The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-28
CURRENT NEWS.
FROM HERE, THERE AND
EVERYWHERE.

Baltimore has countless numbers
of souvenirs of the convention on
sale in the stores.
The commissioners OF Montgomery
county have signed the annual TAX
levy. The general tax rate for the
county was fixed ait az cents, Delng
two cents less than tn rate of last
year
me House vi Representatives a.
ordered new seal. The old one
vas no longer serviceable and had
only "a stars. The new seal Will
have AS to be accurate in its count 81
the States.
The various resorts in the State
are rapidly filling with the usual
pleasure seeking crowds. Pen-Mar'
Blue Ridge Summit and many other
resorts report that prospects Tor a
record breaking season, are good
An association to promote the In
terests Of the Holstein breeders ol
the State of Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia has been formed
with number of owners of Holsteln
herds in Frederick county a. charter
members
Chicago profited by the Republican
Convention in more ways than one.
The daily list Of marriage licenses
numbered more than 200. Evidently
the Convention excursion rates and
the crowds attracted many couples
to Chicago.
Kermit Roosevelt, who graduated
at Harvard University this year, has
chosen chemistry for his profession
Ten students of st. Charles's Col
lege, Gainesville, are serving az
waters at Kernan's Hotel, Baltimore,
during Convention week
A case has gone To the Supreme
Court, from Philadelphia, to decide
whether man may play cards for
money in his own home. IL IL held
that there Is an old decision that he
has that right and the present case
is to test whether it still holds.
Pittsburgh women are fighting the
high price of foodstuffs by going to
the piers and buying from farmers
and market gardeners direct. The
women have found the problem one
affecting the home vitality, and have
set themselves to solve il with deter
mination and energy
Dr, Hamilton Wright Mabie, the
well-known editor, will 80 to Japan
for a six month lecture tour in Oc-
tober and speak in three universities,
Toxic. Kyote and Kyushu, and the
Universities of Keio and Waseda,
as we'll as before many chambers OF
commerce and other organizations.
Replying to a Grove county (Kan.)
editors inquiry, who is going to
hold the babies while the women
hold the offices 2" the Lindsboro
News says I'VE have an idea that
the women will. They seem to get
along very nicely holding the babies
while getting dinner, Strengthening
I'D the house and waiting on the diff
ferent members of the family.
Charles Benner, of Sharpsburg,
while under the influence of liquor,
shot and killed Charles NV. Adams,
the superintendent Of the Antietam
battlefield. Benner literally filled
Mr.. Adams with shot, firing twelve
bullets into his body. Later, the au-
thorities searching for him found
him in his own yard, dead, he is sup
posed to have committed suicide.
The Thaw family has begun it's
fifth attempt to defeat justice in a
plain case of murder. This will
clearly continue until the patience
of the State is worn out or the Thaw
money exhausted After two murder
trials this il the third attempt to Sc
cure the release Of Harry Thaw, the
murderer of Stanford White, Oh ha-
beas corpus proceedings, it will cost
New York State $4,000 at least.
That the coming session of the
Johns Hopkins summer school will
be even more successful than last
years is indicated by the already
large enrolment and the unpre-
cedented number Of inquiries from
prospective students. Beginning,
July 2, Hopkins and the Peabody
Conservatory of Music acting to-
gether, have arranged for a joint
six-week course, aIloting the time so
that students may attend both with
out any conflict Of hours.
a biz fish cultural school and an
extensive preserve IL to be- 10
Gated somewhere On the Potomac
River soon. If West Virginia does
not get it Maryland will. Fish Com
missioner Bowers has the selection
of the spot in his hands and forty
thousand dollars has been appropri-
ated for the construction and stock
ing of the preserve. Many expert
ments will be undertaken once it Is
in operation. Bass thrive best in
Potomac waters and predominant.
The Prince of Wales celebrated
his eighteenth birthday last Monday.
He is now of age and legally enabled
to take the Kings place should it be
necessary. Tt il interesting to note
that the Prince will henceforth have
hi own household-large suits
of apartments at Buckingham Palace,
and Windsor Castle, consisting OF
dining-room breakfast-room, recep-
ton and drawing-room, business
rooms, bed and dressing rooms and
other apartments for the members of
his Royal Highness' household
Frederick county is to have COM
pulsory school attendance law, &C
cording to recent decision of the
members of the Board of School
commissioners The decision was
reached after the appearance before