The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-07-05
CURRENT NEWS.
FROM HERE, THERE AND
EVERYWHERE.

An order issued by Mayor Bachar-
ach, of Atlantic City, prohibits the
wearing OF abbreviated bathing cos
tunes by men or women.
The shortage OF Joseph Z. Wilhide,
as tax collector of Thurmont has been
found to be- $207.OO. The amount will
be made good by his family and there
will be no legal prosecution.
Sixteen cattle, fattened for food,
Thought $3.50 per hundred pounds
1--we weight, in Jersey City last week.
This II probably the highest price
ever paid for food cattle in New York.
Thu Rev. Chas. r.. Wiles, of Wash
ington, d. c., recently elected pastor
of the College Lutheran church, Get
tysburgy has declined the call, saying
he feels it his duty to remain with
his present charge.
number of progressive Republ1-
cans of Hagerstown stated this week
that if Bryan OF Wilson were noml-
mated at least 400 Progressive Repub-
licans in Washington county would
support either in preference to Taft
Baltimore has women on it's police
force now. Only recently the first
appointments were made. Miss Mary
S. Harvey, Of Lutherville was one to
be made a regular patrOlman-per-
haps 1T would b. more correct to say
patrolwoman.
"a young Boston aviator, Harry -
Brown, was flying in Wright biplane
near Hampstead Plains when he had
some trouble with the motor and de-
scended. An automobile dashed up
and it's occupants, after offering to
help him, relieved him of $40.
The Commissioners of Frederick
county, last week, voted $4,000 for
carrying on the work OF the Henry
Watson Children's Aid Society, Of
Baltimore. The appropriation was
warmly supported by prominent citi-
zens of the county, who realized the
value of the work the Society j. doing
throughout the state.
The Star and Sentinel, the Repub-
lican organ Of Adams County, Pa, has
been sold by the Guyon H. Buehler estate
to a company composed of Postmas-
ter %. William Beales, U. Donald
Swope, chairman Of the Republican
County Central Committee and former
State Senator Donald n. Mcpherson,
Esq. Robert Q. Miller will be the
manager.
On June 18th fire occurred at the
home of Thomas Kennedy, Hanover,
Pa, owned by Mrs Emma Shriver
@F fro
was probably caused by spontaneous
combustion, and originated in small
closet under the stairway, which, it
is said, contained a photographers
outfit for developing pictures, which
fell rapidly prey to the flames
While Mrs. Charles Zeigler, of Lit
tlestown, Pa, was preparing dinner
one day last week she met with a very
painful and what might have been a
very serious accident a. she was
about to remove the coffee from the
stove, the vessel in which it had been
boiled, exploded, the hot coffee going
all over the upper part Of her body,
badly scalding her face and right
arm.
The suffragists did not allow their
cause to be- forgotten, while the work
Of nominating a Democratic candidate
for the Presidency was going on A
parade made I'D of elaborate floats, a
band of horsewomen, OF clubwomen,
of business women, OF mothers, of
professional women and OF children
and circulars galore kept the Demo-
Gratis well aware Of their existence.
One circular had a drawing of the
Democratic donkey and the sentence
IF that donkey only has horse
sense"
It is difficult to believe that a but
terf1y could be worth five thousand
dollars, yet such il the valuation OF
one brought from New Guinea to Lon
don by an explorer in the service of
Hon. Walter Rothschild. This butter
fly is jet black, nearly as large as a
robin and measures II IL inches from
tip to tip Of it, wings Another but
terfy brought back by the explorer
has body covered so closely with
hairs that they resemble fur. This
butterfly was found on the Snow
Mountains