Mr. Chapman said that his wedding day was bright and much sunshine abounded, and there has been many bright and happy days in his life since. The Newsgravure Section Of The Jeffersonian Is Always Interesting—In It Today You'll Find Plenty Of Wholesome Reading AjyiNumerous Timely "Snapshots."