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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
BABY
GETS A FRENCH
GOLD LOCKET
Four Girls In War-R Ridden coun-
try Sent Present To Baby
Whose Father Is Overseas
DONORS WORK IN AN
ARMY PAY OFFICE
Admiration For United States
Expressed In Letter To Proud
Mother OF New Arrival

OF the French peoples love for
America, Baby Ashman knows moth
ing at present but in the years TO
come Baby Ashman will know much:
and pretty golden locket and a let
ter from far of France, where her
father is soldering" are material
evidences that that love is very real.
Baby Ashman is the daughter of
Private and Mrs. julius Ashman, 4S5
Chester avenue, Eastport. Md She
was born few weeks ago. some time
after her father had left this country
20 take up his duties in the Govern
ment's paymaster service in France,
and, of course, Private Ashman just
naturally had to talk" when a let
ter came bearing the glad tidings that
he was the father of bouncing baby
girl
Her mother was before her mar
riage to Private Ashman, Miss Emily
Braun. of Eastport, and native of
that village. She is now staying with
her aunt, Mrs. c. f. Braun, at the
Eastport address.
In the same Office with Private Ash
man were four little French girls. and
they were almost as happy as Papa
Ashman when they heard the news.
1t wasn't long before a pretty little
locket with the words Good luck"
engraved upon it, accompanied by
letter, was on the way to Baby Ash
mans home from her little French
sisters. The letter reads as follows:
Paris, August 13. 1918
Dear Mrs. Ashman:- You will be
surprised, no doubt, to receive our
little note
You do not know us, of course, but
we know great deal about you. We
are French girl workers at the Pay
masters Office in Paris, and our adj
miration for all Americans is so great
that we were very pleased to hear of
the birth of dear little American
girl
1t would be great pleasure IL your
little girl would wear little souvenir
for her French sisters.
This letter will bring to all your
family our best wishes and great hap
piness.
From little French girls who love
America.
Desiree Guilledoux,
Lucette Mantier.
Suzanne Morturiux,
Adriene Plombat"
Some day Baby Ashman is going TO
appreciate that letter and locket
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
NINETY-EIGHT MEN To
GO FROM THIS COUNTY
Latest Call OF Provost MARSHALL Gen.
eral Demands 920 White And
1,200 COlored MaryIanders

In the latest call for draftees. quail
fed for full military service, Anne
Arundel county will furnish IS white
and colored men toward the total OF
2,l20 apportioned to Maryland. Pro-
yost Marshal-General Crowder has is
sued call for 1888 more men from
the various sections of the country.
Anne Arundel's quota will be made
up of 81 colored men to go TO Camp
Meade during the period of September
20 to q, incluhive. and 81 white men
to go to the same cantonment between
October and IL.
All states have quotas to fill. OF the
total $4,000 will be white registrants,
who will entrain between October Z
and IL. The remainder will be negroes,
who will move in two groups, 29,016
entraining between September 25 and
27, and 1872 on October Is.
Men who registered, last Thursday
may be needed in few districts to fill
the new quotas, 1t was said at the pro-
yost marshal-generals Office. but in
most localities sufficient men remain
in Glass 1 from the registrations of
last June and August "a to meet the
requirements
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
WORKING UP COSTS OF
MILK PRODUCTION HERE
Conference Held At Office OF County
Agent Whiteford This Morning
For This Purpose

With a number of the local milk
producers present, conference was
held this morning at the Office of
County Farm Agent, Henry C. White
ford, in the Court House. as the result
OF the hearing had last week before
Federal Food Administrator r. p Mel
win. The meeting was attended by Mr..
Melvin, Mr.. Whiteford and Professor
G. E. Walcott, dairying specialist of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
During the meeting cost sheets and
the proper method of keeping this type
of account were explained to the dairy
men. Through this method it is hoped
to arrive at fair cost and fair profit
as a means of fixing a fair milk price
to the local consumers. The meeting
was attended by representatives
from the following dairies: Fink
bine's, Bausum's, Cooper's, Duvall's,
Best's, Krueger's and Beers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
POSTPONE VOTE ON
CO. HEALTH OFFICER
Anne Arundel Commissioners Deter
mine Not To Vote Upon Question
Until Next Week

After formally receiving the resig-
nation of DR.. Walton H. Hopkins.
from the position of county health Of
ficer, which he gave up to accept a
position in the Medical Corps of the
U. s. Army, the County Commissioners
this morning determined not to take
up the election of a successor until
next week The motion to postpone
consideration of the selection of DR..
Hopkins successor was made by Com
missioner Webb of the Eighth dis
trict.
The applicants for the position,
which is an unusually important one
at this time, are DR.. j. j. Murphy,
chief of staff of the Annapolis Emer-
gency Hospital and DIR. Alfred II. Per-
rie. of the Eighth district. While one
political element in the board seems
to have lined up solidly behind Or.
Perrie, others of the board members
are being urged by the people of the
county to appoint DR.. Murphy. This
is not alone upon the basis of his un-
doubted qualifications for the position
but also because of the fact that he is
more centrally located and would be
in a position to more satisfactorily
fill the place.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
LIEUT.. WEITZMAN
RECEIVES ORDERS

Lieutenant Frances Edith Weitzman,
who recently was commissioned a
member of the Army Medical Corps,
received her orders this morning to re-
port on September % at Camp Meade
for temporary duty.
DR.. Weitzman was one of the An
napolis physicians to volunteer her
services to her country when the call
came for physicians in the Army. She
passed the examination satisfactorily,
and received her commission as Lieu
tenant some days ago, but the orders
only came this morning.
DR.. Weitzman has large practice
in Annapolis, especially among women
and children. She has been Secretary
to the Anne Arundel County Medical
Association, and is a member of the
medical and surgical staff of The
Emergency Hospital. this city
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
WHAT MR.. MUDD
SAW WHILE HE
WAS IN FRANCE
Southern Maryland Congressman
Returned From Abroad With
His Brother, Tommy" Muod
FRENCH SAY THAT THE
"YANKS" SAVED PARIS
Pershing Urged Need Of Men
And Still More Men For Great
American Army Forces

Congressman Sydney E. Mudd. from
whom Senator Frank NJ Duvall, of
Anne Arundel County, viii in the
coming election attempt to wrest the
honor OF representing the Southern
Maryland District at Washington, and
who has just returned from his trip
abroad with the members of the House
Naval Committee, who visited France,
England, Ireland, Scotland and Italy
to officially investigate and report to
Congress on naval and war conditions.
Mr. Mudd left a few days ahead of his
colleagues and had the happy expert
ence of returning to this country with
his brother, Lieut.. T. B. r. Mudd. who
for several months has been doing
overseas duty on transport, convey
ing our troops to France.
Tommy" Mudd the brother, is prob
ably better known in Annapolis than
of ST. Johns and was one of the most
popular men in his class while here.
THE American soldiers took the Of
fensive just in time to save the AL
lies,' he said, "and our boys will win
the war for the Allies. They started
the big offensive now going on when
they rescued the tired and defeated
French soldiers in the famous Cha
teau-Thierry engagement, where they
went over the top courageously, rout-
ing the Germans and winning a COM
plete victory. That they saved Paris
was gratefully acknowledged by the
great war minister of France, NJ.
Clemenceau.
II saw with my own eyes the result
of the great drive of the marines,
where these valiant fighters, facing
death, went out in the open and de-
cisively defeated the Huns, who were
concealed, thousands of them, in dug
outs and behind huge boulders, in Sc
we're hand-to-hand fighting in the
woods of Belleau; also, evidences of a
similar great victory achieved by the
Army in the same sector, near the
village of Veaux The Americans thus
saved Paris and proved that they are
the absolute masters of the Huns.
Now that the Americans have en-
tered, it is the consensus of opinion
among the great war officials of the
Allies that the war will be won in 1919,
without doubt. If the present often
sive continues with such marvellous
success the finish will come sooner.
General Pershing is of the same
opinion and emphatically expressed it.
He said to us: Gentlemen, you can
go home with the full confidence that
we will win this war. Send us 1000
900 men and we will finish the job
quicker and save bloodshed, money and
time. If you haven't the ships for
both supplies and men, send us the
men first, and as for supplies, if you
cannot send them together with the
troops, we can exist during an emer-
gency. for short period.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
TO WE'D TONIGHT

The marriage of Miss Myrtle Carr,
Of near Best Gate, and Mr.. Harvey
Myers, son of Mr. Henry B. Myers,
Of Annapolis, will take place this ev-
ening The bride will have as her
maid of honor, her sister, Miss Eva
Carr, and the Misses Armiger and
Sears, and the groom's best man will
be Lieut.. McKendree Davis. The cer-
emony will be performed by DR.. John
L. Walsh, of Edwards Chapel
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
WOMEN DRIVING TRUCKS

The scarcity of man labor is so
keenly felt in the rural districts es-
pecially, that women are doing mans
work, not only in the field and dairy,
but in all departments of farm work.
Many county women are driving
trucks, and milk wagons, which
means strenuous work on the part of
the woman, who must rise at four
in order to get to twon for the early
morning delivery.
The Davidson Farm Dairy truck
bringing the milk to to- town every
morning and evening, is being driven
by Mrs. George Davidson.
The auto truck carries service
flag with two stars, there being two
sons in the service, one in the Army
and one in the Navy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
ANNE ARUNDEL CENSUS
SCANDAL IS RECALLED
Reform League Cites 1t In Fight
Against Bill Passed By
Congress
THE LISTS WERE PADDED

The scandal in connection with the
padding of census lists in Anne Arun-
del County. and other southern Mary
land sections in an effort TO increase
membership in the House of Dele
gates of Maryland in 1900 is recalled
by the action of the National Civil
Service Reform League in its fight
against the bill before Congress pro-
viding for the next Federal census
in 1920.
The Civil Service Reform League
in protesting against the census bill
as passed in the House of Represen-
tatives on July 2, 1918, emphasizes
the Maryland scandal"
The League says in part:
'The Constitution of Maryland pro-
vides that representation in the House
of Delegates is to be based on the
Federal census, if no State census is
taken. In 1910, Republican Con-
gressman from Maryland secured the
appointment of a certain Rollins as
supervisor of his district and it was
to the interest of Republicans to have
the enumeration of the Republican
counties as large as possible.
There were three counties in
which it was hoped to gain Delegates
st. Mary's, Charles and Anne Arun-
del The population of the first two,
as shown by the preceding census,
was short of the 10000 required for
three members and Anne Arundel
was about 5000 short of the necessary
10000 required for five members.
after the taking of the census it
was found that each county was over
the limit, and there would be a gain
of one Delegate in each. This gain
was out of the ordinary, as no
other county in the State showed such
a marked increase, and the Governor
called an extra session of the Legis-
lature to provide for State census.
I'm the schedules returned by the
enumerators of ST. Mary's county, SIS
names on the last six schedules could
not be accounted for. A house-to-
house canvass followed, and the re-
suits developed in the trial of an in
dictment against man by the name
of Ching, who, with certain enumera-
tors, was charged with conspiracy in
making fictitious returns"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
NAVAL RESERVES
HOSTS AT DANCE
Large Crowd Attends The "Farewell
Ball, In Luce Hall, At The
Naval Academy

Luce Hall, known better as the
Gymnasium" at the Naval Academy,
was the scene of a large and brilliant
gathering last night, the occasion be-
ing the Farewell Ball." at which the
members of the Fourth Officers Re-
serve Glass were hosts.
These officers, who will complete
their course of intensive training to-
morrow, number some seven hundred
and had invited many of the regular
naval officers and friends from this
and other cities as their guests.
Mrs. Eberle, wife of Admiral Ed
ward w. Eberle, U. S. N, Superinten-
dent of the Naval Academy, received,
with Ensign Slickman of the Fourth
Reserve Officers Glass.
The hall was profusely decorated
with flags and pennants. The Naval
Academy band furnished music and
between some of the numbers
of dances, two quartets, one of the
Engineer Corps of the Glass and one
of the deck officers" class sang. Solos
by Ensign Dixon of the class, were
beautifully sung, and he was given an
ovation. 1t is understood Ensign
Dixon is a professional and has been
on the professional stage. He has a
wonderful voice and is vocal artist.
Refreshments were served at small
tables on the lawn which was lighted
for the occasion.
The ball was similar to the famous
June Balls" of the middies, many of
the lighting effects used at the latter
were used last night.
Dancing continued until midnight,
when the Star-Spangled Banner closed
the evenings festivities.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
ANGRY HOG, ATTACKS
RESIDENT OF COUNTY

Mr.. William Allen, II years old, Of
Severn, in the upper part of Anne
Arundel County, is at the University
Hospital, Baltimore, in a critical con-
.dition as a result of being attacked
by hog at his home yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Allen, who is farmer, went
out to feed the hogs, and while in
side the pen he was attacked by a
hog. He called for help, but was not
heard, and crawling through wire
fence he reached a road and there he
was found some time later by a pas
ser-by.
When found he was unconscious
and was rushed to the hospital, where
DR.. Lynch, Of the hospital staff, rem
dered first aid. Physicians said he
was suffering from several decorations
of his right hip that are thought to
have penetrated to the intestines.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
ANNE ARUNDEL
SAVES THROUGH
ANNEXATION LAW
School System Thousands Of Dol
lars To Good Through Getting
Rid Of Fifth District
FIGURES CLEARLY SHOW
BENEFITS TO THIS co.
Alarm Over Cut In Tax Rate OFF,
set BY Proof That Dist. Spent
More Than Contributed

Annexation does not hit Anne
,rpndel county half so hard financial
Ives number OF the local opponents
n Baltimore City's extension plans
declared during the fight in the last
legislature. Indeed, it is conclusive
tv shown that, certainly in one depart
ment OF county government, there will
he an actual saving of money to the
taxpayers. This is in the department
Of public education.
Figures just compiled for the City
Department of education for use in
taking over the public schools of the
Brooklyn and Curtis Bay sections of
Anne Arundel show a material saw
ing TO Anne Arundel through getting
rid of these sections.
These figures show that last year
the schools in the annexed area cost
ss2,9S2.1S, and that this year the cost
would be $42,45S.19, both of these
items being exclusive of the school
bond issue costs. The bond issue costs
for this year would add approximately
$4,000 to the other figure. making a
total of S52,4S5.19 AS against this
the income from school taxes of 36
cents on each hundred dollars, upon
the basis of $1,000, 900, which the State
Tax Commissioner says is the basis
lost to Anne Arundel County by an
nexation. would amount to only $685.
200. This shows a clean balance of
S27,2S519 saved from the so-called
wreck" OF the district, making an
item very much to be considered in
favor of the taxpayers of the county.
Even when there is charged against
this gain approximately $4,000 of in
come from State School taxes for use
in the schools in the annexed area, the
fact still remains that Anne Arundels
School system is over SIT 1000 to the
good as a result of annexation.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
WILLIAM TISDALE
SERIOUSLY ILL
Keeper OF Records Of Ottawa
Transmits Message From Eng
land To Mother Here
HIS CONDITION CRITICAL

Following a telegram from the
Keeper Of Records, under date Of Sep
tember IL. Ottawa, Canada, received
early this morning by Mrs. R. D Tis-
dale, telling her that her son, Private
William Tisdale. Canadian Army.
overseas, wounded in battle, was pro-
crossing satisfactorily, came another,
few hours later in the day, bearing
discouraging news. From the latter
telegram. il is feared Private Tisdale's
condition is critical
Private Tisdale, who was a student
at Cornell University, left college to
enlist in the Canadian Army on the
side of the Allies, before the United
States declared war with Germany. He
had been overseas for over a year
when wounded in battle, shrapnel so
mutilating hes leg that it had to be am
putated at the knee. Throughout the
ordeal. he is reported by surgeons at
the Lord Derby War Hospital, War
rington, England, to have borne up
bravely and heroically, but suffered
great loss of blood.
Since he was wounded he has writ
ten to his mother in this city a most
encouraging letter, entreating her not
to worry, that he was all, right, only
suffering "a little pain" and in the
letter he said: Mother, we put Frit-
zie on the Run, even if was wounded,
and just want to get well to be able
to get Fritz again"
The bravery of the Annapolis boy,
not twenty years old until next De-
cember. who with his leg shot to
pieces with shrapnel, can write like
that, shows the typical American spirit
that inspires our boys over there in
the trenches.
The first telegram received by Mrs.
Tisdale this morning was as follows:
Ottawa, Sept II, 1918.
Mrs. R. d. Tisdale,
annapolis, Md
Referring to your inquiry ca
Bile received from England States,
Private James W. Tisdale, Lord
Derby War Hospital, Warrington,
"tSigned,}
Director of Records"
Within two hours after receiving
this encouraging news, Mrs. Tisdale
received another telegram under date
of Sept. 16, which said:
Sincerely regret informing you
Private James w. Tisdale serious
ly reported"
This was also signed by the Direc-
tor of Records.
Below the latter telegram are the
words:
"Shrapnel knee amputated Sep
tember H."
The worst is feared now, although
the mother of the injured boy bears up
bravely and hopes there may be some
change for the better in her sons con-
dition
Private Tisdale has two brothers,
graduates of the Naval Academy,
Lieuts Merrick and billiard Tisdale,
now at sea.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
STATE GUARD
AT RIFLE RANGE

Another quota of company M, Of the
State Guard, this city, has been de-
tailed for practice at the Rife Range
at the Naval Academy on Saturday
next.
1t has been the custom to send a
detachment to shoot each week at the
navy range, as the Government has
arranged to have sent to the various
rife ranges of the navy rife clubs and
other organizations for practice.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
INJURED MAN
REPORTED BETTER

Mr.. Theodore Boettcher, who was
painfully injured in an accident on
Saturday afternoon by having his foot
caught in the engine of gasoline
boat, while returning from cunning
trip, is reported somewhat improved
this morning.
Mr.. BoettcIier had more comfort
able night and rested well until an
early hour this morning when the
Stork visited his home and left a baby
daughter, Beulah Theodore, the third
girl in the family. Mother and infant
are reported to be doing nicely.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
COMPANY M, INVITED
TO MILITARY BALL

Company M of the local State Guard
has been invited to the great regimen
tai ball to be given tomorrow night
by the Second Regiment of Baltimore
in the Fifth Regiment Armory, that
city.
Plans for special train are being
arranged. to leave here tomorrow ev-
ening at seven o'clock and the Short
Line will agree to run return train
after the ball, leaving Baltimore at
one o'clock a. M, if one hundred pas
sengers can be secured. Tickets for
the ball have been given out to the
service men here and all soldiers and
sailors are invited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
TOTAL REGISTRATION IN
MARYLAND is 1908
OF These 16O,744 Are Native Born,
6,055 Aliens With First Papers
and 1O,3O3 NOndecIared.

Figures furnished yesterday by Ad-
jutant General Henry NJ Warfeld
give the total registration of men I'm
Maryland between Is and As years OF
age on Thursday as 177,09S The fig
ures in detail follow:
Native born citizens (white), 141,-
839; colored, 31,622; declared aliens
with papers), 6,055; non-declared
aliens. 10,303; total native born. 16O,-
744; total of all classes, 177,098.
Because of the exceptionally heavy
registration last Thursday the draft
bords of the different cities have been
working day and night making up
their index cards. and getting ready
to send out their questionnaires. The
questionnaires are expected to begin
to go out this week.
The men between 19 and sc will be
the first to get their missionaries.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
JURY WILL BE DRAWN
ON FRIDAY MORNING

The talesmen from among whom
will be picked the members of the
grand and petit juries for the Octo-
Der term of the Circuit Court for An
ne Arundel County that convenes on
Monday, October 21, viii be drawn
on Friday Of this week. The jurors
will be drawn by Judge Robert Mess
at the same time he announces his les
ignation of the foreman of the grand
Jury.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CO. ORPHANS COURT

The proceedings of the Orphans
Court for Anne Arundel County, this
morning, were as follows:
The last will and testament of
Philip Henry Mccall, was filed and ad-
mitted to probate. In the same estate
the executors bond of Minnie NJ. Nc
Call, was filed and approved, letters
granted and notice to creditors given.
The petition in the matter of the
guardianship of Daniel Brashears and
Lewis Brashears was filed and passed,
together with the application for the
appointment of Frank H. Stockett and
guardian, and his bond for this posi-
tiOn
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
WEST ANNAPOLIS SUPPER

The reports from the committee on
the supper given last Thursday even
ing on the lawn of the West Annapolis
NJ f. Church were submitted today.
The supper was held under the au-
spices a' the Lsd.es Aid Society, Mrs.
L. S Norris. president.
The good sum of $S5.64 was real
lied one third if which will be turned
in to the Anne Arundel County Chap
ter of the Red Cross.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-17
PRIMARY ELECTION
AN EXPENSIVE ONE

Bills presented to the County Com
missioners by the Supervisors of
Elections today and passed by the
Commissioners. showed last weeks
primary election to have been most
expensive affair to the taxpayers of
the county. With a number of the
officials yet to be heard from with
their accounts for work in the cleo
ton. the total of pay for those already
heard from amounts to $1,622.20, and
in addition there were bills for "inci-
dentals" amounting to S5s.45.