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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
NO CHANGE IN
NAVY BUILDING
Measure Reported to House
Continues Present Program
PERSONNEL TO BE REDUCED
Officers To Be acknowledgements
tlon Permits Monthly Expendt
ture OF s7,5oo.ooo For
Construction.

Washington. Naval Appropria-
ton bill, as reported to the House,
carries approximately s3s5,000,000. a
reduction of about sss,0O0.OO0 from
the amount appropriated year ago
and $2s4.0O0,OO0 less than depart
mental estimates.
An appropriation of ss95,O00,00o, in
the opinion Of members OF the appro-
priations subcommittee that framed
the bill, would necessitate reduction
Of the Nays enlisted personnel from
q present possible maximum Of $4,000
to a maximum of 100000. but would
permit continuation Of the Navy's
building program at the same rate as
during the current fiscal year.
Chairman Kelly of the subeommit-
tee declared that a force Of 100000
regulars would be ample for the
Nays needs during year beginning
July l. The potential strength Of the
Navy. he added, can be maintained
with this number Of men, especially
since approximately 10000 men who
formerly were bluejackets. but are
now civilians would be available in an
emergency
There will be no cut in the number
Of officers, according to Representa-.
tive Kelly. who said the subcommit-
tee believed everyone or the $500 now
in service should be retained. Trained
officers. he declared, are the nucleus
of an efficient navy, and it would be
mistake to force economies in that
direction.
I'VE would have enough men to
keep one hundred destroyers and all
Of our submarines in service" he de-
clared. 1T probably would be neces-
sary to tie up some out.of-date ships,
but II IS advisable to do that in order
to economize."
Use of only modern craft. in the
subcommittee's opinion, would cut
down the amount Of repair work at
various shore bases and would per-
init reduction in land forces and the
possible abandonment Of some sta.
tions.
Secretary Daniels, commenting on
the probability Of reducing the en-.
listed personnel of the Navy to 1O0,-
900 men, said such curtailment nee
essarily would result in placing a
number of the older battleships and
smaller craft In reserve commission
with skeleton crews, but would not
seriously cripple the Navy.
Representative Kelly said that the
amount carried in the appropriation
bill would permit monthly expen.
diture OF approximately S7,50o,000 on
the Navy's construction program dur
ing the fiscal year and would not nee
sssitate the abandonment OF any
projects already started Expenditures
on construction during the current
year have been approximating s7.500-
900 a month, he said. The Navy De-
partment requested s1S400O,O0O for
the coming year.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
HOTEL BLAZE LAID TO REvELs.
Flames Started BY careIessly Thrown
Cigarette Or Match.

New York.-A cigarette or burning
match tossed carelessly to the floor by
one of the two occupants Of Room IL
In the Colonial Hotel. Hoboken. was
found by police investigators to have
caused the FIRE which swept the
Colonial Hotel in Hoboken just after
midnight and burned six men and FIVE
girls to death.
By a strange chance this Room u
was practically the only one unoccu-
pied Of the hoters 46, for the man and
woman who engaged It left a short
time before the FIRE was discovered.
Fire Chief Gilday declared that he
believed the failure of Night Clerk
George Groll to turn in an alarm
promptly. as well as the physical con.
diticn Of the victims at the time Of the
fire, was largely responsible for the
heavy loss of life. He declared whisky
bottles were found in some of the
rooms, and said that had the occupants
been able to comprehend the warnings
that were sent he believed there would
have been little. If any, loss of life.
The chief declared the building was
provided with ample fire escapes, to
which open corridors afforded easy
access.
Crowds gathered in front Of the
four-story brick building at 80 and IL
Newark street. but there was really
little to be seen. A casual observer Of
the building would have noted little
out of the way. Here and there
pane OF glass was broken. several
shades, apparently ripped of their roll
ers, dangled outside the building, and
few Of the unhroken windows had
been made Opaque by smoke. That
was all. The building itself was out.
wardly unhurt; the gray-white bricks
bore no trace of fire. Within. how
ever, the blackened walls. charred fur.
niture and utter ruin told another
story, for the fire which had ragged for
single short hour had been one OF
terrific heat and fury. as the many
bodies lying unacceptable in Ho-
boken's morgue attested.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

College Park.--As the result of a
recent agreement with Richard Vim.
cent, Jr., president of the American
Dahlia Society. the University Of
Maryland Experiment Station will
establish at College Park a trial and
test ground for new varieties OF
dahlias. Announcement of the agree.
ment with the American Dahlla So.
ciety has Just been made by DR.. H.
]. Patterson, director Of the UnIvers-
ity Of Maryland Experiment Station.
1t Is expected that several hundred
seedlings and new dahlias will be
tested out on the grounds each year
and that nearly two acres Of land will
be devoted to the cultivation of the
new species. which are being produced
from time to time by growers through.
out the country.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
STATE
CAPITAL

State Offices Waste Much Space. /.

State Offices Waste Much Space.
Annapolis
There is a waste OF about 80 per
cent. in Office space under the present
plan of housing State Offices in Balti.
more, according to a rough estimate
made by one of the experts who are
now preparing data on the survey for
Governor Ritchie
This information. which Is being
collected by Griffenhagen Asso-
ciates. Ltd, Industrial engineers and
employment advisors, who recently
started the wheels Of the merit sys-
TEN under State Employment Com.
missioner Ysllott, is now ready to be
compiled and will soon be submitted
in concrete form to the Governor with
the experts recommendation
The experts will show in their report
the economy that could be accom-.
plished in the erection Of State
building in Baltimore to house all Of
the Offices and bring the whole State
administration under one roof and the
more watchful eye Of the Governor.
The 80 per cent. of waste is not au-
thentic. but only based upon what has
been casually observed by the ex-
perts.
The provision Of a building for the
State departments has long been agi-
tated. Bills providing for the erection
Of such a building at Annapolis has
twice been defeated in the Legislature.
The present administration favors the
building for Baltimore, due to the fact
that most Of the important State
offices are now located there, and also
because of the great bulk Of State
business that has to be performed in
the city.
Under the present plan the State
Offices are scattered all over the city,
literally speaking, under a dozen dif.
: 6; . 50IiIe % the dsVaTt.
ments, like the Public Service Com.
mission. the State Roads Commission
and the state Board Of Health occupy
single floor in Office buildings. There
are many other departments that oc.
cupy suites of four and FIVE offices.
When the experts had finished the
employment survey they were de.
tailed to the Office space problem.
Every department OF the State has
now fled its report on Office space,
giving exact data on the use OF each
office and submitting draft of the
plan.
The experts have submitted the
complete edition of data on State en-
ployes to Governor Richie. Its title
is Departmental Organization and
Charts" and it contains 100 pages Of
blue prints charts. locating and deslg
mating each department, subdepart-
ment and each individual position.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Hagerstown.--A teIegraphie bar
rage to render the work of autoiacks
in Hagerstown and this county more
difficult will be established by Sheriff
Richard Duffy. The details of the
barrage, which are being worked out
by Deputy Sheriff Fred Rohrer, viii
consist of dividing nearby cities that
have teiegraphic or telephone service
into four zones, and when an automo-
bile is stolen description Of the ma
chine and, if available, a description
of the thief, or thieves, will be flashed
to each place and particularly to those
places in the zone toward which the
stolen car is headed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Attorney General Armstrong ad.
vised State Comptroller E. Brooke Lee
that the excess fees fund of $4,000
collected by Motor Vehicle Commis-
sioner Baughman and claimed by
State Roads Commissioner John N
Mackall as part of the 1920 roads
maintenance allowance could not
legally be used for this purpose.
This opinion leaves the Roads Com.
mission with a deficit Of nearly q
quarter of million dollars, as a
previous ruling had deprived the high
way department Of another s65.000 Il
had been counting upon
Discussing the opinion and the rath.
er serious situation IT creates in his
department, Mr.. Macksll said that
there remains but two things for him
to do, One is to retain Independent
counsel and mandamus the Comp
troller to compel payment, and in this
way take the question to the Court oi
Appeals for final adjudication. The
other is to go to the next legislature
and ask for an appropriation to cover
the deficit. In the meantime the s140s
900 has been spent through borrow
ing this sum from the construction
funds and applying it to the Roads
Commissions maintenance account
Governor Ritchie, when informed OF
frrQ II. A esfr tn
thought. in view of the situation
which the Roads Commission faces, il
probably would be advisable to have
the Court Of Appeals pass on the
question. He and Mr.. Mackall will
confer upon this in day or two.
The Harrington budget of 1918 ap.
propriated S1,350.000 for road main.
tenance in 1920. this money to be
made up of four-fifths OF the motor
vehicles fees remaining after the ex,
penses Of the Motor Vehicle Commits.
sioner's office had been paid This in.
come, which was paid by Motor Com,
missioner Baughman into the State
treasury, exceeded by $4,000 the ST.,
$4,000.
Mr.. Mackall based his claim to thu
entire four.hfths income from motor
licenses above office expenses upon an
explanatory footnote in the Harring.
ton budget. This note said that the
maintenance item Of s1.3500Oo in the
budget bill was an estimate of what
this residue would be, and added:
''The maintenance money which the
State Roads Commission will actually
receive is whatever the residue of the
aforesaid fees and receipts may be-
AS they were shown by the Motor
Vehicle Commissioners returns to be
$4,000 in excess of the s1.S5o.000. the
Roads Commission proceeded on the
theory that this excess was due 1t.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Ellrton.-one OF the largest frater-
nal rallies held here for years took
place under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows, all the lodges Of that order
in the county participating. The first
and third degrees were conferred upon
class Of nearly 100 candidates by
the degree staff Of Eden Lodge OF
Wilmington. Del, which has been
awarded several prizes for work be-
fore the Souvenir Grand Lodge.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Port Deposit.-All tenants not en-
ployees of the government are ordered
to vacate the houses of the United
States Public Health Service on the
Perry Point Reservation at Perryville.
Md. This move is made necessary by
the increasing number of war service
patients arriving there The hospital
service is oyertaxed, and it is the in.
tention Of the medical officers to con
vert the dwellings into annexes to the
main hospital The moving day is
set for this week. and probably 20 per
cent. OF the inhabitants will fold their
beds and move away.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
SAFE BLOWERS LOOT BANK.


Reedville. va.-Bandits dynanited
the safe in the Commonwealth Bank,
in this town and took $4,000 in cash
and several thousand dollars worth
Of unregistered Liberty Bonds. in
Guiding the life savings of many Of
the 200 residents. Before making their
escape they set fire to the bank build
ing
The fire was discovered at 2:30
o'clock A. NJ. by HiIdon C. Evans,
clerk of the Customs House, whose
office was in the bank building and
who lives near the building BY that
time the building was destroyed.
When Evans attempted to summon
the sleeping residents of the town he
found that the bandits had cut the tele-
phone wires connecting the homes in
the village and also the wires to the
outside.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Venetian glass is distinguished by
its exquisite thinness and fineness of
quaIlty-Tiffany glass being its only
rival. Compared with Bohemian
glass, which is also priced for bric-a-
brae. its quality is much superior, al
though Bohemian glass sometimes
rivals It In colorlng and decorations
which are more gorgeous but not as
refined.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Centerville.-The farmers Of the
Fourth election district met in Legg's
Hall, Stevensyille, to organize farm
ers' club for that section of the coun-
ty. Oliver C. Jones. county agent, con-
Quoted the meeting. and the club was
organized with 81 members. The otfi-
GERS are Dr. John R. Benton. presi.
dent; John P. Roe. vice.president; J..
c. Paca, secretary; DR.. William t.
Henry, treasurer DR.. C. E. Snyder
and ]. c. Paca and Edward B. Palmer
were named committee to obtain
prices on cloverseed for the club.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

In Sicily the fir tree is unknown as
"a Christmas adjunct. but the very
ludicrous- custom of "beatlng the
bachelor" is observed by the women.
All Of the unmarried men in the VII
.lage are driven into the church after
mass by the outnumbering women and
run about the sacred edifice and beat
en- until they declare (often falsely
that they win wed ere another Christ
mas come around.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Prince Frederick-A citizens meet
ing was held at Solomons Island to
set up municipal government for the
island and for Olivet Avondale. Rous.
by and Hellens Point, contiguous set
Elements. Representatives held a
meeting at Solomons last week and
legal action toward forming the mu-
nicipal government
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Port Deposit.-The first dog report.
ed to be suffering from the rabies this
season passed down through Port De-
post Friday evening and took a bite
of every dog. He was finally shot by
Alexander Griffin at the north end Of
town. Mayor vanneman has ordered
the head of the dog sent to Baltimore
for examination.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Observation-Disclosures despondent
because Of i'll health and the thought
of being confined in a sanatorium for
possibly the rest Of her life, Mrs. Bes-
sic Rowe, aged 80. wife OF Ernest
Rowe, of near Clear Spring, ended her
life by shooting herself with a single
barreled shotgun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Elkton.-The amount sought for
the memorial windows to be placed
in the new Church of the Nazarene,
being built in North East. in memory
of Benjamin Harlan and Mauldin Dem
mis-, two North East boys who made
the supreme sacrifice in France, has
been oversubscribed. The committee
in charge of raising funds for a coun-
ty memorial to the Cecil county boys
who participated in the World War re-
ports that the prospects OF raising
the sum asked for. $4,000. are very
encouraging.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
TO TEACH IN CHINA.

Rev. R. A. Goodwin Resigns Win
chester RectorshIp.
Winchester. va.--Rey Robert A..
Goodwin closed his work as rector Of
Chrisr Protestant Episcopal Church
here and VIII sail about March 10 cor
China. where he will become prln-
cipal Of preparatory school for chi.
dren Of missionaries He was en-.
Gagged 10 uaission work u China Eeaas
7ssrs tges Fsnruina % thiE ceantsy
.aa aeetuss ef hlB wsfss assissi wkies
aE eiAes IAsfvss
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
REFUSES oEss FREEDOM.

President Disregards Recommended
tion OF Attorney General.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson re-
fused to commute the 10-year SEN
tence imposed upon Eugene v. Debs
for violation of the Espionage act.
The President disapproyed a recon-
mendation of the Department of Jus.
tice that Debs' sentence be commuted
to expire on NEXT February IL. No
reason was given.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
Governor Paroles Eight Prlsonef..

Governor Paroles Eight Prisouct..
Governor Ritchie paroled the follow
Ing prisoners:
William Knight, aged rs years. who
is serving 21-year term in the Peni-
tentiary for rape He was sentenced
from Howard county.
Charles Britt and George Harding,
convicted Of larceny; Joseph Blades.
serving a sentence for robbery; Floyd
8. Bounds, who was convicted OF tslse
prstaasss Ia Dorchester county: I'd.
ward Keysss false pFssensgsI Asthpr
q Msfsesi easessts. - AhGfstF 9,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
NEW LOCOMOTIVE RECORD.
Hauls 90 eondolas 1875 Mites In Q
Hours. SO Minutes.

Roanoke. va.-Oficials Of the vir-
ginia Railway claimed new record
when locomotive I'll" hauled 50 load
ed coal gondolas, containing 5000
tons of coal, from Victoria to Norfolk.
unaided. The 125-mile trip was made
in hours and so minutes with. four
water stops. The engine consumed
10000 gallons of water on the way
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
m'ADoo VISITS osREeoN.
viii Not Admit There Is Any Politics
In Trip.

Ell Paso, Tex-William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, former Secretary Of the Treas.
ury, and Mrs. McAdoo. daughter OF
President Wilson. reached Ell Paso
Sunday morning and departed an hour
later for Mexico City. Mr.. McAdoo
said he and his wife were going south
to Mexico City as the personal guests
Of President obregon.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Pindell. convicted of assault. The two
latter are coiored.
All Of the paroled prisoners were
assembled before the Advisory Board
OF Parole and instructed to report
there as TO their employment and
whereabouts during the present year
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
IMPORTANT NEWS
QUICKLY TOLD
Happenings In Various Sections Of
Old MARYLAND
NEWS ITEMS FOR OUR READERS

Williamsport.-Over 100 persons.
principally farmers OF the district, at
tended a meeting here at which the
Williamsport Community Club was or
ganized with 60 members.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Those who discharge promptly aud
all their duties to those who
still live In the nesh, can have but III.
fle tins for rokins and pssrihs into
the Afs hsYend tbs Ersva, Better e
asfsna 70 sash wsfiS 10 ~ yreRes ar
dss .set tlsfssz tfFEeieT,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
FOR KILLING DRY AGENT.

Hamp Kirby Sentenced To Life I'm.
prisonment.
Tuscumbia. AIa-Hamp Kirby. on
trial in connection with the killing OF
Don Stephenson. prohibition enforce,
ment deputy, and the wounding Of two
other officers. was found guilty by a
jury and punishment was fixed at life
imprisonment. The verdict was re-
turned within four hours after the jury
was selected.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

There are lot Of young fsllowa
who ind themselves engaged 70 q
eleysT girl whoa they Thought sasy
wsfs only asstsrizg emf asFsias e'fsh ,
Ffasix sns
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

Leslie. Md.--Mrs. Caroline B. John.
son. widow Of Samuel NJ. johnson. and
one Of the Oldest residents Of this
place. died Sunday.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04

The ptomaines must not be confused
with the toxins The toxins are poi
sonous substances derived from germs
in the course of their life and growth.
They are the active principles Of the
germs, to which the germs owe their
Characteristic effects upon the human
system. 1t is the toxin Of the diph-
iberia germs. for example. which
causes most of the mischief when in
fection has taken place.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
MRS. HARDING IN NEW YORK.


New York-Mrs. Warren G. Hard
ing, wife Of the President-elect, ar
rived here Sunday from Washington
At the Ritz-carlton Hotel. where she
is registered, Mrs. Harding declined to
receive any visitors She viii remain
here several days on shopping tour,
and later will go to St. Augustine, Fla
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-02-04
SAYS EDEN WAS IN OHIO.
Or. Allen Asserts Adam And Eve Ate
Apple There.

Boston--The Garden Of Eden was
located IN the area now occupied by
the State OF Ohio, according to Dr.
George Allen, Of Brookline. philologist
aud geologist, who claims that scien
tsac research has uncovered facts that
bring Assn snd Evp Into the wcrsa
20 sAs saaks q wass 70 new the chic
Alvm
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-19

4 quarantine on Christmas greens.
nursery stock. forest products. stone. and
quarry products because OF the prevalence
+ the gypsy moth * being enforced IN
number of towns in eastern part of the
stare by II. l.. Bailey of the state depart
ment Of agriculture, who is acting "a a
federal inspector for the time of the quar-
antine. Maps showing what towns are
affected by the quarantine have been sent
to almost every railroad station in the
state. The infested area includes Lunen-
burg DanviIIe, AIarshfield. Plaintield,
Royalton. Weston. Winhall and Whining
ton on its western border. and towns west
of them. Western New Hampshire and a
part of Maine are also included in what
is known as the lightly infested area.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-19

Christmas vacation Friday afternoon
with appropriate exercises by and for the
children At the high school memorial
exercises in honor of Miss Goldie Courte-
manche. a former teacher in the school,
were held. during which Rev. +. Nj. BIS
sell presented to the school. in loving
memory of Miss Courtemanche and with
regards to Emerson Bicknell, a picture
which will be hung in the room where she
taught. Following this was program
consisting of music by the school with
Mrs Ethel Strawser as accompanlst,
scripture reading by Mr.. Bissell, and an
address. The Christmas Message, by Rev.
n A. Wood. The teachers left Satur-
day to spend their vacations ut their
homes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-19
REV. FATHER RAND
Continued from Page j.

been organized, which numbers in its
membership about 200 women. The af-
fairs of the parish are in first class
condition.
Rev. Father Rand was ordained in
burlington Dec. 10, 1896, by the late
Bishop AIichaud. He was assistant at
the Cathedral parish there one year and
was then sent to Hyde Park. He did ex-
cellent work there three years and then
was transferred to st. Stephens church in
Winooski During his passionate there the
parish grew and prospered very mate
rally. The debt was paid and building
fund started which amounted to over
$4,000 when he left. The church also
acquired important equipment.
On Oct IL. 1915, Rev. Father Rand
came to Brattleboro, having been trans
ferred to st. Michaers church. Before
his departure from WinOoski the parish
there presented him purse of gold. He
conducted his first services here Sunday
Oct. II. Rev Father Rand is trustee
Of the BrattleborO Free Library.
\ number of women are seeking nom
nation a. delegates to the coming con
stitutional convention in Missouri.