The Democratic advocate., 1922-05-12

! ted States Army, stationed at CAM
Meade. was arrested Friday might
near Emmitsburg, charged with op'
| Grating a motorcycle while under the
influence of liquor. Lacy, it's charg,
ed, was driving his motorcycle from
one side of the road to the other. He
was fined 800.
Professor John K Harley, widely
known sedueator.E .Ewho was a teacher
in Girard College and lived in Trappe
Pa, in his will, probated, cuts off his
daughter. Edith. with but 81 of his
S19, 600 estate. 81 am conscientiously
compelled to do this" says the will,
because of her exceedingly foolish
and disgraceful marriage in Atlantic
City to an Italian against the wishes
of all her family"
Charged with numbering her 4-year-
old son. Harry, three years ago by
Giving him carbolic acid, Mrs. Alice
Hallowell. an employee of the Sun
shine Home at Davisville, Pa. follow
ing a hearing was committed to the
Bucks county Jail without bail for
trial at the June term of Court. Mrs.
Hallowell has confessed that she kill
ed the boy because she thought he
would be better OF in heaven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Logue and fam
lily entertained Sunday. Miss Gertrude
Logue. Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Insley.
and son. Charles, Mrs. Charles Sch
midi, all of Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Dean and Mr. Lloyd Dean,
of Har/prd county. and Mr. and Mrs
lem. After spending a JOYFUL day, they
all returned to their homes much
pleased with their visit.
S. B. Riley. Of Hagerstown, has been
appointed superintendent of motive
power on the Western Maryland Rail-
road. with headquarters in that city.
Mr. Riley was formerly connected with
the Pennsylvania Railroad and has re-
Gently been in the employ of the
Dickson Construction and Repair
Company. which has the contract for
repair work on the Western Maryland
Railroad.
Fourteen prisoners were wounded,
two possibly fatal, Monday, when $50
inmates of the South Carolina PenI
tentiary. at Columbia, revolted agains;
the authority of the guards. At the
same time the chair factory building,
where the uprising occurred, was set
on fire, but the recalcitrants were put
down and the blaze extinguishec
speedily The outbreak was said to
lave been the elimination of dissatis
faction existing for several weeks.
Those visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Joshua Murdock on Sunday
were Mrs. Robert Green, Mrs. Kate
Murdock, of Baltimore; Mr.. Edward
Wisner. and son, Ralph, of Baltimore;
Bert Wisner, John Green, Robert
Green and Rayner Green, Mr.. Theo-
dore Yingling, and wife, Mr.. Vernon
Yingling and wife, of near Hamp-
stead Mrs. Shaeffer and two children.
of Snydersburg, and Calvin Long, of
Baltimore.
The Railway Eabor Board declared
that the contracting of work bv the
railroads under agreements conflict
ing with wage scales and working
conditions established by that body is
in violation of the Transportation act
and hence illegal, President Maxwell
C. Byers of the Western Maryland
Railway reiterated his belief that the
repair shop contracts entered into by
his company are legal, and would be
sustained in the courts.
Federal aid roads completed since
1916 totalled 11,017 miles on March 81,
an increase of S,016 miles during the
preceding II months, says the Bureau
Of Public Roads, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. A great many
different types and widths were con-
structed. the general average cost
per mile for the United States being
S17,120. In total mileage completed
the leading states were Minnesota
,003 miles, Texas 919, Wisconsin 657,
Illinois 4S9, Ohio 465 and Arkansas
4O1.
An aLl-night taxi-cab tour of Hobo
kens cafes, and dance halls by two
couples ended in a tragedy early Sun
day when one of the quartet. Mrs.
Margaret Gallagher, Is years old, Of
New York City, jumped from the fer
ryboat Lackawanna in the Hudson
river and was drowned. Hours after
wards, while the police were trying to
piece together maze OF conflicting
stories, Thomas Cassidy, aged IS, who
said he was Mrs. Gallagher's cempan-
ion, walked into police station and
declared she made the leap after a
quarrel with him.
Visitors 2t the home OF Mr. and Mrs.
Milton II. Leese, of Bachman's Valley,
on Sunday, May Z. were Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Warehime, of Pleasant Hill !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Warehime and
son, Mervin, of Hanover, Pa, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph G. Yingling,> and son,
John, of Cranberry; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bixler. Cleveland Leese. Mann
lie and Erma Therit, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Wentz and four sons, Leroy, Maurice
Norman and Raymond Wentz, all of
Ebbvale: Sarah E. Yingling, Corrinne
Leese, and jeremiah Leese. All spent
a fine day.
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