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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
DISARMING MERCHANT
SHIPS RAPIDLY SAYS
u. S. SHIPPING BOARD
Naval Guns And Gunners Are Being
Removed With. All Possible
Dispatch From Vessels

Naval guns and gunners placed on
American merchant ships TO protect
them against German submarines are
being removed as rapidly as the YES
sells reach home ports, says an an
nouncement by the Shipping Board.
The rifles and their crews are return
ed to the navy, while the steel gun
emplacements mounted on the bow
and stern are dumped on the docks
without ceremony after they are cut
away.
With the withdrawal of the naval
crews, accommodations are afforded
on each ship for apprentice seamen,
firemen and stewards, junior deck Of
ficers and junior engineers, who will
be given their final training at sea
after the course in the shore schools.
The officers must have three months
sea duty before receiving their licenses.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
GOVERNOR rs GUEST OF
BRYAN AT BALTIMORE

Governor Harrington was the guest
at luncheon yesterday afternoon. of
William Jennings Bryan, at the Ho-
tel Bevedere. Baltimore. But few per-
sons in the dining room recognized the
two distinguished men and after the
luncheon was over, Mr.. Bryan and
Governor Harrington sat for more
than an hour, and conversed. Mr..
Bryan then invited Governor Harring-
ton to accompany him to the Johns
Hopkins hospital, where Mrs Bryan is
a patient.
During President Wilson's first cam
paign, Mr.. Bryan was the guest of
Governor Harrington at his home in
Cambridge, Nd, and he afterwards
met the former Secretary of State at
Annapolis.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
FORMER ANNAPOLIS
NEWSPAPER MAN ILL
IN BALTIC. HOSPITAL

]. Guest King, for many years res
ident of Annapolis. and editor Of The
Examiner, a Republican weekly pub
lished in this city, was stricken with
paralysis in Baltimore yesterday. and
is patient at the Maryland General
hospital. where he is reported to be
a very sick man
1t is the second stroke Mr.. King has
suffered within few months. Shortly
before Christmas he suffered the first
stroke at the Hotel Emerson, Balti-
more, where he is employed, but re-
covered sufficiently to be out again
and later made visit to Annapolis.
His friends here were apprised of
his illness yesterday, and his former
pastor, DR.. Burgan, OF the First NJ. T..
church visited him yesterday after
noon in the Baltimore hospital. Mr..
King is past his four-score years, and
has been remarkably active for his
age. His present illness is considered
by his physician as very critical.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
GOOD CROWD MARKS
FIRST OF UNION SERVICES


The union services, conducted under
the auspices of the Ministers Union
of Annapolis, opened with most en-
couraging attendance last night at
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
South The service was conducted by
Rev. A. E. Owens, the pastor.
Rev. Maurice S. White, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, spoke of
Honest Doubt, Stepping Stone to
Faith" Mr. White used as basis the
life of Thomas, known as Doubling
Thomas" He spoke of the honesty of
his doubt and the tenderness with
which Jesus brought him into a
firmly established faith, for which he
afterward sacrificed much and gave
his life.
In the absence of DR.. Sewers, Rev.
H. w. Burgan gave the second ad-
dress of the evening, following the
theme Faith" He showed the true
spirit with which the church should
express its faith here and throughout
the world
The meeting tonight will be held at
Maryland Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church. The speakers scheduled are
Revs. A. E. Owens and H. w. Burgan.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
SERVICE MEN SEEK BIG
PAY TURN DOWN JOBS

A genuine problem has developed in
in thematter of placing discharged sol
diers in positions that pay satisfactory
wages, according to an announcement
by G. Harry Dunderdale, head of the
public employment Office at Boston,
Mass.
"It is to be deplored," he declares,
that so many returning soldiers and
sailors will not accept positions for
which they are qualified, and at which
they were working prior to their going
into the service"
In nearly all cases, Dunderdale says,
they want better jobs and more money
than they earned before, a, result, he
believes, of their hearing so much
about the high wages being paid in the
various industries. But on account Of
the shutting down of many war indus
tries here high-paying positions have
become scarcb, and, while places are
open for the men to fill, they are not
accepted readily.
Figures given by the superintendent
show that duEing December 59S SOL
diers and saildss applied at the office
for employment OF this number 141
were referred to places after talking
with the men and receiving their
favorable declaration. OF these but
thirty were placed in permanent posi-
tions.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
DOGS DO HEROIC WORK
AS WAR MESSENGERS,
SENTRIES' WATCHERS

Hitherto next to nothing has been
known about the dogs of war at the
front except an occasional glimpse on
a cinema film of some shaggy dog
rushing desperately across piece of
shell SCARED country.
The corps of messenger dogs was the
creation of Colonel Richardson, well
known as an advocate of the use of
dogs in war and police work. In the
early months of the war a war dog
school of instruction was formed at
Shoeburyness. and later moved to
Lyndhurst, where Colonel Richardson
was appointed commandant Came
keepers, hunt servants and shepherds
were called up from the army to train
the dogs. At first the dog recruits
came entirely from the homes for lost
dogs, and thus many a poor stray dog
that might have gone to the lethal
chamber has saved the life of brave
soldier
The police sent many unclaimed dogs
and finally the public, in answer to an
appeal. helped generously. Those
who sacrificed their pets, however,
have now the satisfaction of knowing
that they have been the means of saw
ing countless lives and much property
and have also been available as sub
stitutes for man-power at a time when
this was all-important.
Dogs have been used as messengers,
sentries and watchers. They are
trained in ideal surroundings and de-
light in their work Their skill, cour-
age and tenacity have been amazing.
During heavy barrages, when all
other communications have been cut,
the messenger dogs have brought mes
sages of vital import. Sometimes
they have been wounded in the per-
formance of their duties. They have
often brought message in a few
minutes over ground that would take
runner hours to cross.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
RED CROSS GREATLY IN
NEED OF WOMEN TO
SEW FOR REFUGEES
Local Chapter Makes Appeal to Wo-
men Of This City to Aid In
Great Sewing Drive

The Red Cross needs sewers, and
must have them speedily. All women
who are willing to sew on Red Cross
garments for the refugees are urged
to report to the chairman, Mrs.
Frank A. Munroe at the Red Cross
headquarters in the city Assembly
Rooms next Tuesday.
Some five to six hundred garments
are to be completed, which is half the
allotment sent the local unit The call
is an urgent one. Machines will be
placed in the rooms for the use of the
women sewers, who will work in the
mornings and afternoons. In order
to complete the work the women sew
ers must work from three TO four days
next week on the sewing drive for the
completion of garments for refugees.
The call is urgent and all women are
asked to respond Immediately.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
WATCH JANUARY 10TH
WHY CABLES WERE
SEIZED DULY EXPLAINED

The reason for President Wilson's
action in permitting the cables to be
taken over after the armistice had
been signed was the refusal of the
cable companies to give casualty lists
a preference. Senator James Hamil-
ton Lewis, Democrat. Illinois, alleged.
IAN official document soon will be
sent to both Houses giving the rea-
sons for taking over. the cables and
this will be seen to be the principal
one among the Senator Lewis said.
Private messages, paying high rates
always were put ahead of casualties
by the companies. The government
had no authority to compel the adop-
ton of a different system. 1t is this
that has caused large part of the
delay in reporting casualties
Senator Lewis said he had heard the
contest between the government and
the Postal Telegraph Company over
the seizure of the cables was nearing
settlement.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR ADMIRAL ZANE
HELD ON SATURDAY
Sketch of Life of Navy Man Who Mar
ried Annapolis Girl And Was
Well known Here

Funeral services over the remains
of Rear Admiral A. " Zane, IT, S. A.,
Zane, U. S. ~. retired. whose death
occurred Thursday at his residence in
Washington. husband of Mrs. Grace
Southgate Zane, formerly of Annapo-
lis, were held Saturday afternoon
from St. Margaret's church that city,
the rector. Rev. DR.. Smith and his as
sistant officiating Chaplain Wright
of the navy officiated at the grave.
The funeral cortege was met at the
gate at Fort Meyer, by a company of
marines and sailors, and the casket
which was wrapped with United
States flag and bore the sword, belt
and cap of the admiral, was placed
upon a caisson. together with a floral
wreath sent by the Spanish War Vet
Grams, to which the deceased belonged.
The cortege proceeded through the
fort to Arlington where the remains
were inferred, at a point opposite the
city of Washington The honorary
pallbearers included two brothers of
the deceased Messrs. Anthony and
George Zane. of Philadelphia, and his
two nephews. Admirals of the navy
and Naval Constructor Tawresey were
active body bearers.
Abraham Vanhoy Zane was born in
Philadelphia sixty-eight years ago
Upon the completion of his grammar
and secondary school education in
1870, he entered the United States
Naval academy at Annapolis He was
graduated and commissioned a cadet
engineer in 1874. From then until
1899 when he was transferred to the
line, he served in the engineering di-
vision of the navy.
Admiral Zane was a member of the
Jeanette Relief Expedition, 1881 to
1882, and three years later was mem
ber of the Northern Alaska Exploring
Expedition.
In September, 1895, he was promoted
to the rank of chief engineer and was
assigned to duty on the u. S. Machias
1t was as an engineering officer Of
that vessel that he saw service in the
Spanish-American war
The rank of lieutenant-comman
was conferred on him in 1899 He be-
came captain in 1907 He was as
signed as head of the Department of
Steam Engineering at the Portsmouth
IN. H.) navy yard in 1908 and in 1911,
while still directing that work he was
promoted to the rank of rear admiral
In that same year he was made a gen.
eral inspector of machinery for the
navy Early in 1912 he was assigned
to as head of the president of the
Board of Inspections for Shore Sta
tions. He was retired on August IA
of that year
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
COLORED MAN HELD
TO GRAND JURY ON
PISTOL TOTING CHARGE

Police court is experiencing per-
iod of inactivity and there were but
two arrests last night. John Franklin.
colored, was arrested on a disorderly
charge last evening by Officer Lowman
and paid fine and costs of 1915.
John Johnson. colored, was arrested
late last night on a disorderly charge
by officer Curry and was assessed a
fine and costs of $1175 this morning.
Search of the offender disclosed pis-
tol on his person. He was promptly
put under $500 bail to appear before
the grand jury on a charge of carry
ing a concealed weapon, in default of
payment of which he was committed
to Jail.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
WAR MOTHERS MEETING
BALTIMORE, JANUARY 10

The next meeting of the Maryland
Division, War Mothers of America. will
be held at the Young Women's, Chris
tian association, Park avenue and
Franklin street, Baltimore, on Friday,
January 10, at 1880 a. m. Constitu-
tion and bylaws will be acted upon
On the same day, between and 4
the War Mothers will be entertained
at an informal reception at the Red
Circle club, st. Paul and Monument
streets, Baltimore. The War Camp
Community Service officials have sup
piled an Office in this building for the
War Mothers and asked them to take
over the management of the club:
also the Soldiers and Sailors club on
South Liberty street AS mothers they
are endeayoring to make these places
real homes for the men in uniform and
to fully live up to the wonderful op-
portunity offered for worth while serv-
ice. All interested men and women
are cordially invited to be present on
the afternoon of Friday, January 10.
Refreshments will be served and a pro-
gram rendered. 1t is hoped guests
will bring donations of jellies, pre-
serves, pickles, etc, sheet music. good
books and games
A full attendance of all women
eligible TO membership in the War
Mothers organization. namely, moth
ers. wives. sisters and daughters of
men in active service. to both business
meetings and receptions is greatly de-
sired
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
DAYS OF WASHINGTON
RECALLED BY TABLE
ONCE IN MANN'S INN

Annapolis has recently unearthed
an old table that once occupied place
in Mann's Inn, later the old City Hotel,
which held the punch bowl in the days
of George Washington
Miss Elizabeth Brady is owner of
the table which is now in her home
on Cathedral street. The table was
given to Miss Brady's family by Mr..
Walton, who was one time the pro-
prietor of the old City Hotel, original
ly Mann's Inn.
The coming to light of the table re-
calls that an old water cooler made of
stone, once the property of Mann's Inn
and used in Washington's day, is now
in the possession of Mr.. Thomas
Moors, at Camp Parole, having been
given to him by his old friend. Mr.
Walton.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
1CREAT COMMONER"
TO GIVE LECTURE HERE
w. ]. Bryan Will Talk To Mems
Bible Class, First M. E.
Church, January "a
TALK ON BIG PROBLEMS

William Jennings Bryan, the Great
Commoner,' will lecture at the First
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city on the evening of January "a. next,
under the auspices of the mems bible
class of that church His subject will
be: Our Domestic Problems, A Pro-
gram of Reconstruction
1t will be the first time the former
secretary of state and democratic
presidential nominee has lectured
here, though not the first time he has
made public address. He has spoken
here at least twice before.
During one of his presidential cam
paigns, Mr. Bryan made an address
with the portico of Mcdowell Hall, st.
Johns college as his rostrum. On an
other occasion he spoke to the General
Assembly of Maryland in the hall of
the House of Delegates On both oc-
casions great audiences were present.
Mr.. Bryan will discuss a number of
the big problems which confront the
nation, including the policy to be
adopted towards the railroads and
other public service corporations.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
LUCIEN BRADY'S INJURIES
NOT SEVERE AS REPORTED
Major Robert Brady Visits Brother
In Hospital at Camp Dix And
Gives Authentic Report

Relatives and friends here of Lucien
Brady of the Machine Gun company of
the 115th infantry, have had their
minds set at rest as to his condition,
by message from his brother, Major
Roberty Brady, U. S. A., who saw the
wounded soldier at the hospital at
Camp Dix, N. j.
Major Brady stated that his brother
will not lose his leg, as persistently
reported He was wounded on the hip
by piece of shell, and badly hurt,
but is now getting back into salts
factory condition. His clothes were
torn away by the blow and the hip
badly bruised. but no other damage
was done.
1t is thought that in few days the
young man will be able to visit at his
home here.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
COURT GIVES OPINION
ON WATER Comply HEAD
Saws President Melvin's Title De-
pends On Mayor Strange's
Verbal Appointment
NEXT STEP IS VALIDITY

Judge Robert Moss, in the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel county, this
morning delivered an opinion in the
case of city Alderman John J. Levy
against Mayor James F. Strange, in
volving the appointment OF George T..
Melvin as president Of the Annapolis
Water company. The question of
whether or not the Act, Chapter 205.
of the session of 1918, is legal, was not
decided, butt it is held that Mr.. Melvin
was appointed verbally by Mayor
Strange prior to the issuing of the in
junction, and that the letter written by
the mayor subsequently was a mere
idle ceremony"
The court reviewed the history of
the case in its opinion, calling atten-
tion to the fact that Chapter 205 was
passed after the city council of An
napolis, which had the right of elect
ing the president of the water COM
pany. had failed to make a choice. The
object of the legislation was to give
the mayor the absolute right to name
the president. The opinion states that
the only question decided was the time
when the appointment of the president
was made.
The opinion further states that the
uncontradicted testimony of Mayor
Strange is conclusive on this point.
His testimony to the effect that the ap-
pointment was made verbally on the
day the governor approved the bill.
and that the letter of May 9, was writ
ten at Mr.. Melvin's request as a con-
firmation of the appointment, is re-
garded by the court as conclusive on
this point
In conclusion the opinion states
"The Court, therefore is forced to the
conclusion that the defendant has fail
ed to prove that Mr.. Melvin was ap-
pointed president of the Annapolis
Water company on Thursday, May 8,
1918; that the testimony offered and
not contradicted shows that the mayor
appointed or attempted to appoint Mr.
Melvin to said Office on April %, 1918,
and that the letter writing of May the
9th was mere idle ceremony under
taken at the suggestion of Mr. Melvin
over two weeks after the appointment
was made to the mayor, and that,
therefore, the matters and things al
legged as plea cannot be made use of
as defense in this case, and that,
therefore, the plea will have to be
overruled by the Court, which is ac-
cordingly done, with leave to the de-
fendant to use these several matters
alleged in his answer motion to dis
solve''
While the opinion does not settle
the legality of the act under which Mr..
Melvin was appointed, it is believed
that it clears the way for such a set
tlement in the near future 1t is un-
derstood that counsel for both sides
will be willing to clear the ground <l
every way for settlement of the mat
ter on its merits and determination
as to whether or not Chapter 205 is
valid, and, consequently, whether Or
not Mr. Melvin is validly exercising
the functions of president of the water
company.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
WATCH JANUARY 10TH
COURT RULES FAVORING
NEW TRIAL IN CASE OF
O'NEILL VS.. THE COUNTY
Plaintiff Must Accept Judgment OF
$500 or Motion For New Trial
VIII Be Granted

Judge Moss made ruling today in
the motion for new trial filed by
counsel for the county commissioners
of Anne Arundel county in the case Of
William /. ONeill against that body.
The plaintiff was given a verdict Of
$4,000 on account of injuries received
when he fell while on county wharf
at South River, it being alleged that
the wharf was in a faulty condition.
Judge Moss ruled that the motion
for the new trial will be granted un-
less the defendant agrees within thirty
days to accept a judgment OF $4,000
instead of the $4,000 recovered.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07
OF STATES
ON DRY AMENDMENT

If the constitution of the United
States is to be amended to provide for
national prohibition of the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquor,
three-fourths of the forty-eight states
comprising the Union must declare in
favor of the amendment, each by
majority vote in its legislature. The
record of the states on this question
now stands as follows:
Number necessary to carry amend
ment, thirty-six.
Number that stand in favor, sixteen.
Number that stand against, naught.
Number that have yet to vote, thirty
two.
Number needed of those yet to vote.
twenty.
States that have ratified, in order of
ratification, with date:
MISSISSIPPI-January 8, 1918.
VIRGINIA-January 10, 1913
KENTUCKY-January IA, 1918.
SOUTH CAROLINA--Januar %,
1918.
NORTH DAKOTA = January 20,
1918.
MARYLAND-February 13, 1918.
MONTANA-February 10, 1913.
TEXAS-March 4, 1918.
March Is, 1918
SOUTH DAKOTA-March 20, 1918.
MASSACHUSETTS, 2, 1918.
ARIZONA--May "a, 1918.
GEORGIA-June 26, 1918.
8, 1918
ICHIGAN-January 2, 1919.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-07

The Mothers Circle win hold a
meeting in the grammar school at
$3.50 tomorrow afternoon at which the
practicability of serving hot luncheons
to the school children at school noon
day will be taken up. Many Of the chill
dren who come from the suburbs are
not able in the limited time to go home
to lunch. and are given to sweets to
the detriment Of their health.