The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-30
BRIEFS

The Advocate has received many
new subscribers since the first OF
the year and are nearing the 3'oOU
goal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph N. ,Shriver and
family, Willis street, have rented an
department. In Baltimore for the WIN
ter.
We are to have a. new gas plant
an another unit Installed in our elec-
trio plant by the Consolidated PUBIC
Utilities Company.
Mrs. Martha Hammond of Balti-
more died ON January II. Mrs. Net
lie B. Windsor, Ridgeville, Is a. daugh-
Ter of the deceased.
Mrs. A. Whitehurst and daughter
al Baltimore, arc guests OF the Iorm-
.ssSs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.
SBhaeffer, Pennsylvania avenue.
Whispers are heard in circles IN
Paris of fashion that small waists
are to come in again next season
how will 800 FOUNDER draw In?
- Senator Snader introduced a bill
in the Senate to, authorize the Coun-
nv Commissioners to construct two
miles of roads in Carroll county.
It is reported. now the Ex-Kaiser
William II of Germany is insane. we
believe every body thinks this mas
been his condition since he started
the late war;
Motorcycle Fattolmau Klingel
was I'D set from his motorcycle by
. Mr.. William M sanriver, this city,
striking him KIingel was slightly
injured. 9Wa"ls .G =
Under q recent decision Of the U.
g. lntefnali Revenue Department
carrying liquor in your pockets con-
stitutes you saloon, and makes you
subject to a fine.
1t is calculated that it will cost So,
26O, 900 900, to run the u. s. Govern
Tuent next year which will mean a
&s,x Of $4,000 Jon oevery man, woman
and child in the country.
]. Milton Reifsnider, chairman OF
4he Public Service Commission, who
was forced by Ill, health to, take a va
cation, is at his office again. Mr.. Ref
enider has been recuperat1ng in.
Washington.
Four PERSONS were killed and 13
injured when an. explosion blew out
che east wall Of a building occupied
~ the NeWt1n Tea and Spice Com
Apany, Cincinnati, In the river front
district early Saturday morning.
Worry over a, deal in real estate
As believed to have caused William
Mpindler, 40. to- kill his SON, his sons
wife and their three children and end
IDS life at the tSpind1er home in Har-
ian, Ind. The bodies were found Wed
lnesday.
The construction of new county
aid highway between Creagerstown
land Thurmont, three and one-half
miles, began under the direction of an
organization of farmers. Under the
,plan the county will pay two-thirds
and the farmers the remaining third
sof the cost.
/ Twenty-Five out of the total of sc
States necessary for ratification of the |
Suffrage amendment have approved |
the amendment There are approx |
,mately 28O0GG00 women of voting age
I'M the United States Approximately |
.17,0O0,O0O women are already eligible |
to vote for president in 1920.
A hotel, owned by between $4,000 !
and 100000 persons, is shortly to be-
come a reality in New York City. 1t
Twill be the largest hotel in the world. |
over 10000 persons, coming from all
but two States in the country, and
from Canada, Central and South Amer
lea, Europe, Asia and Australia, have
subscribed.
Adjt.-Gen Henry M. Warfeld hand
ed to Governor Richie advance
sheets of his report for 1919 and 1920,
which show that 52,313 men from
Maryland served in the World War.
TOf that number 10,144 we're in the
army. 1926 in the navy. 776 in the
Marine Corps, and 33,S67 in the ma
,$ional army.
The government is talking of reim-
Nursing the propriefors of the distill-
Series for their stock of left over liq-
u6r. There is only a small amount
to be taken oyer-6, 100000 gals. It's
10 be used for medicinal purposes
we suppose for the invalid Congress
men who failed to get enough stock
for their cellars.
& A New York jury which mad been
hearing the $500, 900 suit of Alexander
p MacauIey, Toronto mining broker,
against Theodore B. Starr, Inc, jew
eIers, because he was arrested in jan
vary, 1917, ON the ground that he was
The notorious forger christmas
Keough" and had passed fraudulent
! travellers checks on the jewelry store,
returned a. verdict for 100000,
Victor Lipponenn, SO years old, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, farmer Of Finnish
birth, went insane Saturday and with
an axe killed four persons, probably
fatally injured one other, severely
wounded his wife and failed in at
tempts to kill three others. He hang
cd himself, and two deputy sheriffs
following him found the body warm,
SO close were they on the trail.
For the first time IN 40 years there
will be FIVE Sundays in the coming
February. Ordinarily the sequence
of five Sundays in February recurs
once, in each % years, but owing to
the fact that 1900 was not a leap year
the calendar Slipped cog" and Sun
day being sI1unted out of place in nd
mercial order it did not get back into
position to become the first and last
day of the month from 1880 until this
year
The newspaper man is blamed
for a whole lot of things he can't help
such as using Partially in mentioning
visitors giving the news about some
f1akh and leaving others out etc He