The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest G!eanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

OF the State Industrial Accident Com
mission. held hearing at Cumber-
land in the case of Harry Halter. a
former Waterman of the Western
Maryland Railway, found dead near
the watch box on the West Virginia
end of the bridge, December "a. The
widow. Wilhelmina Halter. asks COM
pensation. The railroad company con-
tends Halter was murdered. A Taylor
tended that even if Halter were muir
dered he was entitled to compensation,
as he was performing his duties at the
time. The point at Issue is whether
Halter was engaged in interstate COM
merce when he met his death. II he
was his widow is not entitled to com
pensation under the State law. The
commission reserved decision.
The Boonsboro High School COM
nencement will be held May 26. The
baccalaureate sermon will be preached
May 20 In the Trinity Reformed
Church by the Rev. DR.. Charles E.
Weller. of Frederick. The declama-
ton contests will take place May "a.
The Rev. DR.. A. 3. Station. of Hagers-
town, will present the Atwood gold
prizes. Class Day exercises will be
held May %. Judge Martin L. Keedy
will make the address to the graduates
and present the diplomas to the fol-
lowing: Verda Ethel Long. Gladys
Magdalene Thomas. William Preston
Bast, Inez Eudora Alexander and
Richard Watson Bomberger.
Robert. the 9-year-old son of John
Hastings. farmer near fredericksburg,
was bitten in the face by dog. The
boy was playing with a number of
school children when the dog came
into the crowd and attacked him
fiercely. The boys comrades fought
the dog In On effort to keep him from
biting their playmate, but he sank his
teeth In the boys cheek, inflicting
severe decorations. One of the dogs
teeth caught the boy in the corner of
the mouth and cut deep cash about
an inch long.
The commencement exercises of the
Easton High and Manual Training
School will be held June II. The class
night entertainment will be held June
Is. The graduating class is composed
of II girls and boys, and will be ad-
dressed by the Rev. Kingdom Handy,
of Baltimore. The graduates are:
Stella Callaghan, Emily Harrison,
Mildred Norris, Marie Callaghan, Edith
Corkran, Robert Roberts, Oscar Trail,
Berton Bostwick. Olive Mallonee.
Mamie Shane, Elizabeth Pearce, Goldie
Henry, Helen Piper and Mary Wood.
The School Commissioners have pre-
pared the following estimate OF the
cost Of maintaining the nine high
schools of Montgomery county for
next year: Rockville, $6,060; Sandy
Spring, s3,365; Gaithersburg, $3.50;
Brockville, $4,000; Damascus. $1,000;
Germantown, s1,46O; Jamestown.
$1,600 Chevy Chase, $1,000; Pooles-
vile. $3.50. The total estimate cost
is $23,6S5, of which about $4,000 will
be contributed by the State.
Mr. Bashore. OF the Eastern Shore
Real Estate Company, was seriously
injured at Salisbury when a freight
train struck his automobile. He at
tempted to cross the tracks in front
of freight, which was running back
ward at about Is miles an hour. The
cars hit his machine while 1t was In
the middle Of the tracks and complete.
ly demolished it. Mr.. Bashore was
thrown out and bruised. He was taken
TO the Peninsula General Hospital,
Miss Cecilia Fieseler, 38 years old,
daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Fieseler, died suddenly In the
Sunday-school room of st. Martins
German Lutheran Church, Annapolis.
While engaged in re''earsing a num-
Der of C ildren for a Children's Day
entertainment Mss Fieseler was
stricken with hemorrhage of the brain.
followed by stroke of apoplexy. She
expired within five minutes.
Lut' er Cole, Of Lovettsville, Va,
was found on the baltimore and Ohio
tracks, near Knoxville, with his skull
crushed. He Rad been struck by
train and killed. His suitcase had
been badly torn by the train. Mr..
Cole was 36 y.ars old.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Burrell of
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. were visitors at
Mountain lake Park, followed by Mr..
Furrell's nephew, G. A. Burrell The
visit resulted IN TIE purchase OF the
Hotel Chautasqua by James Burrell
The mortgage fund committee. Of
West Nottingham Academy announces
tNat II has raised tie sum of 81 1900