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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
ST. JOHNS MEN
HONOR COLLEGE
Promotions At Camp Gordon
Training School For Officers
Include Many Local Men
ATHLETES AMONG THEM

The following st. Johns men who
have qualified for officers in the
Army, after intensive training at
Camp Gordon, Georgia, are the fol-
lowing:
Second Lieut.. James r. Cook, In
fantry, (N).
Second Lieut.. Edwin selby, In
fantry
Second Lieut. Thomas A. Northam.
Infantry.
Second Lieut. j. Ligon Coyner. In
fantry.
Second Lieut.. edwin Plassnig, In
fantry.
Second Lieut.. Thomas C. Basil. In
fantry.
Second Lieut. F. Howard Thomp-
son, Infantry
Second Lieut. Benz. Michaelson. In
fantry, (ND.
Second Lieut.. Walton r. Nelson. In
fantry, (M).
Second Lieut. Charles Steele, Field
Artillery, Camp Taylor, Ky.
The three marked "M' have been
assigned TO the school of Musketry,
at Camp Perry, Ohio. Two are from
Annapolis, Thomas Basil, son of City
Fire Marshal Basil, and Howard
Thompson, son of DR.. and Mrs Frank
II. Thompson.
BENZ. Michaelson is from Gallo
ways, this county.
Several of these were athletes at
st. Johns. Cook, Coyner and Plass-
nigs were well-known football play
ers on the college team, and Northam
and Thompson did excellent work on
the baseball squad.
Michaelson, Cook and Nelson, were
all Majors of the battalion during
their senior year.
Charles Steele was also a good
baseball player, having been short
stop on the st. Johns College team.
Athletics has proved great help
in army training, and athletes have
seemed to have advantage in the
training schools.
Athletics teaches teamwork, and
requires discipline, self control, alert
ness and the sportsmanship which is
acquired in athletics, help in army
training. Athletics coordinate brain
and muscle, which is an advantage in
army training.
The Duke of Wellington once said,
waterloo was on the training field
of Eton."
So it may, the war will be won by
the athletes in the army today.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
SEVERNA PARK NOW
PLANS IMPROVEMENTS
Improvement Association OF Thriving
Community Files Incorporation
Papers In Local Court

Severna Park, the thriving settle
ment on the Maryland Electric Line
between Baltimore and Annapolis, is
going to get some improvements and
start for itself a boost. The Severna
Park Improvement Association yes
terday took out incorporation papers
in the local Circuit Court, and will
from now on get busy with the i'm
provenent plans. The waterfront,
streets, sewerage and lighting system
are included in the plans of the As
sociation. Special police and fire pro-
lection are also to be provided. The
incorporators of the Association,
which has at this time no capital
stock, are: Edwin F. Samuels,
Charles w. Maydwell, Joseph T.
Steiner and ROLAND Teel.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
ORDER
WILL RESTRICT
Soldiers OUTING
Local Fuel Administrator Says
Trucks And Autos Cannot Be
Used To Convey Them
MANY SUNDAY
TRIPS SPOILED
Those Contemplated For This
Sunday Will OF Necessity Be
Called Off

"Win the new regulation govern
ing the use, or non-use of gasoline
on Sunday restrict the outings plan
ned for service men?" was the in
quiry made today of the local Fuel
Administrator, Mr.. Walter H. Hart,
by a Capital representative.
Most certainly" was the ready and
quick response.
while there is no order issued
by the Government" continued Mr..
Hart, ~and it is only a request, We
(Fuel Administrators will be oblig-
ed TO see to il that the motor vehicles
that are run on Sunday, September 1,
and on Sundays thereafter. have their
number taken, and these will be list
ed and turned in to Washington,
which will deal with the cases in
question.
"If the request to conserve gasoline
by the non-use of automobiles and all
other motor vehicles and motor
trucks on Sunday is not respected"
continued the local Fuel Administra-
tor, "the Order demanding same is
sure to follow"
"In my opinion it will not be wise
for any one to throw the Request to
the discard"
Mr.. Hart was asked If country folk
would be allowed to come to church
in their automobile, and he said No"
He was likewise asked IL persons liv-
ing in nearby city and spending the
weekend here would be allowed 10
return home Sunday night in their
car, and a negative reply was given.
The gist of the matter is the Gov
ernment has requested that no gaso-
line be used on Sundays, and the Gov
ernment expects the request TO be re-
spected, if not, there will follow a
mandatory order.
The Request" however, will play
havoc with the entertainments plan
ned for the soldiers and other men of
the service, many of whom were to
have been entertained on the coming
Sunday in the lower part of the coun-
ty, and on the following Sunday at
Arundel-on-the-Ba all of which will
be, of necessity, called off.
One Sunday entertainment, how
ever. will proceed as planned, that at
Millersville. where the men are TO be
taken to Indian Landing in a STEAM
launch, and no gasoline is to be used.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
TO ORGANIZE THE
STATES WAR MOTHERS
Meeting To Elect Officers For
Body To Be Held On Tues
day Morning In Baltimore
MORE LOCAL MEMBERS

1t is expected there will be a large
attendance from Annapolis at the
meeting to organize the War Mothers
of America in Maryland and to elect
officers for the body, which will be
held at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore,
next Tuesday at 1880 A. NJ. All
women with husbands, sons, brothers
or fathers in the war are eligible for
membership and are urged to be pres
ent
The invocation will be made by Lit.
p. @. Wilcox, chaplain of Fort Nc
Henry, and several solos win be-sung
by Mrs. Jeanne Woolford, accom-
panied by Miss Grappel. Mrs. Hester
Dorsey Richardson. State Genealogist.
will make an address on Our Ameri-
can Crusaders, and Miss Mamie
Irvine, head of the Government En-
ployment Bureau for Women, will
speak of the need for women in the
laboring world.
The following War Mothers" have
sent in applications today to The Cap
ital:
Mrs. L. A. Laigle, husband in serv-
ice; Mrs. j. A. Farrell, son in navy;
Mrs. j. F. Stevens, Jr., husband in
army; Mrs. Paul Holley, son in army;
Mrs. Charles Brady, Parole, son in
army; Mrs. Jessie Morris, son; Miss
Dorothy Morris, brother; Mrs. Nettie
c. Phillips; Mrs Everett w. Smith,
whose husband, Mack Smith, has been
serving with the torpedo flotilla over
seas since April, 1917.
Those who desire to become mem
bers of War Mothers" must clip
coupons from these columns, fill out,
and return in person or by mail to this
office hafore Monday evening
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
CHANGE OF RESIDENCE

Mrs. Ennals Waggaman and son,
Ennals, Jr., and daughter, Frances
Virginia, will leave tomorrow, to take
up their residence in Washington,
where they will reside the coming
winter.
Mrs. Waggaman had leased her
Duke of Gloucester street residence
to Commander and Mrs. Baker, Of the
Navy, who, however, have since been
assigned to quarters in the Naval
Academy, but will probably sub-lease
the house.
Mrs. Waggaman will take apart
ments with Mrs. McDougal, in Wash
ington, during the absence of Col. Nc
Dougal, who is overseas.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
labor DAY TO Be
OBSERVED BY THE
SERVICE MEN HERE
c,nnunity Singing To Be A
Feature Of Program In The
Evening
TO BE HELD ON
ST. JOHNS CAMPUS
SoeciaI Singers Are To Be Pres
ent From Baltimore And
Camp Meade

Community Singing will be the fea-
.r-s of the program to be given on
Monday next, when a celebration in
t,gor OF the men of all branches of
.ss service will be held on ST. Johns
College campus.
THE program is being arranged un-
ssr the direction of the War Camp
community Service, Mr. Richard
Roland. Secretary. He is being as
.isted by various departments of the
work Prof Harry S. Sturdy. is in
tsrestlng the local lodges and orders
IN the event and is finding at every
urn their hearty cooperation of the
movement.
Mrs. T. J. Linthicum, is interesting
The women's clubs and organizations.
and has the earnest cooperation of
The Mothers Circle, Woman's Civic
League. Girls Patriotic League and
Womans Club of Anne Arundel
County.
All members Of the committee of
the War Camp Community Service
are endeavoring to interest the city
and county people and the affair is
expected to be a great success.
Besides community singing of all
the patriotic airs, there will be spe-
clal solos by the Leader, Mr.. Gwilym
Miles. himself a competent soloist.
That famous Camp Meade quintet,
that won universal favor at the last
reception of the series of three, given
by the Governor and Mrs. Harrington,
will be present at the Labor Day
celebration and those who did not
hear them previously, should not fail
TO do so now.
The public is invited, and it is
hoped to make this the day of days,
and a day never to be forgotten in the
annals Of Annapolis.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
TRACTORS TO CONTEST
AT THE TIMONIUM FAIR

Contests other than the old stereo-
typed sort will be strong feature of
the Timonium Fair next week. One
of the contests will be among nine
farm tractors entered by as many ex-
hibitors While their brothers in the
form of tanks, both large and small,
are sweeping over Hun-infested areas
in France these tractors will demon
strate to the agriculturists just how
farms can be developed under new
methods.
A space 500 feet long has been re-
served for the test and in this area
the tractors will give daily exhibit
tions as to which can plow and dig
best to help produce bumper crops.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
1T. ENNIS AND MISS
ELEANOR GOTT TO WED

Captain and Mrs. Benjamin c. Gott
today announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Eleanor Mariel
Gott, to Lieutenant Robert Ennis, U.
S. Army. The wedding will take place
in St. Anne's Church on the after
noon of Wednesday, September 4th, at
4 O'Clock. Lieutenant Ennis is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Ennis, of
Annapolis, and is one of the Annapolis
men who made good in the recent Off
GERS training school at Camp Gordon,
Atlanta, Ga.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
LEFT FOR SCHOOL on FIRE

Corporal John Mercer Galloway,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Galloway,
of Arundel-on-the-Bay and Baltimore,
who has been spending the summer
here with his parents, left today, for
Baltimore, to join members of the
Second Regiment, that city, who leave
tomorrow night for Lake Erie Range.
The team will represent Maryland
in the Rifle matches of the National
Rifle Association in team matches,
September 9 to 81.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
NO DEMONSTRATION MONDAY

The demonstration which have been
conducted this summer at the Wo-
mems Club by the County Demonstra-
tor of Home Economics, Mrs. Joshua
Linthicum, have been indefinitely sus-
pended
On Thursday Of each week, how
ever. Mrs. Linthicum will be at the
Community Kitchen Club Rooms to
give instruction to all who may desire
it. She will not give demonstrations
as heretofore. but viii instruct any
women in canning or drying if they
will bring material to the clubrooms.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
CELEBRATING SONS BIRTHDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. p. DelBalzo, of this
city, are observing today the annivers-
ary Of their soldier-son, Private Louis
DelBalzo. Somewhere in France"
Private DelBalzo is a member of the
Machine Gun Company, of this city,
and is now with the 115th Infantry
serving overseas. He was recently
made interpreter of Italian language.
He is twenty years old today His
father is a member of the Naval Acad-
emy Band. and one of the leading citi-
Gems OF the local Italian-American
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30

A lawn fete will be held tonight at
West Annapolis, for the benefit Of
Severn Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The lawn will be lighted with cleo
trio lights for the occasion and flags
and bunting viii be used in the dec
orations.
There will be sale of fee cream,
cake and fruit, and music will be fur
nished to enliven the occasion
Generous patronage is solicited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
CHANGE OF RESIDENCE

The family of Lieutenant-Com-
mander ]. Baer, U. S. N, have Joined
him here, having motored over from
Washington yesterday, August 29th.
They have taken the house, 119 Mar
ket street. owned by Mrs. William M.
Abbott.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
MISS EDYTHE JONES TO WE'D

Announcement has been made by
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Jones, of the
Davidsonville neighborhood, of the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Edythe Mae Jones, to John Clifford
French, First Sergeant in the U. S.
Army. The wedding viii take place
early in September.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
LINTHICUM RENAMED
LOCAL POSTMASTER

Mr.. Thomas ]. Linthicum has been
re-appointed postmaster of Annapolis
and his name sent to the Senate by
President wilson for confirmation. Mr.
Linthicum's appointment was sent to
the Senate along with the names of
twenty other postmasters for various
small towns and villages in Maryland.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
DR.. HIRSCHBERG FIRST
IN NEW LIBERTY DRIVE

Major Leonard K Hirschberg, of the
Second Infantry, NJ. S. G., who had
charge of the health of the members
of the State Guard while they were in
camp at Timonium during July, has
the distinction of being the first in
dividual in the State to enroll as a
subscriber to the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Dr.. Hirschberg mailed to the Liberty
Loan Committee yesterday his ad-
vance subscription for $1,000 of the
bonds.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
MARRIAGE LICENSE

The following marriage license was
today issued from the Office of the
Clerk OF the Anne Arundel Circuit
Court:
John E. Stevens. 81. of Eastport. and
Daisy Eugene Brashears. 20. of Mayo.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
Harvest Festival

MILLERSVILLE CATHOLIC
CHURCH GROUNDS, MONDAY
LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER
2ND. AFTERNOON AND EVEN
ING. SUPPER AND DANCING.
w. B. & A. CARS LEAVE
EVERY HOUR. a30-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30

Battle Songs of Liberty See par
tieulars on page 3.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
THE CAPITAL

lab Department Is Ready
All fines To Please
=. =. patrons. Phone so
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-30
Partly Cloudy

Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday; no change in
temperature
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-21
WHY IS BUTTER so HIGH?
Government Reports show That There
Is No Scarcity In the Creamery
Storage Houses.

Butter WAS never higher in Ricn-
mond than now. and there seems to
he no good reason for II. The lates,
report Of the government Bureau OF
Markets says:
Reports from s73 cold storaGca show
that their rooms contain 47.o6e. 9iG
pounds of creamery butter. while on
December /. 3s5 storages reported H.
4GS.55l pounds. The 32i storages that
reported holdings on January /, of
this year and last. show present
stock OF i3,all.25s pounds or s.y pe.
cent. The reports show that during
December the December ] holdings de-
creased 81 per cent. while our last
report showed that during November
tho November holdings decreased
zoe per cent cent. Last year the de-
crease during December was 30.6 per
cent. and during November the de-
crease was 2cs per cont. A summary
OF this report was released by wire
on January l2. AS number OF firms
have not responded TO our Inquiries,
this report does not include all hold :
inEs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-21
BUSINESS ON CARY STREET;
THE SLOW FREIGHT TRAINS
Coal Shortage md ConGestion Stiil the
HuGbenr - Remarkable Scarcity
OF EEgs-Dusincrs Fnir.

"CoVcrnmsnt control Of tho raiiroa d.
has not hclnci Cary street business AZ
Sot. 50 far a anybody can see" re-
marked one OF tn, leading commission
merchants or shat thorouRhfarc when
hn wa" brought IN against Tines
1'iH:a!ch Interrogation mark. The han
d!cts ~ poultry eggs. buttor. fruits
far South vegetables and all tho like
OF that st!ll complain OF freight con-
gosticU and tho unreasonable delay in
getting goods from any point OF the
compass. Tho cold weather that. has
prevailed so long has its advantages
for the fear OF delayed vegetables and
poultry getting here in bad order has
been removed.
The receipts OF poultry the past week
were fairly good and the Cary Street
commission men were able 10 meet the
demands Of the retailers when thsy did
not want the earth Fresh country
eggs "cro very scarce; in fact. but
vcrv few were TO be had and tho
prices asked for them wero beyond the
capa city OF the average purse All
fruits. except apples. were scarce. and
the commission men found ii hard to
meet the demand. This. too. was due
TO freight congestion. Cary Street
by tho fuel order They are not in
business was not much intcrfcrred with
the habit Of having much heat In that
locality at any time previous TO July.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-21
BIC BUSINESS IS DONE
BY WHOLESALE CROCERs
Richmond Jobbers in Eatables Han
do All Immense Trade in tho
Course Of Year.
LARGE TERRITORY IS COVERED
Total Sales Run Away Up Into the
Millions-Best OF Business Talent
Required to Handle Trade So
Close to People.

From time immemorial Richmond
has been q wholesaling town for
groceries. and in late ycars II has be-
como the leading distributing point OF
the South for eatables. The transpor-
tation facilities here are such that the
grocery jobbcrs arc able to cover n
larger part OF the Southeastern States
more promptly than any of It's compct-
ins markets.
There ore in Richmond sixteen
wholesale houses that deaf exclusively
in groceries proper. and in additio.t
there are the large packing houses that
sell only meats and other products
Of the packing house. and there are
jobbers OF CONNECTIONS that are in some
places elasfed as grocery establish
ments.
These grocers do an immense bust
ness in the two virSinias, the two
Carolinas, Georgin. Florida and some
parts OF Tennessee and Eastern Ken :
lucky small regiment or travelling
men represent these houses on the
road. and among them are to be founc
some of the crack statesmen Of the
country.
All OF the grocery houses handle
lines that might be classed as confec-
tons. and all OF them CELL tobacco.
cisars and cigarettes. and also certain
kinds Of soft drinks. which business
has become very heavy since all O,
the territory trading with Richmond
has gone dry" Therefore. in figuring
the wholesale grocery line, the sales
OF these goods must ba included. The
sales last year. including CONNECTIONS
manufactured tobacco, cigars and
cigarettes and soft drinks footed up
the sum Of !2t.s0o,oo0. rhe sales o:
nrovis!ons-that Is to say. the prod.
ucts OF the packing houses-nmounte :.
TO @l6.50o.000 in addition, but that Il,
anothe. story.
In no line Of business in Richmond
or anywhere else can there be found
more progressive, wide-nwake hustlcrs
than are those engaged in the whole
sale grocery business. 1t is a fac;
that tho grocer. the man who deals
In and supplies things to eat ge:,
closer to the people than the man in
other lines Of trade. and for that rea-
con he has to confront more serious
situations and solve more difficult
problems than most other business men
The recent sugar famine created /,
situation OF the kind referred to, and
II may be said that nowhere in the
country was that situation better
handled than here In Richmond. Thu
wholesale grocers here were right on
the Job from start to finish. and it Is
~ 'eS'et tHat tHe teTTItoEy WI CT
looks TO Richmond for it's grocery sup
plies suffered less from tho sugar
famine than any from which reports
have been received.
In time like this no ono can PIE.
diet wha, q day may bring forth in
any line of business. but the grocery
man handles the stun that the people
must have. no matter what new condi-
lions war may create, and so the
grocery johbera of Richmond arc per-
haps less perturbed about the business
for 1913 than are the men engaged ;r
any other line. They expect create,
business this year than last.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-21
ReOiew of Weeks
Trade in Richmond
Bad Effects Of Enforced Idlcncss
Yet 10 Be Feh---Retailer
Not Much Disturbed.

The upsetting effects Of the fuel or
dcr. whereby many factories and places
OF business are now closed for a Hye-
day period. did not strike Richmond all
over, last week. The bad effects. IL
there are TO be any, will be moro no
ticcable this week. Tho largo retail
stores do not expect any Anal losses
from the five weeks of Monday clos
ms. They Will sell all tho more goods
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. and at
the end OF the month they expect to
md their sales as large as when there
are no enforced Monday holidays.
While tho weather has not been ideal,
the improved conditions during the
past week made business generally
much better than the week previous
and the retail stores were on no day
short OF customers. All the Broad
Street dealers report marked improve
ment. and they look for even better
things this week-aftcr to-day.
The jobbers in all lines report larger
business than the week before. and
orders by mail and from their travel
Ing men rs being satisfactory, and bills
onered for future shipment are no.
ticcably larger than they were at this
period last year. showing that the
country merchants are no longer wait
ing for lower prices. and doubtless
many OF them are expecting still higher
quotations. Under such circumsta nces
~ 10 out tHdt tney BnOuld ME
larger orders than has been their Gus
tom for year or more past
Collections. both in and out OF town.
are reported good-very good, and
there Is reason for It. A Chase CITY
special tells the story OF the Chamber
OF Commerce OF that town making an
investigation OF conditions in Mech
lenburg County and the parts of
Lunenburg. Charlotte. and, perhaps
other counties that are CONTIGUOUS and
the reports from the merchants. man
ufacturers and bankers thereof agree
that farmers and others who have &C
counts at the stores were never better
paid up at the end OF any year than
they were on the frgt day OF this month.
The high prices for all the products OF
the land. especially tobacco. the money
crop. have put them in this easy cond-
ton. Reports from all other sections
that trade W tn Richmond. In both
retail and Wholesale lines. are Of simi-
lar purport.
AIS we'll with Richmond. in spite Of
fuei-saving orders. freight conges-
;;ons and what not.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-21
NO LOAFERS IN RICHMOND
People Keeping on the Street. md
Finding Something to DO Durinx
Enforced HOLIDAY.

with more than $4,000 peonle
thrown out OF employment since FRI,
DAY last one would have expected 20
gee the streets Of Richmond vii
thronged with temporary loafers: hu,
such was not the case yesterday or
Friday. and will not be Monday. Tho
Tact is, Richmond never was town
for loafcrs In ordinary times, every.
nody has something to do, and loaf
ing has long since become a lost ar,
Even II man, or woman either.
has to he idle for a day or for A wee,
he or she will find something to do
at home. and if nothing else comes
handy. the day or the several DAYS
can be probably spent in reading.
Ricmond people are not given to Ioa Z
ing. and they Will not be found doing
II even for a day"
Thus spoke one of the hest. known
business men and one OF the closest
observers of Richmond to Times
Dispatch man on Saturday. and he
spoke the simple truth.