The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-12-22

MASTER woodrow Bowers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. II. Bowers, East MAR
street, was injured Tuesday when he
was knocked from his bicycle by an
D automobile striking his wheel as he
was riding on East Main street.
Yesterday was the shortest dav in
the year and the beginning of winter
which will bring US all kinds G.
weather until March u, when old Man
Spring" will give us a heat for there
months.
: Ailanda c. Ellsworth, aged 81 years
wife of James r. Bosworth, Baltimore
died December IA. Funeral service
were held at Ebenezer church at Win
field and interment in adjoining CEN
etery.
, Edward Walker, 81 years old. a
miner Of Blaine, w. Va.,on the West
ern MARYLAND Railway, while on his
, way to secure a Christmas tree. fell
from an eastbound Western Mary
land freight train at Gleason. three
. miles from his home, and was killed
Galen L. TAFT, Collector of Interna
Revenue for the Maryland District of
Columbia district, estimated the
amount of whisky and alcohol in dis
tilleries and warehouses in his dis
trict at 100000 gallons He eStimat-
ed its value at bootleg prices at more
than $200,000,00O.
No reports have been made to
States Attorney Brown by Drs. Pen
niman and Brown, Baltimore. who
are making an examination of the
stomach of William c. Fowler, Of Gy
psy Hill, who is supposed to have
died under peculiar circumstances
He was believed to be poisoned.
Extracting his own teeth when they
proved troublesome causeL the death
Friday OF Frank LaudenEerger.
Columbia. Pa He suffered an infec
ticn of the lower jaw and was ad
vised to consult a dentist Instead he
extracted the teeth with pliers. Iii
death resulted from blood poisoninc
I TWENTY-FIVE civilian employees Of
the Brooklyn Navy base were arrest
ed Wednesday on indictments return
ed several months ago by Fed
grand Jury charging that Government;
property to the value of more than
$1,OO0,00 had been stolen since tn
war.
The Sunday school teachers of Mt.
Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church.
Statewood, request that all punils be
present on this Sunday afternoon, De
cembed 81 They will be given their
Xmas treat as they sit in their classes
The Xmas entertainment will be Civ
en- the same evening.
Mrs. Georgianna Mauro, 16 wears
old, wife of John Mauro. OF Highland
Park, y. j., who was slain last July
was kidnapped from her home here
about o'clock Friday, shortly ate
'testifying as the States chief witnes-
against George Orlando, go, who was
sentenced to from five to 10 years il
prison as her husbands slayer.
Miss Dorothy Beach!ey, Of Thur
mont, returned home from Western
Maryland College. During the past
week she has been suffering from
I what was at first supposed to be pleu-
risy, but her physician said later that
it is probably due to an injury re
ceived at some time during her athle'
tic work.
The neighing OF d horse caused Pau
Mahal. driver at the Lyle colliery
store, Pottsville, Pa. Friday, to turn
his head suddenly Friday afternoon
and he fell a distance of "a feet and
broke his neck, death being instan-
taneous Mahall was on an uppe.
story in a stable, getting feed for the
horses when the accident occurred.
g.. Nine-year-old Mary NIaialy, New
ark, y. j., breathed normally through
a rubber windpipe and talked for the
first time in five years. Attacked witt
laryngeal diptheria when she was
tour years Old, piece Of the trachea
became. closed and portion of hel
windpipe was removed. ! silver tub,
was placed in her throat.
Some thoughtlcss person shot
through the front door of VIM. Dick
ensheets. Union Bridge. one day last
week. the bullet Embedding itself in
the wainscoting on the opposite side
of the room luckily being 4 few in
ches too high to hit their little daugh-
ter who was playing in the room al
the time.
AS the large crowd was leaving the
Frederick armory, Saturday, Ernest
Webb. of Mt. Airy, was accidentally
crowded off the walk leading from the
entrance near the door, falling about
five feet and sustained bad lacera-
ton of the head. He was assisted
back to the building where his
wounds were dressed.
Work is still going on at the
bridge over Pine Greek, at Union
Bridge, despite the cold weather. Both
abutments are now in and the work
of building the forms for the bridge
proper is in progress. Canvas wind
breaks and coverings. together with
fires are used to protect the green
cement With favorable weather the
work is expected to so fast.
While driving a large spike Maur-
ice w Hahn, who lives near keymar,
met with an accident that may cos
him the sight of one eve. In some
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