The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-11-03
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Charlottesville-A warrant charg-
ing him with the seduction of "a Is
year-old high school girl has been is
sued for j. William Taylor, principal
of the Alberene High School, who
mysteriously disappeared from his
home in Albemarle county. The war
rant for Taylor's arrest was obtained
by the brother of the alleged victim.
Taylor is now believed to be in Bal
timore.
Baltimore.-Maryland's scheme of
financing its highway system was
highly commended at the session in
Washington Of the second National
Conference on Education for highway
engineering and highway transport in
a speech by A. J. Brousseau, of the
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce. According to Mr.. 'Brousseau,
Maryland has so managed its good
roads financing that the State may
now proceed with further development
without issuing long-term bonds in adj
dition to those already outstanding.
Maintenance Is largely taken care of,
1t was shown, out of current revenues
and, while an occasional issue of Sc
curities may be needed to make some
extensive improvement, such issues
ought not to be large, all things con-
sidered.
Baltimore.--Amos w. w. Woodcock,
United States District Attorney, said
he had been in conference with Alex
ander Armstrong, Acknowledgement of
the State, regarding arrests by State
police of prohibition agents for speed
ing, and that Mr.. Armstrong promised
to issue instructions for closer coop
Grafton between the State and Federal
officers. Mr.. Woodcock said he also
had written E. Austin Baughman, Au-
tomobile Commissioner, giving an &C
count of what occurred Friday at
Laurel and asking for aid in prevent
ing similar happenings. 81 am quite
sure from my talk with the Attorney
General" said Mr. Woodcock, that
we may expect from State officers aft
er this more sympathetic cooperation
in our work of preventing rum-run-
ming than has been the case hereto
FORE"
Hagerstown.-A whisky-laden auto
mobile, believed to be one of a feet
of rum-runners, was wrecked after
nightfall on the main street in Funks-
town, two miles from this city, at a I
sharp turn and both of the drivers are
reported to have been injured. Names
and facts are not obtainable, owing to
shroud of secrecy about the acct
dent. The authorities have not been
able to ferret out the facts Of the
mysterious accident The driver OF
the machine telephoned to Hagerstown
for another automobile, which was
sent to the scene, and the cargo of
whisky transferred and brought here,
it is said. The wreck was cleared
away in short time and when po-
licemen arrived there was no trace Of
it. A man who claims to have wit
messed the wreck said residents of
Funkstown helped to transfer the load
of liquor.
Elkton.-The Court of Appeals of
Maryland has filed its decision
in the contested election cases
of E. M. Sweet and Edward Lynch
against Mayor w. H. Mackall and
Councilmen Magraw, Davis, McKen-
ney and Karl, reversing the decision
Of the lower court and supporting the
contention of the Mayor and present
councilmen. AT the annual spring
election. Lynch and Sweet fled pa
pers as candidates for short term
councilmen, after their claim had been
ignored by the Mayor ON the ground
that no vacancy existed. The court
ordered their names on the ticket, and
they were elected. having no oppo-
nents. When they attempted to take
their seat in the council, their claims
were turned down. They carried their
cases to the Cecil County Court,
which ordered that they be seated.
Mayor Mackall took an appeal and
the County Courts decision was re-
versed. The cost in the case was
Imposed on Lynch and Sweet in the
decision just handed down.
Annapolis.-As an accessory after
the fact in the murder of ]. Bernard
Pattison at Savage, near Guilford.
Howard county. on May II last. Mrs.
Marbelle Pease is to be brought to
trial in the Circuit Court Of Anne
Arundel County here November 10.
With William Carter Cronmiller, this
week convicted of murder in the sec,
ond degree and sentenced to is years
in the Maryland Penitentiary. Mrs.
Pease was indicted for the killing of
Pattison. At the trial Monday and
Tuesday she testified that the crime
was committed by Cronmiller, her ad-
mitted paramour of several years. It
now develops that it is unlikely that
Grouu1iIIoy mill he ao111I ..x;k