The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-23

was accidentally killed Friday might
in the Reading Railroad yards at
Rutherford, near Harrisburg
Harry C. (BudD Fisher, New York
cartOonigt. has instituted counter
divorce proceedings i'm New York
against his wife, Margaret Pauline
Fisher, who before their marriage in
1912, was known as Miss Pauline
WEIGH.
John inland, 5s years old, West
Virginia Junction near Piedmont
track supervisor fOr thu Western
Maryland Railway, was killed Satur-
day when caught between a car and
a steam ditcher, near Schell, WI va.
The body was almost cut in two be-
fore the machine could be brought to
stop.
Glen ID. Webster, a Westminster
boy, enlisted at Baltimore on March
18th, and was transferred go the
Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va
where he will remain under inStruc-
ton fOr period Of about four months,
when he will b. full fedged Man
Oh WarHman, and sent to one OF Uncle
Sans fighting ships.
A freight engine running out of
water Monday evening held up the
5.11 train until 10 minutes of 6. The
freight engine left it's train set on the
main track blocking the tracks until
1t went It'd the Coal Chute and back To
Spring Mills. A number of people
thought that the trainmen had gone
On strike and left their train set Oh
the main track.
Henry d. Davis, rural mail carrier
on Route No. s, has received noJice
from the Postoffice Department
Washington, D. c., of his transfer
from this Office to Woodbine The
removal goes into effect On April
1st. DIR Davis IL formerly from
WOodbine, and asked TIL department
Cor his transfer on account of that
place being hi home.
Harry ID. Fowble, agent for the
Western Maryland Railroad Company
received a telegram yesterday asking
for camping site of ESQ acres, for
the Maryland National Guard. Mr.
FoWbles interviewed the Board Of
Trade Of this city, and asked them
I'D take up the proposition, which
they did, but nO report has been made
tO him up to this time
The first act Of the new Civic
League Of Shippensburg, Pa, will be
to raise fund to hire detectives tc
investigate law violations, especially
those of bringing liquor into the Dor
Ough, which has been the county
dry town for 20 years. The league
will lead crusade on Sunday open
ing in the town and will take par
politically in town affairs
Courtesy Night which was OBJ
served by our stores last Friday
night, an evening set apart for show
ing their display of new spring goods
was success from every point. The
our merchants and the displays more
were given which inspired the Grove
and kept all Ira a good humor.
Mr, SWepson Earle, engineer Of Tux
Conservation Commission OF Mary
land, will deliver a lecture III 1t
Johns Hall, Tuesday at p. m, under
the auspices of the Knights of Column
bus The lecture will be illustrated
by scenes of the old homesteads, dat
ing as far back as 1914, landing OF
Lord Baltimore, the first city OIL
Maryland, waters of the Chesapeake
Bay. etc The public II invited. Ad-
mission free
A corn canning establishment fOl
TaneytOWn is an assured fact, al "a
w. Feeser, Of Silver Run, has pur-
chased the old brick plant site, just
north of the town, and will improve
it to suit the business Mr.. FeeseI
has also acquired about seven acres
Of land adjoining, and will, therefore
have ample room for the business
and "A switch for loading and unload
i'm cars A B ChenOWeth, formerly
of Hanover, "a, will be the manager
Of the plant.
Work has begun on hospital car
at the Union Bridge car shops. The
B. & o., Pennsylvania and w. M. Ry
are each furnishing and fitting up a
coach to place at the country's dis
posal i'm the event of war with Ger
many The INV. M coach II one Of Its
500 series, the seats are being re-
moved and III will d. fitted up III an
operating car for the wounded
Mr. James ID. Mitchell, who has
taken up the agency for the CONT
mental Life Insurance, stood third
among thirty-five agents in Maryland
Delaware and Virginia, in the last
months report. Jimmie" never
started anything that he couldn't fin
in, and dollar to a hair pin that ~
will give TIN leader thu hottest chase
he ever had for first place this month
Owing To the increased construction
being carried out by the Government
there will be large increase in the
number of employees at Navy Yards
and Ordinance establishments. Nc
educational examination is required
but applicants will be rated upon the
evidence of their experience and
physical ability. Applicants should
apply at once for application forms
from the Civil Service Commission
Washington, -. @.
After an exhaustive Investigation OF
alleged claims of greater cost in min
ing, the Federal Trade Commission
notified the anthracite coal producers
that the usual Spring reductions must
49, ALGAGR GO lit pLODC nIIQ SnOMI
there was mo- truth in the assertions
made. This means that, now The
federal government has ruled Oh the
matter, the small dealers in coal will
be able to obtain their usual low
prices at this season and, consequent
ly, coal, which has been soaring very
high this winter in addition to being
scarce, will take drop.
The rumor circulated on Tuesday
morning that the Kaiser had cnraaInit-