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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
INSU RANCE REPORT IN

State Insurance Commissioner VII
liam Mason Shehan made public his
report to Governor Goldsborough for
the fiscal year ended November 30.
1914, showing that the department re-
ceived during the year 1855, 703.36, OF
which $S2219061 was paid over to the
State Comptroller. This return to the
State is the largest ever made by the
Insurance Department
Mr. Shehan says in his report that
the increase in the revenue of the de-
partment reflects relative increase in
the volume of insurance business in
the State. and also that the local life
and fire insurance companies are
growing i'll Importance as business in
stitutions.
1T is. however. lamentable fact"
he continued, that we have not
greater number of larger life and hre
insurance companies, so that much of
the money that is sent elsewhere to
pay premiums and for investment in
securities might be retained and in
vested in Maryland properties and
securities"
The Insurance Commissioner then
speaks of the bonding and casualty
companies of the State, OF the great
size and usefulness which they have
attained and of the gratifying results
of the thorough and painstaking ex-
aminations which he has made OF
some OF them, in cooperation with the
insurance departments of other States.
In this connection Mr.. Shehan refers
disapprovingly to the present provi-
sion of the law relating to examina.
tons. He says the law provides for
only one regular examiner, giving au-
thority for the employment OF such ad-
ditional assistants as may be neces-
sary. This method works extensively,
he states, in the examination of large
concerns; and. as such concerns pay
the cost of examination, entails a
heavy burden upon them. The Com.
missioner thinks il would be wiser and
more economical to have a competent
corps OF regular examiners, who, he
says, soon would become especially
proficient in insurance examinations
and be able to handle large tasks
speedily
He asks from the next Legislature
law requiring all insurance agents and
solicitors to register at the depart
ment annually and to receive q license,
which may be revoked upon proof OF
misconduct. Such law, he says,
would go far toward preventing
switching" and "raiding" OF one com.
pany's business by the agents OF an
other-a practice which is recognized
by insurance people as wrong Similar
laws have been enacted by practically
all the other States, he says.
Mr. Shehan also recommends that
companies writing insurance under the
Workmen's Compensation law of this
State be required to have a surplus Of
at least $125,00 He says that he has
ruled that companies doing such bust
ness must have not less than $3.50, 900
capital and that he thinks they should
be required also to have a surplus OF
so per cent OF their capital.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

villages Of France which lay in the line
|of advance and Of retreat of great
army In the days to come. when there
Is final reckoning to fix responsible
pity for the destruction of these fair
places of France and for the killing of
more than few noncombatants,
there will be a controversy as bitter as
That which has marked the battling
Prom the Marine, the high point of the
Herman advance, to the Aisne, where
I The German now is entrenched, with
4 the Frenchman on the offensive and
Striking daily and boldly at his front.
Included technically within the field
4 OF war operations today is large part
'of France. Virtually all the scene of
the battle of the Marine is forbidden
.ground to all persons except those who
.go with proper credentials.
1t is my intention to take my read
'ers through some of these desolated
places of France; to tell simple and
.uncolored story Of their condition to-
usy as my eyes saw them, and to re-
peat OCCASIONALLY the words Of men and
.of women who saw the acts of destruc-
ton and who have formed their own
.opinion as to the reasons therefor.
One day the truth underlying all this
fsvage will be known. The world
probably will continue to withhold its
judgment, but the fact remains that a
seore or more of thriving French vii
'ages have persisted from the earth
1l'er manner that seemingly will not
aomit OF the excuse or the explanation
snat Il is simply the result of the acts
y ordinary and so-called civilized war
Ware.
Was Fired by incendiaries.
from Vitry-le-Francois, where left
Inc train and took a military motor.
nent hrut to HURON. or rather to the
pee where HURON once stood. The
reheh declare that this place was
'0rned BY German incendiaries. They
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
ST. JOHNS TO CLOSE JUNE IS.
Commencement Exercises viii Begin
Next Friday.

The commencement exercises at st.
Johns College will begin June II and
continue to June 16 State Comp
troller Emerson C. Harrington, who is
an alumnus of st. Johns, will award
the annual prize for oratory in the
senior class. 1t is understood that
the Rev. Frank l.. Humphreys. general
chaplain OF the Society of the Cincin-
natl, will make the address to the
graduating class. The program fol-
lows:
June IL P. NJ, dress parade.
P. NJ, junior oratorical contest.
June FL A. NJ, senior oratorical
contest
8 P. M.-Dance by Phi Mu Theta
Fraternity.
June 13-11 A. NJ, baccalaaureate
sermon by the Rev. w. Fl. Woolverton.
of Stockton, n. j., in the Presbyterian
Church. Annapolis, Md.
June 14-6 P. NJ, dress parade.
8P. Manual debate between rep
resentatiyes OF the Philomathean and
Philokalian Literary Societies.
June 15-10.30 A. NJ, raising OF
class shield and presentation Of me-
mortal tablets by the senior class.
8 p. M.--Baseball game between
students and alumni.
8 P. M-Farewell ball.
June Commencement day. 1890
A. NJ, graduation exercises.
P. M-Luncheon in Randall Hall.
go P. Manual meeting OF the
alumni in Mcdowell Hall.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

a village, or at least the remnants of
village which already has had not a
rain but deluge of fire.
There is little chance that any gun
will be elevated. for the cannoneers
are too much occupied with the multi
tude of human targets and with the
sod and beam-covered trenches imme-
diately at their front to be willing to
waste shots at the well-nigh invisible.
I am here with French army officer,
Capt. Gerard de Ganay, who stands six
feet three In his military boots and
who looks and Is soldier. If the
enemy in the trenches, battering away
over the hill and the valley at our
front wanted to put this officer out of
the service with shell. doubt if it
could see him, even if their range find
ing experts were possessed OF triple
powered field glasses. The captain is ar
rayed in what they call horizon blue"
color which so melts into the skyline
that it becomes part of it,
Ruins Where Army Passed.
To this place l have come after
trip Of two days duration in a high
powered military motor through about
twenty of the desolated and devastated
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
GOVERNORS MOTHER DIES.
Mrs. Henrietta ooldsborough
Stricken With Heart Attack.

Stricken With Heart Attack.
Mrs. Henrietta Goldsborough. wife
OF Pay Director NJ. Worthington Colds
borough, u. S. ~ (retired), died of
heart failure superlnduced by rheu-
matte trouble. with which she had
been suffering for some months.
While Mrs. Goldsborough was con
firmed invalid. her death was sudden
and unexpected and caused great sur
prise as well as sorrow In this city.
She is survived by four sOns-Goyer-
nor Goldsborough, Drs. Brice w. and
Martin Goldsborough. Of Cambridge,
and Paymaster McGill II. Goldsbor-
ough, U. s. NJ, who is now on the
battleship South Carolina.
Mrs. Goldsborough was ~ years old
The Governor rushed home from
Annapolis, just having returned from
his transcontinental trip.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
PRISON FOR NINE DEPUTIES.
From Two To Ten Years For Killing
Roosevelt Strikers.

New Brunswick, N. 1.-THE nine
deputies convicted OF manslaughter in
connection with the killing of two
strikers and wounding of many others
last January at Roosevelt, N. j., were
sentenced to serve not less than two
years nor more than ten in States
prison. Sixteen other deputies, facing
the same charge. murder, are in the
county jail here awaiting trial.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

a villa g g t h e
ground is shaken
by the trans 3
mitted tremor i'm
parted to the earth
by the shock of
the gre at guns
which are below
ing all along the
battle front from
st. Mihiel 10 the
forest of Argonne.
Sommeilles is
beyond the pres
emit in die at g d
range of the big
rifles. but an ele-
walton OF an inch
or two to the muz-
Zles of the siege
pieces would re-
suit in a rain of
shells falling on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
URGES MERCHANT MARINE.
Freiehters Needed Rather Than Battle
ships, Says Underwood.

Andalusia. Ala. - Construction OF
merchantmen rather than battleships
was urged by Senator Underwood In
an address here. I'VE need transpor-
tation facilities" said he. IF we had
number of merchantmen there would
be a way to transport our cotton and
there would have been no depression
OF business in the South"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
HARD COAL TAX BILL SIGNED.
Designed To Take Place OF Measure
Before Supreme Court

Harrisburg. Pa.-The bill placing q
2h per cent ad valorem tax on
anthracite coal was announced as APP
proved by Governor Brumbaugh. The
new law takes the place OF the act
passed by the 1913 Legislature, the
constitutionality OF which is now in
the State Supreme Court. The act
just approved is expected to raise
about s4,50O.0OO in the next two years.
half of which is to go to the State for
road improvement and the other half
is to be returned to the counties in
which the coal is produced.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

A valuable horse of j. w. Symons,
merchant at Roxbury. was struck by
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
and killed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Miss Violet Bennett, Is years old,
daughter of Charles Bennett, was
burned TO death in her home, in the
First district OF Cecil county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Frederick Stadlander, farmer, died
al his home near Princess Anne.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Charles C. Neal. of Hagerstown, was
sentenced TO the whipping post for
wife beating
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
sv EDWARD 9. CLARK.

Graf Correspondent Western Newspaper
Union.)
sommeilles, Francois I make a
Cow notes in this place which once was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
AeropIane Turns Turtle.

At that moment Warneford must
have been at close range over the
dirigible. for almost simultaneously
with the outburst his machine turned
completely over, and for a moment he
hung head down with his monoplane.
all control of which had been lost.
pitching and tossing In the swift cur
rents Of air which rushed up to fill the
vacuum created.
Then by a desperate effort Warne-
ford righted his machine far above the
earth and pianed to landing behind
the German lines. He alighted I'M
hurt, set his propeller going again and
flew Off to the west.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

The tax rate for Washington county
was fixed at 50 cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11
ZEPPELIN BLOWN
TO PIECES IN AIR
Canadian Aviator Wins Duel
Among the Clouds.
EXPLOIT FIRST ON RECORD
Attacking Aeroplane Turned Upside
Down When Bombs Explode the
DirigibIe's Gas 6ag-The
Pilot Rights Machine.

LOndon.-For the first time on REQ
ord Zeppelin in the air has been de-
stroyed by an aviator in an aeroplane
Reginald A. J. Warneford, young
Canadian sub-lieutenant in the Royal
Navy, who mastered aeroplaning only
this summer. has performed the feat,
and is somewhere within the British
lines. while the Zeppelin lies in ruins.
sprawled on the roof and grounds OF
an orphanage near Client.
Falling there blazing mass. after
being struck by the young aviator's
bombs, its crew of % men were killed.
as also were several occupants of the
orphanage buildings.
The theory is advanced that this
Zeppelin was the craft which raided
the east coast Of England Sunday night
for the fact that it was In the air over
Belgium, between Client and Brus-
sells. at o'clock in the morning, leads
to the belief that it was returning from
an expedition, not starting. Dawn
breaks early these days. and the huge
Zeppelin could be sighted far off, and
it is presumed that the craft was
headed for her home hangar when
Warneford came winging swiftly under
the gray skies.
Long Pursuit.
The Zeppelin, which was flying COM
paratively low, began to mount at
once. but the British. wasp was
speedler and climbed into the air I'm
long spirals. reaching position at
length over the Germans vast bulk
From this point of vantage Warneford
pierced the Zeppelin's shell repeatedly
with his incendiary bombs,
Without parallel in this war or any
other, is the story which the young
aviator will have to relate. for details
of the fight have not yet been told.
First came the long pursuit. for, ac-
cording to the Admiralty report, the
aeroplane was 5000 feet up To reach
this altitude would require nearly 20
minutes. and the Zeppelin meantime
could drive forward approximately Is
miles.
Then followed the maneuvering for
position, and finally the dropping OF
the bombs from which the dirigible
tried valnly to escape. Minor explo-
sions occurred, and. at last, one of ter
rife force, and the Zeppelin burst into
flames.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

The Western Maryland Sheep Rails
ers' Association was organized at
Cumberland at meeting at the City
Hall
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Fire destroyed the Clearinghouse Of
S. S. Slacum, in Lakes district, Dor.
chester county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Nicholas Carter. of Pocomoke City,
was killed in an automobile accident
at Whaleyville.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Alexander Kilgour. of Rockville, an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for states attorney
for Montgomery county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Three midshipmen were ordered dis
missed from the Naval Academy and
a formal court Of inquiry has been de-
tailed to conduct thorough probe of
the 'gouging" scandal or theft of ex-
animation questions propounded for
the late annual examinations and as a
result of which several other midship-
men also are involved.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

Five men were injured when an
automobile ran off the State road near
Locust Grove and crashed into a tele-
phone pole. Mr.. Gundry and Mr.
Sells. both of Hebron. Dorchester
county. were the most severely hurt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

County Commissioner George G..
Bradley, Jr.. of Montgomery, made an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination to succeed
himself. He was appointed by Cover
nor Crothers to fill out the term of
Commissioner Richard Humphrey Cis-
sell, who died shortly after being re-
elected.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

After generating Ovid V. Shaw of
the charge of killing his brother,
Alfonza Shaw, near White Plains, Md,
the same coroner's jury reassembled
and made another investigation before
Justice Wilkerson, A verdict was re-
turned charging Ovid V. Shaw with
the murder. Shaw was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Penn and placed in Jail
at La Plata.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

The commencement exercises of the
North East High School was held in
the assembly room at Elkton, the adj
dress to the graduates being made by
Hon. Emerson c. Harrington.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
UNPARALLELED in History.

Nothing in history parallels existing
conditions in international exchange.
Chaos Immediately followed the out
break Of the war. but then it was this
country that stood at a disadvantage
in the money markets of the world.
Now the position is completely re-
versed, and the American dollar 10
worth more than ever before. Enor-
nous European purchases of war sup
plies and other commodities In domestic
markets have caused such pro-
nounced depreciation Of foreign funds
that unusual measures will be necea-
sary to afford adequate relief Rates
OF sterling this week dropped to tho
previously unheard of level OF 1854.
while continental bills also established
new low records, altho some recovery
occurred from :he bottom figures
Prominent banking interest are consid-
ering plans with view to correcting
the abnormal situation, and definite
announcement in this regard is ex-
pected in the early future. Rumors are
rife OF pending importations of an I'M
precedented quantity of gold to be used
as a basis for the creation Of huge
English, French and Russian credit in
this country. The necessity Of effective
action Is fully appreciated in all quar-
tiers, but nothing is as yet officially
known Of the exact scope of the nego-
tiations now in progress.-Dun's Re-
view.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

air the fruits of orchard and garden,
and the larger sense of possession
which comes with few acres in con-
trasr to a town lot on hot and
crowded city street.
The Des Moines Tribune wants to
know why the attendants upon the SUI
pervisors' convention. which adopted
resolutions at Des Moines the past
week. condemning hard roads for the
did l OF take fifteen minutes
ride TO the two brick paved roads lead
ing out of Des Moines. These roads
were paved with costly material for
roads, and so per cent of the
cost vas charged 10 the abuEters-and
YET the Tribune says that If these
abuttess We're interviewed now they
would all be found to be enthusiastic
advocates of paved roads. TIL are
getting more out Of the roads than they
put in, Notwithstanding the fact that
the road ran past average properties In
the main.
A paving tax looks rather large be-
fore it gets to the taxpayers. After ii is
past, and the paved road is left, he
average property owner would not give
up the ROAD for several times the tax
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
HANGING IN IOWA.

Unless by decision Of the supreme
court or by executive interference his
sentence is committed. Martin NJ.
O'Donnell will be hanged by the neck
in the prison at Fort Madison. Sept. 3.
The supreme court may order a second
trial or the governor may use his
power to commute. Otherwise the
man will be hanged.
1t is a horrid contemplation, that of
the man in prison awaiting those who
shall bind him and take him forth to
choke him to death. Ii is scarcely less
horrible to those who are to accom-
plish the legal killing with their own
hands. And it is only less terrible to
those in whose name and by whose
authority the man is to be put to
death-the people of the state of Iowa.
This editor recalls day in his own
early boyhood that has left scar on
his soul A man was to be hanged in
the nearby county town. 1t had been
cruel and brutal murder, committed
by a worthless hanger-on Of a brothel,
thru jealousy Of another man much OF
his own stripe. The day came upon
which the murderer was to be hanged.
The little boy, fully informed by the
newspapers and common conversation
as to the process and the hour and
minute of the execution, sat frozen in
S@ ~; ~ 81 ip---a 1:,t,, o
that legal killing His imagination
pictured the scene and when the hour
came and the clock struck he seemed
to hear the rafting fall of the trap
and the soft shock of a body at the
end of the drop and hid his face in his
hands 10 shut out the horrid thing at
the end of the rope. He has seen
many horrors since terrible and awful
wrecks of humanity. but never spent
an hour like that And his conclusion
today is that however much me man
deserved hanging the child had not
earned that ghastly hour or deserved
10 recall il with a sense OF sickening
all his life
When We take a human being out TO
a scafold and hang him before the
world we execute more than the Grim
inal We Kill certain finer sensibilities
III ourselves and our children. No
would permit cinema OF
a legal killing. II al execution We're
to be autographed in print. with its alb
horrent details brought out in high
lights, the reading public would turn
from the story with a sense Of the de-
,estable And yet the acc itself is
more gruesome than any story that
could be written.
Capital punishment should be dis
continued. It belongs 10 the darker
ages, With the ancient idea OF punish
nent that devised penalties heinous as I
the crime itself. that broke men on .
wheels ard rotted them alive in the (
boat, and sent parts OF disInembered
criminals to be hung il market places ,
Let's abolish capital punishment in
Iowa. not so much on account OF the
criminal who may fall under the PEN
atty but for the sake Of Iowa and her
people
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
SIOUX CITY AS A PIONEER.

Sioux City has pioneered in fash
ion that Should attract the notice and
emulation OF other cities-she has sent
"a persistent boouesger to the peniten-
uary 10 mediate on his career and
learn the lesson that bread earned in
freedom is sweeter than PRISON fare
achieved by disregard Of the laws made
and provided against Bookkeeping.
The bootlegger Is 3 useless ana an
noying resident of any community.
Even those who patronize him despise
him Usually he is despicable in many
ways outside Of Illegal occupation. In
cases ne boullegs because the woman
Who keeps him has refused 10 share
her shameful earnings with him. AL
ways he is q lazy and worthless in
dividual Jal. means little 10 him for
he has no self respect to hurt. Oc-
casionaly he is an old man or a
cripple without much moral force VINO
5rttts desperately into bootlegging. OF
a.. the boot.esging fraternity this is
the only class that deserves the Slight
est sympathy or clenency. The par
ticular bootlegger who deserves the
severest treatment is tina, one who
combines ooot,egging with business
which depends upon public support
who poses as a business man and sells
booze on the side for the profit or in
defiance Of ths sense Of the community.
The Sioux City way Is the best way.
L 5 little astonishing 70 observe
SIOUX city il the front rank in this
instance put a little inquiry will make
her position Underestimate bic. Sioux City
has lately put away" chief OF pc
lice who vas selling the city 10 the
underworld. Ii has come 10 the jump
ing of place and proposes 10 make GER
tain bad and undesirable citizens
afraid Perhaps it is not ESSENTIALLY
moral question with Sioux City but
question Of government by decency or
indecency. That's what the question
comes TO at last.
It would be a good thing for the
town" 10 ssrd delegation of boot
legge-s down TO the pen. 1t would De
by way of benefit 10 the boor.egger
himself He would learn 70 work there.
Exercise would remove some of the
preponderance Of paunch noticeable in
certain OF the gentry and thus prolong
life. Why not try it out?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
A TYPE AND WHY.


Do you know that the most chronic
kicker about his home town is gem
orally a vociferous booster for his
home town when he gets away from
home? If Newton knocker were
transplanted TO the Dakotas or Mon
taaa for "A six weeks summer vacation
ne would spend his entire time tell
ing what a rrand city he came from,
etc, and so on.
He does this for two reasons-frst
he is 50 constituted that he can not
see the advantages Of mis- Immediate
environment and he must lend his
tongue to criticism. In the second
place, he would be a reflection on his
home and his choice OF place 70 live
If he continued to lambast his home
town when in a strangers community.
Then. too. a little touch Of home sick
ness always fills the heart with the
same reflections that harrassed the
prodigaI son. II a few Of the most
harping critics could live away from
home long enough they might be con-
verted into pretty fine folks.