The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-29
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THINGS SEEN AND HEARD

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Annapolis.-Maior Edmund p. Du-
! vail. a native of Annapolis. former
prominent athlete at st. Johns Col
| lege. has been transferred to the re-
tired list of the United States ARMY
at his own request. With his family,
he plans to 90 to Pinehurst, N. c..
where he will devote a large bart Of
nis ',lne - s'ine 'es'ons - 1T -
A1"n
Hagerstown.-Fiye knights OF Dixie
Khan. Ku Klux. of this CITY. in regalia.
entered the Salvation ARMY hall dur
ing services and presented the officers
with s21 for use in Christmas-relief.
| Adiutant Bessie Humphreys had been
notified that a delegation from a secret
organization would visit the meeting
and was told not to he frightened
when thew appeared.
cooljdea accented an invitation to
omen the Charity Rail- to be given for
the benefit Of the Union Memorial Hos
initial at the Lyric January S. This an
nouncement was made by Mrs. Eugene
lowering general chairman of the ball
COMMITTEES OTHER distinguished guests
will includa General Pershing. Gov
ernor Ritcbie Mavor. Broening and
manv of the din,omatic set in wash
ington.
Baltimore Modern religion with
out the press would be impossible" "
the Rev. Robert Evans Browning,
rector OF the Protestant episcopal
nn..,a,s -, n,aa.n M
80 ~, aa4o ,,,h,;a ,;r
- .s.s,,l,as as,,.s.,, 80 sr;and
-. ~ $500 80 na+;onsn ha
up a ..h.,. !. !. sasraas;,,,a ~ +he
sa.u, Luz $500 80
- - 49, ~, ,.onotar 80
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so-'' 'pe
Baltimore. - Warming shopkeepers
that in the future he would consider
punch boards as gambling devices,
Magistrate Joseph l.. Rant, in the
Northwestern Police Court, dismissed
Louis Hillman, 81 years old, who
keeps a store at 2421 West North
avenue. upon a charge OF distributing
gambling devices. According to the
police, Hillman has been selling the
punch boards 10 cnlidren. II was testi-
NED mat cash prizes were gwen tnose
VINO punched the lucky NUMBER.
Furtner distribution OF the Doarus VIII
prlng neaVy me- the masistrate
SAID.
Easton.-At the meeting of the
council here motion was passed that
the Mayor ask for the resignation of
e. G. Kastenhuber, Jr., town engineer.
William Whitby. a member Of the
council, stated that several matters
have come to the attention of the
body recently leading to the determin-
alton to request the resignation. The
latest, Mr.. Whitby states, was the
charge OF S4oo maue py MI. haslen-
nuoer Ior engineering services anu ~
spection Oh curD anu gutter " oou'n
aurora street ana Nortn "asnins.on
street. a lew weehs ago W.T. mas
tennuDer preferred cnarees AGAINST
Mr. WnitDy' asking tnat ms iicense as
plumDer pc revoked
Baltimore. George e. Kieffner, As
sistant United States District Attor-
ney. who has handled most of the mar
cotic cases in the local Federal Court
during the last two years or more, said
these cases constitute from rs to 80
per cent. of the total criminal prosecu-
tions before Judge Rose. sI do not
believe there has been any marked in
crease in narcotic addicts since the dry
laws went into effect" said Mr.. Kieff-
ner. ut is an argument of the vets
that the use of narcotics has increased
with the enforcement of the dry laws,
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