The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-07-19
ANNAPOLIS NEWS

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sustained a mangled leg as the result
of an accident in his motorboat in spa
creek. Accompanied by his wife, Mr.
Gassaway was leaving from Boucher'a
boathouse for a short trip. He had
started the engine and in attempting
to avoid other boats was struck on
the back of the head and pitched head
long into the boat by wire stretched
from two large poles In the talI MS
left leg was caught in the nywheel OF
the engine. The ligaments of the calf
we're torn and a small bone was
broken.
Annapolis.-Ampe evidence that
the credit of Maryland stands high IN
the banking world was furnished
/ Thursday when the Board Of Public
Works disposed of an issue of $1,000
600 Good Roads bonds at an average
figure above par. The bonds are OF
the series of 1912, in denominations OF
/ $1,000 each. bearing 4 per cent. of in
terest payable semi-annuaily. ana
maturing in 1927. The sale OF ths
bonds was distributed among six
firms and the average of the bids was
l0O.21. A representative of one of the
firms told the board this figure is five
points above the price paid for New
York State 4 per cent. bonds at
recent sale.
Annapolis. - The Annapolis City
Council has been notified by Keen.
| Taylor Co, of New York, accepted bid
ders for 100000 worth OF city bonds
authorized for the purchase of tina
stock in the Annapolis Water Com
pany, that ii will not purchase the
bonds, as they believe their validity Is
not certain The city authorities are
confident that the objections are not
we'll taken and will advertise the
bonds again. The bonds were sold at
auction and Keen, Taylor & Co, who
acted through W. C. Crawford, of Bal
timore, were the highest bidders. D.
X. Este Fisher, attorney for the pur-
chasers, stated several grounds of OBJ
lection to the bonds, the chief being
that the journal Of the House of Dele-
gates does not show that the bill au-
thorizing the bonds passed all Of the
required readings and that there was
no specific ordinance passed for the
sale of the bonds. The proceeds of
the bonds were to be used to liquidate
notes made by the Council.
Annapolis Governor Goldsborough
attended meetings Thursday afternoon
of the Board of Directors of the House
of Correction, the State Board of Can,
vassers and the commission to adjust
the claims of sufferers through the
flood of 1910 at Port Deposit.
An important action of the directors
of the House of Correction was to
abolish the striped suit as the habitual
attire of inmates, and adopt brown
ish grey suit which is to be worn by
all prisoners during good behavior.
Eight hundred suits were ordered, al
lowing two for each prisoner. Warden
Langford reported that he had recents
ly discovered and frustrated a whole.
sale preparation to escape by large
number of the prisoners.
The Board of Canvassers officially
determined that the following nomi'
nees for the House of Representatives
had been selected at the recent
primaries and would have places on
the official ballot: First district, Jas,
H. Covington, Democrat; Second dis
trict, j. F. C. Talbot Democrat:
Laban Sparks, Republican. Third dis.
trict, George KONG, Democrat; Albert
NJ. Sproesser, Republican. Fourth dis
trict, J. Charles Linthicum. Democrat:
Jacob F. Murbach, Republican. Fifth
district, Frank o. Smith, Democrat:
Thomas Parran, Republican. Sixth
district, David J. Lewis, Democrat
Charles d. Wagaman, Republican. The
following are the judicial nomina
tions: Second circuit, Albert Con
stable, Democrat. Sixth circuit, Glenn
H. Worthington, Democrat; Arthur d
Willard, Republican.
The commission on claims CROWN,
out of the flood at Port Deposit il
1910 had what is believed to be II
final meeting Claims to the amour
of $21,241 were audited and above,
and ordered to be paid pro rata out o
the sum of $14,750 which is the ba
ance of the appropriation now OF
hand.
Governor Goldsborough said that h
was much pleased that the Court Q
Appeals had upheld him in the pos
ton which he took in regard to tn
appointments of justices of the peace
The Governor said that so far as b
knew all of these appointees through
out the state had applied for qualflc;
ton, but If any had lost their right F
by not applying he would reappoir
them imm ediately. The Governor sigi
ed two belated bills, both loct
measures for WioomIco county. On
provided for a new election distric I
the other for an additional employee {
the county commissioners TheI
was some opposition at the time of th /
passage of the acts, but this has di
appeared and the Governor agreed { II
sign the bills.