The daily banner., 1918-04-12
Brief Local News
Grand Opera House tonight.

Mrs. Irving Gore and Mrs. Lloyt
kirwan have returned home, after l.;
visit tot Baltimore and Camp Meade
Mrs. c. H. Upper and son, Glib
son, of Roland Park, are the guests
of Mrs. Brice Johnson. at her home
on Maryland avenue.
Mr.. Bernard Todd, of Whining
ton, is spending sometime in this
city, as the guest of his mother, Mrs
George Todd, at her home on Race
street.
Lieut.. Lawrence Simmons, son OF
Secretary of State and Mrs. Thomas
W. simmons, has recently been
transferred from Camp Lee. Va, to
the Artillery School of Fire, Fort
Sill, Oklahoma.
Mr.. Scott Meekins left on the ear
ly train this morning, enroute for
Blue Ridge, after spending the past
week as the guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Z. Meekins, West
| End avenue.
1t may be of interest to many of
our readers to know that while the
weather has not yet cleared up, and
! there really seem to be no immedi-
ate indications of its doing so, we
! are day nearer to fair weather
| than We were yesterday.
| Mr. Miles H. Wooltord has pur-
| chased from Mr.. Herbert Hearn the
| latter's home on Locust street, the
consideration being about $4,000.
Mr.. Hearn will remove in a few
weeks 10 the Lehman property,
which he recently purchased from
| Mrs. E. A. Todd.
! In addition to The Whip" the
| big spectacular S-reel feature, with
| the train wreck, which was filmed at
| Queenstown, Md, will be shown the
Animated Weekly, which disappoint-
ed us last night. This weekly fea-
lures the start of the big spring
! drive over there" Just what the
whole world is interested in at this
| time.
/ Chief Bramble, on behalf of Res
cue Fire Company, acknowledges re-
| ceipt of check for $25 from Mr.. f.
! Milton Skinner, for the services rem
dered by the company at the fire
which occurred this morning at his
home on Oakley street. The fremen
are also grateful for the hospitality
in serving hot coffee and looking out
| for their comfort in other ways.
Wednesdays issue of The Balti-
more News contained picture OF
Lieutenant Luke Vickers, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas J. Vickers, OF
Church Creek. Lieut.. Vickers, who
gave up his position with The Bal
| itmore News last summer to join the
! Aviation Corps, is now flying in
! France, having been over for several
months. The picture in Wednes-
! days News showed him in his uni
form, ready to make a flight over
. the Hun lines.
Mary Pickford, the charming NOV
ing picture actress, who was in Bal
timore this week, at the Over There
cantonment, and made a speech in
| the interest of the Liberty Loan,
made it public thta she has sub
scribed to 100000 worth of bonds.
THE best known girl in the world, -
as she is popularity known, is as pa
| triotic as she is talented. She is
not only an actress but she is an
American, and willing, to give the
United States her support to help
win the war. Mary Pickford would
be glad to have everyone of her ad-
mirers subscribe to at least one bond,
and as many more as possible.
A fire which caught in the wood
work, above an open fireplace, in the
home of Mr.. e. Milton Skinner, at
the foot of Oakley street, was dis
covered as the result of the smoke,
about twenty minutes after three
! o'clock this morning. The fire was
| one of the most stubborn with which
the company has had to contend for
many years, being confined between
the floors and behind the walls. 1t
was necessary to tear up portion
of the second and third floors before
it could be eXtinguished. The fire
men were kept busy about two hours
before the blaze was finally put out
and the menace removed. The loss
is estimated at several hundred dol
lars.