The citizen., 1914-10-09

Gaithersburg when his automobile
plunged over a steep embankment and
overturned, pinning him beneath the
car.
President M. C. Kennedy, of the
Cumberland Valley Railroad, gave the
annual fall reception at his home,
Ragged Edge, near Chambersburg, to
many of the leading railroad men of
the East, Middle West and South.
About $50 guests were present
The Pittsburgh Orchard Company,
Incorporated in Washington county.
several years ago to conduct an
orchard, canning and evaporating bust
ness at Hancock, held meeing at the
office of John T. Mason in Hancock
and took action looking to a dissolu-
ton of the corporation, which recently
sold its orchards to Carl B. James and
Charles Teneyhill, of Cleveland.
Howard E. Leasure, son of Danlei
w. Leasure, of Cumberland, was ar
rested and turned over to Detective R.
w. Walton, of Greensburg, Pa, on
charge of embezzling 1854 from shoe
company at Greensburg, of which
Leasure was manager from January
to September Is. He consented to ac-
company the officer, waving requisi-
ton.
William Schmick, Is years old, who,
with two other prisoners, escaped from
Jail at Rockville about week ago,
was arrested at Brooklyn, near Balti-
more, where he formerly lived. Chief
Irwin, of the Brooklyn Police Depart
ment, had been requested to be on
the lookout for Schmick. The boy was
in Jail charged with the larceny Of
jewelry valued at several hundred dol
lars from DR.. Joseph Selby.
Dr. James Kossuth King, brother Of
Mrs. John L. Ridgway, of Chevy Chase
died at his residence, in Watkins,
N. Y, last week. DR.. King was born
in Troy, N. Y, in 1S49, and was gradu-
ated from the academic department Of
Michigan University and from the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, OF
New York, in 1877. In 1886 he was
made assistant master of the Rotunda
Hospital, in Dublin.
Adam Peoples, Speaker of the House
of Delegates at the 1910 session, is in
the University Hospital, Philadelphia,
| in critical condition from injuries re-
ceived last week at his home in Phila-
delphia. He attempted to put some
money in gas meter, and as it was
out of reach he placed one end of a
board on a barrel and the other on a
coal pile. The board turned and be
| fell, striking the back of his head on
the cement floor.
The thirty-ninth annual convention
of the Womans Christian Temperance
Union of Maryland was held in Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church, Sails
bury, with large attendance of dele
gates from every section of the State.
After devotional services the presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary r. Haslup, called the
convention to order and in short ad-
dress, spoke of the great work the
women of the State are doing for the
cause of temperance and the bright
prospects ahead of them.
The Rev. J. w. Kiracofe, 73 years
old, for 81 years in the United Breth-
rem ministry, died at his home, in Ha-
gerstown. Among the charges he had
served were the Lacy Springs. High
land, Rockbridge, Winchester, Church
vile, Frederick Potomac, Mont Alto
and Rocky Springs circuits and Ha-
gerstown, Boonsboro, Keedysville,
Newville, Mechanicsburg, Greencastle,
Boiling Springs, Frederick and Wind
sor churches. His widow and eight
children survive him.
Albert Quade, young farmer near
Morganza, st. Mary's county, was
severely, if not fatally, wounded in a
| fight. Moses Owens, a brother of Vim
cent Owens, who is serving life term
in the penitentiary for wife murder, is
charged with infiicting the wound.
At a meeting held at Crisf1eld the
Somerset Rapid Transit Company of
Crisfield was organized, with capital
stock of $25,0OO. The capitalization is
divided into shares of $40 each, and
more than $4,000 has been subscribed.