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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0897 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. FFER WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" Vol. XII—No. 3 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1924 BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. We Are Informed That Henry Ford Is A Non-Smoker And A Teetotaler—This Is All Very Laudable, But We Cannot Overlook The Fact That He Is Addicted To Making Those Cars fOF DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS ADVERTISED BY TREASURER Not A "Black List" But Merely Intended To Act As Form Of Notification GREAT MANY PEOPLE UNTHINKINGLY OVERLOOK FACT THAT TAXES ARE UNPAID NEARLY 500 ENTER CONTEST FOR "JEFF'S" PRIZE ON COMMUNITY TREE AND" REALISTIC GAROEN But Lo, No Boys Showed Their Skill In Writing Composition On The Unique Display—Judges' Have "Tough Nut To Crack" Winner To Be Announced In Next Issue. Charles T. Cockey, Jr., of Pikes-ville, was re-elected head of local organization at its annual meeting. TAX FOBMS SIMPLER Those Fortunate Enough To Pay Income Will Find Task Easier. Nearly five hundred letters, and, by the way, not one from a boy, are awaiting the decision of the judges in The Jeffersonian's contest for the best composition on its Community Christmas Tree and Realistic Garden, and as has been announced, the winner will be awarded a wrist watch. Rev. Richard H. Wickes, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, and Judge Frank I. Duncan, the judges, have been reading compositions every night this week and at a final meeting the best will be sifted until the winning one is decided upon. Interest in the contest was widespread, for nearly every section of the County is represented. Why in the world the boys did not take a hand is a mystery, but they didn't, hence it remains for some girl among the 500 contestants to wear the dainty wrist watch. The task of deciding just which one is the best will be a "tough nut to crack" for the judges, for nearly all possess real merit, and to select "the best," is anything but an easy job; however, in the next issue of The Jeffersonian, the successful one will be announced and the winning composition published. CONGREGATIONAL MEETING TOMORROW (SUNDAY). STEAMER AGROUND. "Esther Dollar" Immovable After 4 Small Boats Toil All Day. Grounded in the Patapsco river, off the Baltimore County water front, when she sailed for Los Angeles by way of Havana, the steamer Esther Dollar could not be moved by two tugboats, a Coast Guard cutter and a lighthouse tender. It is thought probable that her cargo will have to be removed before she can be floated. Scant improvement in ice condition of the upper bay, leading to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, were reported. Bay boats found that it was too difficult a task to fight the ice floes, their masters said. Thin ice was reported in the Patapsco, but it did not interfere with vessels, it was said. Those persons of Baltimore County who are fortunate enough to have an income large enough to be taxed, according to Galen L. Tait, collector for the Maryland district, will have a much easier time in filling their paper this year. The form has been simplified and the aid which will be given by the agents will enable the person filing to have his returns in the office of the Internal Revenue before the final date for filing arrives. The filing period for this year is from January 2 to March 15, 1924. A congregational meeting of the White Hall Presbyterian Church will be held tomorrow (Sunday) night at 7.30 o'clock for the purpose of, extending a call to Rev. Dr. Bailey,) of Pallston, to become pastor of the church, and for the election of two j additional elders. Dr. S. E. Persons, of Annapolis, i will preach and preside at the meet- j ing. All members and friends of' the church are earnestly requested to be present at this meeting. STILL CONFISCATED. WHITE HALL BOOK CLUB EN-TERTAINED. Mrs. W. Evans Anderson entertained the White Hall Book Club at her home on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. J. Leonard Slade will entertain the club next Tuesday afternoon. Dry Agents Seize Outfit And Alleged "Fire Water" From Game Warden. The residence of Martin Anderson, Baltimore County Deputy Game Warden, at Cowpen avenue, Hamilton, was raided by prohibition agents from the office of Chief of Field Force Lemuel Albrittain. Anderson was ordered to report to answer charges of violation of the Volstead act. According to the agents, they found a 100-gallon still, several smaller stills and four gallons of ¦whisky. MEETS TRAGIC DEATH Invalid Woman's Clothes Catch Fire, Burning Her Befcre Help Arrives. When she attempted to kindle a wood-stove fire in the kitchen of her home at 232 St. Helena road, Dun-dalk, Mrs. Helen Perkins McDonald, 55, an invalid, was powerless to beat out the fire that caught her dress. She died before aid could reach her. The woman's plight was discovered by Mrs. Martha Kline 230 St. Helena avenue, who saw smoke coming from a kitchen window. Mrs. Kline was in the habit of making frequent visits during the day to the invalid's home, while her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kastner, with whom she lived, were at work. Rushing into the kitchen, Mrs. Kline found the woman upon the floor beside the stove. Her clothing wa sdestroyed and her body burned from head to foot. The woman showed no signs of consciousness, but appeared to be still alive, Mrs. Kline said. Mrs. Kline called Patrolman Alfred Channel, who summoned the Dundalk Fire Department and Dr. A. W. Reier, 1 Kinship road. The latter pronounced the woman dead. Mrs. McDonald apparently attempted to roll upon the floor and extinguish the flames. BALTIMORE COUNTY FARM BUREAUS' ACTIVITIES DURING YEAR 1923 SHOWN Did $60,000 Worth Of Co-Operatwe Buying, Handled 1340 Pounds Of Wool, Purchased Three Car-Loads Of Feeder Cattle And Lent Aid To Many Beneficial Movements. Charles T. Cockey, Jr., was re-j elected President of the Baltimore, County Farm Bureau, and A. M. Todd, vice president, at the recent1 meeting held in the organization's! headquarters, Offutt Building, Tow-j son. J. A. Wade Thomas tendered his resignation as secretary-treasurer,! which was accepted with regret, and; in his place T. C Sherrill, of Sparks,! was named. Charles T. Cockey, Jr., J. A. Wade| Thomas, G. H. Hibberd, Joshua DELINQUENTS PUBLISHED. Lynch, Morris Todd, T. C. Sherrill, Lawrence Ensor, J. P. Mays, Benjamin Miller, James Jordan, Herbert Hammond, E. A. Nicholson, Major G. L. Stryker were chosen as delegates to represent the Baltimore County Farm Bureau at the State Convention. Five hundred and seventy-nine members are affiliated with the local Farm Bureau and there are 16 Farm Bureau locals scattered throughout the County. During 1923, the Bureau did $60,-000 worth of co-operative buying, handled 1340 pounds of wool in a wool pool, purchased three car-loads of feder cattle, made a live stock survey of the County, backed the movement to eradicate bovine tuberculosis, investigated canners crops contracts and assisted growers to co-operate in securing better returns. County Treasurer Advertises Names Of All Taxpayers Who Are In Arrears. Elsewhere in this issue of The Jeffersonian appears an advertise-1 OYSTER SUPPER AT BUTLER, ment by the County Treasurer in JANUARY 18 AND 19. which the names of all taxpayers of. Baltimore County who are in ar-j . rears are published. On the evenings of January 18 This is to comply with a recent j and 19> the Ladies' Aid Society of act of the Legislature and is a no- F n R M E Church will hold tification to tardy taxpayers that u they must "come up to the captain's an oyster supper in the P. O. S. of office." ! A. Hall at Butler. ANNUAL MEETING OF WHITE HALL BANK HELD. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the White Hall Bank was held on Tuesday afternoon when the following directors were reelected: Samuel W. Black, Andrew L. Anderson, R. H. Wiley, T. McGin-nis, J. James Anderson, Thomas L. Parrish, Asbury Slade, William P. Wright, C. Evans Wiley. The board reorganized by electing Samuel W. Black, president; Andrew L. Anderson, vice president; C. Evans Wiley, cashier; Roy Turnbaugh, teller; Miss Lida Slade, bookkeeper; Mrs. Mary Jones, stenographer. -----------------?----------------- LISTED ON CITY BOOKS HE MEANS BUSINESS. PHILADELPHIA WOMAN GIVEN LONG PRISON TERM FOR MURDER OF LANSDOWNE When Being Led To Detention House, Katharine Miller Displays Letters "K. K. K." Affixed To Dress—Jury Renders Verdict Alter 48 Hours Deliberation. Aware Only When Proper :y Is Posted And Advertised To Be Sold— To Relieve Embarrassing Situation Law Was Enacted To Notify Those In Arrears By Published Notice. Some citizens will no doubt be "up in the air" because their names appear in thd list of delinquent taxpayers, published by the County Treasurer elsewhere in this edition of The Jeffersonian, however, the publication of this list should offend no one,. for it is not a "black list" in any .sense of the word, or to use the slang expression, to "show (Continued! on Page 2—Col. 2) GETS fOUR MONTHS Convicted Of Tire Theft, Lawrence Stanley Must Be "Guest" Of Jail Warden. To spend from 10 to 20 years behind the grim walls and the iron barred windows of a penal institution, is the penalty Katherine Miller must pay for the murder of Harry Kabernagel, of Lansdowne, this County, in Philadelphia, on the night of October 11th last. HOrlMll FILED Judge Offutt Says Court Could Not Take Cognizance Of Harms Many Autos Owned By Coun- tians On Dividing Line Presents Problem. It has ben discovered that many automobiles on the tax books of Baltimore City are owned by residents of Baltimore County, whose homes are close to the City line. The information reached the Tax Department, it was said, through protests against bills for City taxes. It was said the cars were placed on the tax books through reports of licenses issued by the State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. In many cases, it was said, it is impossible for the Tax Court to determine whether the owner of the car lives in the new Annex or the County. Charles P. Coady, City Collector, will take steps to have the homes of owners of cars located in future before automobile assessors pass on them. It is not known, it was said, how many County cars are on the tax books of the City. Chief Judge Offutt filed a memorandum in the Circuit Court at Tow-son in which he stated that the Court could not take cognizance of | a paper styled a "Writ of Notify-, cation" filed a few days ago by! Harry Harms, in which charges of; fraud were made against the County Commissioners and other State and County officials, as well as members of the bar. The memorandum, in part, reads as follows: "I have carefully gone over it (the so-called writ) but am unable to see that it invokes any present action on the part of this Court. It appears to be a confused and jumbled mass of miscellaneous and reckless charges of fraud directed (Continued on Page 2—Col. 3) MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. Farm Laborer, Said To Be Veteran Of War, Is Revived At City Hospital. Edward Hasloop, said to be a World War veteran, was found unconscious on the farm of J. Garfield Herrera, Harrisonville. After re-j maining in a state of coma during the entire day, he was revived at 10 I o'clock at night at the Colonial Hos-: pital. Hasloop said he landed in New ! York from Honolulu last week and, i being unable to obtain work, came ! to Baltimore, obtaining work with I Mr. Hererra. He gave his home as I Catonsville and his age as 26 years. The verdist was returned by the jury after 48 hours deliberation, and it is stated one man brought about a deadlock by forming a verdict of murder in the first degree, while the balance favored a verdict of murder in the second degree. During the proceedings of the trial the woman expressed confidence that she would be acquitted. She received her fate coolly, breaking down when led to jail. As she was being taken away, she pushed Court officers aside and threw back the long cape she was wearing, displaying the letters "K. K. K." sewed to her dress. Judge Harry S. McDevitt, in pronouncing sentence, ignored the jury's recommendation of mercy and imposed the maximum sentence of 20 years. Under the Ludlow act every sentence must carry a minimum of half the maximum. In sentencing Miss Miller Judge McDevitt declared "any verdict but guilty in this case would have been a miscarriage of justice and would have been equivalent to lynch law." Lawrence Stanley, charged with the larceny of automobile tires from the garage of George R. Norris, of Dundalk, was; sentenced on Wednesday by Judge Walter W. Preston, in the circuit Court at Towson, to four months in jail He admitted having stolen some of the missing tires. The indictments against Ernest Haywood, a former police officer at Dundalk, Minus V. Darby, Anthony DeLuca, Louis A. Cohan, W. Frank Curtain and Benjamin Faldo, whom it was alleged had purchased some of the stolen tires, and who were charged with receiving stolen goods, were stetted by State's Attorney H. C. Jenifer. He stated that he believed that some of the defendants had bought the tires in good faith, and that Mr. Norris had approved his action in the matter. The State's Attorney can call the cases up again if he decides to do so. HANGERS DAMAGED. ADRENALIN IS USED The Famous Heart Stimjilant Fails To Prolong Life Of Stricken Workman. Adrenalin was used in an attempt to revive a man who apparently had died from heart disease. The attempt was unsuccessful. Robert Goedes, 63 years old, 3815 Foster avenue, Baltimore City, became unconscious while working in the yards of the Baltimore Copper Smelting and Refining Works, near Colgate. Dr. D. B. Bronushas was called. On examining the man the doctor said there was no trace of heart beat, but he decided to use adrenalin as a last resort. The drug failed to restore heart action: Doctors have claimed for adre-i nalin in the last year remarkable power to stimulate the heart. « Airship "Garages" At Logan Field Suffer Considerably From High Winds. Hangars at Logan Field, Dundalk, this County, suffered considerable damage from the heavy winds recently, losses being felt by'both the Maryland National Guard and the Air Headquarters of the Third Corps. A National Guard hangar, valued at $400, was wrecked and other army property was damaged. Logan Field recently was leased for a five-year period by the National Guard, and will be re-equipped in the spring with new hangars and planes. RITCHIE INAUGURATED Governor Takes Oath Of Office For Second Term Before Chief Judge Boyd. (By Nancy Hanks) Annapolis, the capital of the State, and sometimes referred to as "the ancient City on the Severn," was full of visitors on Wednesday last, the occasion being the inauguration of Albert C. Ritchie as Governor of Maryland for his second term. Taking the oath of office in the Senate chamber, with Chief Judge A. Hunter Boyd, of the Court of (Continued on Page 2—Col. 4) PHOENIX WOMAN UNDERGOES OPERATION. Miss Bessie E. Reilly, of Phoenix, has been a patient at the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore City, where she underwent a serious operation. ^EGRO H0-D00, AFRICAN KING AND MAGICIAN NOW LANGUISHING IN JAIL Sent There By Judge Preston For Failing To Support Wife —Former Resident Of Jungles Boasts Of His Hypnotic Powers, Especially In Vending "Moonshine." Apandae Eissen, negro hoodoo, African king, magician, sleight of hand man, who claims to possess occult powers, is languishing in jail at Towson, where he was sent by Judge Preston for failing to support his wife. According to the testimony of his spouse, this former resident of the jungles, boasts of his hypnotic p owers, especially in vending moonshine whisky unmolested by prohibition agents, and his ability to earn large sums of money. He was ordered by the Court to pay his wife $500 in cash STANSBURY & ENSOR DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP. The partnership having existed between Stansbury & Ensor, of Cockeysville, has been dissolved and Mr. C. Frank Ensor assumes all the responsibilities of the concern and will operate it under the name of C. Frank Ensor & Co. or to give security to pay her $25 per week or to remain in jail for one year. Eissen's magical powers have not as yet enabled him to secure his freedom. The negro says he came from Cape Town Colony, Africa, and speaks English. His wife says that she had never intended to marry any one, but succumbed to the hypnotic powers of the prisoner. TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. "Herk" Jenifer Again Takes Over Reins Of State's Attorney's Office. State's Attorney H. Courtenay Jenifer, of Baltimore County, entered on his second term this week, having been re-elected without opposition. He took the prescribed oath before Chief Judge T. Scott Offutt. Mr .Jenifer reappointed James C. L. Anderson as his chief clerk and ant, and Miss A. Margaret Weis as his stenographer. (tCave-Man Art Unearthed In France-Find Made By Swim Under Water," Is Title Of An Interesting A Appearing In Today's Newsgrdvure Section; In Addition There Are As Usual Numerous Timely "S\ |