Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-01-08

Oooioioi NeoiSe u bradley, Jr., an(
Mrs. Bradley at their home, near Potomac
several hundred of their friends from vari.
GUS parts of the county attending. In
formal speeches were made by Prof. Will.
L. Moore, County Clerk Preston B. Ray
j. Dawson Williams and Arthur M. Mace
feature of the occasion was the chris
tenine' of the handsome cut class punch
bowl recently presented to Mr.. Bradley by
residents of Rockville and Potomac dis
trict
The cantata, THE Shepherd King" wa.
given in the M. f. Church South, this town
last Sunday evening, under the direction
OF VIM. F. Prettyman. Those participating
included Mrs, Otis M. Linthicum, Mrs. VIM
Waters. Mrs. William F. Prettyman, Mrs
Nicholas Brewer, Mrs. Grubb and Misses
Helen Gassaway, BERTHE and Mary PUN.
phrey. sopranos; Misses Mamie Hoge
Isabel Kingdom and Eliza Choate, altos
Charles W. Prettyman and VIM. F. Pretty
man, tenors, and Edward S. Greene, Robert
c. Warfield and Edwin Munday, bassos
Miss Verde Kingdom presided at the piano
and Miss Marguerite Hiatt played the violin
State Senator Edward M. Hammond has
confirmed the report that he and State Sena-
tor William W. Beck have decided to ask
the courts to review Attorney General Poe s
opinion holding that they are ineligible for
the position of general counselto the State
Tax Commission because they are State
Senators. This will be done by the insti-
tuition of mandamus proceedings in the
Circuit Court of Anne Arundel county to
compel the State Comptroller to pay them
the salary to which they will be entitled if
the courts sustain their eligibility. No
matter how the lower court decides the
case. it will be carried to the Court of APP
peals.
The Maryland Building at the Panama
Pacific Exposition will be complete and
ready for occupancy by January IS. 1t
will cost about $4,000. The last Legis-
lature appropriated $4,000 to have the
State properly represented. Maryland is
among the few States that will be ready
with its building when the exposition opens
Some of the States. including New York,
have not yet begun the work of cOnstruc-
ton. Miss Elizabeth Tilehman Hemsley
will be the official hostess of the Maryland
Building and Mr.. Andrew jackson Cum
mings. of this county, will do the the mas
culine "elad-handing" for the commission.
of which he is conspicuous member.
Another ball player has been added to
the ranks of the Washington Nationals in
the person of W. II. Lamar, of this town.
Young Lamar. who is yet to reach 18 years
of age, signed contract in Manager Grit
fith's Office last Saturday. and will 60 into
training with the Nationals at Charlotts-
vile. Va, in March. The new National is
an Outfielder. big fellow, weighing in the
neiehborhoOd of 1885 pounds. He is
left-hand batter and a right-hand thrOwer.
Lamar was tipped off to Manager Griffith
by several persons about Washington. with
the result that Griffith decided to give him
a chance to show his worth. He will battle
for a regular birth on the Nationals roster.
At the close of business on December
81 exactly $500 accidents had been re-
ported to the State Industrial Accident
Commission during the two months which
have elapsed since the workingmen's COM
pensation law went into effect November |.
OF these accidents, IA were fatal. The
other 2.4S6 include everything from slight
abrasiOns to injuries so serious as to neccs-
state major surgical operations. AS re-
suit of these accidents III claims for COM
pensation have been filed with the COM
mission, and upon these claims 40 awards
have been allowed and IS more claims are
to be disposed of. The commission always
waits five days after a claim is received
before acting on it. Some claims that
might have been disposed of before have
been held up on account of lack of evil
dence.
Jesse Lancaster, cOlOred. pleaded guilty
last Monday before Judge Rose, in the
United States Court at Baltimore, of rifling
six mail pouches thrown off trains at the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station here
and was sentenced to twelve years in the
Atlanta penitentiary. Lancaster began his
depredations the morning of September |
last, when he made way with pouch con-
tanning lot of checks and money orders
and some cash. Similar robberies occurred
the mornings of Septembet II, October 6
and "a and November and 26. He was
arrested November 28. In addition to
rifling the mail pouches. Lancaster con-
fessed to having robbed the store of Porter
Ward, at Hunting Hill. and the residence
of Thos. o. Hardy, near Wheaton. About
ten years ago he was released from the
penitentiary, where he served a term of
fourteen years for burglary