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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-1004 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. XII—No. 22 "It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924. BALTIMORE OOONTY'g OHLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. Ritchie Endorsed For Presidency—State Democratic Delegation Instructed To Vote For Him At National Convention To Be Held In New York June 23rd. GRAND JURY IN REPORT COMMENTS ON SPEED SIGNS. Suggests That Matter Be Referred By Proper Authorities ToState Roads Commission For Consideration HIGHWAYS PACKED WITH RECKLESS DRIVERS ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. MORE THAN 500 BALTIMORE COUNTY MEN WILL PARTICIPATE IN BONUS. Figures Show That Many Veterans Will Soon Receive Material Benefits From New Legislation—How Totals Are Arrived At. ***********»:•************** Confusion has arisen over the method by which Baltimore county World War Veterans should compute the benefits they will receive under the insurance bonus bill passed by Congress. Even American Legion officials have admitted that certain questions about the law are posers to them. From Towson Post No. 22, American Legion, the only unit of its kind in the county, the information A has been gained that about 500 men In the light of recent happenings in Washington, some of the newspaper correspondents there, who from a long familiarity with the public pulse are generally able to forecast political movements with more or less accuracy, are predicting the formation of a third party. They agree that, in the event of this occurrence, the Democrats have nothing to fear. They are figuring that La Fol-lette will probably head the third ticket, making his stand on the Teapot Dome disclosures, mismanagement of the Veterans' Bureau, and other issues that Avill result in making large inroads in the Republican vote. In this situation a Democratic ticket with a good man at its head would make a clean sweep of the country, as did Wilson in 1912, following the Roosevelt third party movement. The tendency in the Pacific northwest to favor Senator Underwood is becoming quite noticeable, and *:* 1 I in this country or partly in America The following explanation, however, has the endorsement of the Veteran's Bureau, and also explains the methods by which the results are arrived at. First, for the method of computation, the veteran should first list the number of days he served, with the total number of days of service in this country in one figure and the total number of days of service overseas in another. Then he should deduct the first (Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) YOUNGSTERS TURNED LOOSE Suspects Caught At Ashland Prove They Had No Connection With City Murder. Three youngsters, thought to be the men who in broad daylight held up Louis Cohen, an East Baltimore jeweler and shot him to death, were "yanked" before Justice Butler at Towson on Thursday evening and committed to jail, but were released yesterday (Friday) when police proved to their own satisfaction that they had nothing to do with the affair. They were caught at Ashland while stealing a ride on a freight train. DECISION TODAY. the Republican leaders are apparently worried over the defection from their ranks. There are many signs now that seem to point to a Democratic victory in November. HIKER VISITS "JEFF" PLANT. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * :: ?? ?? ! Two years ago physicians at Fox Hill Hospital, Staten Island, New York, told William S. Armour, war veteran, who was gassed in the Argonne, that he had two weeks to live. He then weighed 115 pounds. One day this week Armour, who is 26 years old, visited The Jeffersonian office on his third round trip from New York to Los Angeles. He weighs 178 pounds. Twenty-eight inches of silver, necessitated by 23 machine-gun wounds in his left leg and sears of two bullet wounds in his stomach, caused him only momentary discomfort he declared. Armour started out to wralk March 1, 1923, and has been traveling since then. SPEAKING OF A FREE COUNTRY. SUSTAINS FRACTURED LEG Cockeysville Woman Is Injured When Autos Collide On Seven Mile Lane. Mrs. Bessie Doyle, Cockeysville, received a fractured leg when the car in which she was riding with her husband collided with another machine at Seven Mile Lane and Park Heights avenue. She was taken to the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore city. P. S. C. Expected To Make Announcement In Car Fare Case. PRISONER RETURNED Man Who Escaped From Philadelphia Road Gang Must Serve Seven Months. After nearly a year of liberty, John Stevens, who escaped last summer from a road gang working on the Philadelphia road when he had only two more months to serve, was returned to the Maryland Penitentiary where he will have to serve seven months. Cases of this kind, according to Warden Claude B. Sweezey, are discouraging the short-term prisoners from escaping from road gangs. He said: ¦"We have had virtually no trouble this way this year, for the prisoners are learning that they eventually (Continued on Page 8—Col. 5) Dame Rumor has it that the Public Service Commission will make an announcement today (Saturday) on the application of the United Railways and Electric Company for an increased rate of fare. Since May 1st the Commission has had the application under advisement and at no time since have members indicated what the decision would be. It is believed, however, that if an increased fare is not granted, numerous zone extensions and eliminations asked for by various protesting groups will be denied. Sponsors of certain of these have threatened to take their cases into court if improvements requested are refused. A number of county organizations are among protestants. JOHNNY KELLER ARRESTED Tip-Off Boy In Norris Murder Case Locked Up By Essex Police. Johnny Keller, tip-off boy in the Norris murder case, is "in Dutch" again. Keller, who at first told the police his name was Smith, in company with three other youngsters, was arrested at a dance of the Young Men's Club at Essex, for assaulting Frederick Sachs. In addition to the assault charge Keller is charged with being drunk and disorderly. CONVICTED BOOTLEGGER ASSIGNED TO DETECTIVE WORK BY WARREN OF "PEN' Sent To Blue Ridge Mountians To Bring Hart, The Assassin, Back— Why SocolowAnd "Country" Carey Were'nt Given Job, Remains Mystety. HIS MASTER'S VOICE. Hart, a prince of the underworld; Hart, the gangster, the bootlegger, the highwayman, the murderer of one of our best citizens, with a companion escaped from the Maryland Penitentiary where \ie was under- PLANE STOPS HERE A free country is one in which there is no particular individual to blame for existing tyranny, hence we begin to understand why so many Germans want the Kaiser back, and now that Anderson has gone to jail, what the country needs is a good five-cent scape-goat. Aviator On Special Mission Descends At Logan Field, Dundalk. Sergt. E. R. Johnson, of the United State Air Service, made two stops at Logan Field on a special mission from Langley Field, Virginia, to Middletown, Pa. On his return trip his cargo consisted of two bales of felt packing to be used in shipping an airplane to Europe for use of Major Frederick L. Martin, who expects to rejoin the round-the-world flyers on their homeward lap from Europe. Major Martin's plane struck a mountain peak in Alaska and he was ordered to return home. Later the War Department decided to permit him to go to Europe and rejoin the flyers. going a life sentence, months ago. Nothing has ever been heard from either of them since. The police departments of the entire country have been on the job daily since their escape, but Hart is still in a place of safety. Warden Sweezey, of the Maryland Penitentiary, has a hunch that the fugitives are in the fastness of Blue Ridge Mountains, in Washington county, and he has a consuming desire to get them back, for they were guilty of a serious offense, judged by military standards, in absenting themselves without leave. So having in his custody in the Maryland House of Correction two Washington county prisoners, one a bootlegger—the other a rioter in a labor strike—it occurred to him that those men, especially the boot-continued on Page 4—Col 6) FLAG PRESENTED TO ARBUTUS SCHOOL. On Tuesday last a large American flag was presented to the Arbutus Public School by the Woman's Auxiliary to the G. A .R. Corps, No. 6. END OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION APPROACHING WITH INCREASING EVIDENCE OF "DO-LITTLENESS." Twenty Years Ago Mark Hanna Gave Republican Party Slogan "Stand Pat"! And It's Still Standing Pat While People Suffer. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Nearly twenty years ago Mark Hanna gave his party the slogan, "Stand Pat." It is still standing pat—and standing still. The end of the session of Congress is approaching, with increasing evidence that adjournment will find no single measure enacted into law, unless it be the tax reduction bill, and there is still doubt as to that. The Bur-sum bill, providing an increase of pension for every soldier and soldier's widow of every war previous to the World War, was vetoed and the veto upheld in the Senate by just one vote. The veto of the Bonus Bill will probably come before these words get into type, with a fair prospect that the Senate will uphold the President's action, for much pressure is being brought to bear on individual Senators by the biggest financial powers of the country. The tax reduction bill gives, in its present form, resulting from the fight led by Garner in the House, and Simmons in the Senate, much greater percentage of reduction to the average taxpayer and less relief to the millionaire than the Mellon bill. For this reason it is not acceptable to the Republican leaders and campaign managers. They want such (Continued on Page 8—Col. 5) SCHMIDT'S BROTHER FINED TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES TO BE TAKEN UP MAY 28TH. The trial of criminal cases will be taken up on May 28 in the Circuit Court at Towson. Walter Schmidt Charged With Assaulting Pedestrian On City Street. Walter Schmidt, brother of Leon Schmidt, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Patrolman Frank Latham, having been convicted in the Circuit Court at Towson, was arrested after he is alleged to have assaulted a pedestrian at Broadway ana Aliceanna street, Baltimore city. Schmidt, who is 27 years old and lives in the 2300 block Essex street, is said to have attacked William Vinn, 33 years old, who lives in the 1700 block of Aliceanna street. When passersby attempted to part the men Schmidt is said to have fought them until the arrival of the police. MAN KILLED, TWO HURT AS CAR OVERTURNS AND GOES INTO DITCH ON PHILADELPHIA ROAD Victims Pinned Beneath Machine—Accident Occurs When Driver Of Touring Car Endeavors To Pass Truck On Narrow Road. One man was killed and two others injured when the automobile in which they were riding was overturned and wrecked near Rossville, on the Philadelphia road. The dead man is Peter McKay, 34 years old, 800 block Ellwood avenue, Baltimore. The injured are Grover C. Bledsoe, 30 years old, 1700 block Guilford avenue, and Edward Ma- near Preston In Judgement Of The Jeffersonian Not One Of Those "Step On The Gas" Invitations Should Be Permitted Within 12 Miles Of City Limits. Just as you cross the tracks of the United Railways and Electric Co. on the Reisterstown road, on the Green Spring Valley road, just alongside of a large public school and within a few yards of the Valley Hunt Club, where the road is frequently crowded with machines, and in a very short distance from the in- (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3) HANGS SELF. Spring Grove Inmate Oses Sheet From Bed To End Life. HEADS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION. Saying he was not feeling well ! and refusing to go to dinner, Charles Rosenberger, Jr., an inmate of Spring Grove State Hospital, Catons-ville, was found hanging from a fixture in the shower room of the institution, one end of a knotted sheet around his neck. When discovered he was dead. Rosenberger had been at the institution about three months. The man is thought to have left his work shortly after others went to the dining hall. Apparently he, took the sheet from his bed, fastened it to one of showers and after tying1 the other end around his neck jumped from a projected ledge. Police stationed at Catonsville were immediately notified, after which the case was turned over to the coroner, who is investigating. C. Gus Grason, who was elected President of local Barrister's organization. CONVICT GOES HOME MEETING POSTPONED Farmer's May Day Gathering At Sparks Is Called Off. On account of the uncertain weather conditions the Farm Bureau committee has decided to postpone the all-day Farmer's Meeting planned for May 30th, at Sparks. According to present plans the gathering will be staged sometime during the middle of summer, when the farmers' tasks will not be so great, thereby insuring a good attendance. Young Jack O'Conner Allowed To Leave "Pen" When Mother Dies. Because of the death of his mother Jack O'Conor, inmate of the Penitentiary and private chauffeur for Warden Claude B. Sweezey, was permitted to visit his home. His mother, Mrs. J. A. O'Connor, died recently, and her son was allowed to be with her in her last hours. O'Connor was not permitted, however, to attend the funeral, which was held at her home, 1615 East Thirty-third street, Baltimore city. A high mass of requiem was said at (Continued on Page 8—Col. 5) WE BREED PEDIGREE CA TTLE, HORSES AND DOGS, BUT CHILDREN JUST COME. Congress Authorizes Immense Sums To Make Conditions Safe For Hogs And Talks To Death Measure To Protect Youngsters. lone, Central avenue, street, Baltimore. A large truck, said to have been going north at a high rate of speed, forced the touring car carrying the three men from the road into a ditch.; The car overturned and pinned the men beneath the wreckage. Bledsoe was driving the machine. Passing automobiles brought the (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3) (By Nancy Hanks.) The country has been treated recently to a series of lurid descriptions of the adventures of a young woman known as the 'Bobbed Hair Bandit." Her crimes were held up to the reading public and denounced by the thousands, who found in real life activities as thrilling as any "penny-dreadful" ever contained. The climax came when, after her arrest, some newspapers published her "life story." This exploitation of her crimes and her personality is a sample of the money-getting methods of modern journalism, where often we find decency cast out for the sake of the dollar. A morbid public is to be entertained, rather1 than improved by higher standards. This young woman flashed her gun, and modern journalism fell for the chance to write her up and make an increase paper sale at the cost of PAGEANT AND CARNIVAL JUNE 13TH. On June 13th a pageant and carnival will be held on the grounds of the Arbutus Public School. higher ideals. She challenged the modern newspaper, and some of them revealed their spirit of greed. A robber takes a few dollars, and it is a crime to be punished by a long (Continued on Page 4—Col. 5) WINS $17,000 VERDICT Widow Of Army Aviator Sued Storage Company After Auto Crash. Mrs. Dorothy R. Phillips, of New York, widow of Lieut. Wendell K. Phillips, army aviator, was given a verdict for $17,000 in the second trial of her suit against the Fidelity Storage Company for personal injuries. Mrs. Phillips was injured in a collision between the automobile in which she was riding and a truck of the storage company. The accident occurred on the Belair road June 6, 1923, while Mrs. Phillips was on her way to Washington to attend the funeral of her husband, who had been killed the day beforre when his plane fell at Aberdeen. Robert R. Carman was her attorney. The Case Of Governor McCray Of Indiana, Now Serving 10 Years At Atlanta, Ought To Remind Office-Holders That Two Masters Cannot Be Served -Either They Serve The People Or Serve Time. |