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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
$1,797 FOR GUESSING
WHEN ICE GOES OUT

NENANA, Alaska. July "A. j.
Ghezzi's guessing won for him ex-
actly $1.797. Ghezzi guessed to the
minute when the ice in the Tanana
river would break up. and his prize
was the ice pool.
Guessing as to the time Of the an
nual ice breakup in the Tanana and
Yukon rivers is as great a sport to
Alaskans in the vicinity of those
streams as the Kentucky Derby to
its most devoted followers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
OLD BOY KIDS 'EM
BY OFFER TO ENLIST

SAN FRANCISCO. July Capt.
John p. Robinson. of Auburn, Cal.
drifted into the headquarters Of the
San Francisco recruiting district, at
$50 Market St. today, and expressed
a desire to re-enlist. He was only
kidding" OF course. for he was IS
years old, and a veteran Of the civil
war He wears a congressional Medal
of Honor, the highest decoration the
American government bestows.
awarded him for saving the life of
his colonel in the Battle of Gettys-
burg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
COUNCIL COMMITTEE
SENDS OUT AN S. o. S.

Request for further advice from
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Frank Griffiths as to what shall be
done by the city council to remedy
its appointment of ]. +. Leghorn to
be auditor of appropriations of Sc
attic, declared illegal, has been made
by the judiciary committee OF the
council.
The assistant corporation counsel
Is preparing an opinion on the steps
to be taken to rectify the mistake.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
TOOK TIME, FLED;
NOW DOING TIME

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2.-"Got
the timer" asked Louis Hawkins. ac-
costing Victor Call.
ITS Just O'clock said Call,
consulting his watch.
Gee. time for me to be going"
SAID Hawkins. and he snatched the
"atch from Calls hand and ran off.
foliceman Rudolph Maier overlook
Hawkins. He was identified by Call
ana arrested on charge of grand
larceny. The watch was feund in
iot' where Mailer says Hawkins
dropped 1t in his flight.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
OFFICE TO CONTINUE

The federal employment service
will continue to get positions for re-
turned soldiers and will not close
down for lack of funds as an
nounced Tuesday.
Sufficient funds to operate the
service have been appropriated. ac-
cording to announcement reaching
the Chamber of Commerce and Com
mercial club Wednesday.
1t was announced Tuesday the
federal employment service would
cease to exist and that the state
veterans welfare commission Great.
ed by the last legislature. would
take over the work. Lawrence
Wood has been in charge Of the fed
eral employment service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
Sleeps on Train, Is
Robbed of $4,000

A bank book. certificates OF de-
post on Iowa and Tonasket banks.
for so 300. n railroad stock GER
tificate for $500. and $500 cash
were stolen from the pockets of
s. +. Guenther, of Tonasket, while
he was asleep in the smoker of
a G.. N. train en- route to Seattle
Tuesday.
Guenther told the police that he
boarded the train at Tonasket at
o a. m. Tuesday and went to the
smoker, where he fell asleep. His
pockets were picked during his
slumber.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
GRABBED HER PURSE

Nellie Klee of the Imperial hotel,
Fourth ave. and Union St, lost 81
Tuesday night when her purse was
snatched at Third ave. and Seneca st.
by a man who is described as being
35 years old, short, and wearing a
blue suit and soft hat. Two women
were with the purse snatcher.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02
WANT METERS ON
ALL T0-HIRE CARS

The city department of weights
and measures wants all for-hire
automobiles to carry taximeters
and charge their fares accordingly.
A letter to the corporation coun-
sci asks whether the department
has authority to order this under
the laws of the city governing
automobiles for hire
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-02

big Timber" vigorous novel of
the Northwest, by Bertrand w. Sin.
clair, begins in Thursdays Star,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
HEADQUARTERS FOR
ARMENIAN RELIEF
CAMPAIGN OPENED
All Bat Three Ceumtics Have Decided
10 Dslay Drive UntIi February
3 Fer Openlng

Campaign headquarters for the
Maryland and Baltimore divisions Of
the Americas Committee Tor Relief III
the Near East were opened in Baltt-
more today at rs East Baltimore
street From this point Charles RI
Posey and his assistants, III C. Hayer-
stick and John WI Mace will airect
the state wide campaign to raise MARY
lands share of the S. 900 900 fund for
immediate relief Of the Syrian. Ar
naeniaii and other exiles OF the Near
East who we're victims hi Turkish
atrocities Ii the war.
Chairman Posey is fast shaping up
the personnel Cf the executive COM
niiftee, which will handle Baltimore's s
end Of the drive. In view Of the fact
that the Baltimore committee has de-
layed the start of the local DIVE until
February 8, ar but three of the coun-
ties have decided to withhold their eff
forts untIl the SAME date The first OF
aeet Of relief ships owned by the
American Committee for Relief In the
NDar East sailed from New York last
Monday carrying an escorted cargo Uf
materials and equipment for relief
purposes This was in addition to ths
gteamer West Cape, which also sailed
several days ago with million and q
half dollar cargo of -four for the CONF
mittee III Constantinople The Mer-
GURUS was the first OF the regular ieet
OF relief ships and 1t Is due to reach
Constantinople iii thirty DAYS Dis
tribution Of the relief supplies viii be
started Immediately after Its arrival
Among the starving and plague iafast-
ed people Of the interior and among
the Greeks in Asia Minor.
Another ship. similarly equipped.
but carrying even q greater amount g
supplies. Will sail from New York DUR
ing the later part of the present week.
The Mercurius carries 24 small no-
tor cars and 90 motorcycles, Is ambu-
Iances, SO motor trucks. 2.ee0, 900
yards Of cloth. t00, 600 blankets. 10000
pairs of shoes, 900 cases of refugee
clothing, seven l00-bed hospital units,
900 tons pf foodstufts and 10000 cans
OF condensed milk
A special license was granted hy the
federal food administra for the ex-
port of~tfis great quantity Of milk
Arriyaa OF the Mercurins, he West
Cape and the second of the aeet relief
vessels 1t Is hoped will staTe on some
of the misery throughs starvation
throughout Asia Minor IS sanrhsnent'
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
Listless Game Of Basketball Yes
terday Adds Easily Won
Laurels To Naval Men
SPARE VISITORS EIGHT,
HELP THEMSELVES TO AS
Rather Uninterssting Game Fea
tured BY Sensational Hag
erty's Long Throw

The midshipmen established clean
record of nine straight victories hy
winning from Mt ST Mary's ID basket
bail yesterday afternoon, 43 to s.. II
was Il rather iiBtless and uninteresttng
contest. and Coach Billy Lush reversed
his usual order IS starting, the game
with d second string. and putting Ia bis
regulars later, few minutes before
the close of the nrst half
The second string players put up .
fair game. but the score WAS to In
favor OF the navy. when the regulars
swarned on the field Just before the
half ended The half ended IL to 5,
and the second period had not gone
far before d comfortable lead vas es-
tablished
AZ usual, Farweil, the plebe forward.
lead the teamsin scoring, with flye
court goals In little over half the game
DerInger, who was Hi the playing for
the same time. shot four successfully.
and Sanner. the only midshipfnan to
play the whole game. secured thre@.
Evidently, Coach Lush intends to give
him thorough tryout as he used him
ON both forward wings Waters and
fCouble continued their excellent Of
fengfve game from the guard position.
The visitors passed reasonably well,
but were evidently below the standard
of the midshipmen. Carney scored the
first goal Of the game hut there were
only two more goals from the floor
thrown Sssiring the game. One was one
fof the longest ever seen here. thrown
by HRgerty in the last half. from two
thirds the length Of the court away
FROM the goal Il was the kind of shot
eliat N not seen often, and into which
the element of luck enters necessarily.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
NEWS OF MARYLAND
SOLDIERS BROUGHT
BY VISITOR HERE

Corporal Merritt Learned. or 4 Con-
necticnf regiment. belonging to the
2eth or New England division. one 81
the first 10 reach the western front,
visited his relatives, the family OF Clar-
ence Tickling. this city, today. EHs
served over q year abroad, and ID nOR
recovering from wound Ia the arm
from rifle bullet which ne received
during the aghting in the Argonne ra-
gion. He stated that he met with &
number 81 the soldiers Of the2pth dI-
VISION to which the Marylanders b.
long Corp. Learned Ii stationed at
the hospital at Fort McHenry. Balti-
more.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
TWO BOATS ARRIVE
WITH GRAVEL cARGoEs

The frst load 81 gravel that has ar
rived at this port for some few months
was received yesterday afternoon,
when two vessels. one III command of
Capt Thomas KELLEY, and the other,
Capt Pert Kelley. docked at Passport
and the Martin wharf respectively.
The gravel came tom Cedar Point
on the Patnxent river, ana that
brought By Capt Thomas Kelly ii to
DO used FOR work at the Naval acaG-
eny, while that brought on the vessel
OF Capt Pert Kelly was to dIl an order
for the C. W, Martin Company. to be
used on the radio station opposite the
academy.
Both orders are Tor contract work
given out some time ago, but 1t has
been impossible 70 obtain gravel owing
to the scarcity Of labor and the cold
weather hen and boys refuse to work
along the waters edge where gravel
IS obtainsbse, and the two vessels ar
riving here yestsraag afternoon Win
thelx consignment Of gravel are the
nrst docked at this port with q SINH
lar freight lii many months.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16

he know how to charge With leyelled
rife. but he must understand how TO
work the smaller guns on the decks of
battle ships II war and ii peace we
are here today and somewhere else
tomorrow BHs wouldn.t trade Il
for any other lite / have ever seen or
read about. figure I've had the very
best Of It in this little game OF life
And sure am grateful To the con-
gressman who met me that night on
my way home to supper \
You Nigh think the head marine
was stretching ii a bit about those
thirty eight years He certainly does
not look q day over forty, slender.
bfown-eyed. elegant III dress and de-
pertinent, ali Intellectual rather than
physical type. Watch him IN action.
He brtstles with energy He is d
human dynamic OF nervous force. He
talks with the, rapidity and the siac-
cato precision pf magazine gun.
Cupid baited his merry little trap
tor Barnett III Baltimore He brought
about meeting between Mrs Basil
Gordon who was Leila Montague Of
that city. and the distinguished marine
was torpedoed square lii the heart.
After their marriage Mrs Barnett be-
came interested In preparedness and
was one of the most ardent advocates
Of the fore-armed theory in Washing
ton She is an ofleer Ia the Red Cross
cantaen. Thousands OF comfort bags
have been turned out III her home for
members Of the Marine corps over
seas.
General Barnett Is just back from
France, where he has been looking
over his Devil Dogs to see II they keep
up their doggedness Press CORE
spondents asked what he thought 81
his oUtfit. Answered he A dis
tinguished Frenehmaa, discussing the
war. said there were three great bat
ties. the first and second battles Of
the Marne and Chateau Thierry
Try to tell any or the marines that
Frenchman was wrong
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
STATE LEGISLATURE
SANITARY AREA ACT
rs UPHELD BY CoIJr

T.
The right Of the legislature of Maxy-
land to create sanitary district Of the
suburbs Of Washington, b 81, consist-
Ing Of the larger portion 81 M0nsg0ns.
cry and Prince Georges counties, wssS
upheld by the Court of Appeals f0tIay.
IN an opinion delivered BY Judge Brs
coe.
Under the terms OF Chapter 1z2 II
the Acts Of 1918. ofsiclals were crested
having general powers over watsr sssr~
ply. beverage and refuse disposal.
q district comprising about 30 sQnaf
miles and containing about 10000 pe
pie. Authority % levy taxes and issns
bonds was given II. ana eli gene1
powers necessary to carry ont ata psr
poses.
10 act Wns questioned by AMg
H- Dahaer. . taxpayer living ii
vile, who sought to eMtDin fsu aafosn
ment He claimed that It exeatsd se
tng districts without the c0nsent
those Al aGgectsd and that Il was dlscE
nakOry III its provisions,
The court Upheld EAe aes un tf
Gsneral gEOunda 81 GaB ri IS els
LEGISLATURE % craase areas e
tive purposes and 10 6slas Is SssS
snfaT sutlansi4y os4g ID
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
TOO MANY "DA Ysa
NOT ENOUGH EIpBFs
WORK. PE0 0PLE SAY
Plan To EstaSlIsl Moae Holidays
DSes Not Meet SroyaI
.tlf Busy F6IA
tlf Busy r Oh

TfsemuItiplicity Of holidays is b mat
ter Sf serious debate at hits time n q
busy work -a-day world. and the ques-
tion OF adding to them Pershing
Day. an .Armistice Day. and dozen
or more other days has brought
about discussion recently III the Bos-
ton Globe, reader of which suggests q
referendum on the continuance of New
Years as legal holiday
The Globe says II would be inter-
esting TO see how all our holidays
would turn out, subject to such d test
We could put them on the ballot like
the nineteen amendments to the state
constitution and let the people decide
by yes or no vote which ones should
remain And they could also pass
Judgment on those projected holidays
which somebody urges on every legis-
lature There Is Lincoln's birthday.
for example, holiday ia number Of
states, intending New York and Ills
nois. IT would long ago have been q
holiday here but for its nearness to
February ~ That argument may not
long sufice to block 1t, since New
Years. day is gtill nearer Christmas
The war through which We have
passed has given new lease OF Life 70
Memorial day, which had been rapidly
falling into the discard That III to
say, che purpose Tor. which We origin
lIy set ii ape II that Of decorating the
graves Of oui soldiers has Of late Oc-
cupied small part Of the attention Of
the people and commanded little Of
their interest But Ais memorial %
the soldiers of al wars It viii M
doubfediy gain new and deserved in-
petus
We have happily escaped some hoIi-
days, In 1885 movement was under
way to make May Dewey day or Ma
nflla day. or something of that kind.
and the more fervently patriotic states
for d time SO celebrated It Somebody
proposed Pershing day this year; but
his exploits have not been Individuals
tic enough To command public atten-
tIon. Arniskice day was another sug-
gesti0n. If the legislature should de-
eide on the total number of legal hoIi-
days and then LET the public. on j ref
erenduni. express their preference, Il
would be interesting % Gee the ones
that would 30 % the top. The Weath-
Ill would probably have much 70 DO
with the selections An anniversary
IN the first week in August would de-
veiop surprising strength This e one
secret Of the success Of Columbus day.
iii made ) fitting break between Labor
aay and ThanksgivlRg
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
pHONOGRAPH DETECTS
WIRELESS LEAK THAT
GIVES GERMANS AID

Ruzzing and sputtering, the spark
was acting up The French Intelli-
gence department, with receivers all
tuned un for Nanan and Madrid could
make nothing intelligible out of the
supposed message
Nothing there. Was the verdict of
the wireless expert
Headquarters thought dlfletently
]. TheGermans had known Liar too
much concerning allied tronp ffsposal
in the SO1nms advance News was
getting across constantly; some of it
was acted nbon BY the boches before
ever allied troops In advanced posi-
|tions could know OF the changes made.
Careful sitting had made practical
certainty of the theory that neutral
country was sending the news BY pow
|erfnl wireless Further Investigations
had disclosed that in Madrid. Spain, an
instrument was using the same wave
length used habituaIly BY Nauen, the
great Official station Of the German
empire
For weeks afterward the allies kept
EApGAlS RAoy eAltC bttN4A&Ez DEOU4Etl.
Every sort De instrument was tried,
the theory being that perhaps some
special receiving apparatus had been
invented which made the buzzlng jurn-
Bile intelligible.
Positive orders wens out TO tune
up on Madrid Obeying this mandate
the Intelligence department finally
discovered the trick A certain invest
igator. at his wits end. attached i
phonogfaph with d blank record to the
receiving station which was tnyesti-
eating Madrid When the buzzing
came It was inscribed on the soft wax
Hof d record. This first attempt yielded
no specific result, but It furnished q
hint Running the record at two oE
three revolutions to the minute, seve +
81 expertsth ought they detected Ger
tain letters.
Immediately another trial was made.
This time the blank record was run
800 revolutions To the minute. speed
never tried on pionograp aphsf Or musI-
cal or oratorical purposes when used
IN this way the record revoIYes only
so times minute
The buzzing was caught When the
record was re-run at lower speed the
code message was obtained
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
ST JOHNS MEN FALL
BEFORE GALLAUDET

Not unexpected to those In touch
with conditions was the defat Of Sc.
Johns basketball five III Washington
last evening by Gallaudet though the
score of SO To "a vas good deal more
than had been anticipated. A few
weeks ago, St. Johns won against the
same team, on the local court, BY
single point but since then. the team
has been knocked into 4 cooked hat b.
players leaving school Or for other
reasons.
Gallaudet lead from the start, and
piled up one OF the biggest scores that
s.. Johns has ever had against M..
Downes, the tail center who did good
work here against both ST. Johns and
the Navy, lead II the scoring with Gx-
teen goals remarkable total
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
8 apf,eals Rules Today At
s,ipe Lover Court J,ldg
,er,t II Famous Case
8, ,FyeD GOVERNOR
WILL NOT INTER RVENE
,,t,an probable About Middle
of February Is Cen
eally Believed

ntrtit,n delivered by Judge y.
.,as r,arke this morning, the Court
80. ..s.,i4 81 Maryland, affirmed the
ent az Il fhe circuit court Of Bal
l'lass. ss cnunty III which John Snow
l sn Annapolis eolored man, was
as.. ,sa III he murder Of Mrs. Lottie
81 ,,ar brandon the washington young
aa s,.n III August sth, last, n the lit
~ Ea,,e on second street, this city
Is ss,a .lea Ma sentenced 70 be hung,
AZ crime was the most Drutal
s AVN 6as taken place IN Annapolis
ss.s ,nsr.,t ,r,ns Ii III generally believed
IS, ibe action of the Court of Ap-
,.s 80 toda, makes II artain as human
,s,ss. s., IAN he that the sentence viii
go e,rrted out Those close to Cow
s.,or harrington. say that he is con
,iafe5 Il tte guilt Of snowden. ana
.i not hesitate ID set q date for
- execution. which II Is thought is
I.sIY d take place about the middle
February
Maintains Ills Innoceece
ssowden has persistently declasaa
ts,t hs Il Innocent He has told the
ns e5piiietiag stories about bis
nsyenents on the morning Of the
7ise bat he has resolutely declared
,s.f he had never seen the woman who
IL killed 4 great many of his own
solor and few of the white residents
i ihe city believe this, but the great
majority. Including all who have fol-
oEed the case closely, believe that he
guilty of the atrocious crime Of
vbleh he has been convicted
The killing III Mrs. Brandon and the
afidents during the next ten days,
dnung which efforts were being made
ind the circumstances Of the crime,
aad fx the guilt upon someone, con-
saate the most sensational chapter In
tAe annals of crime In Annapolis and
Il vicinity
Slor, Of The Crime
Mrs Brandon was q youthfRA wife
and expeetent mother, living within her
husband. Valentine N, Brandon, q 4
little home on Second street which
Fgns from West street To the Murray
Hill section brandon. who was eTn-
ployed al the Naval Experimental sta
tion left his home before eight o'clock
oa the morning OF the day of the
crime He stayed at the station all
day and among other things, went In
swimming with party He returned
after five in the evening. to find his
Site lying dead on a couch In the front
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16

room of the first n0or Her clothing
was torn and disarragSed and there
was Dig bruiae On her forehead.
A number Ug people had seen Mrs
Brandon alive that morning after her
husband haA left, and for time. the
detectives. local officials. newspaper
men, Of whom large numbr came to
Annapolis. and all others were bafTled
as 20 any possible clue. Suspicion
pointed in various directions, but each
one vas disprcved BY convincing cir
cumstances
CoI0red Women Gise Tesgfmony
Several days later. two coloTed wo-
men. Mary Perkins and Edith Credit,
who lived directly across the street,
and who were very respectable wo-
men, ststAd that they had aeen SNOW
den Ieavsn the Brandon house They
flt .inpkned BY duty to make this
fel tirnpaed by duty to make this
never changed III snowden was ap-
pretended and questioned, bnt be de-
MED bis guilt then. just as he has
done up to the present Told hy many
people that he would eventually hang,
he has always replied Well. they
viii hang an innocent man.
The case was removed to Baltimore
county for trial, and, after most ex-
haustive hearing, jury found snow
den guilty, and he was sentenced to
be hung. II is said that the coIored
people of Washington and Baltimore. as
well as of Annapolis, took great inter-
est In the case. and subscribed con-
siderable sums to carKy the case TO
the Court Of Appeals They generally
profess to believe that Snowden Is in
nocent, and II being made something
OF martyr LII order that someone
else may be protected
yhe salient legal points In the case
we're discussed By the Court Of Ap-
peais IN the opinion which It deliver
ed today
Legal Phases Of Opinion
The state moved to dismiss the ap-
peal on the grounds that the record
was not transmitted In the required
time and that bffi Of exceptions wa u
not signed during the term III which
the judgment was entered. nor with
IN the time as extended By the court
1t was held that eae appeal was en-
tered ii time. and that delay IN sign-
ing the bill Of exceptions was not due
to the fault of the appeilant,s counsel
The case was therefore decided upon
its merits. 4
The opinion mentioned the fact that
there had been sixty-six exceptions BY
counsel for Snowden To the eyidence.
The court reviewed the salient points
III the evidence, calling attention, how
ever, TO the fact chat the Court Of AT-
peals has nothing to do with the weight
of the evidence. that being the exclus-
i've function Of the jury.
The evidence. the court states
showed strongly that Mrs. Brandon
had been murdered, and that ii there
upon became incumbent upon the state
TO show that Snowden had been the
murdered. This. the opinion states.
the state attempted to do through the
evidence OF Mary Perkins and Edith
Credit, colored women aiving opposite
the Brandon house, Leroy Cisco. and
other witnesses and circumstances.
Rules on TestimOny Admission
The testimony Of Mary Perkins ID
set out Iii some length The opinion
tells Of her evidence as To the noise
she had heard ia the Brandon house,
tCoutinued % paRe four.l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16

l.lontInaed 81 page foar.l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-16
. 9an nnrr. ga

A son was born lass night to AGr.
and Mrs. Harry I.0wuaan, y ast street
The new arrival Is the third hoy 81 elae
family Of little soIdIera Hi. Low
man an asnpl0ye be alas Evening Can-
isal once.