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Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
Myers station PooIroom.

Though the violations of the law In
volved in the conduct of the poolroom
at Myers Station, which was raided in
January, have been dealt with by the
infliction Of Jail sentences on the six
principals, 1t is known that the local
grand jury is steadily pursuing It's in.
quiries looking to the establishment
of the real owners of the establishment
and those who are supposed to have
been backing it and attending to Sc.
cure protection for it. 1t is also rumor.
ed here that the officials are begin.
ming to get some light as to who the
men higher up" are, and that some
presentments may follow shortly. The
grand jury is also understood to be in.
vestigating the escape of over 20 of
the men who were held in Annapolis
iail as witnesses in the matter. Judge
Brashears, who is presiding in the Cir.
cult Court, charged the jury to be most
diligent in its efforts to secure infor
nation on these points.
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ANNAPOLIS NEWS
rs TO GO TO EXPOSITION.
Governors San Francisco Party Keeps
On Growing.

Governors San Francisco Party Keeps
On Growing.
Indications are that 75 or more per-
sons will accompany Governor Colds
borough on the trip Of State officials
this week to the Pacific Ex-
position at San Francisco. Reserva.
tions for nearly that many have al
ready been made by J. Howard Eager
G. Co., 306 North Charles street. who
have charge Of arranging the itinerary
and accommodations. Mr.. Eager an
nounced that three Pullman cars had
been provided for those who had al
ready joined the tour. The Governor,
ais family and the members Of his staff
will have an observation car, with
1rawing-room compartments. The
other cars will also contain drawing
room compartments. The party will
travel as cozily as though they were in
a moving hotel. There will be no
change of cars from the time Balti-
more is left until, after completing the
big loop of more than 5000 miles. Bal
timore is reached again.
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MOTORCYCLES IN CRASH.

Two Men and Boy injured On Pike
Near Frederick.
Notwithstanding together while
speeding along the Baltimore pike
near Mount Carmel Church, on motor
cycles, Camden Ramsbury, of Freder.
ick, and Howard Mayne, employed on
the Rosenetock Poultry Farm, near
Frederick, were seriously injured.
Lawrence Willard. boy, who was rid
ing on the rear of the Ramsburg ma
chine, was hurled across the pike, but
received only slight cuts and bruises.
Ramsburg was thrown against a tele-
phone pole. sustaining serious Injuries
Mayne was severely cut and bruised
At the time of the accident the two
machines were running in the same di
rection.
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TO COMMAND ON MILDLY CRUISE.
Preston, Traut and Tompkins Leave
| For New York.

Preston, Traut and TompkinS Leave
For New York.
Annapolis. is.-Commanders Charles F.
Preston, F. A. Traut, and John T.
Tompkins of the Navy, on duty at the
Naval Academy, left Annapolis for the
League Island Navy Yard, Philadel.
phia, to take command of the battle
ships Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin,
which have been in reserve there for
several months. These vessels will
comprise the squadron that will con,
vey the midshipmen on their annual
summer practice cruise. The Missouri
will be the flagship of the squadron,
and Commander Preston will be in
command. The Wisconsin and Ohio will
be commanded, respectively, by Com.
mander Traut and Commander Tomp
kins.
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WILSON AS ARE VIBRATOR.

Named In Proposed -reaty Between
China and the Netherlands.
Washington. - Minister Van Rap
pard, of the Netherlands, informed
Secretary Bryan that his government
and China are negotiating an arbitra-
tion treaty which contains provision
naming the President of the United
States as umpire. The treaty has not
been signed and the Netherlands
minister sought information as to the
probability of the President of the
United States accepting the proposed
designation.
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$1O,5oo,OOO EACH DAY.
Debt OF Great Britain WelIniOh
Doubled.

London.-In one of the shortest
budget speeches on record, he being
on his feet little over an hour, David
Loyd-GeOrge, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, gave the British public fur
ther insight into what the war is cost
ing the nation. The expenditure at
present, Mr.. Loyd-George said, was
42,1O0.OOO C$1O.5OO OOO) daily, and he
added that IL the war continued for a
year Great Britain's bill would be up
ward Of 91,136,434,OO0 (about $685.
170.OOO). The debt of the country, ac-
cording to Mr.. Lloyd-George, already
had been almost doubled and stood
well over the $4,000, 100000 mark.
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MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest DOlngs in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING

Through q confusion in printing of
the acts passed at the last session of
the Maryland Legislature, the county
commissioners have law suit against
them, filed by the corporation Of
Woodsboro. The corporation asks for
$I,O4S.67. One bill introduced at the
legislature provided for the payment to
Woodsboro officials of the back fran
chise tax, aggregating the amount
specified in the suit. A second bill
amending the original was introduced
and provided for the payment of the
future franchise tax only. The COM
missioners claim the amended bill,
which passed the houses and was
signed by the Governor. does not ap-
pear in the acts of 1914.
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NAMES NEwsPAPERMEN.

Governor Appoints Delegates To Inter.
national Press Congress.
Governor Goldsborough has appoint
ed the following committee Of news.
papermen to represent the Maryland
press at the International Press Con,
gress, which meets at the San Fran.
cisco Exposition July to 10: ]. H
Adams, Of The Sun; Stewart Oliver, of
The News; w. B. Clark, of The Ameri.
can; w. w. Brown, of The Cumber-
land News, and Isaac s. Field, OF The
Manufacturers Record.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

The Boys Corn Club, of Somerset
county, has been organized with Chas.
w. Fitzgerald, president; Owen Twin
ing, secretary; William Ennis, treas
urer
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Fire destroyed the large storage
house and building of Charles w. Sig
man in the rear of his junk shop at
Easton, in which there was about $500
worth of rubber stored. At the time
the fire started a heavy northwest
wind was blowing, carrying sparks
and pieces of burning wood many
squares away, some Of which fell on
the house Of Richard Thomas, on Glen
wood avenue, setting fire to It. The
hose reel, in command of Walter
Wood, was awarded the prize of $40
offered by two firms in Easton for the
first reel of hose to throw water on a
Gre.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Charles NJ. Walker, a wealthy Fed
eralsburg citizen, will build a public
park out of part Of his estate lying
along Idlewild Lake.
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CORRECT SUFFRAGE BILL ERROR.
Jersey Senate, In Special Session, Re.
passes Measure.

Trenton, N. 1.-THE Legislature met
in special session here. The Senate
unanimously passed the bill fixing oc-
tober 10 for the special election to
submit woman suffrage and two other
proposed amendments to the voters.
The bill passed by the Senate is the
same as the Read bill passed at the
regular session, with the exception
that the contradictory provisions of
the law were stricken out
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Vivian Carroll has purchased of Mrs
M. E. Finlay, Of Baltimore, her fine
water front farm, located in Madison
election district, Dorchester county,
containing $50 acres.
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CANADA TO SEND 10000.
But Will Exceed Number If Kitchener
Needs Them.

Ottawa, Ont-Though there has
been no official announcement as to
the number of men Canada will send
to swell the ranks Of the Allies, it is
understood that according to present
plans 10000 men will be sent to the
firing line, and more if Lord Kitch-
ener needs them. Instead of sending
the men over in patches as reinforce
ments when required, the third and
fourth contingents, it is stated, will
be mobilized and sent forward earlier
than was at frst intended.
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CONVINCED BREAK is NEAR.
Unexpected Cabinet Meeting Followed
BY Significant Announcement.

5y Significant Announcement.
Rome.-Premier Salandra suddenly
and unexpectedly called a meeting of
the Cabinet Monday. Immediately
thereafter it was announced that
lowing to the international situation"
the King and his ministers would not
attend the Quarto celebration.
The gravest Interpretation is placed
upon this abandonment of the trip to
Quarto, where the King had promised
to be present at the unveiling of a
monument to Garibaldi and where, it
was expected, Premier Salandra would
make an important speech. 1t is gem
orally believed tonight that negotia-
tions with Austria are off.
This belief is reflected in the com
mercial and industrial life Of the city,
which came virtually to standstill
the moment the news became known.
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5000 IN SUFFRAGE PARADE.
Dr.. Anna Howard Shaw Marches On
Foot In philadelphia.


Foot In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.-The second annual
equal suffrage parade, in which about
5000 women, men and children
marched here, was a colorful process
sion in which many features held the
interest Of the big crowds that saw it.
The parade formed in the vicinity of
Independence Hall and marched
through the business section of the
city to a large uptown auditorium,
where a big massmeeting was held.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the National Association for Woman
Suffrage, refused the proffer of an
automobile and insisted ON marching
afoot.
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To Issue $500. 600. 600 Loan.

A dispatch received in London yes
terday said that another Russian in
ter1al loan OF $5OO,OOO,O 900, the success
OF which was assured. would be issued
within fortnight
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SUFFRAGE UP AGA in IN TEXAS.
Not Among Subjects Submitted To
Extra Session.

Austin, Texas-The woman suffrage
question was Unexpectedly placed be-
fore the special session of the Texas
Legislature, when a resolution to re-
quest the Attorney General to rule on
the Legislatures right to enact equal
suffrage by statute was introduced.
Woman suffrage was not among the
SUBJECTS submitted to the special ses-
sion by Governor Ferguson.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Fifty Hungarian servant girls went
on silence strike in Budapest, vowing
not to speak word until their en-
ployers allowed them two calling
nights weekly.
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FEWER TO SINK.
British Say They Have Control Of the
German Blockade.

London.-German submarines sank
eight British vessels outside the North
Sea in February. 16 in March, but
only six in April, according to the
Daily Mail Navaoi correspondent, who
Gays: ''The meaning of these figures
is clear. The British Admiralty has
not the enemy's alleged blockade un-
der complete control. Not a single
Bciush vessel has been sunk since
April 10"
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HEAR OF WAR UPON DISEASE.
Annapolitans Told About Sanitary
Survey OF County.

Annapolitans Told About Sanitary
Survey OF County.
Annapolis. - Means of guarding
against typhoid fever and combating
other preventable diseases were dis
cussed at the public meeting in the
House Of Delegates chamber at the
State House in the presence Of a large
gathering Of citizens. Mayor Strange
delivered brief welcome in which he
referred to the work of the municipal
authorities along sanitary lines. The
principal speakers were DR.. L. L.
Lumsden. of the Federal Health Serv.
ice, and DR.. William C. Stone, of the
State Department Of Health. who are
among the corps of medical inspectors
now engaged in the sanitary survey Of
Anne Arundel county.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
"UNcLE JoE's" TOWN DRY.
So Free Buses Carry Residents Five
Miles To Liquor.

Danville, nl.-Danville was voted
dry by the City Council in special
meeting for the first time in the his
tory of the city. The Council was call
ed in special meeting to act on the
renewal of licenses of 73 saloons. The
action of the Council means that Dan
vile will be without saloons for at
least year, until another expression
Of the people is had.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

F. M. Collins has sold the 4OO-acre
Hog Island marsh on Choptank River
to Theodore Hall, of Talbot, for $2,50O.
1t will become a game preserve.
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JOHN BUNNY LEFT $1,000.

Movie Actors Estate Goes To His
Widow.
New York-The estate of John
Bunny, the mOving-picture actor. who
died recently in Brooklyn, amounts to
$4,000, according to his will filed here
His widow is named as sole beneficiary
and executor.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Professor Emile Samra, of Colby
University, has been elected to the
chair of modern languages, at Mount
st. Mary's College. Emmitsburg. He
has been in charge of the department
since the death in November of DR..
Ernest Legarde, who had been head
of the department for 40 years.
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oIL.suRNINe DESTROYER.
Wadswol IN the First OF New Type
Launched In U. s.

Bath. Me.-The tOrpedo-boat oe-
stroyer Wadsworth, the first in this
country to be driven entirely through
gearing, was launched at the yard of
the Bath Iron Works. The Wadsworth
is 315 feet long and has a contract
speed of 80 knots an hour. She will
burn fuel oil. The craft viii be equip
ped with four-inch guns and four tor.
pedo tubes
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
CIGARETTE COZ Brs 100000.
Starts Destructive 81 aze In Michigan
Village.

Bay City, Mich The village Of
Hiliman' IN Montmorency county, was
almost wholly destroyed by FIRE. The
blaze started In the town hall, pre-
sumably from a lighted cigarette. Re
ports said the property damage would
reach 100000.
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RUSSIA WANTS s1oo, o,oOO. .OOO.
viii Issue Treasury Bills On Foreign
Markets.

Petrograd, via London.-An Imperial
ukase published directs the issue on
foreign markets of per cent. Treas
ury bills aggregating 20O.OOO,OOO rubles
($1OO,O O,OOO.OOOl.
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BIG WAR ORDER IN.
Westinghouse Company Confirms One.
$2s,OOo,ooo Reported.

New York.-Chairman Trippe of the
Westinghouse Electric Company, when
asked whether his company has re-
cetved a large order from a foreign
government for war material, said:
The Westinghouse Company has re-
ceived a large order from one of the
belligerent The details of this are
now being worked out l can say
nothing further now"
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
CARNEGIE GIVES $2,7oo,oOO.
Two Pittsburgh Institutions Are
Founded BY His Benefit.

Pittsburgh.-It was announced at
the Founders Day exercises at the
Carnegie Institute that Andrew Car
negie had given $2,700,D00 more to the
establishment and the Carnegie In
stitute of Technology. The latest gift.
Of which $1,200,000 is for new build
ings and $1,500.00O for endowment, is
to be paid in 1915 and 1916. Mr.. Car
negie's donations to the two institu-
tlons which he founded now total $27,-
900, 900.
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TO KEEP RAIDERS ! IT NORFOLK.
Prlnz EiteI and Wilhelm Will Be
Berthed Close r Toaether.

Washington .ASecretary of the Navy
Daniels, who just return ed from Hamp-
ton Roads, said that 1t had been deter
mined to keep the two interned Ger
man auxiliary cruisers, the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm, at
Norfolk. They will be berthed close
to each other. This will enable the
Government to reduce lbs watch on the
vessels. The reports from the officers
and crew are that they are in good
health.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
VON MACKENSEN
WINS IN GALICIA
AustrO-German Forces Drives
Back Cars Army.
5000 PRISONERS TAKEN
Flags Flung Out In Celebration OF
Victory Which Is Regarded As
Decided Check To Rus
sian Advance.

Misunderstanding to the official
statements both of Berlin and Vienna,
the German and Austrian arms have
achieved notable victory in West
Galicia, smashing the entire Russian
centre along front of many miles,
or, as Berlin roughly puts it, across
the whole western tip of Galicia, from
near the Hungarian border to the point
where the River Dunajec joins the
Vistula, which Is right at the frontier
of Poland.
Though the 5000 prisoners whom
the Teutonic allies say they have
taken do not compare with the num-
ber which some of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg's rushes netted him in the
north, the achievement, If subsequent
reports bear it out, will mean at least
a temporary check to the Russian
forces which have been hammering
their way westward since the fall of
Permysl.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

New York picture shows and the
aters can seat over 100000 persons
at a time.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
CARSON C. PECK DEAD.
President Of Brooklyn Times and
Manager OF WooIworth Co.

New York.-Carson C. Peck, presi-
dent of the Brooklyn Times Company
and vice-president and general man
ager Of the Woolworth Company, died
ct his home in Brooklyn of diabetes.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
STOCKINGS FOR FRENCH ARMY.
Entire Output OF strausstOwn (Pa.)
Factory Secured.

Reading. Pa.-The French Govern.
ment closed a contract for the entire
output of a Strausstown hosiery mill
for the next two months. This will
total approximately 10000 dozen
pairs Of stockings. which, it was an
nOunced. will be used by the soldiers
in the French Army.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Under the auspices Of the Just Gov
ernment League of Montgomery coun-
ty a rally in the interest of woman suf-
frage was held at the home of Mrs.
M. A. Keys, at Forest Glen. It was
presided over by Mrs. Ross Thompson,
of Garrett Park, president of the
league, and was attended by a large
number of the members of the league
and other sympathizers. Senator
Moses Clapp and Miss Truax, field Sec
retary of the Maryland Just Govern
ment League, were the speakers. Pre-
ceding the rally a basket luncheon was
served.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
DR.. COOK SEEKS ZANE AGAIN.

Will Attempt Ascent OF Mt. Everest,
HimaIayan Peak.
Chicago.-Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the
explorer, announced that he would at
egmpt to climb Mount Everest, in the
Himalayas. the highest mountain in
the world, this summer. He will sail
from San Francisco with party of 12
persons on May 27. he stated, and ex.
poets to reach Nepal. in Northern
India, in July. The expedition, he
said, would require seven months.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
TRAwLER SUNK BY SUBMARINE.

Patrol Boat Gives Chase, But Under
sea Craft Escapes.
London.-The trawler Lily Dale has
been sunk by a German submarine in
the North Sea, rs miles off the mouth
of the River Tyne. A patrol boat
picked up the crew of the trawler
and then went in chase of the sub
marine. The submersible, however,
made It's escape.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
BERLIN USES OXEN.
Order Prohibiting Their Use ReSeInded
and Yoke Appears.

Berlin, via LOndon.-Oxen may soon
take the places in this city of many Of
the truck horses which have been re-
Questioned for military purposes. The
police have abrogated the ordinance
which prohibited their use in the city
and the first yoke seen in the streets
in many years appeared Saturday.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
EQUAL SUFFRAGE SUCCESS.

State Senate OF California Indorses
Votes For Women.
Sacramento, Cal.-Equal suffrage in
California was pronounced a success
in a resolution adopted by the State
Senate.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
so TO 40 INJURED IN WRECK.
Lake Shore Electric Cars Collide and
Burn In Ohio.

Fremont, Ohio.-Between 80 and 40
persons were injured, one probably
fatally, when two interurban cars ON
the Lake Shore Electric Railroad col
llded near here. Fire broke out in
the wreckage Immediately after the
crash and both cars were burned.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
IRoNToN, O., HAS 100000 FIRE.
Whole Block With Masonic Temple
and Opera House, Wrecked.

ana opera 7ouseI wrecked.
1:onton, O.-Fire, which swept an
en4ire business block here, gutted the
Masonic Temple, Opera House and
number of other buildings, doing dam
age estimated at from. $15O.OOO to
100000. Portsmouth and other near
by towns were called upon for aid, but
before the special trains to carry ap-
paratus had been made up the fire was
under control.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Cleve brewer, of Saxis Island, took
some fish to Pocomoke, and on his re-
urn trip waa drowned.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

Miss Katherine A. Pritchard, of Co.
!umbia University, has been appointed
by the Maryland Agricultural College
as State agent in women's demonstra-
tion work.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
Berlin Celebrates.

Berlin is celebrating the victory, as
is the custom there, though it is ad-
mitted that the flags have been flown
before full details are to hand.
In the fighting in the Baltic prov
inces also, Berlin finds cause to re-
joice. Rejecting the Russian conten-
tion that it is only sporadic cavalry
raid, Berlin wireless comment received
says 1t seriously threatens the Russian
right and the fact that troops could
be moved so far northeast before they
encountered resistance is considered a
reflection on the Russian intelligence
system
Affects Whole Campaign.
If the Austro-German contentious
relative to the Galician situation are
correct, in the opinion of some of the
English military writers it will mean
that the whole Russian campaign in
the Carpathians is seriously affected,
making extremely precarious the posi-
tion of the Russian troops pressing
down the southern slopes toward the
plains of Hungary.
The line between the Vistula and
the, Hungarian frontier was about 40
miles east of Cracow The Austro-
Germans have been defending it stub
bornly ever since the beginning of the
Carpathian fighting.
The general comment is somewhat
reserved pending the Petrograd YER
sion of the operations.