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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
FUNERAL OF JUDGE MERRICK.
Retired Jurist Buried at Upper MARI
horo---A Distinguished LAWYER.

The funeral of Judge George {.
Merrick. formerly an associate JUS
tice of the seventh circuit, whose death
occurred at Upper Marlboro. Prince
George county, Monday. took place
Wednesday from st. MRry's Catholic
Church. The Rev. Father Laughrn,
pastor of St. Mary's. officiated.
The active pallbearers were Frank
Parran, Prince Frederick; Adrian
Posey and Walter j. Mitchell, La
Plata: James C. Rogers. Hyattsville;
Frederick Sassscer, Upper Marlboro,
and c c. Magruder. Clerk of the Court
OF Appeals. The honorary pallbearers
we're Judges John p Briscoe, B. Har-
ris Camalier and Fillmore Beall.of the
seventh circuit, and Trueman Cross,
Horace Crozier, Frank Nj Duvs.ll and
w r. Ryon.
Judge Merrick was appointed De-
cember IL, 1895, by Governor Lowndes,
10 Gil out the unexpired term of Judge
John b. Brooke, retired on account of
having reached the age limit. The
following year he was elected by the
Republicans for a term Of is years.
During the administration of Cover
nor Crothers Judge Merrick was retired
on account of having reached the age
limit, and Judge I. Van Ciagett was
appointed until the next succeeding
election, when Judge Fillmore Beall,
Democrat, was elected.
Judge Merrick was born in Charles
county, rear Port Tobacco, April %.
1889. During the Civil War he was
second lieutenant in Company G. First
Maryland Confederate Cavalry, serv-
ing under Captain Sturgis Davis. On
December "a, 1864, he was in COM
mapd of a section of his company at
| Upperville, Va, and led a charge
against the Union forces which result
| ed in the latter's rout After the war
he returned 10 Charles county, and was
elected states attorney for that coun-
| ty on the Democratic ticket. After.
ward he removed to Prince George Z
county and ran on the Independent
ticket, and was elected states attor.
ney of that county. At the same cleo
tion the late John R. Brooke was elect
ed on the Independent ticket.
Some years ago Judge Merrick be.
came active in politics as Republic
can. In the later years of his life he
was an ardent advocate of temperance
for Prince Georges county. ana it il
b elieved that this feeling was brought
alb out by his experience with violatorl
of the liquor laws while serving al
judge of the circuit. He was regarded
as exceedingly severe in cases involv
ing the morals of the county. although
he was kind-hearted and charitable un
der ordinary conditions.
He married Miss Alice Warning, sis
ter of DR.. William Waring, of near
Upper Marlboro. He leaves five chill
dren (Mrs. Joseph X. Roberts, Mrs
Julia Tisdale, widow of Lieutenant ]
r. Tisdale. of this city; Miss Rather,
inc Merrick. Miss Mary w. Merricl
and George b. Merrick.)
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. Fox Preston and Miss Jean
Preston will attend the Army-Navy
football game with Ensign Kendall
Preston, of the U. S. S. Wyoming.
Mr.. Philip Carroll spent Thanks.
giving with his sister and brother Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Carroll, of Madison
street.
Miss Agnes Himmelheber has gone to
Chi cago as one of the Maryland dele
gates to the Convention of the Inter.
national Federation of Catholic Alum
nae.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner spent Thanks
giving in Baltimore where Mrs. Turner
will remain over Sunday.
Justice James d. Feldmeyer, his
sister Miss jamie Feldmeyer and nieces
Misses Dorothy and Marjorie Brewer.
left t,day for New York to witness
the game tomorrow.
Mrs. James M. Magruder and Miss
Magruder of Hockey" wife and
daughter of the Rev. James M. Magru-
der, Rector OF st. Margaret's, left
today for New York to witness the
game.
Miss Emily Brown, niece of Mrs.
George s. Bell, spent Thanksgiving at
the Manse with the Rev. DIR. George
S. Bell, and Mrs. Bell. Miss Brown
is stuent of Chevy Chsse School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McKnew. of
Baltimore, spent Thanksgiving with
their cousin, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Car
roll, of Madison street.
Mr.. William Tisdale, a student of
Mt. st. Mary's College, Emmittsburg.
was at home to spend Thanksgiving
with his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Nj. Harrington. of
Dover, Del, and their small son, are
spending the weekend with Mrs. Har-
rington's brother in law and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Munford, Murray
Hill.
Mr.. aud Mrs. c. A. MrCarthy and
daughter Miss Mary Weller. who has
recently returned from an extende d
trip to the Pacific coast, spent Thanks
giving at Marta Lodge, at Arundel on
the Bay.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
RELIC OF SUBMARINE TRAGEDY.
Fragment Of U. S. Flag From F-4 Re-
poses in Glass Case.

A tattered brown fragment of cloth
measuring but few inches has been
placed on display under a glass case
in the Offices of the Secretay of the
Navy Daniels, at Washington.
II is all that is left of the national
ensign which once flew at the stern of
the submarine F-4. lost off Honolulu
harbor with her whole ships com
pany The flag had been taken down
and stored in a locker before the boat
submerged on her fatal trip.
All that remains is few inches of
the starry field. from which nearly
every vestige of color has been washed
by the action of the sea and the bat
terry solutions in the boat during her
five months under water. The relic
has been placed on new flag to show
how much of it was destroyed.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
FOR s1.5OO,oOO PIER.
Il. & o. Lets Contract TO Erect Huge
Structure at Curtis Bay.


Contracts were let yesterday by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
for the construction of its huge new
coal pier at Curtis Bay( Baltimore,
which will cost approximately 81 ,500,-
600 when complete.
The structure and bulkhead will be
erected by H. S. Kerbaugh. Inc, whose
headquarters are in the Munsey Build
ing, and in New York, and this COM
pany will also do the dredging The
conveying machinery will be furnish
ed by the Robins Belt Company, of New
York, while the car bumpers will be
installed by the McMyler Interstate
Company. of Cleveland, Ohio. and he
grading will be done by Smith McCor-
mick, of Easton, Pa.
The thawing shed, in which tie coal
in carloads will be placed in cold
weather prior to be dumped over the
pier, will be built by the Surety Engi-
neering Company. of New York.
In announcing the placing of con-
tracts. officials of the railroad stated
that all of the work would be started
at once, it being expected that the new
Improvement will be ready for oper-
alton during the season of 1916.
The pier will have the capacity of
10,000.00 tons year and vii. be the
largest structure of its kind ever plan
ned. 1t win contain many features
which are entirely new, as it will be
possible to load vessels from either
side of the structure with great rapid
ity or concentrate the total capacity
to the loading of one vessel
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
FLEET TO VISIT CHARLESTON.
Nine Battleships and Fifteen Destroy
ers to Aid Peace Celebration.

The Secretary of the Navy is to or
der nine battleships and fifteen de-
stroyers and torpedo boats to the an
nual meeting of the Southern Com
mercial Congress at Charleston. S. C.
December 13 to IL. to celebrate fifty
years of national peace. it is announc-
ed in Washington.
The battleships designated are the
South Carolina, Utah. Michigan. Kan
sas, and Florida. of the second divis-
ion. and the Virginia. Georgia. New
Jersey and Rhode Island of the third
division.
The destroyers of the reserve tor
pedo fiotilla taking part in the demon
stration viii be the Reid. Lamson. Per-
kins. Wake, Flusser, Preston. Mona
CHAN, Roe, Sterrett, and Terry. The
torpedo boats are the Dahlgren, De
Long. Shubrick, Thornton, Tingey.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26

"Chimmie Fadden." a good comedy
= Colonial. Saturday. sdv. t2n26
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26
A CARD OF THANKs.

desire herewith TO extend nv
thanks to neighbors and friends for the
many kindnesses shown during the
short illness and subsequent death
of my husband, William Davis, and
for sha beautiful floral tributes.
tSigned). MRS. WILLIAM DAVIS.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26

Victor Moore, in Chimmie Fad
dem Colonial, Saturday. adv.2tn26
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-26

You can nearly always judge a
mans charity by the things he laughs
at.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

giaine, down In the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
from the Women's Guild
Il wonder what there Is upstairs
that ] can give them" she thought,
as she re-read the letter Il think
I'll see"
She started up. just as Inez was
leaving.
The adventures In the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be-
hind a door letting Elaine pass her,
without being seen.
In the attic Elaine started TO take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale, laying them aside
one by one.
An attic Is always place that calls
up memories Of the past, and Elaine
soon began to think OF things that
we're suggested by one after another
of the discarded dresses. Besides.
some OF them were scarcely worth
sending, anyway She sat down, alb.
sently, In the chair to think II over.
Suddenly a secret spring released
a set OF bands that automatically and
swiftly clamped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in grip Of steel. At the same
time vapor bulb in the back Of the
chair shot out its smothering fumes,
rendering her unconscious.
Elaine was caught in a trap.
Inez in silent exultatlon opened the
attic door just a trihe. Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
key from the inside, shut the door and
locked il from the outside.
Stealthily Inez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaines room. |
There, taking care that neither Marie |
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she |
opened the closet and took out the |
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had /
worn when she was kidnapped by Wu |
and stuffed them into a suitcase. Inez /
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
her own hat and coat and left the
house unobserved.
Half an hour later she entered the
opium joint on Mott street.
There we're both Wu and Long Sin
carefully examining a blonde wig made
up as closely as possible to resemble
The golden masses that we're the
crown of Elaine's beauty. Four or
i've other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at a respectful distance.
Have you the clothes?" asked WI,
greeting Inez.
yes" she returned. "All has been
lone exactly as you ordered
Good complimented WI. Then
'ou may prepare yourself immediate,
""
In the meantime a second trap was
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

being prepared for Kennedy. The
note of warning regarding Elaine was
merely a first step in the entangle
ment.
We were in the laboratory and
Craig was at work testing some chem
lcaIs, about to pour liquid from a
beaker into a test tube. He paused
poising both in his hands, listening.
Outside we could hear what sounded
like scratching at the door.
"Be quiet just a minute, Walter"
whispered Craig, moving on tiptoe
toward the door.
The fact was that young China
man had crept up cautiously and was
crouching there in position like
that of runner about to start in a
race. Actually he was merely wait
ing for Kennedy to open the door,
but 1t looked as though he were listen
ing.
AS Craig threw open the door he
started off like a racer, apparently
dropping piece of paper in his hurry.
l darted out after him, while Craig
stopped and picked up the paper, then
stood gazing after us.
Down the hall the young Chinaman
dashed until he came to the back en-
trance to the laboratory There he
turned and crouched again in the
darkness.
A moment later I came after him.
As l passed the door he seemed to
rise up Unexpectedly and I stumbled
headlong over him, almost stunned
as hit the floor. He rose again
and criss-crossed around the corner
of the building before could t!ck my
self up. 1t was of no use now to
chase him further and limped back
into the laboratory.
He got away In spite of me-" !
managed to blurt out as l rejoined
Kennedy in the hall. What's that?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

walk the floor. could not lie down or
sit still sometimes for day and night
at time. l was nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy.
and often felt as though l had not q
friend in the world After had tried
most every female remedy without sue
cess, my mother-in-law advised me to
take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound / did so and gained In
strength every day. l have now no trou-
bic in any way and highly praise your
medicine. 1t advertises itself. Mrs.
S. I. HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
1t has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tumors.
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, Indigestion.
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed Why don't vou trv
it? Lydia E. Pinkhan Medicine Co.
: ynn. Mass.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

arm tight TO his side. still with his
wrist pressing on the rope.
His heart fairly leaped. It worked
The cum link which he had devised
as a cigarette lighter as a joke on me
was burning the rope.
Then he pulled at tho weakened
ropes as he had before IN his futile
struggles
They broke
Just on the other side OF the door be
could hear the low buzz OF the argu
ment as Long Sin urged WI TO allow
him 10 kill Kennedy.
Very well, then" WI at last
agreed, looking at his watch and nod.
ding TO Long Sin and the others who
sprang forward.
Free from his bonds. Kennedy had
been standing second wondering
how TO escape from the room. Just
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

Yes, ma'am," she replied, handing
Elaine the faxed note.
Elaine read it. 81 didn't know about
the rummage sale before" she com
mented, as she went into the library,
but l guess I'll have to give them
something"
She sat down for a moment to look
over a new fashion magazine. Out
side in the hallway Inez was reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought, with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew, as she destroyed
it, that it was only a part of Wu's
subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and
start him on false scent.
1t was not many minutes later that
the bell rang again, and this time
Jennings answered the door, disclos-
ing the expressman with a heavy
trunk.
"Oh, guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed MAY have it taken up to
the attic, out Of the way?"
The men carried the big trunk up
stairs into the attic, a large room full
of trunks, some old furniture and
great many old dresses hanging up.
AS they set it down she signed the
receipt for it, and the expressmen
clumped downstairs.
For a moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk to unlock it.
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed it near the
clothes hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed it in the shadow back
If the chair piling up some excelsior
md other dry stuff over and around it, I
Inez had scarcely completed her
when it occurred to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

taking OF the receiver, but not an.
swering, Instead, she hung up ard
wedged the Telephone bell with a
piece Of paper 80 that It would not
ring at all.
She was about TO move away from
the desk when Elaine entered the II.
brary.
Didn't hear the telephone bell
ring?' she asked.
lnez was quick, Yes" she replied,
my former mistress telephoned that
she Is sending my trunk today"
"Oh, very well" smiled Elaine, pass
ing on through the library with an
encouraging nod to the girl.
lnez had killed two birds with one
stone. Not only had she disarmed
suspicion about the interrupted call,
but she had laid the foundation for
the delivery OF trunk which at that
moment she knew Wu and Long Sin
were preparing and packing.
IL was large trunk, and I'm II the
two willy Cinnamon were packing a
chair, as well rs the phosphorus ma
chine
Once Mistress Inez induces Elaine
to sit In this chair observed WI, tap
ping 1t significantly as he closed the
trunk, half our work is completed"
Uptown lnez, always on guard, was
watching for the safe arrival of the
trunk, when she saw a messenger boy
coming up the steps of the house.
Perhaps, 1t flashed over her, It was
some message from Kennedy. She
must get it, whatever it was.
Without hesitatlng a moment she
slipped back into the library while the
boy was still at the door and wrote
note Of her own at the desk. She
had thought out beforehand just what
plan she was TO adopt and the note
read.
Dear Miss Dodge:
The ladies Of the First Baptist
church will send a collector for our
rummags sale this afternoon. We
thank you for whatever you can give
him. Yours truly.
Miss Ella Burns,
Secretary, Woman's Guild.
Inez read over the note she had
written herself as the messenger boy
continued ringing the bell impatiently.
Then she hurried into the hall to open
the door.
The boy came in and Inez took the
note he had brought, signing Elaines
name for it in his book. She had
acted not a moment too soon, for
Elaine had heard the bell and was
now coming downstairs herself
Was it anything for me- Inez?" she
asked.
lnez deity palmed the letter and
the note she had written.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09
a. Wldow,a orIeunnn.

THAT fortune teller got all mlxea
up on my husbands" said the grass
widow as she left the seventh daugh
ter with an escort holding tight. "sha
said had had two; then she wouldn't
say would have three. ] thought
that mean Of her. Instead. she kept
on saying what a nice husband had
now, what a fine man he was. and all
that idiocy. Why. my husband is the
meanest little brute that ever lived
| haven't laid eyes on him for two
years. Now. why do you suppose that
fortune teller kept on saying he was
such a nice husband?" she demanded.
That's easy" said the escort. She
thought I was your husband and she'd
get to tell my fortune when she had
finished yours"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystihed by a
series OF murders and other crimes. The
principal clue 20 the criminal Is the warn
with a "cutching hand" The latest vie
tim OF the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge the Insurance president His
daughter, Elaine employs Craig Kennedy
the famous scientific detective, 10 try 10
unrayel the mystery. What Kennedy ac-
COmplishes Is told by his friend jameson
newspaper man,
After many fruitless attempts To put
Elaine and craig Kennedy out OF the way
the Clutchins Hand Is at last found 10 be-
none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine's
lawyer and tho man she is engaged 10
marry; Heunett ilees 20 the den Of one of
forces from Bennett the secret OF the
Whereabouts VI 100000. Then he gives
the lawyer a potion which will suspend
animation for months. Kennedy reaches
lfennetts side Just after he has lost com
FciOusness.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

carry not only malaria, but yellow
fever dengue fever and elephantiasis.
Glossina morsitans is the carrying
agent of the tropical disease known
as magana, while tsetse flies are the
cause of sleeping sickness.
The spirachetes Of tick fever are
borne by ticks and a mild fever is
conveyed by sand flies. Plague is due
to the flea, which carries the par
asites in the salivary glands and
leaves them in the flesh of whomso-.
ever it bites. Mediterranean fever is
carried principally by the milk Of In
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

described proves that even in the
hospitals in which the wounded sol
dlers are nursed back to life, touch
of the ridiculous sometimes lightens
the work
"The nurse of this ward" said Mr..
Oakman, "a pretty and distinguished
looking lady, in wide-winged Golf,
was at some pains to show us her pet
patient, very big, very black, and
very contented TprcO in green fez.
She told us that when he was first
brought In. he was quite badly wound
ed and unconscious They removed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use Of cutleura Soap and
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You may rely on these fragrant
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your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin Of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp OF dandruff and itching and the
hands Of chapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept Y, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

his clothing, soaked with mud and
blood, and put him in hospital wrap
per, while his uniform was sent to be
cleaned. After the Turco had been
placed in his bed and the clothing was
out Of the way, the interpreter, an old
African soldier, rushed up to the sur
geon In charge.
Z For the love of heaven, bring him
back his green fez before he wakes
up!' gasped the interpreter.
Why?' returned the surgeon. It's
dirty enough
Yes, yes, but he wears Il to show
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

weakness For two
years l could not
stand on my feet
long at a time and /
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
in ere ased every
month. l have been
at that time purple
in the face and would
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09
campalnn for safetu

The American Museum of Safety
has inaugurated a new campaign for
industrial safety and has opened quar-
ters in the heart OF New York eity's
manufacturing district Improvement
of working conditions IN industrial
lines, both as to safety and hygiene,
Is the object.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09
sTERILlzED THE SACRED FEz
American Hospital Attendants Little
Knew the Great Risk That They
Were Taking.

John T. Oakman, an architect. who
drove one Of the ambulances of the
American hospital in northern France
TOR several months last winter, lee
tnred on his experiences and the work
Of the hospital for the benefit of the
American hospital. says the New York
Evening Post. One OF tN incidents he
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

Sir Donald Ross, who discovered
how the anopheIes or notified winged
mosquito carries malaria, gave in
lecture at ChaTing Cross hospital an
account Of other diseases that are
carried by insects or bugs. Mosquitoes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

that he has made the pilgrimage to
Mecca, and he has undoubtedly never
had IT of since. If he discovers it has
been sterilized, there will be more
slaughter in this ward than in the
trench he has just come out Of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09

fected goats. Leprcsy has been attrib-
uted to bedbugs, and some are even
beginning to tlgink that measles Is
due to fleas.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-09
sawed.oH Sermon.

Sometimes a girl makes a fool Of
herself over man. and sometimes
she marries the man and makes a fool
Of hIm.-Indianapolis News.