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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
Intenritv a Renuisite.

Integrity is a prime essential to real
success. One who is dishonest may
pile up money, but riches are not i'm
portant without honor and the respect
of your associates. l try always to
keep my word, no matter how trifling
the circumstances. and never promise
what l can't fulfill. l insist that none
of our men make a contract that the
company can't live up to fully. Any
salesman discovered making an agree
ment in which is inserted a clause Civ
ing the company q loophole to escape
from so filling the contract. will be
given ten minutes notice. This policy
is so we'll understood that we never
have TO enforce the threat. I never
forget that individual friendship, as
well as corporation good will, is based
on confidence; and the foundation of
confidence is integrity.-Eugene G.
Grace, in Forbes Magazine.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
WOULD BREAK OLD CUSTOM
Modern Girl Not Satisfied With Sec
ond Place, Even When Inscribed
on Her Tombstone.

There's q certain old cemetery out
in Jersey where. now and again, when
visiting friends the writer strolls
on Sunday. Many story fingers
about neglected grave or a naughty
headstone.
But two very-much-alive young peo-
pie furnished her diversion one after
noon. They were engaged, that was
plain, and proud of it. Theirs was a
happy silence, broken by the girls
clear soprano.
DO you know, George, what I've
been noticing in this cemetery?"
Apparently George did not.
"Why, on almost every tombstone
marking the grave of man and his
wife, his name comes first, with hers
tucked modestly below. Take this" {:
And she read aloud, Thomas Spring
er. Died April 90, 1912. Age eighty
five years. His wife Annie, died June
2, 1888, aged forty-three years. You
see even if the wife dies first her place
on the tombstone is at the bottom
Isn't it Queer?"
George had evidently not bothered
much about tombstones. He'd been too
busy looking at her. But it didn't
really matter much, he thought.
"Oh, but it does," she argued. 'Its
another attack on a woman's individ-
uality. Now, when die, much as
care for you, don't want my name
to be a postscript on your tombstone
Naturally George assured her that
1t shouldn't be, and they stroIled on.
in tune with the infinite and the
weather 1t had been a glimpse of the
twentieth century girl that would have
amazed Annie Springer, at rest be-
meath the moss-grown granite.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
SOUNDING OPINION ON
LEAGUE AT ST. JOHNS

Students and members of the faculty
Of st. Johns College have been asked
10 give an expression of their senti-
ment concerning the proposed League
of Nations, in a referendum that is be-
ing conducted in all OF the colleges ant
universities of the country from ma
tional headquarters in Washington
with the view of obtaining the popular
opinion of the document among those
citizens who will most likely have to
deal with ii in the future
According to the plans for the refer
endum, number of propositions are
submitted for the consideration OF the
college students. and they will be al
lowed to express their favor for any
one of these. The propositions are OF
such variety that they give absolute
freedom in the voting. one OF them
favoring the leagues adoption as i;
now stands, another opposing It al
together. ard others favoring ii with
variations
The vote will be taken al st. johns
next Tuesday and the results made
pablo and reported TO the national
headquarters. Much interest in the
matter is being shown by the students
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
EIGHT
PER CENT ANNUALLY
ON CAPITAL STOCK
CONTINUED From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
This steady progress was made in the
face Of unusual conditions incident to
the banks building operations and re-
building after the fire Of last April.
The bank is now thoroughly establish
ed in its new and enlarged quarters,
and its prospects are said to be bright
er than ever before
The full list of directors elected at
yesterdays meeting follows:
George T Melvin, George c. Bar
ton. j. August Lutz. James f. Strange.
Edward Weiss, Dr. j Oliver Purvis,
Ridgely =. Melvin. James A. Walton.
Ennalls Waggaman, Harry J Hop
kins, H. A Woodheld, Frank NJ. Du-
vail Emmett NJ Webb. II. Emory
Gray, Conrad Stoll, DR. Alfred II Per
rie. DR.. George T. Dent. William \.
Crisp and Robert Murray
AT the conclusion Of the stock
holders meeting. the new board OF di-
rectors organized and reelected the
following officers and working force
President, James A. Walton; Vice
President James F. Strange; Treas
urer, F. Howard Thompson, Jr; Secre-
tary, Charles 0. Dulin; Assistant
Secretary-Treasurer, Andrew Kramer;
.eller Benjamin j. Holiday, Jr; gem
eral tookkeeper, W. L. Schurr; book
keepers. Jeanette Sterling, Regina
Greenberg: runner. Margaret Kra-n-
ar; attorney, Ridgely p Melvin.
Executive Committee: Ridgely p
Melvin. chairman; George c. Barton
Edward Weiss, Harry j. Hopkins. En-
NETT NJ. Webb, Frank NJ Duvall, James
A. Walton. and DR.. A. II. Perrie.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
HEARD IN ANNAPOLIS
How Rad BACKS Have Been Made
Strong Kidney Ills Corrected.

All over Annapolis you hear it
Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up the
good work. Annapolis people are tell
ins about it--telling OF bad backs made
sound again. You can believe the tes-
umony OF your own townspeople They
tell il for the benefit of you who are
suffering Ii your back aches, if YOU
feel lame, sore and miserable, il the
kidneys act too frequently. or passages
are painful. scanty and off color. use
noan'S Kidney Pills, the remedy thar
hss helped SO many OF your friends
and neighbors Follow this Annapolis
citizens advice and give Doan's a
chance TO DO the same for YOU
Thomas Jacobs, 119 Prince George
street. says: Some time ago suf-
fered from pains across the small of
my back and the spells were So bad
could hardly attend TO my work. In
the morning when I got up / felt as
if hadn't slept and was always Ian
guild and lacked ambition. Doan's
Kidney Pills gave me relief from the
first and three boxes in all did me
lot of good. l still take Doan's when
feel in need of kidney remedy and /
shall always recommend them to
other kidney sufferers"
Coo. at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co. Mfrs. Buffalo, n. Y-(Adv)
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
HOSPITAL BOARD
MONTHLY MEETING
HEARS REPORTS
Continued From Page One)
Donations For Month

/ The following donations to the hos
pital for the month Of December are
acknowledged:
/ December Mrs. Birch Beard,
/ Chesterleld Anne Arundel County
Md, 3 qts. alright peaches. qts
lair-tight apples; l at air-tight straw
berries. 3 glasses jelly
December S-William o Hinton,
check, $10O
December 9-Nrs. C. Motto Will
liams, u Southgate avenue, 10 maya
zines the Misses Holiday, l39
Charles street. OTIS. canned peaches,
l pint canned peaches, 3 DTS presery-
ed peaches, l at. soup mixture. l pint
of pear marmalade, glasses apple
jelly; l at preserved damsons; "A
Friend, lis sugar
December 10-Philip Zimmerman,
High Power Radio Station, U. S. n.
cash $500
December II Mrs. Frank A. Basil.
one-half gal. jar pumpkin. one-half
gal. jar pears, one-half gal jar to-
matoes, one,half gal. jar apples. two
and half gal. jar peas, one-half gal.
jar pickles; Mrs. William b. Gardner.
16 tray covers
December 15-Mrs. w. H. Booth.
Porter Row, Naval Academy, 2 books,
/ magazine; Mrs. Leonard Clark
jars preserves; Mrs. John Engelke.
water bottle, jar preserves, l jar
beets
December 1922 From the Empty
Stocking Club, l basket fruit, stock
iings, candies and toys for the chill
dren's ward.
December 1S-Miss Nell Ennis. 8
books (Nurses' books.)
December PIE. p. Baugh, books
and magazines; Mrs. Alger. two and
a half dozen oranges; Mrs. S. Bryan.
40 College avenue, l basket fruit for
the wards.
December 25-Mrs. b. l.. Hopping.
fruit cake; Mrs Rice. l basket apples
December 20 Child's Welfare AS
sociation, ice cream for the hospital;
"A Friend" 2 chickens
December Memorial Church
Millersville. Anne Arundel county
Md, 3 bags potatoes, turnips, h.
coffee, l qt. peaches qts apple
sauce, 2 OTIS. jelly, l at. tomatoes.
cans peppers.
December 81 John Musterman
magazines: donations from "A
Friend" large quantities of canned
goods put up by his friend and given
to the hospital, string beans, beets,
peaches squashes; Miss Annie Gull
len. 5 glasses orange marmalade.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
Imported and Domestic Trees.

The sycamores that we are planting
on our city streets today may be di-
rect descendants of the monarchs OF
the Attic groves. In our own little
front yard we may be honored by the
presence Of the great-great-great
grandchild of a tree under which Arts
totle paused to expound some clever
syllegism. Such a thought should IN
crease our respect for the neat for
eigners that have so graciously accept
ed the responsibility for making our
cities beautiful. But II cannot alto
gether wean our affection from the
shaggy giants of the river bottoms
which are all our own and which bear
their true Americanism depicted in
every lipeament.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09

When baby sleeps outdoors he
should be we'll fastened down and his
head should be we'll protected Re
member, however. that babies heads
are easily overheated For this rea-
son fur caps are unwholesome. One
mother took baby through his first
winter without cold who made a
special point not 10 overhead the
laly's head For his outdoor maps
she pm on first muslin cap and then
tucked the baby into an elderdown
"laby bunting" with the pointed
hood attached. well fastened over the
Eaby's hood
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09


Ion and willard hotels. In effect 1t
was a fiat declaration Of war against
those Republicans and Democrats, who
would enact reservations of the
neace treaty as would change the in
ten, or purpose of any clause OF that
document.
To those Democrats who had hoped
that President Wilson would DECLARE
that he was not candidate for re-
election the letter brought no cheer
on the contrary. many of the Demo-
cratic leaders interpreted Mr.. Wilson
nassionate eageruess to make MS
league the party issue in 1920 Is ,he
announcement that he was willing and
ready to be his party's candidate
third time Indeed. they insisted that
his words admitted no other interpre-
tatioa. for no other man could logic
ally be the candidate on an issue which
was solely the child Of President vii
son When Senator Hitchcock. IN con
Gliding his address, expressed me
hope that the treaty would be the issue
every man in the hall expected that he
would name MIR Wilson as the logical
candidate and there was a plain let
down in the enthusiasm with which
the audience had followed Mr. Hitch
cocks address
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
THOU BUT ONE.
LISTED AS TWO

Lucio and Simplicio Cooling. famous
'Siamese' twins. will be enumerated
in the census as two persons, although
they are unit physically. under a rnl-
ing recently by Director Rogers. of
Washington The twins are eleven
years old. natives of the Philippines.
and are living in Washington. Mr..
Rogers said the Census Bureau made
special records OF twins. triple;s. and
other plural births, and he saw no
reason for treating these two boys any
differently from the rest. regardless of
their very close relation"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09

How sharply the lines between the
Wilson and the Bryan men has already
been drawn became evident after il he
came known in the halls that Mr.
Bryan would oppose President Will
sons demand for the ratification OF the
treaty substantially as il was written
Mr. Bryan may be at the convention
in san Francisco" said the leading
Nebraska politician. "but we VIII sec
to it that he is there in the same way
as he was at the ST Louis Convention
four years ago as an outsider looking
on, not as delegate ON the floor"
The President in his statement, Elde
ostenslbly TO the Democratic party. but
in a large measure addressed to the
people OF America, and to the nations
formerly engaged in the great war.
specifically declares that he viii not
sign a peace treaty containing mater
ial reservations He viii refer the
whole matter to the voters of the
United states in the next election max
ing it a paramount issue Of the cam
paisn. This declaration is embodied
in these word of Tie President
THE clear and single way out is to
submit il (the peace treaty in its pres
ent formO for determination at the
next election to the voters of the ma
ton, to give the next election the form
Of a great and solemn referendum. a
referendum as to the part the United
States is TO play in completing the
settlements OF the war and in the pre-
yention in the future of such outrages
as Germany attempted to perpctratc"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
Freaks of Nature.

A cat that harkel like a dog, RS
Gently exhibited NJ Boston, tops tn
list of numerous freaks discovered In
this country. Recently. says the De
troit Free Press. giant glow worm
AZ inches long, was found in the
Santa Cruz mountains. When placed
in the dark gorgeous effect was pro
duced by the luminous rings circlnS
its body. Mammoth fruit is of fire.
auent occurrence, but in Southstak~,
Bath, England, a shocking case Of
plant over-eating was discovered. It
resulted In seven daisies growing on
one stalk. This freak. scientists said.
was caused by fesciatfon when
means over-eatlng. White blackbirds.
canaries. linnets and sparrows have
been seen and exhibited. The ocean
too. gives its share Of curious freaks
A double-sided founder. with both
sides alike. duplicate fins ana mis-
placed eye, was caught some months
ago
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
How Ii Was Distributed

AT the period of this transaction
the total issue of stock of the An
napolis Water Company outstanding
was 1929 shares of the 1000 authorized
in 1865. Six hundred were owned by
the State. 200 by the city and 429 by
private parties When it became the
owner OF 500 shares the city asked
private stockholders to sell to it, the
purpose being to secure in the hands of
the municipality ALL the stock. An Of
fer Of $65 a share was made and ac-
cepted by some OF the stockholders
as fair price. Others refused to
sell 10 the city until a valuation had
been made by John A. Tompkins, Of
Baltimore, an expert selected by
them, and by John dep. Douw, OF An
napolis, as arbitrators. The agree
ment to arbitrate contained a provis-
ion that the city should not pay more
for the stock than the price of
1898 13 share bid for the State
sock by the representatives Of the
same private stockholders.
As the city's bid at the sale of the
States stock had been SOL so Il share
there was much comment on the
wide discrepancy between the citvs
bid and that of private ownership.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
japanese Flowers.

1t is often said japanese flowers
have no scent. but this is incorrect. for
among them we find the wild rose and
many understanding lilies and orchids.
Flowers enter largely into the life Of
the people. and are associated with
national holiday-makings at different
seasons OF the year.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
Swamp Lands.

The swamp ana wet lands of the
United States are equivalent TO three
fourths Of the area Of France. Much
of the swamp land. however. is wet
only after heavy rains and usually
bears heavy vegetation. 1t is believed
that large areas. Il properly drained
and cleared by r:.9Lic or private cor
porations, could - transformed into
productive farmS.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
Piles Cured in 6 TO "A DAYS

Druggists refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals
You can get restful sleep after the
first application. Price Soc.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
An Argument Advanced

"One of the chief arguments
against municipal ownership on the
part of friends of the private cor
poration had been that the proposed
change would mean a purely politi-
cal and partisan management OF the
Annapolis Water Company by making
its business future dependent upon
the varying complexion of the City
Council every two years and subject
the patrons of the Company and the
taxpayers of the city to unforeseen
exigencies and complications.
ITO meet this. Chapter IS of the
Acts of 1912. was drawn and was the
result of mature consideration of the
hest means of guarding against max
Ing the Water Company a political
football as was emphatically pre-
dicied by a prominent opponent OF
city ownership. A directorate
which was not subject TO going out
of office IN ITS ENTIRETY every
two years. and new officials going in
only to. themselves. being liable to
go out before getting barely &C
quainted with their duties. was gem
orally accepted as a better form of
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
State Sells It's Stock

THE Board OF Public Works ,ad-
vsrtised the 600 shares of stock held
~ the State in the Annapolis Water
Company for sale 10 the highest bid
der at the State House on the 2Sth
of December, 1911
"By acquiring this stock, the city
with its 200 shares. would be in a
position as The majority owner, TO
operate the Annapolis Water Com
pany as a municipal corporation. Tn
der the authority Of the Act of 1904
and resolution Of the Mayor, Coun-
selor and Alderman, the city, through
It's representatives. offered a bid TO
the Board OF Public Works of $50, 800
for the States stock The only other
lid was one of $500 900 from repre-
sentatiyes Of private ownership On
the Both day OF ecember, 1911, the
city's bid was formally accepted, and
the transfer OF the stock made in due
course
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09

Remember, girls. that it is easier to
elope than it is to get back home
again.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
CITY ELECTIONS
NOT TO DISTURB
ENTIRE BOARD
Continued From Page one.)

Continued From Page One.)
ing 70 the Board two members of the
municipal corporation h'he report
goes on to say that the soundness
OF the plan then adopted. and con-
tinued by the Act OF 1918, is reflected
in material results actually accom-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
Report OF Arbitrators

The arbitrators reported that the
stock. in their opinion was worth Sill
a share. and while nearly all of the
private holders sold to the city at the
fixed price of 1888 1-3. it was I'M
able TO acquire ALL the stock in time
to have the General Assembly OF 1912
legislate for the future management
the basis of entire city ownership of
the stock. So long as even a single
share of the stock was in private
hands, this private stakeholder had
rights in the Annapolis Water Com
paAy that could be enforced in the
coarts. So the Act of 1912. Chapter
Sc, provided:
Immediately after the passage
of this Act a general meeting OF
the stockholders of the said Com
pany shall be called for the pur-
pose of electing directors of said
Company. and said company shall
lie managed by board of directors
ELECTED BY THE PARTY OR
PARTIES HOLDING A MAJOR
ITY OF THE STOCK IN SAID
COMPANY. consisting of three
persons none Of whom need be
stockholders in said company and
none of whom except the Mayor,
as hereinafter provided. shall be
a meml er of the corporation of
Annapolis, and one of said direc-
tors shall lie elected TO serve for
ak years and who will also act
rs president of the company by vir-
fue of his election; another direc-
cor shall be elected for the term
of four years and another direc-
tor shall be the person who may
be the mayor of the city of An
napolis and who will serve during
his term of office and the term
OF office of said directors shall be-
gin on the last Monday of March.
1912. and all vacancies in said
board whether by death. resigna-
ton or otherwise shall be filled
by the person or persons holding
the MAJORITY OF STOCK Of
said Company.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-09
WILSON AND BRYAN
SPLIT ON MAKING
LEAGUE AN ISSUE

CONTINUED From Page one@
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-08
Halt In Export Business
Drops Wheat at Chicago

CHICAGO. Dec. S.-Wheat under
went a sharp decline in price yester-
day, owing largely to an apparent
halt in export business and to misgiv-
lngs about the banking situation in the
northwest. Closing quotations were
heavy, IA to SC net lower, with De-
cember 1.70K and March 1.67A to
l.67% Corn lost TO 3 is and oats
is to 1-2. In provisions the out
come varied from 4Oc decline to 70 ad-
vance.
Refusal Of exporters to follow the
recent upturn in wheat prices gave a
decided advantage to bears. Selling
was said to come in a considerable
degree from foreign interests. Part of
the selling was also ascribed to uncon-
firmed gossip that officials Of the
Canadian government had completed
arrangements with Minneapolis mills
20 devote 5000 cars to the hauling OF
wheat from Canadian terminals to
Minneapolis during the winter. On
the other hand. knowledge of addi-
tional bank failures in North Dakota
including one federal reserve institu-
tion. was positive. and did q good deal
to deprive the market of support ex-
cept from shorts who were in posi-
lion to collect profits.
Corn and oats declined with wheat.
Weakness of grain and hogs made
provisions average lower.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-08
Oils and Better Rail
Stocks Feature New York

NEW YORK. Dec. Soils and rails
of the better class were the only re-
deeming features of Tuesdays irreg-
ular to heavy stock market, those
shares displaying occasional strength,
while specialties of the miscellaneous
variety were under constant pressure.
Weakest stocks were those compris-
ing the food, tobacco, chemical and
motor groups. particularly certain is
sues whose financial requirements and
dividend status have recently been the
subject Of a lively discussion in specu-
lative circles.
Texas and Pacific Oil was in active
demand at net gain of 1-2 points
and WHY'S Overland Pfd. represented
the other side of the account, losing
8 1-2 points, or 20 points in little more
than a week.
Nominal losses eceeded gains at the
uncertain close, with sales of 100000
shares.
Greater interest was manifested by
local financial interests in the addition
al bank failures reported from North
Dakota, commodity markets were
again nervous and new prices were
recorded for raw sugar and bar silver.
Several of the leading transportation
systems announced further curtail-
ment of their working forces. the New
England textile situation developed
more unfavorable aspects and lead
ing Canadian silver mine suspended
dividends.
No deviation from its recent monot-
onous course was shown of continental
Europe continued to weaken, the
Chinese rate also breaking sharply on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-08

another drop in the London silver
market.
Bonds were mainly lower on diversi-
fiedAealings, interests being more ac.
tive. Total sales, par value, s16.SOO,-
600.
Old U. s. IS and As regained yester-
days loss of Ia per cent on call,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-08
Hogs and Cattle Weak
In Seattle StOckyards.

SEATTLE, Dec. s.-Hogs-Receipts
79. Weak. Prime l2.5O@13; medium
to choice 11.5O@12.50; smooth heav-
les 10.50@ IL; roughs heavies $500
.; pigs 1O.50M12.
.Cattle-Receipts $50. Weak Prime
steers 9@9.50; medium to choice "a
s.; common to good 5@6.5O: best cows
and heifers 6.50@7; medium to choice
soc; common to good 4.O0G 500;
bulls 4.O0@5.50; calves 6.50013.