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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
PLOTTING WITH F0Op.

The President of the National Emer-
gency Food Garden Commission late
~ said we waste enough food in our
kitchens TO feed the entire British
Army in Europe. He called attention
to the fact that this waste, however
large. is infinitesimal when compared
to the foods we waste on farms, in
transportation and in storage. This
statement is worth the thoughtful
consideration of every American 1t
indicates what we could do if we
would join in nationwide war on
food waste And now we have come
TO crisis where the most we can do
is what we must do.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

II. Gardiner Chaney, ct al, versus John
w. Anderson, Dr., ct al.
IN the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County, No. 1920, Equity.
Ordered, this 14th day Of September,
1917, that the sale of the property men
toned in these proceedings made and re-
ported by A. Theodore Brady, Trustee be
rated and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or before
the
18th DAY OF OCTOBER, NEXT.
Provided, a copy Of this order be inserted
in some newspaper published in Anne
Arundel county, once in each of three sue
cessiFe weeks before the 18th day Of Octo-
Der next.
The report states the amount Of sales
a GEO. WELLS, Clerk.
GEO. WELLS. Clerk.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

FIRST DISTRICT
First Precinct Polling House. Sec
ond Polling House.
SECOND DISTRICT
First Precinct-Truck House. Sec
ond Precinct Polling House. Third
Precinct Polling House, German
town.
THIRD DISTRICT
First Precinct-Polling House. Sec
ond Polling House.
FOURTH DISTRICT
First Precinct-Pollipg House. Sec
ond Precinct-PoIling House.
FIFTH DISTRICT
First Brooklyn Lookup.
Second Precinct-Polling House,Ship-
ley Station. Third Precinct-South
Baltimore Lookup.
SIXTH DISTRICT
First Precinct-Polling House, East
street. Second Precinct-Assembly
Rooms first floor. Third Precincl
Polling House on Second street.
Fourth Precinct-New Polling House
on Calvert street
EIGHTH DISTRICT
First Precinct-Polling House at
McKendree. Second Precinct-Poll-
ing House.
BY order of the Supervisors of Elec-
lions for Anne Arundel County,
Maryland.
WILLIAM H. PULLMAN,
President.
WILLIAM N. CRISP,
CHARLES B. HENKEL,
THOMAS o. GOTT, Clerk.
September Is, 1917.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
AN ORDINANCE

To amend Article XXXVIII of the Re
vised Code of the City of Annapo
lis, title Streets by adding
thereto one additional section, to
follow Section 10, and to be num-
bered Section 19A.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
Application For Transfer Of Liquor
License.

Annapolis, September is. 1917
The undersigned petitioner has fled an
application with the City Treasurer. for
transfer Of liquor license to present to the
Mayor. Counsellor and Aldermen Of the
CITY Of Annapolis, Nd to sell spirituous
and fermented liquors.
From GEORGE r. TYDINGS. (estate.)
No. Market Space to EDWARD Z. TYD-
INGS, No. 2 Market Space
JOHN B. WELLS,
Collector and Treasurer
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

II appears that here will be no ne
cessity TO alter the Kaiser's crown t.
fit the Crown Prince.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

Still it is not yet time to speculate
upon who is TO be first President of
the German republic.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
PUBLIC SALE
Law Library and Other Books Of
the Late Judge Brashears.

~ Anne arnnfel eonntv nv ifs order. ,lstal
September Is 1917, the undersigned will
offer for sale by public auction Mt the res
idence of the late Judge James II. Bra
shears, Coax villa" Eastport, Maryland,
On,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

Here and there is to be discovered
soda fountain where the glasses are
washed and wiped
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

That the subscriber, Of Anne Arundel
county, has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Anne Arundel county. in Mary
sonal estate of
GEORGE r.. TYDINGS.
late OF Anne Arundel county. deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased. are hereby warned to exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof. to the sub
scriber. on or before the
24th DAY OF MARCH. 1918.
They may otherwise, by law, be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
September. 1917.
EDWARDD T. TYDINGS,
Admir-.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

STATE OF MARYLAND,
County of Anne Arundel, SIS:
/. IRWIN c. GRIGGS, Treasurer Of the
above named Institution, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true.
TO the best of my knowledge and belief
IRWIN c. GRIGGS. Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of September. 1917.
FRANK A. WIEGARD.
Notary Public
Correct attest:
GEORGE I. MELVIN.
WINSON G. GOTT
GEO. G. BARTON.
Directors
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

Future brands of peace viii have to
be junker proof.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

This country is not only worth fight
ing for. but it is worth working like
the dickens for.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

Men who ask why are. we at war;
might as well ask why we resist rob
berry and murder.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

We are glad there's only one Won
Bernstorff.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
Notice of Condemnation.

IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEAiNA-
TION OF CERTAIN LAND IN ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND
FOR USE BIZ THE UNITED
STATES FOR MILITARY
PURPOSES
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

Peru is being aroused against Ger
many and one hopes that Pern's cele-
brated bark is not worse than its bite
WILLIAM II. MOSS, Auctioneer.
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ORDER NIsI.
In the Matter OF the Sale of the Mortgage
Real Estate of Rutland CAN'T and
Priscilla CAN'T, his wife.
In the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County. No. 1880 Equity.
ORDER NIsI.

In the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County. No. 1880 Equity.
Ordered, this 10th day of September.
1917, That the sale of the property men
toned in these proceedings. made and re-
ported by James w. Owens, Assignee, be
ratified and confirmed, unless cause TO the
contrary thereof be shown on or before
nth Day of October. Next;
Provided a copy OF this order be inserted
in some newspaper published in Anne
Arundel County, once in each of three sue
cessive weeks before the 11th day of Octo-
Der next.
The report states the amount of sale
: = ~ GEO. WELLS, Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
GEO. WELLS, Clerk. s11-td
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BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

Cut Flowers and POsyed Plants
THOMAS QUEEN, LES Market Street
Phone ss-s 60
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

Let The CAPITAL do your Job Print
ing Biliheads. Letterheads, Envelopes.
and Cards. . speciality.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION

To the voters of Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, Md:
Under provisions of Section IA,
Chapter 719. Acts OF 1914, notice IS
hereby given that the Registration or
ficers for the several precincts viii SIT
for the purpose of revising the REG
ISTRATION LISTS of Anne Arundel
County. Nd. by adding the names OF
new voters, making transfers, etc, be-
tween the hours of 500 o'clock, A. NJ
and 700 o'clock p. NJ. see (Instruc-
lions of Attorney General, page 167 OF
Registration and Election Laws) on
the following dates and at the several
polling places named below:
EIRST SITTING.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917.
SECOND SITTING:
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1917.
THIRD SITTING:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917.
Cor Revision Only
No new names viii be added at
Third Sitting.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-24
PHIL E. PORTER, CLERK.
ORDER NISL

II. Gardiner Clancy, ct al, versus John
w. Anderson, Jr., ct al.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17

son as long as the Channings and the
Ripleys had male children. That time
Is now passed: My boy died before at
tanning maturity you are your fathers
only child.
The fund today has grown, through
careful investment and unremitting
vigilance, to the appreciate total sum
of approximately 100000 The
whole is stored in the secret vault be-
meath this room to which the password
is your name. Three-fourths of it is
comprehended in gilt-edged securities,
Immediately negotiable; the balance of
$50, 100000 is in gOld-thus accumu
lated for immediate in emer-
gency.
Wisely employed, this treasure may
prove the salvation of your country in
this, as it seems, its hour of direct
need. Europe is atlame with war;
when peace is declared, Europe's fore
ordained way to recoup will be by
means of preying upon some great and
wealthy but defenselesS country, such
as the United States of America. On
the ether hand, to the west of US, we
have a great nation without room to
~grow-Japan. It's natural course of
growth, following the line of least re-
sistance, must be in and through u
western states. To the south of us
lies Mexico, a hotbed of revolution, in
trigue and racial hatred.
Evidence in support of Japan's de-
signs against our peace is not lacking.
The presence of her armies in Mexico,
the fact that japanese officers have
been detailed to drill Mexican troops,
is known to the administration at
Washington if not to the people; that
Japan maintains naval bases, with
Mexican consent, at Magdalena bay
and elsewhere, is a matter of common
knowledge. In my personal experience
1t is true that, following my refusal as
a loyal and patriotic citizen to make
contracts in the name of Channings,
Inc, for delivery of arms and ammuni-
ton in Mexico, Japan has left NJ stone
unturned to induce me to revoke my
refusal, and even now threatens my
life because 1 abide by it.
For myself, my dear ward, I do not
fear; when a man has passed a GER
tain age, death has few terrors for
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17

the Claiming secret defense fund.
You do not know what hat last
means. 1t is to e%nlighten you-lest l
perish with my secret undivulged-that
L am writing tonight. l have to inform
you concerning that sacred trust, that
bequest of your patriotic forefathers.
One hundred years ago, almost to a
day, he first John Claiming died. He
was a Virginian, a friend Of Washing
tons, a soldier, a, patriot, a gentleman
OF fortune, character, intelligence and
of Utmost prophetic foresight. He had
served through the War of %Independ-
ence. When the War of 1912 broke out,
he resigned his ease and took the field
as a colonel of militia.
In his military capacity John Chan
ming the First was an intimate observer
Of the lack of organization, military
spirit, training, ability to fight, that
characterized the American forces.
What he had experienced made o
profound impression upon him. He
never ceased to plan to protect his
country against it's greatest weakness
INT its greatest enemy-itself. In the
fatuous blindness of a people who then
as today believed a sacred and Just
the equivalent of resistless
weapon of defense, who thought they
had no need to train themselves for
val so long as they warred only for
the right, the first John Claiming fore
saw an intrinsic, inbred weakness Of
the people, prolific of perils which he
conceived it to be his duty to combat.
Some time prior to his death, there
fore, he consulted with the first Peter
Ripley, my forebear and the founder
OF that line of legal advisers to the
Claiming family which must perish
when l perish. Between them, the
two schemed out a scheme for a fund
for national defense in time of danger
through what we have lately learned to
term "unpreparedness." One half of
the, even then, very considerable Chan
ming fortune was set aside to be the
nucleus of the Claiming secret defense
fund, to be drawn upon or expended
wholly only in gravest national emer-
gency.
The secret and the custody of the
fund was handed down from father to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17

After a time he crept noiseiesslp
down the stairs.
There are Japanese-several o1
them-in the house. Martin must have
seen them coming and locked Us In to
prevent their discovering u.s." :
But Martin? What will they do tor
him?"
i don't know. Let's not
think about that. Let's hope
for the best. It's all we can do. Z
can't bulge that door up there, and
even If l could, I've got no weapons OF
any sort. :"
Five minutes passed. Throughout
the two could hear faint sounds OF
hurried footsteps overhead-for all the
world like the scampering of rats In
wainscoting. Then were heavier, duller
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17
EPISODE TWO
Treasure"

So young was the June morning that,
though cross-town streets already
glowed with sunlight we'll nigh as
bright if not so warm as that Of noon
day, wide areas of shadow fingered
athwart Fifth avenues silent reaches
like still broad banners Of translucent
violet.
D The thoroughfare was as lifelesS as
Main street in any village at church
hour Of a Sunday; a few policemen
blinked Indifference at the taxicab fly
ing southwark at such lawless speed.
A few blocks south of Fourteenth
street the vehicle driven with a reck-
l~essness arguing the prospect of a sub
stantial tip as reward for haste) took
a corner on two wheels and came to
an abrupt pause before a residence of
the vintage caste.
The moment it stopped, out of the
cab hoped a brisk young man and, on
his heels, an anxious young m
who ran impatiently up the steps to
white front door while her companion
tarried at the curb to settle with the
chauffeur.
By the time he was free to join the
young woman or the doorstep, she was
ringing the bell with a sort of semi
hysteric persistence.
81 can't understand why no one In
Swers," she faltered with a little SILVER
2 of apprehension. "I've rung and rung.
e. You don't really think anything
can have happened-do you, Captain
Parr?"
81 hope not, Miss Channing-but I
mean to find out pretty pronto."
She stepped back, and Parr planted
a firm thumb on the bell-push. From
the interior of the house came a re-
mote buzzing-nothing more. At a
venture the young nan released the
4 button and laid hold of the door-knob.
To the surprise and somewhat to the
CONSERVATION of both it yielded read
lily.
For a moment neither moved; only
the eyes of each sought the others,
mutely eloquent with ap%prehensive In
Quiry. Then with a quick gesture
which might have been interpreted as
bidding the girl to wait outside, the
young man crossed the threshold.
Quietly, the girl followed-to be
greeted by her name, spoken in accents
of wonder. 'Miss Patty-fo' the lan's
sake !"
An aged negro servant clothed simply
in pajamas stood transf1xed in recog-
milton halfway down the flight of
stairs to the upper stories.
"That you, Martin? Where is Mr..
Ripley?"
"Mistuh Ripley? All reckon he mus
be into his bed, Miss Patty he gin'rly
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17

Her outflung hand indicated the mas
siye marble chimney-piece. Parr knit
ted his brows, staring. The thing was
interesting if only as a relic of the
curious artistic taste of a bygone day:
none but a mid-Victorian intelligence
could have tolerated the thought of
such a monstrOus monument to home
illness. And yet the carving was ex-
quisitely done. He crossed to it, with
Patria by his side, for a closer inspec-
ton.
In whatever brain the design had
originated, it was a PATRIOTS: the
American eagle screamed in sculptured
stone, the flag Haunted b~latantly its
mOveless folds, the arms of Virginia
thanked the arms of the United States,
Immediately above the fireplace the
Claiming arms were emblazoned upon
a shield, beneath this a scroll bore the
motto of the house
"PRo PATRIA NoBIs."
"To which the password is my
namel"
Patria put forth fingers which
touched lightly the initial of the word
Patria on the scroll. She withdrew
her hand with an exclamation; the let
ter she had touched had fallen in flush
with the surface of the scroll. Parr
nodded e~xcitedly. "Try the next let
teri"
To her pressure the letter A became
as the letter p; the remaining letters
of the word followed suit as readily.
And when the last had been depressed
they heard a curious grating noise be-
meath the mantel and, looking down.
saw the apparently solid stone backing
of the fireplace proper swing massively
inward and disclose the mouth of a
narrow pasSageway.
LET me go first!"
PARIS tone was imperative. Won
dering a little at the instructive docility
with which she obeyed him, Patria
stood aside. He ducked beneath the
mantel and disappeared. -.
The passageway proved short, upon
that level. Parr advanced three PAGES
in utter darkness. Then it turned
aside at a right angle. At the foot of
some twelve steps he found another
level, advanced gingerly q pace into the
denser imaginable murk, and stumbled
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17
JOHN CLAIMING, Esq.
(B. 1757-D. 1850
Patriot, Statesman, Soldier.

- 0OAAAC1
Founder of the Claiming Secret De
Tense Fund.
Ignoring all else in the vault, the girl
Patria fingered for many minutes be-
fore this portrait of the ancestor whose
clear foresight and love of country had
created that trust whose burden had
now fallen upon her slender, pretty
shoulders.
Rapt beyond utterance, she signifed
her wish to confirm her deceased guar
dams report as to the treasure.
Parr selected one from the nearest
stack of wooden boxes, and essayed to
transfer it to the table. But it proved
heavier than he had anticipated, and
slipped through fingers unprepared for
it's weight. There was a crash; the
box lay shattered at their feet, its con-
tents spilled-stack upon stack of gold
en- double-eagles scattered upon the
floor.
There was a pause.
Patria sank into a chair and rested
fOrearmS upon the table. In her hands
she held Peter Ripley's letter.
After a little, shuffling the sheets,
she brought that one uppermost which
showed the words
"Wisely employed, this treasure may
prove the salvation of your country in
this its hour of direct need"
God make me WISE" she said-and
faltered-"God make me wise to ad-
minister this sacred trust!"
Without wholly approaching what he
did, transported beyond himself, Parr
closed his fingers over hers.
"Amen to that" said he. $50.
On the echo of his words a dull graf
ing noise sounded above their heads.
HOLOCAUST.
In the twinkling of an eyelash both
appreciated what had happened: the
door to the secret passage had swung
shut for whatever reason, Martin pre-
sumably had seen fit to close it.
Without hesitation Parr swung
about, out of the vault and up the con-
stricted stairway.
At the top he found only the smooth
surface of the closed door. His fingers
CROPPED vainly over it and round its
edges; if any NEAR there were of
opening it from the inside, it was too
cunningly concealed for his ingenuity.
But if closed, the door was not alto
gether tight. Lights from the library
cleaned round three of its edges. Parr
could not contriye to get an eye to a
crack, but he could not avoid hearing.
What he heard was, however, difficult
to interpret. Several voices were
audible from beyond the barrier, all
chattering rapidly; and though Parr
had a fair working knowledge of the
Japanese tongue he lacked as yet the
ability to translate the vernacular
when quickly spoken.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17
THE CAST.
SYNOPSIS.

On the eve of inheriting sole control of
Channings, Inc, Americas largest arms
and ammunition industry, Patria Claiming
to New York by Peter Ripley, trustee for
her estate. Baron Huroki, chief of the
Japanese secret service, busies himself to
Patria overrides his opposition with the
aid of Capt. Donald Parr, United States
secret service, who suspects Japan of in
triguing to embroil the United States with
Mexico.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17

over something soft and yielding that
obstructed the floor. In stumbling he
threw out a hand which encountered
an electric light bracket. Steadying
himself by this he felt for and turned
the switch; the brilliance of a single
bulb dazzlingly exercised darkness.
He stood in a small, ~airless, window
less chamber, furnished simply with a
square mahogany table and four chairs
on a rug. Otherwise it was featureless
but for a huge safe-door built into the
wall close by the foot of the staircase.
This door stood ajar. A black void
was beyond it. At PARIS feet lay the
obstacle which had so nearly proved
his downfall: the body of a little Japa-
nese clad in the uniform of a tele-
graph messenger-in his dead hand an
automatic pistol.
Turning, Parr called to Martin to
come down to him.
The negro's answers to his questions
enabled him rapidly to reconstruct the
prelude to a brutal crime.
1t seemed that, shortly before Pat
ria's guardian had dismissed him for
the night, Martin had answered the
door-bell to admit a telegraph messen-
ger boy with a telegram for Peter Rip
ley. Signing for the message, Martin
had told the boy to wait for a possible
answer, and had taken the envelope to
his employer in the library. But when
Mr.. Ripley had opened it, he had found
nothing within the envelope; and
when he and Martin had gone back to
the hall to interrogate the messenger,
this last had vanished.
By this ruse (Parr r~eckoned) obtain
ing admittance to the house when Mar
tins back was turned, the pseudo-mes-
senger had secreted himself and waited
ley had found reason to descend to the
treasure vault. Then, following, the
messenger had tried to shoot Ripley
down, but had met death himself in
the attempt. Meantime a confederate
had entered the house-gaining admit
lance through the front door, left un-
locked, as Parr and Patria had found
it, by the first japanese. And when
Ripley, emerging from the secret pas
sage-no doubt ever then fatally
wounded-had called Patria in New
port by long distance-the second
japanese had shot to kill and had sue
ceeded if at cost of his OWL life. .
Asking Patria TO turn aside while he
with Martins aid carried up the dead
Japanese and placed him with the 9TH
ers in the d~rawing-room, Parr left Mar
tin on guard, and conducted the girl be-
low to the treasure vault.
If any traces of incredulity had thus
far colored his thoughts, they were
promptly dissipated.
The vault was not large-perhaps
twice the size of its northumberland
was so well-flled with boxes, bales and
bundles that it afforded scant space in
which to move about. Aside from the
entrance, three walls were hidden by
packing-cases. The fourth, the farth-
est from the entrance, boosted racks
of ~pigeonholes in which were filed and
docketed packet upon packet of papers,
and in addition a richly framed oil por-
trait of a gentleman in continental uni
form, Boosting a brass plate with this
legend:
JOHN CLAIMING, Esq.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17

sleep purity late when he done work
late the night befo'-"
did he work late last night, Mar
TIM"
"He sho' did, Miss Patty-leastways
he lone say he gwine tub when he send
me off to bed bout 'leven o'clock"
"Is that the library?" Parr asked,
with a nod indicating a door toward