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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
FORMER NURSE IN
NAVY A SUICIDE
John c. Rodgers Fired Bullet
Into Mouth At Eastport
Yesterday Afternoon

John c. Rodgers, 3S. formerly a
nurse in the Naval Hospital Corps,
committed suicide at the home of his
father-in-law, f. r. Griscom, at East
port, yesterday afternoon by firing a
bullet from .32-caliber revolver into
his mouth. He died at Emergency
Hospital three hours after the shoot
ing.
Rodgers is said to have been ment-
ally deranged. Returning here a few
days ago from a visit to his home at
Durham, N. c., for a~visit to Eastport
relatives, he is said to have become
depressed. Getting the pistol of his
father-in-law, he quietly made his way
to room in the third story of the
Griscom residence, 1S9 Severn ave-
nue., where he fired the fatal shot.
Rodgers is survived by widow and a
son, years old, both of whom re-
turned here with him from Durham.
Rodgers had told relatives and
friends that he had secured a position
in Washington and expected to leave
Tor the National Capital with his
family today. That he was in a de-
mented condition was indicated sew
eral months ago when he went to a
local police justice and asked to be
locked up, stating that he feared he
would do something rash. He i'm
proved. however, and nothing was
done with him.
The body has been turned over to
Funeral Directors James S. Taylor
and Sons to be prepared for burial
Funeral services will he held from
the residence, 1S9 Severn avenue, to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock and in
terment will be in Cedar Bluff ceme-
terry.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
WEST POINT CADET
KILLED BY TRAIN IN
TRYING TO SAVE AUTO

Jerome Stewart, of Kansas City,
Mo-, West Point Cadet, lost his life
yesterday in attempting to save his
stalled automobile from destruction
by a Pennsylvania passenger train
bearing down upon him at crossing
at Allaire. n. j. The train was
wrecked and eight passengers in
jured.
Stewart clung to the wheel. desper-
ately trying to start his engine. until
the train was less than 100 yards
away. Then he jumped, but his foot
caught between the ties and he
stumbled. Before he could regain his
feet the locomotive struck him, hurl-
ing him 20 feet.
Miss Jeanette Smethurst, of Farm
ingdale, n. j.. daughter of Major w
A.. Smethurst, who was in the auto
with the cadet, escaped by jumping.
The locomotive and two passenger
coaches left the rails, the engine over
turning. B. W. Henry. of Long
Branch. a Government inspector, was
said to have been seriously hurt. The
other passengers suffered slight in,
juries.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
OFFENDING MOTORISTS
PAY OVER S4,575 FINES

Violations of the State Motor We
hicle law continue TO reach large num-
bers. according to the usual report
submitted by Col. f. Austin Baugh-
man. State Automobile Commission
er. The report shows fines collected
for the period ended on Thursday of
this week amounting to $4,575, OF
which $2.343 were for offenses COM
mitted in rural communities, and $2,-
232 in Baltimore city.
The following appear under the list
of arrests made in or about Anna
polls:
Rogers Elliott. no license, $40; same.
reckless driving. So: Joseph Freeman,
exceeding 25 miles, So; Sellman
Natus, no license. $40; same. passing
vehicle at intersection. IS; same, fail
ing to turn to right at signal. So; Iii
cense also refusedD; Robert Strange,
operating while intoxicated, $10O; lii
cense also revoked).
Under Glen Burnie appears the fol-
lowing. Andrew Wesolowski, reck-
less driving, $40.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
LAST MEETING OF
MOTHERS CIRCLE
FOR THIS SEASON

The Mothers Circle held the last
meeting of the year in the Grammar
School. yesterday afternoon, closing
out the business for the year and
contributing to the Bahy Fund for the
summer The President urged the
members to give thought during the
vacation days to a program for the
coming year that would best accom-
plish the objects of the Circle, by
serving the young people of the COM
munity and their needs.
Ten dollars was given to Miss Suth-
erland for the Baby Milk Fund, and
two five-dollar gold pieces will be
awarded the girl and boy making the
highest average in the graduating
class of the Grammar School, to he
presented on Commencement Day by
the President, Mrs. Pauline Pfeiffer.
Thanks were extended to all the
classes, and their teachers who so
Interestingly entertained the Circle
during the past year by exhibitions
of their work and ways of teaching
same in the class rooms, all of which
was very beneficial and enjoyed by
the mothers.
Plans were made for the annual
picnic which is to lie held on the
9Th day of July on the steamer Har-
rington, as many as possible urged
to go with their families on the morn
ing loat TO spend the day at Clai-
horne to be joined by others who
might come on the afternoon boat,
all returning in the evening for a
moonlight ride on the bay.
The nominating committee to name
prospective officers for the next year
was chosen with Mrs George Heintz
as chairman. The Circle adjourned
for the year feeling that under the
leadership of its president, and with
the cooperation of teachers and par
ents it has had a successful year.
and urges all parents, teachers and
friends to join in its work another
year.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
VARSITY OARSMEN WIN
IN TRIAL WORKOUTS

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June IT,
Penn, Columbia and Syracuse varsity
crews all were victorious yesterday
in practice spins with their respective
junior varsity brethren over varying
distances on the regatta course. BY
far the most impressive piece of row.
ing by any of the three was that dis
played by the Quakers, who, after be-
ing defeated by the juniors in a half
mile brush in the morning, went out
in the afternoon and took the meas
ure of the junior crew.
Columbia's two crews had their
race at noon when all the other crews
were at lunch. and the varsity, row.
ing well in hand, beat the juniors by
half length in a two-mile pull. In
mid-afternoon the Syracuse varsity
beat the freshmen and junior eights
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
AT BOWIE RACE TRACKS

improvements to cost approximate.
ly $4,000 to be made to the Bowie
race track have been outlined to the
Maryland Racing Commission 3y Fred
Wright, builder, representing the
Bowie interests.
The changes include enlargement of
the clubhouse, improvement of the
track, new stables and a cement ap-
proach to the paddock The improve
ments, which were generally salts
factory to the commission will be
made this summer
Representatives of the Havre de
Trace track are expected to present
their program within the next few
days. The only important change
there, is the erection of new club.
house, which, it is said, will cost about
$4,000. Only minor improvements
are planned for Pimlico and Laurel
it is said.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
LODGEMEN READY FOR
THEIR DIAMOND FRACAS

Unless Jupiter Pluvius should take
a notion to butt in on the proceedings
6y emptying his storage tanks of aqua
pura, the baseball fracas between
teams of the local lodge of Elks and
Odd Fellows will be played on the
diamond of st. Johns College, as per
schedule, beginning at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon.
The rival contenders for lodge hon
ors in the great national game have
been busily engaged this week in lin
bering up to get themselves into some
kind of shape for the fray, for the ma
jority of the players are men who
have little time to devote to outdoor
activities of any kind.
Notwithstanding the heavy shower
of rain this forenoon the playing field
will be in good shape, unless the
aforesaid ~. p" again makes appear
ance.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Making Old Men Young, Not NeU
Experiment; Tried 5000 Years Ago
tBy The Associated Press,

CHICAGO, June 17-The restora-
tion of youth to the aged, attempted
recently by means of animal glands,
was also attempted at least 5000
years ago, according to DR.. James H.
Breasted of the University of Chicago.
An "Incantation CT Transforming an
Old Man into a Youth of Twenty" is
set forth in the Edwin Smith papyrus.
the Egyptian document which DR..
Breasted has declared contains un-
paralleled evidence of advanced
knowledge and scientific spirit on the
part of Egyptian physicians of 1900 B.
C. or earlier. The incarnation, on the
contrary, he said, is characterized by
reliance on hocus-pocus. Dr. Breas-
ted's theory is that an extraordinary
book on surgery and external medi-
cine fell into the hands OF a quack
who was more interested in charms
for making old men young, and who
had the inc0ngruous texts combined
in the same roll. Thus in the papy-
rus magical formulae jostle an ex-
position of delicate surgical opera
tions heretofore believed to be de-
cidedly modern.
The handwriting indicates that il
was probably written about 1900 B. C
and it is thought to be copy of a
manuscript that is at least a thousand
years older. The original may have
been written as early as 340O B. c., il
is thought by some of the words
which appear in the manuscript and
which were long out Of vogue in 1900
B. c.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
AUTHORITIES EXPECT
ROSTER OF ABOUT 700

Authorities of the Naval Academy
are making rapid progress in organ
izing the new fourth class OF midship-
men for the summer course OF work
Physical examinations of candidates
who were found qualified in the men
tai tests conducted under Civil Serv-
ice regulations in February and April,
and others who secured appointments
based upon certificates OF accredited
high and preparatory schools. as per-
nitted under an Act of Congress
passed two years ago, have been In
progress at the Academy during the
last few days. and to date a total of
$50 have been accepted, and they have
settled down to the academic routine.
1t is estimated that the new class
will have roster of approximately
700, which will be about 200 less than
the entering classes of the last few
years.
Following is the complete list OF
those who have been admitted to
late:
Robert Gordon Armstrong, 18th.
Illinois; Haze Joseph Bergeron. 1st.
louisiana; Joseph Thomas Bradshaw,
at large. Alaska: James Sidney
Brumfield, 7th. Massachusetts: Chas.
Allen Buchanan, 9th. Indiana; Jack
Burrow. End. Texas; George William
Campbell, 21st. Illinois; Henri de
Balathier Claiborne, Sen, louisiana;
John Owen Reilly Coll. Sen, Indiana:
William Goodwin Cooper, 9Th. Geor-
gia; Royce Norwood Flippin. 11th.
Kentucky; William Orrin Floyd, 1st.
California; Armwell Long Fooks.
SEN, Delaware; John Golden Foster,
Jr.. 11th. Georgia; Louis Eaton
French. Sen, Connecticut; Wallace
Watt Fuller. 18th. New York; Ed
ward Thomas Ewes, 3rd. Louisiana:
Frederic August Graf, 18th. Indiana;
Alvord John Greenacre, Bird. Illinois:
Richard Greenlee, End. Kansas.
Edgar Beach Hands, Jr, Sen.
Louisiana; Charles Broderick. Hart.
End. Indiana; Joseph Robert Haskin,
Jr., 9th California;; Valery Havard,
Jr., Sen, Connecticut; Walter Well
ington Honaker, 5th. Kentucky; Allen
Mauzy Kemper, 3rd Florida; Lyman
Maurice King, Sen, California; Theo-
dore Hertzel Kobey, Sen. Arizona;
James Edward Leeper. Sen, Kansas:
WiIbert Armondo Little, 18th. Geor-
gia; Augustus Calvin Long. 4th.
Florida: JOgeph Francis Mailach.
21st Illinois; Wayne Hampton Mil
ler. 9th California;; Wallace Joseph
Miller, 4th. Kentucky; John Joseph
Morony, Sen, Iowa; James Arthur
Morrison, 18th. Illinois; William
Louis Moseley. 3rd. Alabama; George
Williams Moses, Jr., list. Nebraska;
Richard Christian Musser, 1st. Color
ado; Frank O'Beirne. at large, llli-
nois; Anderson Offutt, Sth. Indiana;
Ralph Edward Patterson, Sen, Iowa;
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
COMMENCEMENT OF
GRAMMAR SCH. MONDAY

Commencement exercises OF tho
Grammar School will be held On Mon.
day next in the High School Assembly
Hall at 10 o'clock.
The pupils OF the eighth grade will
get their certificates and a number O.
special prizes WIN lie distributed in
Guiding two fivo-dollar gold pieces
given by the Mothers Circle to the
boy and girl making the highest aver
age In the graduating class.
The fve-dollar gold piece given by
the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chan
ter OF the ID. A. II. for the best pa
triotic essay and won by Charles AL
phonso Smith, Jr., has already been
presented him as he left town be-
fore Commencement.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17

The manuscript also contains "The
lncantation of Expelling the Wind of
the Year of Pest" This shows the
widely prevalent notion which has
persisted to the present day that the
winds carry malignant plaques. The
last two parts of the papyrus are
written in very different handwrit-
ing from the front page.
The columns in front treat of the
head, then the lower head, the mouth,
the neck. and the spine Here the
papyrus stops, but it is evident that
the remainder treated the lower body.
The first group of ten cases which
are described treat of wounds of the
Aead. of which seven are knife and
sword wounds. The surgeon is in
structed how to probe the wound and
in case of a severe knife wound told
"You should have made for him a
wooden brace padded with linen tand
have) the head fastened to it. :. His
treatment should be sitting, placed
between two supports of brick, until
you know whether he is making any
progress"
Case eight deals with "a fracture oi
the skull under the skin The sur
geon is told to operate, to open at the
point of confusion. and ito elevate the
depression outward" 1t is possible
Itrephining is involved here; if so, IL
is the earliest mention of it in history
For cut in the forehead, physi-
clans skin. a kind of linen bandage
is to be used or double bandage ap-
piled so as to cause "the lips of the
wound to join one another"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
PULLMAN CAR MILEAGE
AVERAGED IA ROUND
TRIPS TO THE MOON
By The AssocInted Press.1

CHICAGO, ILL, June 17.-The
Pullman car mileage i'm 1921 averaged
four and half round trips daily TO
the moon, which is 23S,S40 miles from
the earth, according to a statistician
Of the Pullman company. The mile
age averaged eight and a half trips
To the sun, which is 92,900,000 miles
distant, according TO the statement.
The mileage reported for the year
was 7O9,572, ,465 miles, which was de-
clared equivalent to encircling the
earth at the equator eighty-eight
times each day, or once every sixteen
minutes and twenty-five seconds.
Each car was said to have averaged
a yearly run OF 1895 miles, or ap-
proximately five trips around the
globe.
Pullman passengers" the COM
pany reported, rode 1924, ,229, ,4O6
miles in 1921, or "A car ride of 1O7
miles for every man, woman and child
in the United States. If newborn
babe started this trip and travelled at
the rate OF 80 miles an hour without
stopping he would he 42,977 years old
when the porter brushed him off.
THE average daily mileage was D.
l90609 miles, or 91.275 miles an hour
and 1920 miles per minute.
Pullman cars carried 31,204 ,992
passengers, an average of $500
day. 1t would take LOG hotels with
500 rooms each to furnish nightly the
sleeping accommodations provided"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
A. A. c. TOSSERS TO
MEET VIRGINIA TEAM

Amateur baseball teams of Mary
land and Virginia will clash on the
diamond tomorrow afternoon. The
contenders will be the Annapolis Ath-
letic Club, composed entirely of local
talent, and the nine representing
Cherrydale Country Club, of Cherry
dale, Va. The game will be played on
the diamond at West Annapolis start
ing at o'clock. The game will be
the first the Annapolitans have had
with the Virginians.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
SELECT OFFICIALS
FOR ROWING REGATTA

Julien w. Curtis, of Yale, will act
as referee at the intercollegiate re
gatta at Poughkeepsie. June 26 FL
liott Farley and Charles +. Sheafe
both of Harvard, will be timekeepers
and Henry Penn Burke, commodore
of the Schuylkill Navy, judge at The
finish.
These appointments were announ.
ced by Morton G. Bogue, chairman OF
the board of stewards of the Inter
collegiate Rowing Association.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Instructors
!. SCORE POINT
IN CONGRESS
Senator France, Of Maryland,
Pats Through An Amendment
! That VIII Save Many Of Them
Their Iobs-Admiral Wilson
Attacked
VISLED THE UPPER
HOUSE is CHARGED

CIVILIAN professors al Annapolis,
.-f Or whom already had cen given
,tle TO leave, won a sweeping vic
r ID the Senate yesterday. when
be- amendment by Senator France
sGnt Cn the Government to fulfill
contracts with those hired for
faf and 1--WE years and requiring
II month notice to most of those
under contract passed oyerwholm-
H Even members OF the COM
.Hac which had reported for the
nsaia reversed themselves and
Hlally the management of the
Qn Academy came in for caustic
. mccnt at the hands of members.
yllor France put forward the
uimcut and then sat back and
uaed the battle. He already had
f,u earlier in tho day on another
agler The wording OF the amend
nsl was brief;
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Pomcrcne Opens Attack

Senator Pomerene. Democrat, of
Ohio opened tho attack by naming
mt Instance after another of arbi-
tnH and bureaucratic action from
m@I oiicials that he declared had
h'e rectillcd. This latest plan, he
N.i 60 throw cut SO civilian pro.
@soTs without notice, and in some
Eases in direct violation of contract.
m the elimination.
These men who came over here on
'aA'i OF the Naval Academy to ad-
~ the committee were not quite
3 with us charged Senator Pom
Continued on PAGE a.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
WILLIAM FARRELL TO
BE BURIED TOMORROW

The funeral of William Farrell, for
a quarter of a century caretaker of
the city assembly rooms and fireman
of Independent Fire Company, who
died suddenly Thursday night, will be
held at his late residence on College
avenue tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock after which interment will be
made in st. Mary's cemetery.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
To License Radio Fans
lIfY The AsAncInfah Pre.aA

CLEVELAND, June 17.-Radio en-
thusiasts here must now pay a Ii
cense fee of so cents, both for send
ing and receiving. City Council re-
Gently passed an ordinance requiring
licensing and inspection of all radio
stations, professional as well as anna
tcur. in this citv.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Will Preach Tomorrow

The Rev. DR.. Andrew Allan will be
the preacher at the Presbyterian
Church at the service tomorrow
morning. Beginning with tomorrow
there will be no evening service Sun
day at the church during the summer.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
NOTICE.!

All members of the Independent
Fire Company No. are requested tC
meet at Porter Hall tomorrow after
noon at lis O'Clock to attend the
funeral of William Farrell.
BY order of
JOHN NJ. TAYLOR,
President
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Text Of Amendment

Provided that in reducing the num-
.lr o. civilian professors all OF the
provisions Of the contracts between
ht Government and the professors
h.a be generously fulfilled by the
Juumcnt
Provided further, no civilian pro-
taor who has leen employed for
hne years or more shall be dismiss
n without six months notice to
la that his services will no longer
Ia needed
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
NEW CLASS Of :, ),
M|DD|ES ABOUT !
HALF COMPLETE

Total Of 290 Appointees Who
Had Qualified In All Examina-
tons Admitted During Last
Few DAYS And Summer Rou-
tine Is Under Way
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Doubts Existence OF Life

In response to the query as to whe-
ther or not human life exists on the
planet, Professor Hall said: 1T is
possible but extremely improbable
that there exists on Mars any form
of animate life There is very much
less atmosphere surrounding Mars
than there is around the Earth and
therefore If any life does exist it
would necessarily be constructed on
entirely different lines than we are.
II would be impossible for persons
of worldly" lung capacity to live on
Mars, due to lack of oxygen"
He pointed out that "the prize of
10000 francs which has been offered
by the French Academy of Arts and
Sciences for the discovery, in any me-
teorite, of any form of organic mat
ter whatsoever, has never been won.
We discover in meteorites the most
wonderful colorings and laminations,
but not a trace of organic matter. A
piece of bone or anything of the sort
which might be found in a meteor
would definitely prove the existence
of animate life in the far off worlds.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Marriage License

COBB-CLAUDE = George Cobb, 80,
Baltimore city; Caroline Claude, 2s,
Annapolis.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
Bonds!

NOW is the time to convert
your Liberty Bonds in CASH at
PAR or BETTER.
Deposit them today in our
Savings Department at 6 per
cent. interest.
Why hold these bonds with
the possibility of having to sell
at a loss later on.
For Full Particulars Apply TO
BERNARD ]. WIEGARD,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
"whlte Caps" Lessenlng

Prof. Asaph Hall is in charge of
the Marian work at the Naval OBJ
servatory and under his personal di-
rection daily observations of the
planet are being made Professor
Hall is the son of Prof. Asaph Hall,
Sr., who discovered the II satellites
that revolve around the nearing plan
ct, and is considered one of the ablest
astronomers in the country.
When asked as to the condition of
the surface of Mars, Professor Hall
stated; within the last few days
the White caps which are ever pre-
valent at both poles are gradually les
sening and pale green substance is
noted. AS to being able to deter
mine just what this substance is, we
are a good deal at sea. In fact, we
do not know what the white caps are
composed of. 1t may be that they
are snow, and the sun in striking
them has melted a great quantity and
uncovered the green vegetation grow
ing underneath"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17

,tContinued on Page 81
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
MARS NEAREST To
EARTH TOMORROW
Naval Observatory At Washing.
ton Prepares To Study
Celestial Guest

Mars. the planet upon which sci
entists have built their hopes of inter-
planetary communication, will be
within 42,36O,OOO miles of the earth
tomorrow, the closest in more than
a decade.
In 1909 the war-like sphere was
within 36,5O0.0OO miles of the earth,
but, owing to the undeveloped state
of the telescopes and measuring in
struments of that day, the discover
les were not nearly as momentous
as those that are expected to deyel-
op tomorrow night.
The United States Naval Observa-
tory will view the fiery orb through
glass weighing 800 pounds and
measuring rs inches in diameter. The
entire instrument, including dais and
metal castings weighs 2S tons.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-17
, SSOCIATED PRESS

HDispatches OF ] a e
-, are published in
o.. H., Evening Capital.