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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
MUNROE TO
BECOME M!DSA!PMAN

a native Annapolis boy will be a
member of the new fourth class OF
midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
Francis Munroe. son of Frank A.,
Munroe, member of the County Board
of Education and prominent merchant.
and Mrs Aunroe, of Annapolis. has
received an appointment TO enter the
naval arm of Uncle Sans service. it
formally became known today. Young
Munroe is member of the class TO
be graduated from the Annapolis High
School next month, and it is under
stood he will enter the naval institu-
tion upon high school certificate,
which was made permissible by an
act of Congress in the last few years.
This means that he will not be re-
quired 10 appear for the customary
mental examinations conducted under
Civil Service regulations. but that his
admission will be subject only to meet
the prescribed physical qualifications.
Munroe received his appointment
from Congressman Sydney E. Mudd. of
the Fifth Maryland District. which in
cludes Anne Arundel county
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
z SOLDIERS IN JAIL;
STEALING AUTO, CHARGE

Harold MELVILLE and Charles Han
son. Camp Meade soldiers. who were
captured near Upper Marlboro, yes
terday by Sergeant Montgilion and Pa
trolmen yermilian and Burgess. of
the State police. on the charge OF rob-
ling Howard F. Preston. S44 Colum-
bia avenue, Baltimore. of his auto
Monday night, have been lodged in
the county Jail here They will be
held for the action of the Grand Jury.
The men were traced to the woods
by Sergeant Montgilion after he had
found the abandoned automobile
Montgilion states the men have con-
fessed, and said they had run the
auto into telegraph pole near Upper
Marlboro.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
LIEUT.. PEPPERSACK'S
ANKLE ON THE MEND

Lieut. NJ. A. Peppersack, of the
State Police Force. who is being treat
ed at the Emergency Hospital for a
compound fracture of the left ankle
received in motor accident on Sum
day afternoon, is reported as doing
well. The ankle has been set but il
is still necessary to. dress it every
day
The accident occurred on the State
Boulevard. near Arnold's Station.
Lieutenant Peppersack and Sergeant
Hartman. were headed toward Anna
polls at the time on motorcycle
when the hub of an automobile ap-
proching from behind. driven by Louis
Wolf of as West street, crushed Pep
persack's ankle and threw him and
his companion off the cycle. The Ser
geant was not hurt at all, but the
officers ankle was badly injured
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
md. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
ELECT AND ADJOURN
L. Dorsey Gassaway, Of Anna
polls, Installed AS Grand Cap
tain-General Last Night
PARADE AND RECEPTION

l.. Dorsey Gassaway. of Annapolis.
was elected Grand Captain General.
of the Maryland Commandery knights
Templar, which closed the fifty-frst
annual conclave at Frederick last
night Other officers. all OF whom
were installed last night are:
Robert NJ Rother. Baltimore. grand
commander: Warren Stitt Seipp. Bal
timore. deputy grand commander:
William Lincoln Christian Baltimore.
grand generalissimo; Charles William
ZimmermaR Baltimore. grand senior
warden: Edward Worrell Wroth. Bal
timore. grand prelate: George Will
liam Walther. Baltimore. grand treas
urer; Charles Clark, Baltimore. grand
recorder, William Alexander Griffith.
Baltimore. grand junior warden:
George a. Smith. Baltimore. grand
standard-hearer; William Booth
Price Baltimore grand-sword-b bearer;
Alfred Eugene Mealy. Baltimore.
Grand warder; Warren s. Seipp. Bal
timore, grand inspector-general; Will
liam Thomas Geddes. Baltimore,
grand sentinel
Palestine Commander of Knights.
ten strong. was represented in the big
parade yesterday which move d
through the streets of Frederick to the
Fair grounds where the knights were
reviewed by the Grand Officers More
than 1000 Knights were in the line
of March. and there were thousands
of cheering spectators along the way.
The conclave was brought to a close
last night by "A reception and dance
held in the State Armory of the West
ern Maryland city. Members of the
Jacques de Molay Commandery were
hosts OF the occasion. Nearly 1000
persons attended.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
CINDERELLA IN FLOWER
LAND" AT HIGH SCHOOL

Miss Mary Burch. Girls Work Sec
retary of the Y w. c. A.. has been
working for two months on the prepa-
ration of the operetta. Cinderella
in Flowerland,' which will be given
tomorrow night and Saturday after
noon at the high school assembly hall.
One hundred and sixty children will
take part in the performance in vari-
Gus ways. The following flower
dances will be given in appropriate
costumes: Morning Glories, Sweet
Peas. Rosebuds. Daisies. Apple Bios
SONS. Blue Bells. Poppies. and there
will also be butterfly dance.
At the Saturday matinee. children
under II will be admitted for half
price
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
COLLEGIANS TO DEBATE
AT MCDOWELL HALL

The public is invited to hear the
second intercollegiate debate al St
Johns College tonight in Mcdowell
Hall at s p. M.
The subject debated will be Re
solved, That Labor Should Have a
Share in the Management of Corporate
Industry" Cadets Johns and Hecht
of the Senior class. will handle the
subject for St Johns. The Maryland
entries have not been announced here
A special program of music will be
rendered during the evening. The
judges of the contest will be p. IL
Houston and II. J. Fenton. of the Ma
val Academy staff of instructors, and
Rev. Howard Lane. of Eastport. The
public is invited to hear the debate.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
DAUGHTERS HOLD
SOCIAL SESSION
Members Of Peggy Stewart
Chapter Gathers At Home Of
Mrs. Robert B. Dashiell
MUSICAL PROGRAM, TOO

Materially shortening the business
program because social session was
10 follow. the Peggy Stewart Tea
Party Chapter held its May meeting
yesterday afternoon al the residence
of Mrs. r. B. Dashiell, Duke OF Giou-
cester street.
The meeting was presided over 10y
The Regent. Mrs y " garrison; Mrs
George 7. Feldmeyer, secretary. aad
was forn,a lily opened y tn prayer. lei
by acting Chaplain. Mrs Burns. But
little business was transacted besides
he reading OF the new Constitution
and Bylaws. recently amended, which
were approved ana adopted, with
changes. Mrs. r. G. Heiner, chairman
OF the committee on revision, present
ing them before the Chapter, section
by section.
One of the important features Of
change in Bylaws. was the increase
in annual dues from 1925 to $500, and
$500 initiation Zee as adopted at the
recent annual Congress of the ID. a.
r. in Washington.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
FIVE RUSSIANS HELD +,
AS MURDER SUSPECTS

Al an inquest 10 determine the
cause of the death OF John Hendler.
1915 Eastern avenue. Baltimore. held
last night at the Western Police Sta
tion by Coroner Harry X. Gorsuch.
the jury agreed that the death was
caused by "a bullet wound in the abb
domen inflicted by some one I'M
known" Mr. Hendler died Tuesday
at the University Hospital.
Five men are held at the Central
Police Station. Baltimore. as the re-
suit of an investigation being con-
Quoted by headquarters sergeants. Mr..
Hendler was shot near Glenburnie,
this county. Monday night All Of the
men arrested were entered on the
police docket as natives of Russia.
Opposite their names Held for the
Anne Arundel county authorities; /;
suspected OF murder" is written.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
SARAH H. BUTLER, AGED
COLORED CITIZEN, DEAD

Sarah Fl Butler, one of the most re-
spectacle and oldest of the colored
citizens Of Annapolis. died early this
morning at her residence. las Glouces-
ter street Death was due TO the in
frmities OF age and was not unex-
pected. She had reached the four
score-and-seven mark in life's jour
ney She was the widow of the late
William H. Butler. for many years
engaged in the carpentry trade in
the city. Surviving her are four chill
OF Birdsville. The play will start al 3
dren, 10 grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
DELEGATION INTERVIEWS
CONGRESSMAN MUDD

Congressman Sydney E. Mudd prom
iscd the delegates who interviewed
him on Tuesday on behalf of the
Sheppard-Towner bill that he would
give the Lill his earnest considera-
tion.
The delegation from Annapolis was
organized by the local league of
Women Voters and consisted OF Mrs.
St George Barber. Mrs. j. b. Rip
pere. Mrs. L. f. Root, Miss Margaret
Wohlgemuth and Mrs. Joseph Bige-
low. In Washington it was joined by
a delegation from Prince George S
county. The other three counties OF
the district were not represented
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19

fairs said Pomerene. Il don't
know what. we are going TO be
able TO do. but the correspond
ence coming TO my Office shows
that something should be done.
and done at once"
One Describes Conditions
One of the letters came from a
man who said he was brother OF
a rear-admiral. He insisted the
examination system was wrong.
that 10 men were marched into a
room. required 10 salute. sit
down and maintain painful
rigidity until the period is pass
ed" He said the lecture was
brief and the examination, which
followed, was given in such
manner trat the students did not
know whether their answers were
correct or not The assignments
for recitation were too long 10 be
mastered in one night. he added.
and suggested that Senators
should visit the Academy un-
announced, and witness the ex-
aminations.
A woman from a small town in
Maryland. who says she is the
mother of 10 children, wrote
.l,
names of the mothers of 110
boys about 10 be dropped" at the
Academy. She told of the exper-
fences of her son, how he had en-
tered the Academy after long
struggle and had fought his way
over handicaps for some time and
then had been dropped because of
failure in one examination.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
INDEPENDENTS, NEW
NAME EASTPORT NINE

The Independents" is the name of
a baseball team that has been or
ganized at Eastport and they are
ready to book games with any teams
in the State. The squad OF players
includes Churchill catcher; Robert
Jones. and "Keat" Hoff, pitchers
Claude Bast. first base: Lester Brew
er. second base: Jesse Russell. short
stop; E. Engelke. third base: Wash
Craig. Holland. PECK" Jones. outfield-
ers Teams desiring to book games
should address Leslie Jones. Eastport
Md. or phone BIN.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
STATES OYSTER YIELD
LAST SEASON, RECORD

The Maryland oyster yield for the
pas; season vas larger by several
hundred thousand bushels than the
preceding season, and was one of the
largest in the history of the Conserya-
ton Commission.
According to the commissions fig
ures. 5.OS1 III bushels OF oysters
we're sold in Maryland markets. in
comparison with 4.743. sol last season.
The taxes amounted to $50.S1l17
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
STATE EDUCATION
BOARD TO MEET

The State Board of Education will
htd us annual meeting on next We'd
hesday In the board rooms in the Lex
hg,on Street Building. in accordance
VITA tho provisions of the Law. FOR
ihe election OF a president. vice-presi-
dent etc"
pr Henry NJ Fitzhugh. of West
minister. will remain president; DR.. J.
u T Finney. vice-president, and
Superintendent Albert S. Cook. sccre-
Wry-treasdrar. according to the ad-
vance information No changes are
Only routine matter. il
s understood. will be considered.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
ELLIS ISLAND NOW UNDER
COMPLETE QUARNTINE

NEW YORK. May l9.-Ellis Island.
through which the bulk of the coun-
try's immigration passes. today was
placed under strict quarantine fol-
lowing the death of typhus Of Andreas
Steinback. Jugo-Slav boy. FIVE years
old The 100 immigrants we're re-
moved to the detention station al
Hoffman Island.
Commissioner of immigration Wal
lis announced the Ellis Island station
would not be re-opened for forty
eight hours.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
FORMER COMMANDMENTS
FATHER-IN-LAW IS DEAD
Especial to the Capital J

WINCHESTER. VA, May Ed
ward ]. Evans. wealthy merchant OF
Winchester. Va. died yesterday after
noon in Philadelphia. Mr. Evans was
the father of Mrs. Louis Mutton, wife
of Captain Mutton. at present Com
mandant of the Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
Captain Mutton was formerly Com
mandant of Midshipmen at the Naval
Academy.
Mr.. Evans was eighty-fve years old.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
ROTARIANS' LUNCHEON
AT CARVEL HALL GRILL

Al out 25 members of the Rotary
Club attended the Clubs Thursday
luncheon today at Caryel Hall Grill.
Charles G. Woolsey, a professional
song loader and vocal director of Bal
timore. was present at the luncheon
and addressed the Rotarians on the
benefits and inspiration to be pro-
cured from general singing at such
gatherings. Later Mr. Woolsey led the
club in some rouSing songs.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
GARDEN PARTY FOR ST.
ANNE'S PARISH HOUSE

This is the day for the ST. Anne's
Parish House garden party. which
lasts from to 10 o'clock tonight. II
is being given by St Anne's Society.
and the proceeds will go for Parish
House Improvements.
There are all sorts Of entertain
ments to be had and all sorts of good
things to buy at the party A chill
dren's donkey party and grab bag are
special features and there is also a
Kitchen grab bag that will appeal to
all hOusekeepers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
University Club Meeting

Tonishts meeting of the University
Club will be held at the usual place,
in Mcdowell Hall Although the
main auditorium vii be in use for an
other purpose. the club will need 10
make no change except that the rlem-
bers are asked ID enter by the side
door
Last evenings Evening Capital con-
tanned the fall program OF the meets
ing. j
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
BEER SHORT IN LONDON

LONDON, May ia shortage of
beer is reported throughout the coun-
try generally as one of the conse-
uuences Of the recent coal strike.
This has led Punch to remark that it
feared something serious would
eventually happen.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
ASK SALVATION ARMY
SOLICITOR TO REPORT

Will those who have so kindly
aided in soliciting for the Saliva
ton Army Home Service Fund,
report all money collected by
Saturday night of this week, to
Frank Stronger. or Bernard
Wiegard. care of S. A. Headquart-
ers, Maryland Hotel, Annapolis.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
COOLIDGE HAS BAD COLD

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 10. -
yice-President Colidge continued to-
day to be confined to his bed with
what was described as a severe cold.
AT his Office at the Capitol it was said
it might be several days before he
returned to his duties, as his ply
sicians prescribed a brief rest
A WEAK CHILD viii not be strong
adult II Ii carries fh~ '.ansn 80 sc w"-'f-
ness while growing. Ii your child is sick,
weak punv: liable to headaches nervous.
he'd wettin-. worms. faintlng spells.
spasms. fits s-r.. consult the chiropracior.
= -,i.c out If ton cases the reason will be
found in the spine
DIR. DON ID. STJlRGlS
TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
l4a MAIN ST.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
STORY Of GERMAN !,
CANNON RECEIVED
BY GOV. R|TCH|E

Weapon Now On State House
Hill Was Captured From Huns
BY Marylanders Who Served
In 3l4th Infantry Of 10Th Di-
vision
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
TROPHY OF HILL 37S
BORNE DE CORNOUILLER

Governor Ritchie has been fur
nished with detailed history OF the
III nm. German gun which was pre-
sented 10 the State by the Liberty
Loan committee and was recently
mounted on the grounds of State
House Hill" facing Maryland avenue.
This account tells OF the capture of the
gun by the Three Hundred and Four
teenth Infantry of the seventy
Division with which many men OF
Maryland fought
The history of the gun was obtained
through the efforts OF John i. Baer. OF
the old Liberty Loan committee, who
made the request from the War De-
partment Adjutant-General i. {.
Harris furnished the details, some Of
which vii lbe used in the inscription
to be placed alongside the piece.
Story OF Capture
Inasmuch as Marylanders figured In
the capture of the gun. the following
story OF the action leading to its cap
ture as prepared by General Harris.
will be interesting
In part il is as follows:
On September the Seventy
ninth Division left the Tenth
Training Area and ON September
16 relieved the One Hundred and
tiftv-seventh French Division be-
fore Montfaucon. On September
q the division was officially cred
tied with the capture OF Mont
faucon. one OF the strongest
points on the Hindenburg line.
On September 30 il was relieved
in Sector 304 and moved to Thil-
lombois. in the rear of the TroyOn
Sector On November l the divi-
sion entered into active participa-
tion on the second Meuse Argonne
offensive under the Seventh
French Corps. From this time
until November IL the division
captured one important position
after another. Artillery piece
No. 1854 was captured by the
Three Hundred and Fourteenth
Infantry after a bloody but deci-
sive struggle at Hill 37S, at Borne
dc Cornouiller
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
Seeks Reinstatement OF Middle
Forced To Resign Because Of
Failure In i-AnnuaI Tests

Senator Kenyon, of Iowa. has
announced that he would offer an
amendment to the Naval Appro-
priation bill to provide for the re-
instatement of a midshipman who
was forced 10 resign from the
Naval Academy recently because
of failure in examinations The
amendment may provoke another
furry of heated debate in the
Senate. as il is known that many
Senators are determined TO force
an investigation at the Academy.
MY amendment will deal with
only one student" said Kenyon
This boy was forced to resign.
and he should have been set back
only one year in his studies.
agree with everything that SEN
ator Pomerene has said about the
conditions at the Academy. 1t
certainly looks as il the officials
over there are trying to haze
Congress-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
Social Program

The social meeting was presided
over by Mrs Heiner, who announced
the numbers ON the program, which
was opened with a vocal solo, sung
by Mrs. Elliot Burwell, who sang in
her sweetest tones Miss Mary" and
graciously responded to call for an
other song with Spring Has Come"
Mrs Burwell'S accompanist, Mrs.
llnrlinnrh an nnce IL
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
To BURY JUSTICE
WHITE SATURDAY
Obsequies For Late Chief Of u.
S. Supreme Court Will Be
Held Privately
By The Associated e...1

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May I9. -
Funeral services for the late Edward
Douglas White. Chief Justice OF the
United States. who died early today at
hospital here. will be private. il
was announced. They will lie held at
10 a. m Saturday at Saint Matthew's
Catholic Church on Rhode Island
avenue. lnterment will he in Oak
Hill Cemetery, Georgetown.
Justices of the Supreme Court will
act as honorary pallhearers and the
members OF President Harding's cabi-
net will attend in Iody.
As a mark OF respect TO the late
Chief Justice. the Senate. where he
served brief term. adjourned today
Immediately following announcement
by Senator Cummings. president, pro
TEN. of Mr.. Whites death. and brief
eulogy by Senator Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts, the Republican leader.
The House was not in session to-
day.
The Senate adopted a resolution
providing for a committee to repre-
sent il at the funeral
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
Death Not Unexpected

Chief Justice White died at o'clock
this morning at Garfield Hospital. His
death had been expected for several
days. Last Friday he submitted to
an operation for bladder trouble and
had improved steadily until late Tues
day when he suffered a relapse.
At midnight Tuesday physicians at
the hospital practically rave up hopes
OF saving the distinguished jurist's
life. He was unconscious and his
(C0nfinued nm Pare Sl
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
cites fiO Other Gases


Senator Pomerene. of Ohio. has
a resolution before the Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs
which provides for an inyestiga-
tion to determine whether 1l0
students at the Academy, who
were forced to resign recently.
should be reinstated and whether
the system of animation
should lie changed Pomerene
charged that the students were
unjustly treated by the officials OF
the Academy.
MY resolution is in the bowels
of the Committee on Naval At
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-19
ASSOCIATED PRESS

a Dispatches of | a E
news are published in
The Evening Capital.
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Rentals of Business
Space Cover Wide
Territory of City

Cross & Brown Company leased space
at 386 Fifth Avenue to the ]. T. Thorn
Company, ornamental flowers and
feathers, and the store at ~ West
Forty-eighth Street to Catherine May
Harris, Vought & Co. have rented
the store at 678 Madison Avenue to
the Henning Boot Shop.
q The Haggstrom-C allen Co. leased
Offices in the Simpson Building, corner
Broadway and Sixty-seventh Street, to
the Stony Void Sanatorium, of Lake
Kushaqua, n. Y, as their New York
board rooms.
Shaw, Rockwell & Sanford leased the
store at 50 West 116th Street. to Louis
Heitner, milliner.
Julius Rosenberg, with Tanenbaum,
Straus & Co., leased $4,000 square feet
at 37-43 Greene Street to Samuel
Knee; the basement store at 1910 East
Thirty-secend Street to the Progress
Iron Works; the first floor at 35 West
Twenty-sixth Street to the Belmar
Dress Company, and the top floor to
Goldkrantz Bros; the store and base
ment at 1880 West Twenty-sixth
Street to Lefkowitz & Shustack, and
at 43 East Thirty-frst Street the sec
ond loft to Frank Santeramo, and the
top floor to French Embroidery Works.
Henry Shapiro & Co. leased to A.
H. Silver the Riverside Theater Build
ing for an optical and jewelry shop, at
an aggregate rental Of $4,000.
Carl A. Leasenfeld and G. M. Pear
son leased for William s. Denison g.
Co. Offices in the Washington Life
Building at 141 Broadway, to ex-
Senator Charles F. Murphy.