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The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-12

Mrs. G. S. Pattillo of s22 jefferson
street. announces the marriage of her
daughter, Margaret, to Mr. P. A,
Braunwarth of San Francisco, Cal
The wedding took place in San Fran
cisco on July 8.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
MISS PINKNEY
LAID TO REST.

Funeral services over the remains
of the late Miss Amelia c. Pinkney,
who died as a result Of a paralytic
stroke, were held this morning at
1880. The services consisted of a Gel
ebration of the Holy Communion. at
which the Rev Edward ID. Evans Rec
tor of st Luke's Church. Baltimore,
was the celebrant. assisted by the
Rev. Edward ID. Johnson. Rector of
St Anne's This was followed by the
solemn Burial Office. also read by the
Rev. Evans. St Cecilia's Guild fur
nished the music. Mrs. Henry Camp
bell avganist the choir singing
"Jeus. the Very Thought of Thee"
Asleep In Jesus. Blessed Sleep" and
The King of Love My Shepherd Is"
The pallhearers were Messrs. VIM
Meade Holiday, Richard J. Duval.
Nicholas II. Green, John Worthing-
ton. Frank \. Munroe William Weth-
erall Or. ]. Oliver Purvis and Prof
Stryker. of St Johns College Inter
meut was in the family lot in the City
Cemetery. James S. Taylor and Sons
had charge of the funeral arrange
ments. There were many beautiful
floral triAutpS
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
LINEN SHOWER FOR
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL

Mrs. J. Oliver Purvis entertained
yesterday afternoon at a linen shower
for the benefit of the proposed Ma
ternity Ward at the Emergency Hos
pital
The occasion was a card party, at
which there were five tables. Five
Hundred was played and there was a
prize for each table. Each guest was
asked to bring a pillow slip for the
hospital. The card club, of which Mrs
Purvis is the chairman, has been
working diligently for the Maternity
Ward, and have now accumulated over
seven hundred dollars in bank for this
object. When not raising subscrip-
tions they are having linen showers,
and yesterdays was for pillow cases
needed to equip the ward when built
After the game delicious refresh
ment were served. The next linen
shower will be held at the home of
Mrs. ". B. Gardiner, Murray HILL
when everybody will bring a towel for
the hospital
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
FIREMEN WOULD HELP
BUY NEW APPARATUS.
Committee From Independent
Company Has Meeting With
City Committee.

At the meeting held last night be-
tween representatives of the Inde-
pendent Fire Company, and the Fire
Department Committee of the City
Council, which was arranged at the
request of the firemen, an offer was
made by the Independent Fire Com
pany, through its officers, to assume
a portion of the cost of a new motor
fire engine to take the place of the
present piece of apparatus, which is
in bad repair and has been out of COM
mission for some time.
The meeting was attended by Mayor
Strange and Aldermen Levy and
Beavin, of the Fire Department Com
mittee, and by Marshal Basil, and
Messrs. Taylor, Quaid. Morgan and
Tucker. of the Fire Company.
The offer was made by the Inde-
pendent Company to contribute one
third of the purchase price for a new
engine up to 5000. This means that
should the new engine cost $4,000, the
city would have to assume only $10,-
600 of the debt Mayor Strange,
while expressing appreciation of the
firemen's offer, said he could not, at
this time. pledge the municipality
After his budget has been made up
and some idea obtained as to what the
next tax rate will be. the offer will be
taken into consideration
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
WATER MEASURE
NOT YET SIGNED.
Governor Lays Over Local Bill
During Yesterdays Sigma
ture Affixing.
ONE WEEK OF DELAY.
Next Signing Will Be Held On
Wednesday Afternoon Of
Next Week. Local Bills
Acted Upon.

Many, many bills which had com
pleted their more or less. mostly less.
orderly journey through the flies of
the two Houses of the General AS
sembly were yesterday formally made
into laws OF the realm through the
ahixing thereto of the signatures of
Governor Emerson c. Harrington.
President Peter J. Campbell, of the
Senate, and Speaker Herbert Wooden,
of the House of Delegates. In all,
about two hundred bills were signed
during the hour and half consumed.
Among the bills signed were a
number of Anne Arundel measures.
These, however, did not include the
Duyall bill designed to change the
whole system of administering the af-
fairs of the Annapolis Water Company
and pave the way for the establish
ment of an expensive filtration plant,
which for years has been the pet
scheme of Mr.. George T. Melvin,
President of the Company, who is un-
der the provisions Of the bill, practi-
cally legislated back into Office over
the protest of fifty per cent of the City
Council membership.
The local bills signed included the
school improvement bond issue. the
Riyerview bridge over South River
bond issue, and the measure authoriz-
ing the extension of the tracks of the
United Railways and Electric Com
pany further into the upper part of
the county
The chesapeake Beach dry bill was
signed, so was the Home Rule bill for
the counties, and the supplemental an
nexation bills giving Anne Arundel
County more money for public prop
erty taken in and providing that the
city paving tax shall not apply to farm
lands in the annexed area.
During a hearing prior to the bill
signing when a delegation from Prince
Georges County was heard in opposi-
tion to approval of the bill creating
a racing commission for the county,
the statement was made that if the
bill is signed a referendum will be en-
ployed in an effort to defeat it. Should
this declaration be made good. it will
he the first time that there viii have
been resort to the referendum since
its incorporation in the State Consti-
tuition three years ago. The Governor
held the bill up until next Wednesday,
when there will be another signing of
is likely that the Annapolis Water
Company bill will be signed at this
time.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
WOMEN'S WORK
FOR LIBERTY LOAN.
Mrs. Theodore Johnson Sends
Away $3.50 AS Result Of
Two Days' Work.

That the women of Annapolis are
enthusiastic over the work in which
they are engaged for the Third Lib
erty Loan Drive, is evidenced by the
neat sum dispatched last night to
Baltimore by Mrs. Theodore Johnson.
Chairman OF the Women's Council OF
Defense for Anne Arundel County.
Mrs. Johnson sent to the Liberty
Loan headquarters in Baltimore the
sum of $3.50 together with her re-
port as the result of the work done by
Annapolis. since the drive started on
Monday
The sum sent represented the fol-
lowing workers:
Mrs. John Parkinson, of East
port, Leader ..........$ 200
Mrs Barnett Bowie, Second
Ward. Leader, Annapolis. LOO
Mrs. a. NJ. d. Mccormack, Ma
val Academy Leader. ..... $3.50
oldI. ..........-............S $3.50
The above report is given as the re-
turns We're made. Mrs. Parkinson
having been first to send in her re-
port The showing is considered ex-
aelent work, especially as the wealth
er conditions have been so unfavor-
able since the Third Liberty Loan
Drive started
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
FOWLER WELLS
KILLED TODAY.
Anne Arundel Farmer Died At
Emergency Hospital After
Accident On Short Line.
SKULL WAS FRACTURED.
Car On Main Track Runs Into
Freight Car From Which He
Was Unloading Fertilizer
At 1ones' Station.

Samuel Fowler Wells, 3S years old
farmer living near Jones Station.
on the Short Line. was killed in an ac-
cident on the Short Line railroad at
Jones today
Mr. Wells, who with his wife and
two children, have their home on the
old Cox farm, which he purchased
near Jones Station, where he has
been a successful farmer for the past
two or three years, was at the time
of the accident unloading freight
car OF fertilizer consigned to him As
lie was in the act of lifting one OF the
heavy bags to transfer it to his farm
wagon. a Short Line car came along
on the main track and swung off at
the siding striking the freight car
which Mr. Wells was unloading. the
impact causing Mr.. Wells to fall strik-
ing the ground with force and a heavy
bag of fertilizer falling upon him
Mr.. Wells sustained a fracture at
the base of the brain and one of his
lungs was punctured He was imme-
diately brought to the Emergency
Hospital where he died a few hours
later
His wife, who was Miss BERTHE Bald
win, of this city, a sister of Mrs VIM
II. Moss, of Annapolis, was with him
when he died. They have two small
children, boy and a girl, two and six
years old, respectively.
At the time of the accident Vernon
Neal, a fourteen-year-old colored boy,
who was helping Mr. Wells unload
the car, was thrown from the rear of
the wagon and sustained a serious
cash on the head He was taken in
charge by Miss Sara v Sutherland,
district nurse, who was on the car
Miss Sutherland gave the lad first aid
and brought him to the hospital here
where it was found necessary to take
several stitches in his wounds.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
FOUR-MINUTE MEN
SPEAK AT THEATRES.

At each of the theartes where NOV
ing pictures are shown the four-min-
ute men spoke last night on the sub
ject of the Third Liberty Loan. At
the Colonial the speaker was J. *.
Bonnel last night, and on Tuesday
night Prof. w. o. Stevens spoke there
Tonight Prof Gum will speak at the
Republic. Tomorrow night Prof
Stevens viii speak at the Colonial
Prof Sturdy at the Republic, and Prof
Washburn at the Palace.
Arrangements have been made with
the pastors of Asbury and Mt.
Moriah to have the four-minute men
speak there on Sunday nights, and
through the courtesy of the pastors
the speakers will be given more than
four minutes. The speakers are in
structors in the Department OF Eng
lish at the Naval Academy Mr.. Rich
ard ]. Duvall is chairman of the four
minute men committee.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
GOODBYE FISH;
NETS DEMOLISHED.

All hope Of saving the fish nets iu
the waters of the rivers and bay
around Annapolis has been abandon
ed by the local fishermen and large
dealers in fish The storm that has
swept tha city and the state for the
last two days and nights, is unabated
Indeed today it is quite as bad along
the water front as it was yesterday.
All the fish nets are said to be down
and practically destroyed What
were left yesterday, are gone today
One of the bay captains, arriving
here this morning said the bay is full
of drift wood, logs, trees and debris
washed from the shore during the
high tide These loge have dashed
against the fish nets and demolished
them, carried away what was not
swept by the winds of the day and
night previous.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
SCHOOL
HOUSE ROBBERY

Another school house robbery, ac-
companied by desecration of the Unit
ed States flag, has just been reported
to Professor George Fox. County Su-
perintendent of Education The rob
berry occurred last Friday night at
the Severna Park School. Of which
Miss Sara Phelps is teacher. The
thieves broke into the building by
forcing a window. After getting into
the building the flag hanging on the
wall was torn down and trampled, and
when the robbers left they took with
them the school Victrola. and all Of
the records for the instrument.
The crime. which has been reported
to the county authorities, is in many
respects similar to the robbery of the
Arnold's school in the Third District,
about this time last year.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
HEALTH AND SOCIAL
WELFARE AFFILIATED.
Annapolis Association Becomes
Affiliated With Red Cross.
Takes Over District Nurse.

Much business of Importance was
transacted last night at a special meet
ing of the Annapolis and Social Wei
fare Association, held in the room of
the Council of Defense at the State
Library Building.
The president, Mr.. w Meade Holla-
day, presided, Rev. James L. Smiley,
secretary.
The sense of the meeting was to rat
ily the resolution proposed at the pub
lie meeting last week to affiliate the
Association with the Red Cross, and
this was done last night The Exec
utiyc Committee of the Annapolis
Health and Social Welfare Associa-
tion. therefore becomes a committee
Of the Annapolis Branch of the Red
Cross, which takes over the super
vision of the work of the District
Visiting Nurse. hitherto a part of the
Health and Social Welfare's Associa-
ion work
A. the same time the local associa-
t.ou turned over to the Red Cross.
through its treasurer. Miss Quinn.
over $500
The Executive Committee composed
'r officers of the association now n
.ommittoe Of the Red Cross are the
following:
W, Meade Holiday, Chairman.
Dr Fell. First Vice Chairman.
Or. J. Q. Purvis. Second Vice Chair
man.
Rev James l.. Smiley, Secretary
Mrs J. B. White, Assistant Secre-
tary.
Miss Agnes Quinn, Treasurer.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS MILE DAVIS.
Aged Resident Of Germantown
Passes Away This
Morning.

Mrs. MiIhe Redmond Davis. aged Il
years, widow of James Davis. and
daughter OF the late William Red-
mond, died this morning at her late
residence at Germantown
She is survived by the following
children. Harry W. of Taylorslille,
this county, Mrs Carrie Y. eickman.
who husband is in the service. and
who was with her mother al the time
of her death. W Tilden. james I. of
Washington, Mrs Mary +. Cadel, of
Taylorsyiile. Daniel II. OF Annapolis,
and Edward NJ. Davis of Germantown
She is also survived by min, araa.-
children AND two great grand
dren
Funeral arrangements have moi bcan
completed, lG. jhe remain VIII bc
buried in the family lot q, Taylore-
vile
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
LADY VOTERS AND
GENTLEMAN VOTERS.
Both Kinds To Participate In
Filtration Election Soon To
Be Held In Town.
SUFFS ARE HAPPY.
lust How The Men Of The Town
Take To The Mixed Voting,
However. Is Not Quite
So Plain.

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tho.. .eEa ly In, gentlemen to>.t.-.
ers. .h.a is. # Governor Harm" oa
signs the puyalI lin amending he
charter of the annapolis Water Conc
EauE ana II the City Council t."re-
under calls AN election al which The
taxpayers shall express thv.r apl.u al
or disapproyal Of the lunD-disa -. I'd
hut much opposed plan for She ,ree-
tion of an expensive ultrat.on system
for the city water plant Both of The
two contingencies montoAe.i just
above are now pretty Hrti assured
Ailhoush ne passed 1t UP a"''hE ms
plli SlsH'"h yesterday Governor it r.
rlnElon Is, according to tho@e hesl al le
TO judge OF ms IearhlHEs IN the mat
ter and IN position TO see The work of
the various connections which are
urging MN TO ailN ms signature to
ihe measure sure TO make the tlit
law lheh me 'iiy ,o'"'h VIII WIN
IN elshl months can Sp'rlai hit'a-
iloh pant elecloh.
And when the election comes there
will be found the lady taxpayers cnd
the gentleman taxpayers an III happy
'hrohg cas'lhg lhelr hailolS.
And prior TO that election there is
surely going to he what the little I oy
would call some campaigning. I'm
the advance discussions of the ex-
pected campaign much interest is be
ing manifested as to whether the
same pleas and the same type of
electioneering will be used to get"
the lady taxpayers vote as will be
brought to bear where il is desired
to line up the gentleman taxpayer in
favor of a filtration plant
Another pojpt which is arousinp
interest L. tba nuostion
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
KILLS
TWO CHILDREN.
Storm Takes Sad Toll Along The
Upper Shores OF Anne Arun-
del Yesterday.
YOUNG BOY TO RESCUE.
Twelve-Yea Year-Old Youth Brings
Father. Mother And Others
Safely Ashore Near
Rock Creek.
Rock Greek

Drifting about off the shores of up
per Anne Arundel for hours in an open
boat. two children died of exposure as
the result of the storm which has been
raging for the past three days. The
children, little ones, both children of
Captain Vernon F. Wright, of the
barge Moccasson. died yesterday after
noon a short time before the boat in
which they with their mother, father
and the mate of the barge, and James
Newldrk, was tOwed ashore by twelve
year-old William Meek, of Rock
Greek. They wTee taken to the farm
house of John Neidert, where it was
found the children were dead and the
mother was unconscious.
The dead are Floyd and Caroline
Wright. children Of the Captain. The
Captain, his wife and James New
kirk and Samuel Z. Mason are all i'll.
The first information of the wreck
OF the barge, which got into trouble
in Rock Greek, was contained in a
telephone message from Neidert's
farm to the Brooklyn Police Station
asking thai . physician and a cor
onCr bC sized TO the place.
Chief John Helmer at once notified
DR.. Thomas =. Horton and Coroner
John E. Potee, and both men made
haste TO the spot in their motor car.
Twenty-nine minutes after the men
had started on their trip the second
telephone message was received by
Chief Helmer.
When the barge was turned loose on
Tuesday night by the tug which was
towing it, those aboard were placed
at the mercy of the waves, and early
yesterday morning took to the life
boat which capsized a short time
afterward Capt Wright and his mate
righted the small craft and got the
wife and children back into it. Later
in the morning Captain Newkirk, OF
the barge Lynnhaven, lying just off
Rock Greek, seeing their predicament,
went to the rescue. and jumping into
their craft let his own drift away be
fore he knew that the oars had been
lost
William Meek, a 12-year-old boy of
Rock Creek, noticed the vessel short
ly before noon yesterday being tossed
about on the waves. and realizing the
danger, secured a boat and went to the
assistance of the party. He succeeded
in towing them safely to shore They
were taken to the Neidert home and
all efforts to revive the children were
in vain. The mother was later
revived.
DR.. Thomas B. Horton last night
gave a verdict of death due to ex-
posure, in the case of the two chill
dren. Captain Wright and him family
are from Bethel Delaware
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
DIR. WILLIS MARTIN
WINS COMMISSION.

DR. J. Willis Martin has just been
commissioned a First Lieutenant in
the Medical Reserve Corps. Dr.. Mar
tin is a graduate of the University of
Maryland in the class of 1917. He is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Martin,
Of this city, and is popular with a
large circle Of friends. He is mem
Der of the Severn Boat Club. and sew
eral other local social organizations
Or. Martin is a brother of Mrs. c. c..
Thomas. whose husband. Lieutenant
Thomas, U. S. n. was the first naval
officer who lost his life in the present
war of nations
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
RAIN KILLED ALL
SPORTS YESTERDAY.

Because of the fact that the diamond
on Worden Field was mass of mud
and water, the baseball game sched-
uled for yesterday afternoon between
the Middies and Randolph Macon Col
lege, was called off. The game to
have been played in Washington be-
tween St. Johns and Georgetown Uni
versity, was also called off on account
of the weather.
clude baseball with Pennsylvania, and
lacrosse with Johns Hopkins, at the
Academy on Saturday afternoon, and
St. Johns VS.. Mt. st. Mary's at En-
mitsburg.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
SECOND WARD LADIES
HAVE BOOTH AT HOTEL

Ladies of the Second Ward, who
have volunteered 10 work for the Third
Liberty Loan Drive. besides working
house to house canvass have estab-
lished a booth at Hotel Maryland
where the chairman, Mrs. Barnett
Bowie is in charge for two hours each
morning. from ten to twelve. and sew
eral ladies of the Second Ward Lib
erty Loan Committee are in charge
of the booth every afternoon from
three to five
The booth has been attractiyely
decorated, and the same committee
in charge of the booth are also work
ing the streets of the Second Ward.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
Home On Furlough.

Sergeant ". R. Miller, of the One
Hundredth and Fifteenth Infantry at
Camp Mcclellan. at Admission, Ala, Is
home on furlough which he is
spending with his family and parents,
Mr.. and Mr. J. 0. Miller, Cathedral
Street.
Sergeant Miller looks well and IS
being heartily greeted by many
friends who are glad to have him
home again and will regret to see him
leave.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
Damage By The Storm.

During the severe gale on Tuesday
night the tin roof on the house of Mr..
Lewis II. Hopkins. 81 Shipwright
street, was blown off
The roof Of the adjoining house, oc-
cupied by Mr. Harry Daniels family,
was also blown off at the same time.
Several fences in the neighborhood
were blown down. trees uprooted and
limbs blown off. The wind ~ this
particular section of the city border
ing on Spa creek, was especially
strong during the storm.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
Whole Wheat Flour For Sale.

The Council of Defense through
Mrs. Theodore Johnson, Chairman of
the Women's Section have arranged
with Messrs. Jones & Franklin, Main
St, to sell whole wheat fouar.
This whole wheat flour is supplied
by Mr.. George Shepherd, of Harwood,
this county, and ground at the mill of
Mr.. Brown, South River. The idea is
to keep Anne Arundel wheat here,
and not let it get out of this county,
if possible.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
Typhoid Victim Succunbs.

Conrad Happel, of Ohio, employed
at the Radio Station opposite the Ma
val Acadmey, died last night at the
Emergency Hospital, a victim of ty-
phoid fever.
The remains will be taken to his
late home for interment
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
NOTICE!

Owing to war conditions making the
prices of Candy. Tobacco. and other
articles handled by me, almost pro-
hibitive. / take this means to notify
the public that l have closed my store
al 1877 Gloucester Street, and wish to
thank all my former patrons.
a1l-It THERESA A. DAVIS.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-11
Tonight's Meeting.

There will be an important meet
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Recreation Rooms tonight at 7.30 in
the rooms of the Council of Defence. i
All members are urged to be pres
ent and to bring their monthly reports.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-16
ALLIED bV.AT0R5
DESTROY BRIDGES
FOURTEEN THOUSAND PRISONERS
TAKEN BY BRITISH. AUSTRIA
LlANS AND CANADIANS.
QUANTITY OF STORES TAKEN
Germans Blow Up Ammunition Dump
in Battle Area-AlIied Alrmcn
Report Cavalry Patrols Are
Ahead Of Infantry.

With the British Army In France
Allied airmen have blown up many OF
the bridges over the Somme river, and
the enemy's retreat IS seriously en-
barrassed. The British cavalry has
rounded up many prisoners, but the
larger part Of the 1000 taken were
taken by Australians and Canadians,
An enormous quantity Of stores and
ammunition has been abandoned by
the Germans in their hasty retreat.
The Germans are blowing up their
ammunition dumps in the battle area,
This is considered an indication that
they are preparing to retreat, Brit.
ish casualties since the beginning oil
the present drive are but three fifths
Of the number Of prisoners counted up
to 2 O'Clock August o.
Cavalry patrolr, accompanied by
swift "whippet" tanks. are reported by
airmen far out ahead OF the infantry
advance. The infantry at many places
was apparently checked only by sheer
physical inability to push any farther.
The eucmy's transport lorries have
been rolling along the few good roads
left in the Somme valley, They af,
forded excellent targets for airmen,
who played havoc with the escaping
conveys. and speedily Uttered roads
so that they were impossible.