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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
Arrasla llH lllnar ci,arars

Jacob Smith, colored, was arrested
Saturday night ~ Sergeant Richard
Holalaay, charged with being drunk
and disorderiy. Re was given q hear
ing sunday morning before Justice
Weich. and was found guilty. paying
nna Of ave dollars and costs.
amounting 10 $eTs
Chief Obary arrested william E.
Saardock Sunday for drunk and dis-
orderly conduct In Greek reafan-
rant, On Calvert strees The accused
was given hearing yesterday before
Justice WeIch. and was fined two dol
lara and costa. amounting % 1915
which be paid end was dismissed.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
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/ INCOME TAX IS
I TRULY POPULAR.

4 The payment Of Income taxes
II takes on new Significance,
Il which should he understood by
4 every citizen. The taxation sys
n tern Of this country is truly pop
u ular, or the people, BIZ the peO-
y PIE and for the people Every
4 citizen Is linbIe 70 fax and the
i amount of tie TAX il graduated
III according to the success and for-
i tune 4ttained by each indiviiaal
u InsavaIiins himself of tile oppor
Il tunlties created and preserved 4
4 by our free institutions The
i method and degree of the tax IS
Il determined by no favored class,
= but by the representative Of tie
II people. The proceeds of the tax
i should be regarded MS 4 national
4 Investment. Ilaniel q Roper,
A Commissioners of Internal keye-
y nue.
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26

most snfi@ / ID place OF welcoming the
returned men af the service the State
House. lere pni lic reception could
sle held Nasd music ana dancing No
delsaite iion Was taken
During the business meeting let
ter was Received from J r. Roland.
secretary pf the War Camp commnni-
.ty seryfe expressing the Willingness
.of this ryiee ID cooperate IN ans
way Wiz the Var Mothers ii plans.
ITO extend d ciyie welcome % the honies
coming sArpiee men and the nurses
aho have eryed from this country
lady sisiter. A;aaose name could.
not LEI ertainefi made a strong al.
pei for memorial arch. an arch of
triumph ia Il i tiilt In Raltinlore the
III ,ropolts of the state hut g have
every eoshty III Maryland represented.
he Var Mothers suspended bust.
ness to listen to Il talk by Corporal
James aFnon Allott, III Tie Cas- and
Flame engineers. chemical warfare
service. aho had teen asked 10 attend
The meetng Corporal AIloit WAS
given an ovation upon entering the
hall. and was heartily greeted per-
sonaIly many members
t'orper abbott Tells Experiences.
Corporal Allott, III an easy conger.
sas ionai sIsl le, related III d most inter
estsng manner his experiences In the
front and back OF the lines and Over
tho Top He told of the hardships of
the men aud said they Lore them all
aneomplatnIngly until after the sign
ing of the arnistiee and then com
plants nere heard here and there
al song The troops He told 81 the
strenuoasnes of iighting night and
dry under shell fire. and OF the huild-
ing of ponfoon ridges 70 transport In
fantry and artillery while German air
planes hopered over the builders, and.
they were iii an danger He related
experiences Of hunger and thirst of
the men. nho driven 10 desperation.
drank from shell hole % qnench
their thirst at night, and returning To
the same shell hole to repeat the
thirst -quenehing operation Iii the day
HEht Of next morning. found IN Ii
dead German and the water they had
drank lioody
He told OF blood-soaked wheat fields,
aii;l of the trees III the forest 81 Ar
gonne Icing outposts for machine
gtsns of the German army, where hid
den and camaufagea among the
branches they fired their deadly rain
on the Allies. the latter not realizing
whence tlcs shots came
He spoke Of the splendid spirit of
our men, how they fought. Fled ana
died for righteous caase, and how
eatlused they we're at all times to do
their est and their utmost. and he
told of their reverence. their devoni-
ncss Even HI the trenches he said ii
was . common sight TO see men Oh
tkeir knees in prayer.aden we're pray
ing at All times and had faith III
prayer and divine guidance, he said,
and none was ashamed to lie seen
kneeiing III prayer
Corporal Ablott told many Interest
Ing incidents, and at the close he was
given a ring vote of thanks
r
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
.HIlRING OF WARDEN
LANEfORD is CLOSED
Wesk investigation OF
House OF Correction
Head Ends
,,voRABI.I 10 WARDEN
h.lrllIg saiast Warden WI

hpl1isf1 = n
!. hearing ainst Warden VII
u siiIl of the Maryland
rfation. which has been.
m lbaut Ro weeks, came
,,1 iat uight ut s0 O'Clock
II. l. Itia sston AZ the offices
s. l...fa flf Prison coatrol II the
I'D ing Charles Z.
s..s+ BftsiIs a he board, which
s. sa, 3efgt aearing the charges
tho hearing IS adjourned.
affe i Frank MetzerGtt,
III a,eal II the board, and
s.ssa tslk ID Lad each been en-
.,sn8 f1f some time The way in
iAr se9 vas spoken ana
MI ajttity members
-, boarfi fttirit5.; the latter part tif
l. 8sg proceedings we're taken TO
,l...is lliat tho decision will be In
Y,.aea Landlords favor although
~ prababls VIII be recommends
4, m certain reforms at the insti-
uaop
xsiIa tbe testimony cit the nlorntli
ssIen vas against the warden, the
,e,,s,,n proceedings were quite the
s,sf NAV and except for the testi
.sst q Nr Metzerott practically all
= evidence vas to the effect that the
gssss II CORRECTION during the In
gnbeney ot Warden Lankford had
81 better management than before
ii inte and that there had been I'm
rpssmeat evidenced
Complains against Physician
III frst witness III the afternoon
s,,ion was Mrs. Lille q Frazier
x Brighton street. who was matron
stht Institution for ten months, from
hsl. 1915. Ia February i, 1918. Mrs,
lniisr denied categorically practical
syery statement made by the wo-
aa xho testified at the hearing ba-
III lhe board al the Maryland penl-
Mlary last week. She intimated.
ksesa. that there was friction be-
vwa the warden and some Of the
sAs, officials and DR. Frank q Ma
pie the physician at the Cut. which
III borne ont iHsstatements made by
n vatden she said that the phy-
s;an ofien would not come to see a
piient ii the hospital for hours after
\ hsd been sent for. She said she
sapsined about the lack OF medi
The woflens ward TO Mr. Metz
ao't She WAS questioned by Mr.
stIefou and Raymond s. Williams,
ssasel for The Prisoners Aid society,
ariag which i WAS brought out that
q vas related BY marriage to War
sllaRkfurd and that they both came
fsn NoFeesisr county, although she
abay liyi the city. Or. Ma
rue she said. seemed to have
Fs'ig good polilteal hold In explain
toaas d why the complaints against
q Dat not been met with punish
M
taarles u Pickett, q former guard
tas Institution Who said he quit be-
aast ae had loo much to do and went
satS fof the baltimore and Ohio
haFaaa d Mean Airey, had nothing
= PFaise for W.irden Landlords sd
s-sstfaitait and said ii was q de-
lfapras enlsnt over that Of his,
. Predecessors Wardens Newton
u Imam hauneey ii jerome.
1911 and Walter Scott
E.'ss say psac eally hte same ties
alis fleanliEess -Too Recent
5Qha 0lt,er physician and
,'ea 9Fteef the supreme bench
0sliaiIlefe Who Was called AT
tss'ise Harry B Wolf, coun
Nafleal lkford told of his
Be li9f5S Correction with
list Friday and gave his
management OF the
favorable He com
. salre ensthe fact that
''ss drag addicts. among
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
NAVY IN EUROPE
NOW DEMoBILIzED,
SAYS SEC. ROOSEVELT
Fi.ty Thons nd Officers And Men Have
.cea Relcs sed. Rig Wireless Sta
tion Sold To France

ton Sold To France
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt. WHO arrived in Boston on
the George Washington with the pres
dent announced many hitherto unpaE-
l.shed facts Of American naval actiyi-
ties Iii the war Chief among these
vas the announcement OF the practi-
eal demot ilizatson of the United
States naval estat lishiaent III Earo-
rean waters and the sale of the great
Lafayette wireless station At Bor-
ieaux 10 the French government at
d price OF approximately s4,e0o.000
For The last month Mr. Roosevelt
has cen In Europe demotiliging the
navnl forces, Iiquidating contracts and
BE Ting claims Good progress was
made In all OF the work. he said and
fhe British and French governments
have met the Enitea States half way
In the settlement Of claims AID dts.
posal of material
On the trip over Mr. Roosevelt dis
closed TO the officers and men OF the
George washington how the United
States had spent more than $40 Z
900 600 laying the mine barrage
against submarines Ii the NDrtn go.
ard how. ty the navy offensive which
the United States i Jrought into the
war. the sui marines we're driven
away from the coasts, away from the
harf or mouths. out 10 sea, where their
deadly work would be more diff
.ficult anad how the entry Of the navy
into the war Initiated an effective
campaign against the If-toats which
previously had Ieen conducting the
offensive
Few realize said Mr. Roosevelt.
that the American navy had 54 shore
=fgses of various kinds III European
waters and the Azores. including de-
stroyeF stations and nine laying
siases, although the majority were ma
val aviation bases, from which more
than 200 American selplanes operated
We had more than 40, 009 men al tasse
bases, and on the ships operating
from them We leased docks and
and in addition constructed
hundreds Of hangers. piers, hospitals.
storehouses and other buildings
Almost $4,000 officers and men
now have leen sent home and all the
dying stations and lases. with very
few exceptions have leen sent home
Portable houses, provisions and mo-
tor trucks have leen sold to the Red
Cross and the army. and what re-
mained of luni er and other salvage
matexial has ieen sold 10 the British
and French governments
The great Lafayette radio station
near Bordeaux was intended to insure
communication tetween Washington
and the army and navy Id case the
cal Ia systems we're put out of com
mission or inteFfered with by German
sui tmarines. II has eight towers and
could communicate with the United
States day and night. II was built by
the navy, arranged with the French
government that We shall complete
the station. which IL two-thirds finish
ed, and they viii then take 1t over at
what It costs rs, about 10000 .oO9
francs y
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
4 Want Ad nIa Ii

Everybody knows II Pays to Adver-
tiaes especiasly has this been I'M
pressed upon the local mind Since the
midshipmen Masqueradsr'sv play
With this title. a few days ago the
following I'd appeared Id the Capital.
and II always pays to advertise tn the
Capital:
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26

The handsome fan haa 1een found
through the Capitals ad. ard return
ed 10 its owner Ia perfect condition
Il was found hy little boy. Ernest
vanons, og West Annapoals. who
promptly returned II to the loser after
seeing the advertisement III tie Even
ing Capital
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
Ffre oaa II onErfhtiens

The following donations hare kaen
recefved on the water wttch Hook
and Ladder c0mpany's new plece 0g
apparatus, Fen. rs, 1919
81. 81. casler. s600s Philip steyens
81 90: Buek shannon. SI0es Mrs q.
M. I.aws, ss.0
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
RESULT OF EASTpORT
RELIGIOUS CENSUS IN
FAVOR OF METHODISTS
Of More Than l,s0O Names Reported,
Methoalsts Have Nearly 800 with
EpIsc0pallnns Next

HApAnEUpA1AAA8 AeAE
The figures as the result OF the re-
ligious census taken ii Eastport few
weeks ago. under the direction of the
Rev pr. John 4. Walsh, pastor 81 the
Eastport Methodist Episcopal church,
have lust teen given out.
The delay was caused somewhat by
illness IN the village. and among the
workers. who were taking the census.
and the tardlness il making returns
The ground Il thought by Or Walsh
ID have Leen well covered, Lut It is
possil le some may have teen over
looked, 10th as 10 families and indi-
yiduals.
The official dRures stand AZ fol-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
NOTICE.

There Will be q meeting of the An-
napoIis Choral Society on Thursday
evening. February 2e. at 1880 AT the
Annapolis High School Assembly Hall.
z-2S-1
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26

LOST ca MARYLAND avenue between
is0ess@aisa ausa Caiaweiia sewelry 9toTes.
wednesday afternoon. aka wIsh = san-
InakeriAi also hAnamasts H1Te chaih.
Reward Is returned t0 l95 HaE0ser
sfre&S za9-l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
Lankfogd &C e DenlaIs

Warden L.ankford took the stand
and said the trouble at the Institution
vas the lack 81 cooperation between
f1r. Mcguire, MI. Met9erott and him
SELF He charged that Mr. Metzeroti
vas coid to hlrn, and had only once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
NOT BRINGING BODIES
OF CROMWELL SISTERS
Lorraine, Due to Dock Today, Is
Carrying Baggage of
Suicides

NEW YORK, January 2s.-rhe
French liner La Lorraine. from whose
decks the Misses Gladys and Do<otkea
Cromwell leaped to their death as the
vessel was leaving Bordeaux, accord
ing to dispatches from the French
port, was expected to dock here late
today. A wireless message from
Capt. Caussin, relayed TO the lines Of
ficials here by the Paris office of the
company, made Dno reference to their
suicide, saying only that the Misses
Cromwell were not aboard, though
their baggage was in their state
room.
The young women were Red Cross
workers. and headquarters of the or
ganiZation here today stated that a.
far as was known their bodies were
not on the liner. A request to send
an ambulance to the pier to meet the
vessel was taken to mean that a pas
senger was Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
FARLEY W|THRUSS
AS WRITER'S Sect
One Says ,BoIsheWsts Wei
come Opportunity to Spread
Their Views.

/ By The Associated Press.
! LONDON. Tuesday. January %
| The question of participation in the
| Princes Island conference has been
discussed by the Moscow central
executive soviets. according TO
Helsingfors dispatch to the Mail
The Mails correspondent recalls
that, under the soviet constitutions
any decision concerning war or peace
can be reached only by congress OF
ali the soviets. lie adds:
Judging from the latest official
statement from the bolshevists, the
soviet government will be inclined TO
send delegates TO the Princes Island
/ in the hope of Transforming the con
I ference into a platform for the
megaphoning of bolshevist ideas all
/ over the world"
PARIS January 2S-Further light
on the bolshevik attitude toward the
invitation of the allied and associated
pow erS for Il conference with the
Russian factions at Princes Islands is
given by an article in the boisheVlk
official newspaper IZvestia. of January
&c. The correspondent of Lac Journal
st Bern telegraphs quotation from
/ this article showing that the out
giving is much more moderate in tone
than was the recent note on the sub
ject sent by NJ. Tchitcheriu, the Rus
sian foreign minister, to Nj. Norovsky,
the bolsheyik emissary at Stock
holm.
The Izvestia article, which is signed
by NJ. Neklor lays stress on the
indirect character of the invitation.
noting that it bore neither address
nor signature. The writer declares
that the allies must choose between
the role of adversaries of the new
Russia and that of arbitratorS. II
they desire to prove their fitness to
act as arbitrators, he insists, they
must completely evacuate Russia.
Then their initiative, he adds. may be
taken seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
MAI. COOK ASSIGNED TO
INSTRUCT DISABLED MEN

Maj. c. Fred Cook, q. s. Infantry, re-
Gently returned from service in
France, has been relieved from duty in
the bureau of aircraft production in
this city and assigned to duty in the
office of the surgeon general of the
Army. Ills orders direct him to CO.
operate with Maj. y. It. Baldwin, edu-
cational officer at the Walter Reed
Hospital, near Brightwood, in giving
instruction to classes of patients un-
dergoing reconstruction lin newspa-
per reporting, editing. printing and
publishing. and in this capacity will
have general supervision OF the pub
LEGATION of the Come Bacsx,' published
at the hospital"
Because of his long practical ex-
perience in the news Tor edMoriS) de-
'artment of The. Evening Star. Mai.
Cook is particularly well equipped Tor
As0sw duties 1T Wa1tor- Reads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
Ienin Orders Narva's Recapture.
HUNS DEFEAT BoLsHEvIsTs.
Drive Back the Soviet Army
Marching on Libau.

BERLIN-Monday January 27.-Bol-
shevist forces marching on Libau, on
the Baltic coast of Courland, have
been hala=d by German volunteer
forces which though greatly outnum-
bered forced the soviet army back
across the WiHdau river by a bold
counter offensive, according to a spe-
cial dispatch to the Zeitung Am Nit
tag. 1t is said the bolshevists suffered
heavy losses.
In the course Of their teFrorization
of sEsthonia the bolsheVists are re-
ported to have killed 500 people in
Dorpat and Wesenberg. The German
commissioners in Lithuania, who ar
rived here today, stated that Kovna
is not occupied by the bolshevists,
who are still twenty-five miles east
of that city. The line is being defend
ed by German volunteers and the boil
shevists are said to be awaiting in
str5actions from Moscow before re-
Stunning their advance. 1t is said the
capture OF Kovno would open the
road to the German frontier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
BO[SHENST ATROCITIES
IN PERM UNSpEAkABLE
Victims Tortured and Made to Dig
Own Graves While Execu-
lions Are Rehearsed.

OMSK. Central Siberia. Friday. jan
uary II Cby the Associated Press -
Death stalked The streets of Perm IN
til the city was captured by Gen
Gaida. according TO the official report
Of an investigator who has just re-
turned from the Ural front. So terri
ole were conditions under the bolshe-
visit regime that the frightened people
of Perm have not yet recovered. 1t is
said that the few pedestrians encoun-
tered there were emaciated. with livid
lips and constant nervous trembling
Of the head and hands. There are no
children less than a year old in Perm.
all having died says the report. which
adds that in three months the whole
population would probably have per
ished
The report states that the bolshevists
regarded all bourgeois inhabitants of the
city, even those ruined and dying. as
outside the law. When the jail was
Oyercrowded the Inmates which had
been Imprisoned longest were shot to
make room for the newcomers. it is de
ciared. There are well authenticated
cases Of torture. according to the report.
which says some of the condemned were
compelled to dig their own graves and
rchearsals of executions were staged
during the hours before the doomed
people we're put 20 death. Men were
plunged into water until nearly drowned
and were then revived so that their tor
ture could continue. while some prison.
ers were buried alive and others were
mutiiated, the report states. Women
were forced to die trenches, were often
fogged and sometimes even killed. il Is
said.
Peasants We're forbidden last June to
take provisions into the city. Some
people hid supplies, but these were found
ard seized by the bolshevists. who
spread terror throughout the whole re-
gion near Perm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
PLANS 100000 BRIDGE.
Maryland Would Span Chesapeake
Bay With Memorial Structure

BALTIMORE, Nd. January 2s-A
delegation headed by Gen Felix Ag.
nus, representing the Marylanud state
commission on constructing a bridge
across Chesapeake bay to connect the
eastern and western shores of Mary.
land, went to Washington YESTERDAY
and conferred with Secretary of Wa,
Baker on the big project.
Mr. Baker was impressed with the
idea advanced of making the bridge
a memorial to Maryland's soldiers anC
sailors in the war for democracy. He
assured the delegation that he woulf
call for an immediate investigation OF
Inc scheme and report upon its feast.
bility. The report submitted to the
secretary of War, containing the maps
and plans, was prepared by Arthur w
thompson, former federal director OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. II
is estimated that the bridge will cost
about 100000 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
CLASH WITH BoLsHEvIsTs.
japanese at MazonoVa Lose Two
Killed, Eleven Wounded.

VLADIVOSTOK, Saturday, January
IS (by the Associated Press).-
Japanese troops at Mazonova, on the
Zeya river, north of BIagovestchensk.
have clashed with boishevist forces
numbering about one thousand. ac-
cording to reports received here. The
Japanese lost two killed and eleven
wounded in the encounter.
Russian police agents had arrested
several boishevists and taken them to
Mazonova, but the people of that viii
1age. who are said to be pro-bolshe-
visit, are reported to have attempted
TO rescue the prisoners. Japanese
forces Joined in the lighting. which
lasted several hours. Seventeen Co.'S
sacks are reported TO have been can
tured by the boIsbevists and two
japanese were drowned while trying
TO swim across the Zeya river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
Sees Regeneration of Russia.

These increases" he said, ARE an
Indication of the regenera ton of Rus
STA and of the peoples confidence in
the stability of the government"
Adyices received from Tomsk state
that bolshevists began an insurrection
about twenty miles west of that place
and set up a government, but were at
tackled and defeated with heavy cas-
uslties by patrols from Irkutsk on New
Year day. There are few fears of a
new bolsheviSt uprising.
In the opinion OF people here, the
hands Of the government have been
strengthened by the acceptance of the
foreign ministry by Sergius Sazonoff
and the final conclusion of the agree
ment between the United States and
Japan by which John f. Stevens be-
came chairman of the technical COM
mission in charge of the rehabilita ton
of the Trans-Siberian railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
MEXICAN TROOPS TAKE
REBELS HEADQUARTERS
Also Capture Archives of Felix
Diaz and Pedro Gabay, His
Chief Adherent.

MEXICOs CITY, January 90 (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press).-
The war department has announced
that troops commanded by Gen. Candida
Aguilar. formerly minister of foreign
relations. operating in the state of Vera
Cruz. have captured the headquarters OF
Felix Diaz and his chief adherent, Pedro
Gabay, which were located on the Gar
risal mountains.
In addition to stores OF dynamite, the
archives Of the rebels were captured
These are said to contain documents
involving in the Diaz movement well
known Mexican citizens and foreigners
Recently d number of Spaniards were
deported from Vera Cruz on a charge ol
assisting the Diaz adherents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-28
b0LsHEV|ST TRAP
lEVADEDBY ALLIES
Americans and British Forces
Make Deep Detour
in Snow.

ARCHANGEL. Sunday, January -
fbv the Associated PreSs).-The boil
sbevikt are now on the offensive with
infantry or artillery, or both, against
four of the seven thin columns OF the
allies and Russians which have pene-
trated southwark through the frozen
forest swamps OF the province OF
Archangel.
Last night she enemy entered Shen-
kurak. while the tired column OF
Americans, Russians and British
which had evacuated Shenkurak,
marched in a detour over the deep
snow, evading a force of several hun
dred of the ererny, who waited on the
main highroaG TO trap the column in
its retreat.