The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-04-04

Tramps are numerous. There !,
hardly q day that several are mo-
seen walking the streets or railroad
Private Garry Koontz, OF the 327tt
Infantry, of this CITY, who was wound
ed i'm action i'm France, has arrived 81
Fort McHenry where he will be until
mustered out.
The exemption board on Monday
closed its work, after being i'm session
every day from the time the draft
board opened its Office in the Court
House at the beginning OF the war.
Howard c. Myers, colored, chauE-
feur for Gen w. Bladen Lowndes,
was killed near Ellicott City by an
automobile turning turtle. He was
buried at New Windsor.
Tt was some cleanup! Chris
Christensen, in Boston, Mass, flash
ed a 800 roll In a washroOm. TWO
men saw 1t and after 10 minutes,
cleaning they left-wfth the 800.
Mrs. C. wv. Slater, who spent the
past two months in Williamsburg, Pa,
the guest OF her sisterin-laW, MISS
Emma c. Slater, Is now visiting her
sister, Mrs. Howard ID. Ensor, Lam
caster, Pa. ....
Husbands, beware! It cost David
Thurman, Of Kansas City, Mo-, 80
bucks to spank his wife. "A hob
nailed shoe il no weapon for o. man
to apply to his wife," ruled Judge
Fleming.
Snydersburg school will hold an en-
tertainment in the Snydersburg L. ..
I'M. Hall on Tuesday evening, April
s. beginning at o'clock. Proceeds
to purchase a musical instrument for
the school. Everybody invited.
Howard 2. Atkinson, Of the 18TH
Engineers, of SykesEille;s Charles r.
Freezer, Engineers, Henrytown; VIII
liam a. Haines, Engineers, J.. this city;
Leslie Lowell, New Windsor and Jacob
a.. Lowe, Tannery, arrived at Newport
News Tuesday from France.
On April | the war department
discontinued its method OF distrlDut-
ing casualty lists. Virtually all
casualties have been announced, i
was explained, except few deaths
from injury and. disease since the
signing OF the armistice.
J. John III. Rosensteel, of Emmitsburg,
who for the past "a years has been
freight and ticket agent for the Elm
itsburs Railroad Company, has re-
signed on account df failing health.
effective April l. He was succeeded
by o. A. Tokar, Poplar Ridge.
A dynamite bomb placed under the
saloon and home of James Schivoni at
Atlas, Pa, on March 10, wrecked the
house and the adjoining home OF Ralph
Coloran. Frank LACROSSE, an Italian
and alleged member df black hand
association, and eleven others were ar
rested by the police and are In jail at
Mt. Carmel charged with being i'm
plicated In the deed.
William r. Eckenrode, Baltimore,
was sentenced by the York, CPaD
Court to from three to six years IN
the penitentiary. Eckenrode Is
charged with stealing two Ford au-
tomobiles from the streets of Han
over, one ON August 8 and the other
ON September 10 of last year.
1t is said that a liquor dealer OF
Cokeville, WEo., has received a ship
ment OF liquor containing six hundred
cases worth $685. 900, despite the fact
that Wyoming will 60 dry July J..
Cokeville is the Wyoming town near
est and most accessible to Idaho. In
the election last fall the town voted
for Prohibition three to one.
t From 10 to 40 persons were killed OH
drowned late Monday when a tempo
rary scafolding, extending around the
stern OF boat on the ways at the
Merchant ShipyaPd, at Hartman, Pa,
collapsed while nearly 150 persons
were standing ON it to view the
launching of the freighter Waukau.
! The following firemen were elect
| ed Wednesday to represent West
minister Fire Department at the
annual Firemen's Convention to be
held at Salisbury in June as dele
gates and alternates: William
Weagly, J. Gloyd Diffendal, J. Harry
Cootes, Frank r.. Shaefrer, John ID.
Biehl. Alternates-Wm. u. Long,
Frank B. billiard, j. Leonard Shaef-
fer, M. E. Campbell and William
Helm.
/ John Miller, charged with shooting
Abner Mills on the night OF February
% last, escaped from the Adams
county Jail at Gettysburg, Pa. Friday
He was confined in a cell held by
three padlocks, but he sawed off the
bar to which the locks were attached
and once in the corridor got to the
street through the sheriff's residence.
Before leaving, however, he took
Sheriff Harman's revolver from his
office Three other prisoners. two
convicted OF murder, and one an al
tleged accomplish of Miller, were con-
fined in nearby cells.
Mr.. Henry Willet and family, Mt
Pleasant, entertained to dinner on
SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Amidee Ecker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington Penn, OF
Silver Run; Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Ecker and daughter, Margaret, OF
Union Mills; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Knipple and daughter, Ruth, Mr.
Eustic Spangler, Mrs. Chas. Spang-
Ter, of Hanover; Robert and John
Bankert, of near Westminster; also
in the evening Mary Sneak, Edith
Bowman and Gladys Starner, of Mt
Pleasant. ."..