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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S PIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. XII—No. 8 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew* TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1924 BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. The Wise Person Will Never Throw Anything Away—There May Be Another War And The Old Trash Can Be Sold To The Government. POMONA GRANGE WANTS LAW TO LESSEN DRUNKENNESS NORMAL SCHOOL STUDENTS, 175 STRONG, APPEAL TO LEGISLATURE FOR GREATER RUDGET. Governor Charges Propaganda In County Schools—Misstatements Alleged—Sopt. Cook, Before Joint Committee, Declares His Aim Is Only To Improve Conditions. DECLARES HIS AIM IS ONLY TO IMPROVE SCHOOL. CONDITIONS State Superintendent of Education Albert S. Cook, of Towson, says his sole object is to make certain that every child is given an equal chance to obtain an education. TAX FORMS SIMPLER. But This Will Not Decrease Job Holders Required By Treasury Dept. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Je.Tci -onian.) The income ta. blanks for taxpayers in the $5,0 j ) or lower classes this year contain 3 .; fewer questions to answer than t ose issued in former years. They are also simplified in other respects. This will not decrease the number of jobholders required in the Income Tax Unit of the Treasury Department to handle h <:u, however, according to Treasury officials. The unit now has 11,000 employes here and in the field. But they are (Continued on Page 4—Col. 4) Under the direction of Miss Lida Lee Tall, principal, 175 students of the State Normal School, Towson, wended their way to the "Ancient City on the Severn" on Tuesday evening and held a public meeting in the State House before members of the Legislature, urging a greater budget for the local institution. A series of seven talks were made by students, who discussed phases of their training and costs. If budget cuts are allowed to stand it was intimated that the work would have to be curtailed. Members of the student body personally financed the trip to Annapolis. Governor Ritchie, in a public statement, attacked the propaganda in circulation for increased State school appropriations, branding some of it as "untrue," He asserted that children have been instructed by teachers, under threat of punishment, to have their parents write him letters, and that teachers are spreading false statements. The propaganda is generally regarded as emanating from Albert S. Cook, Superintendent of Schools. At about the same time, Mr. Cook, appearing before the House and Senate committees on education, declared he has "no object other than to make certain that every child is given an equal chance to obtain an education." The Governor said the schools "will not go back," and that he wish- (Continued on Page 8—Col 3) CHARLES F. BUCK SEEKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE PROM WIFE. Charles F. Buck, by J. Fletcher H. Gorsuch, Jrr., his attorney, filed a bill in the Circuit Court at Towson in which he asks for an absolute divorce from Mrs. Hazel Baker Buck on alleged grounds of abandonment and infidelity. The bill states that the parties married May 4, 1918, and separated the latter part of August of the same year. The plaintiff now resides at Dundalk, and the defendant is said to be living in Clarksburg, W. Va. Civil And Criminal Punishment Asked By Organization—Increased Use Of "Fire Water" Stirs Members REPEAL OF HARTMAN LIQUOR LAW CITED AS REASON FOR ASKING LEGISLATIVE AID. TWO MORE NURSES ADDED Baltimore County Public Health Association To Extend Scope Of Work. Miss Lydia Martin, chief of the Bureau of Public Health nursing of the State Health Department has announced that two more nurses "roll be added to the staff in Baltimore county March 1. The expense will be borne by the Baltimore County Public Health Association. There will be five nurses working under supervision of the division in the county, which officials say has taken the lead in tl," establishment of county health centers. The^_- are in operation at Pikesville, Catons— ville, Essex and Kingsville. Others are planned for Randallstown, Thistle, Oella and Fullerton. DIES OF HICCOUGHS. Randallstown Man Suffers 11 Days —Unusual Case Defying All Remedies. Racked for 11 days by constant hiccoughs which defied all remedies, Thomas Chew Shipley, thirty-seven, of Randallstown, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore City. The case attracted wide-spread attention in the medical profession, and prominent specialists were called in consultation. Experts diagnosed the case as meningitis complicated by severe brain trouble. They said the hiccoughs were a symptom of the illness and not the cause of the death except as the paroxysms weakened the patient. The case, however, was looked upon as unusual, and authorities at the hospital urged the man's parents to consent to an autopsy, hoping it would throw new light upon the mysterious malady. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Shipley, declined, pleading that their dead be returned to them. The body was taken to the home on Liberty road, near Randallstown, where funeral services were held. AFTER ALL, IT'S A CASE FOR THE DOCTOR TO PRESCRIBE FOR. SEAPLANE RACE TO RE "STAGED" IN COUNTY DURING MONTH OF OCTORER. TOWSON STORE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS. TESTS BEING CONDUCTED The store property on the York Road, Towson, occupied by J. T. Peterson, as a grocery, has been sold, and the considerotion is stated to be about $15,000. FORMER CGUNTIAN CLIMBS MT. WHITNEY, HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN COUNTRY In Letter To Towson Friend He Describes "Scamper' Giant Hill 14,501 Feet Above Sea Level In "Broiling Hot" Sun. Up Herman E. Kluth, a former Baltimore countain, and who recently resided at Arlington, and is now a resident of Los Angeles, recently made the ascent of Mt. Whitney, in Eastern California, the highest mountain in the United States, which reaches a height of 14,501 feet. In MASK BALL AT DUNDALK Helena Lodge Of Odd Fellows To "Stage" Affair There On Washington's Birthday. Under the auspices of Helena Lodge, I. O. O. F., a colonial mask ball will be held in the Dundalk Auditorium on Friday evening next (Washington's Birthday). Proceeds will be devoted toward the buildin gfund of the new temple in that village. EDWOOD METZ FULLY RECOVERED. Mr. Elwood Metz, general manager of the F. X. Hooper plant, at Glen Arm, has completely recovered from a severe :attack of sickness. a letter to a friend here Mr. Kluth gives an interesting account of his trip. He says: "Three of us took the trip and went by auto to Lone Pines, Cal., 237 miles from Los Angeles. There we took one pack, and two mules and one horse. The mules were to carry our provisions and the horse for emergency in event of some of us getting too tired to walk. We started our hike August 12. Our pack had been arranged for, and awaited us at a point. We then started the ascent of the mountain. I rode the horse about three miles, and the other boys each about two miles. We concluded to camp at a spot along the mountainside, where there was a fine stream and plenty of grass for our animals. We hobbled the horse and turned them loose. They stayed around the camp-fire .until they had eaten their fill. The mules, Winky and Blinky, concluded they preferred to go back home rather than climb the mountain with the heavy pack. They skeltered down the trail, and Jumbo, the horse, hobbles and all, after them. The other boys gave chase and brought back (Continued on Page 4—Col. 6) One Hundred Vacancies Must Be Filled In Several Branches Of Army. Preliminary examinations are now being held of candiadtes for appointment as second lieutenants in the Regular Army, it was announced, at Third Corps headquarter^. Final examinations will be given at Camp Meade or Fort Howard during the week, commencing April 14. The tests are being held to fill ap proximately 100 vacancies in all branches of the service, except the Medical Corps. The successful candidates will be commissioned permanently, just as if they had gradu ated from West Point. MISS JENKINS CONVALESCING AT PARENTS' HOME IN HARRISONVILLE. Miss Helen Jenkins, a member of the class of 1924 Mercy Hospitol Training School, Baltimore City, who has been ill at that institution for several weeks is now at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Jenkins, near Harrison-ville. CHICAGO VISITORS SAIL FOR CANAL ZONE. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Morrow, of Chicago, recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Luttgerding, sailed from New York for Panama. They will spend two months in the Canal Zone and Sout hAmerica. Dr. Morrow is a cousin of Mrs. Luttgerding and was formerly of Owings Mills and Baltimore. 'UPPER END" FARM CHANGES HANDS. Mr. Frederick Troppe has purchased the farm of Mr. John E. Guthrie, Sr., near Clynmalira M. E. Church, My Lady's Manor. Negotiations For Schneider International Event, Officially Closed-Three Contests Already Planned—Contract Signed For Use Of Bay Shore Park As Home Station. Prohibition, It Is Claimed, Has Brought Numerous Negro Bootleggers Into Farming Sections—Grange Also Goes On Record Opposing Sunday Movie Shows. Indignant because drunkenness among negroes and irresponsible whites in the rural sections is on the increase, the Baltimore County Pomona Grange at a gathering in Glyn-don on Thursday adopted resolutions demanding legal protection from the General Assembly. The meeting was held under aus- (Continued on Page 4—Col. 4) TO GET REFUND. 4,000 Checks Will Represent Partial Distribution To Blind Pool Creditors. WIDOW, 45, ASKS POLICE CHIEF TO FIND HER A HUSBAND. 1 I I T A widow who confesses that £ she is 45 years old, has blue <|> eyes, dark hair, and pleasing y appearance, wrote Carroll E. *t* Stansbury, head of the Baltl- ?*? more County Police Depart- v ment that, this being leap year, % she wanted to find a husband. ?*? She said it does not matter * whether the man is good looking, but he must be able to support a wife. She asked the Chief to withhold her name and forward to her any letters from men willing to marry. &????????????????????????? UNIQUE METHOD USED "Upper-Ender" Sends Dollar Bill Through Mail Without Help Of Envelope. A rather unique way to pay a bill was indulged in by an "upper ender" this week, who had placed a small want-ad. in The Jeffersonian, and being minus an envelope sent a dollar bill through the mails on one) side of which there was a one-cent stamp and scrawled in pencil "The Jeffersonian, Towson, Md." 'POVERTY SOCIAL" AT SWEET AIR. The Ladies' Aid Society of Fair-view M. E. Church, Sunnybrook, will hold a Poverty Social on the evening of February 22nd in Sweet Air hall. BILLS INTRODUCED County School Loans Aggregating $2,000,000 Sponsored By Helfrich. Delegate Wm. G. Helfrich, of Baltimore county, introduced two bills aggregating $2,000,000 for a local loan for schools, over which county residents have been at loggerheads. One, for a new loan of $1,500,000 has the referendum clause attached. The other makes immediately available $500,000 from a prior loan. The Jacques Schneider international seaplane race has been officially awarded to this community and will be "staged" off the Baltimore county water front during October. Written guarantees of the expense fund were given the contest committee of the National Aeronautic Association by R. W. Alexander, president, and W. D. Tipton, secretary of the Flying Club of Logan Field, Dundalk, Col, Frank P. Lahm, United State Air Service, chairman of the contest committee, in return gave Mr. Alexander written sanction for the holding of the big air classic. The dates chosen are Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25. Plans call for three races. Two races will be held on Friday for two classes of seaplanes of less speed than the Schneider contestants. A purse of $1,000 is to be offered to the winner of each race. Seaworthy tests for the Schneider entrants will be held today (Saturday). In these tests the pilots must taxi over the starting line, then rise and continue the course, during which they must taxi the machine over two distances of a half-nautical mile at a minimum speed of 12 knots. The remainder of the course must be continued in flight, after which the pliot must land and taxi over the starting line. The contract between the United Railways and the Flying Club by which the United offers Bay Shore Park free of^,. charge for the event, has been signed. Preparations will be made to accommodate 25,000 persons and 5,000 motor cars. The other turning points will be Gibson Island, whic hhad been put at the (Continued on Page 8—Col. 2) On Monday 4000 checks, totaling $80,000, salvaged from Frank M. Young's bankrupt blind pool will be mailed to creditors, many in Baltimore county, representing a partial distribution of 5 cents on the dollor, C. Arthur Eby, trustee in bankruptcy said. All this week Mr. Eby was busy signing the checks, which range, he said, from 1 cent to a few hundred dollars apiece. Most of them are for small amounts because the bulk of deposits in the pool were made by modest investors. After this payment is made, Mr. Eby said, he still will have $100,000 of the concern"s funds in bank, which must wait disposition of a test case to be tried before Judge Morris A. Soper in the United States District Court February 19. These funds may make possible an additional distribution of 5 per cent. *<&M~yywyyM**^^ U. S. AUTO TRAVEL BASED AT 7 CENTS A MILE. Government experts have prepared figures showing that the cost per mile of automobiles is 7 cents and of motorcycles 3 cents. The estimates were made in preparation for the budget for 1925. In making this slate of costs the experts took into consideration the original costs, depreciation, gasoline, tires, etc. In certain cases, however, allowance is made for mountainous regions, swampy land and districts where poor roads prevail. While in these places the figure may be higher, officials believe 7 cents is equitable and fair and it has been accepted by the United States Budget Committee iu figuring estimates. v The figures, it is said, are based on what is considered a moderately priced car, without taking into consideration the most expensive or the cheapest. ................... ? WANTS CLEAN-UP. New England Journal Calls On Coolidge For House-Cleaning In Cabinet; (Prom the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) SHOE WEEK" PROPOSED. Near East Relief Workers Will Open Campaign Tonight For Cast-Off Footwear. In the Jewish Synagogues tonight (Saturday) "shoe week" will be announced. Other churches will launch the campaign tomorrow (Sunday). During the week, old shoes and rubbers will be collected for distribution among refugees and sufferers in the Near East. The articles will be received February 20 at public schools. Automobile trucks will be stationed next Tuesday in thickly populated sections to serve as receiving stations. Even in New England there is an echo of the cry for a thorough house-cleaning in the Cabinet as a result of the unsavory disclosures in the investigation of the Teapot Dome Oil leases. An editorial published by the Lowell (Mass.) Courier-Citizen, an independent paper, under the caption, "The President's Next Job," is reproduced in the Boston Transcript, strong journalistic champion of Republicans in general and Mr. Coolidge in particular. "We believe it to be quite true (Continued on Page 8—Col 1) VISITORS LEAVE FOR HOME IN COLORADO. After spending some time with relatives in the Pikesville section, Mrs. Edwin R. Mowbray and son, Edwin, Jr., left for their home in Denver, Colorado. TOWSON ODD FELLOWS DO A BROTHERLY ACT FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION. Towson Post No. 22, American Legion, being without a "home," the Towson Lodge of Odd Fellows did the brotherly act by allowing it to use its lodge rooms on the York Road for weekly gatherings, gratis. MY LADY'S MANOR WOMAN PATIENT AT HOSPITAL. Mrs. Mary Pattison Cockey, widow of the late J. Hutchins Cockey, of My Lady's Manor, is a patient at a Baltimore City hospital. McADOO PLACES CANDIDACY FOR NOMINA TION IN FRIENDS' HANDS. Campaign Manager Has Called Meeting In "Windy Cityf* Monday—Politicians Agree That If He Is Not A Can- didate He'll Have Veto Power On Other Aspirants. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Whether Wm. G. McAdoo will be a candidate before the New York convention for the Presidential nomination, or, perhaps, merely the strongest personal influence in that convention ,will be decided Monday. It will be decided by a meeeing of progressives in Chicago, called by David L. Rockwell, McAdoo's campaign manager, in response to a suggestion by McAdoo. The meeting will consist primarily of course, of leaders in the McAdoo movement from as many States as possible, but will include many outside the Democratic party. Farmers and labor leaders are to be invited and it is proposed they shall be asked, regardless of their present or previous attitude toward McAdoo. McAdoo is staking his candidacy absolutely on the reaetion of this meeting. The sole question in his mind is that of his own "availability" in the light of the attacks upon him for having served as attornrey for the Doheny oil interests. He does not propose to attend the meeting himself but does propose to abide by the result. If the decision is against him he may be expected to participate actively in the coming campaign with a view to obtaining the nomination of a candidate pledged to the same progressive policies as those on which he has been seeking the nomination. Politicians agree that if not a can-OContinued on Page 4—Col. 4) RESIDENCE DAMAGED Blaze At Home Of Thomas Fitch-ett Causes $800 Loss. Electric Wires Blamed. The home of Thomas Fitchett, at Glen Arm, was damaged by fire Friday morning. The flames were extinguished by the Towson and Fullerton Fire Companies. The damage was $800, covered by insurance. It is supposed to have originated from an electric wire. SPARKS WOMAN GUEST OF PHALADELPHIA RELATIVE Mrs. Laban Sparks, has been the guest of Mrs. Vincent Shipley, phia. of Sparks, her sister, of Philadel- The Newsgravure Section Of The Jeffersonian Is Always Interesting—In It Today You'll Find Plenty Of Whole. some Reading^And Numerous Timely "Snapshots."