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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
ENTRIES NOW ON FOR
TENNIS TOURNAMENT

ANY tennis player who has not yet
sent his or her name in TO the Com
mittee on tennis at the Naval Acad-
emy Officers Mess is requested to do
so as soon as possible. The commit
tee is anxious to start class tourna-
ments for the men at once. There
will he three classes with about &c
players in each class. AS only Ia
ladies' names have so far been posted
there will be only one class for them
unless a good many more entries are
made.
AS the result of the class tourna-
ments a ladder" tournament will be
started and the relative standing OF
each player in the club judged The
courts reserved for officers. profes-
sors, instructors, their families and
friends are those in the neighborhood
of the Mess, at the end OF Porter
Row and on Lawrence Field. near the
former Marine Barracks. At present
these last are in better playing con-
dition than the others.
The Lawrence Field courts and
those near the Mess are reserved for
men on Saturday afternoons and aftel
4 o'clock on other days. Ladies may
use them at other times.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
BEAN BROTHERS
TO BUILD SCHOOL
AT GLEN BURNIE

After numerous negotiations, the
County Education Board has finally
received and accepted bid for the
construction of the new schoolhous-
at Glen Burnie. The estimate ac-
cepted is that of Bean Brothers, cur-
tractors of Annapolis. and the amount
is $19, $500 The Board is grat.fie'l that
this question has finally been settled.
1t had been hanging fire for weeks,
owing to the inability to get bid
within the limited amount of $4,000
available under the School Bond issue.
1t is expected that work upon the
building will get under way within a
few DAYS
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
SCHOOL BOARD ASKS
S217,761 GENERAL
EXPENSES FOR YEAR

The Anne Arundel County Commits
sioners will be asked TO include in the
next levy total or s2l7,671 for pub
lie education during the fiscal year
This was determined at meeting of
the County Board of Education held
today. when the budget was placed in
final shape and delivered 10 the Coun-
ty Commissioners The latter body
had finished its regular weekly meet
ing so that consideration of the school
budget will not be taken up until next
weeks meeting.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
INSISTS DAUGHERTY GOT
FEE FOR MORSE RELEASE
CBy The Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, d. c., May RE
ports that Harry NJ. Daugherty, now
Attorney-General, had received a fee
Of $685. 600 from Charles w. Morse, New
York shipbuilder, for obtaining
Morse's release from the Atlanta Fed
eral Penitentiary, were repeated in
the Senate today by Senator Caraway,
Democrat, Arkansas, and denied by
friends of the present Attorney-Gen-
eral.
The Arkansas Senator said the re-
port was based upon public informa-
ton" Senator Watson, Republican,
Indiana, said he had talked with Mr..
Daugherty about the report and that it
was untrue.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
LADY ASTOR VISITS
NATIVE HEATH TO-DAY
CBy The Associated Press.l

RICHMOND, VA, May Lady As
tor. who was Miss Nancy Langhorn,
and who was reared in this city, re-
turned to Richmond today for the first
time since she became a member of
the British parliament.
Her greeting to the group that as
sembled in the train shed was:
81 can't be a heroine at o'clock in
the morning"
Miss Ora L. Hatcher, president OF
the Southern Womens Educational
Alliance, presented Lady Astor with a
tall basket of flowers and said:
Lady Astor. we welcome you to
Richmond with all our hearts"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
W., B. AND A. ISSUE
OF BONDS ALL TAKEN

An additional issue of S3S2.000 first
mortgage . per cent. bonds of the
Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis
Electric Railroad Company, offered
yesterday by Robert Garrett and Sons,
was more than doubly subscribed be-
fore the books were opened. The sub
scription was in excess of S700,0OO and
the bonds sold afterward at S21a on
the stock exchange and were bid fol-
consistently at So. the offering price
all afternoon. A week ago they were
selling rather draggily at 79.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
loINC DIVORCEE HELD
FOR MURDER OF HER
21a-IEAR-0LD NEPHEW

CHICAGO ILL, May Miss Vio-
Black Duncan, a pretty 19-year-old
,ortee. was arrested today charged
gh murder i'm connection with the
4lh of her nephew. Hollis Boyd. two
ma half years old, of Alton Park,
Tenn The child was found dead in
Mss Duncan's apartment last Satur-
y night Miss Duncan lay on the
tr beside him with three gas range
s oreu. She was revived by a
vsCiln.
The attempted suicide was believed
rs police 10 have resulted from a
elrrel with X. c. Dubay, an Atlanta
4s.ness man, who upraided the
sung woman after she had ridden in
no.or bus with another man.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
BOOTH HARRINGTON
PLAY TO Be GIVEN

Annapolis audiences will have an
opportunity of seeing Booth Tarking-
toms absurdly funny 4-act comedy.
Clarence" on May II and Is when the
Catholic Daughters of America will
give that famous play at st. Mary's
Hall.
The play has teen in rehearsal for
a month and has had the advantage
of coaching ty Paymaster X. II.
Whitaker which means that finish
ed performance will be given.
Seats for the play are now on sale
at Wiegard's Confectionery Store and
holders of admission tickets may ex-
change them there for reserved seats.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
AT MEMORIAL TO
FAMOUS GENERAL

Col" James W. Owens. OF Annapo-
lis lawyer and Civil War veteran. fur
nished an interesting incident. ncor-
porated in the address OF President
Harding, delivered by the Executive 4
few days ago at the ceremonies COM
memorating the one hundredth anni-
versary of the birthday of General
Ulysses s. Grant Mr.. Owens wrote to
President Harding of the anecdote.
and the latter in his address had the
following TO say:
THE other day | received a letter
from an old gentleman now living at
Annapolis, Maryland. Mr.. James w.
Owens, who at the age of eighty-two,
is still practicing law in Maryland's
capital city. He related an incident in
his own career that was so character
istic of General Grant that it was
worth repeating. He told me that he
was a soldier in General Lees army,
surrendered at Appomattox and re-
turned TO his home in Maryland.
There he was confronted with an or
der of the Union general commanding
the Department of Maryland, which
required that all paroled Confederates
should take the oath of allegiance.
Mr.. Owens in his letter to me ex-
planned:
Gas Dick Taylor and Kirby Smith
were still fighting. | declined and was
put in prison, and released on condi-
ton that ] would leave the State
went with an exiled comrade TO see
General Grant We left a note, ex-
planning our Punishment, and he i'm
mediately issued an order saying that
in accepting the sure nder Of General
Lee he had made il a condition that
the paroled men should return TO their
homes, and there remain as long as
they observed the conditions imposed.
Not designating a loyal or disIoyal
State, General Grant directed that the
general in command in Maryland
should rescind his order | accord
ingly returned here, and here | am
yet. al the age of eighty-two. We
veterans of the Confederacy have only
4 feeling of good will for his menu
ory.'"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
TALKS TO WOMEN ON
"HOME DECORATION

Miss Bertha Knight, clothing spe-
cialist from the Maryland University
visited the Women's Home Demon
stration Clubs of Anne Arundel coun-
ty last week Eleven club meetings
were held. To five of the women's
clubs Miss knight talked on Home
Decoration; to the rest she talked on
Clothing
The Junior Home Makers FEEDER
ated Club of Southern Anne Arundel
county will hold its fourth semi-an-
nual meeting al GalesVille on Satur-
day, May Is, at o'clock. ALI grown
folks interested in the Juniors are in
vited to he present.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
GERMANTOWN PATRONS
CLUB MEETING THURSDAY

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Germantown Patrons Club will be
held at 2:30. Thursday afternoon in
the school building. All members are
urged to be present at this meeting.
The interesting program will include
the following numbers: Reading les
son by Miss Taylor. and dramatization
of lesson by Miss Caton's class, and a
reading, Our Children" by some of
the pupils.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
TWO MEN KILLED IN
UNDERWORLD FEUD

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 1.-Two
zen were shot and killed early today
what police believe was an under
rorl feud
The conflicting accounts of the af-
a.r which occurred at 1925 Melton
N'eet are being investigated.
Harry Singer. SO, who died in a
@spitll from bullet wounds, said he
Bad killed Buck" Bailey in a pistol
.ael according to the police. Stin-
"rs story was that the men had
arrelti over woman, police said.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
o. B. DUCKETT, JR., TO
ENTER NAVAL ACADEMY

Oden B. Duckett, Jr., son of Oden B.
Duckett, Register of Wills of the
county, is expected to return to Anna
polls this week from Marion Institute
Alabama, where he has been under
going a course of study. He holds an
appointment to the Naval Academy as
midshipman and has previously quail
fed in the mental entrance examina-
tons.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02

Extending mis- thanks TO Mr.. Owens
President Harding wrote:
My Dear Mr. Owens.
Just a note to thank you once
more for writing me the incident
about General Grant, in your own
experience.
| am sending you a copy OF the
Grant address, in which |
am using this incident of yours.
Of course, ! am sending this to
you in advance of the delivery OF
the address, and must caution you
not TO give any publicity to it,
but / wanted you to know that
your contribution of a new Grant
story was very much appreciated
and to be sure you would know /
had made use of it.
Very sincerely,
(Signed)
WARREN G. HARDING.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
CADET NINE PLAYING
WASHINGTON TO-DAY

st. Johns College baseball team
went across the bay today to Ches-
tertown to engage the nine of Wash
ington College of that place. The
game is being played this afternoon
Washington invaded Annapolis a few
davs ago, and downed the Cadets sc
the latter are all popped up to re-
trieye that defeat.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
HARDING ASKS FUND TO
HANDLE WAR FRAUD CASES
CBy The Associated Press,

WASHINGTON. D. c.. May "A re-
quest for a special appropriation of
100000 TO be used in prosecution of
war fraud cases was sent to the House
today by President Harding.
The budget communication explain
ed that the fund would be used for in
vestigating and prosecuting all cases
whether civil or criminal, growing out
of the war
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
q1L0IER SHOT
AND KILLED BY
CRAZED NEGRO
later Shoots" Up Near Beer
Saloon In Baltimore, Wound
.-q Another Negro-Series OF
Crimes And Accidents Record
Cd Today
YOUNG DIVORCEE HELD
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
nv The Associated PrsssJ

auTlNORE. MD, May Private
4ra Floures. Is. member of the
imarters Company of the Tank
aHIa. stationed at Camp Meade.
Killed aud a negro wounded early
g when a crazed negro shot up a
.sr-bcer saloon in East Baltimore.
leonard Johnson, colOred. 3S, en-
a.H The saloon and, ordering every
rs inside 20 throw up their hands,
in firing at random.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
Continued On Page A.
To Give House Warming"

The Patrons Club of Arnolds
School will give a house warming
Friday evening, May 5, at s o'clock. A
special program has been arranged,
and everyone is invited to attend.
There will be cake, candy and ice
cream on sale.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
PRESBYTER|ANS ELECT
TRUSTEES FOR YEAR
Board Of Five Chosen At Con
gregational Meeting Held
Last Night
CHURCH WORK REPORTS

The annual congregational meeting
Of the Presbyterian Church. which is
always held on the first Monday in
May. took place last night in the
church parlors and had very large
attendance of members. The wives
OF the church officials served an appe-
tizing hot supper, followed by deli
cious ice cream and homemade cake
The young ladies who waited on the
guests were: The Misses Smith. the
Misses Stirling. Miss Isabel White,
and the Misses King.
The five church trustees elected at
last nights meeting were: Charles A.
Styer, Prof Waddell, of st. Johns
College; Z. S. Mayer. Garland Healy
and Earl Thomson. Mr.. Thomson was
elected in place of Royal Wigley, who
resigned on the grounds that, already
holding several church Offices. he did
not have the proper amount of time to
devote TO the trusteeship.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
College Baseball Scores

At New York-New York Univer'
sity. IS; William and Mary, II.
At New Haven-Yale, S: Bowdoin, 6
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
4w HIGHLY PRAISED
FOR THE RECENT PLAY
Local Organization Congratulate
ed For Presentation Of
Midsummer Eve"
SHARE FOR ALL HELPERS

The Young Womens Christian AS
sociation of Annapolis has been con-
graduated very much during the past
week on the success of the fairy play
Midsummer Eve" which was pro-
duced at the Circle Playhouse recent
ly by the Dancing Glasses and Girls
Reserve Corps with Miss Mary G.
Burch as the play director. The many
leading ladies, leading men, and la
dies and gentlemen of the ensemble
have a few words of appreciation of
their own to pass out TO those who
helped them without stint of time and
energy in the many phases of the pro-
duction.
The artistic touch which added so
greatly to the whole effect of the fair
les. elves, witches and flowers was
largely due to the efforts of Miss An
ME Bennett who designed the cos
tunes for the play and personally
made the charming hats for the Flow
er Attendants of the Queen. The pos
ters advertising the play were exc
cuted and drawn by Mrs. Philip Alger
whose efforts artistically have been
greatly valued. To Miss Catherine
Alger, also. is due thanks for much
valuable assistance.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
Various Reports Received

Reports of the various church or
ganizations were read, the first to be
submitted icing that of George w.
Gignilliat on the Sunday School,
which was most encouraging. He
stated that the Sunday School had
more than met its financial require
ments, and commented particularly
on the interest manifested by the
class of Midshipmen conducted by DR..
c. Alphonso Smith.
Mrs. Howard E. Rogers gave a very
comprehensive report on the work of
the Ladies' Aid Society, while Mrs.
y. II. Foster submitted the report of
the work done by the Women's Home
and Foreign Missionary Societies.
The church treasurer, Prof. Charles
A. Styer reported the financial condi-
tion.
The next speaker was the Minister,
DR.. Persons, who talked on the work
of the church as a whole.
He was followed by DR.. c. Alphon-
so Smith, who among other things,
said that successful church needed
three things-first, a good pastor,
which they had; second, good
church-in this connection he asked
the congregation to be patient, as the
church hoard of direction had asked
that for the present nothing lie done
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02

INCIDENT IN
GRANT, 8 LIFE

Col" James w. Owens, Civil
War Vet" Furnished Anec-
dote Of Career Which Presi-
dent Harding Used In Recent
Address
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
Interest At School

When the teachers of the High and
Grammar School saw the great edu-
cational possibilities of the fairy play,
and found out how interested all the
children were in their parts they came
forward intellectually and render
ed valuable assistance in cooperating
with the Y. w. c. a. in its under
taking. Misses Riordan, Dryden. Lin
thicum, Harrington, Childs, Swanson
and Arnold were particularly useful
To Mrs. Robert Yates. the Misses
Mary Munroe and Mary knight Lin
thicum also belongs credit for CO.
operation.
For ushers during the afternoon and
evening performances the manage
ment was fortunate in securing the
services of the girls of the Fire-side
Club of the Y. w. c. \. and the Friend
ship Club of Anne Arundel Academy
who added a touch of the unusual in
their Girl Reserve uniforms.
OF course any Y. w. C. A. would
lie ashamed to have to call upon mere
man to act as errand boys, pages and
runners so they called in the -Four
Pollyannas," Dorothy Glen, Dorothy
Johnson, Margaret Rippere and Anita
Strange who were kept busy running
the errands of directors, leaders, i'm
presarios and managers.
All Kinds OF Service
But even the omnipotent hand of
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
All Kinds OF Service

But even the omnipotent hand Of
woman quivered when there were
nails to hammer and so they sue
cumbed and sent hurry call for the
CONTINUED On Page 80
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-02
Thanks From Harding

Extending mis- thanks to Mr.. Owens,
President Harding wrote
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-01
PAYING THE PRICE OF FOLLY

Follv is sweet while it lasts, but
the taste is bitter when we pay the
price.
While our troops were fighting for
victory in France the rest of us were
fighting for dollars at home-at
least the majority of US were.
Money literally poured into Am
erica from other countries in return
for our munitions and supplies and
foodstuffs. There seemed no end OF
the stream of gold
Prosperity came with leap, pro-
fteering with a bound, and insanity
outstripped them all
Everybody made money-big mon
ey-and apparently the question up
permost was how to make it fly.
And it flew.
People who before the war could
hardly afford a sewing machine sud
denly blossomed out in fine raiment
and rode in expensive automobiles.
Nothing was too good or too high
in price.
Money was the only thing that
was cheap.
1t came easily, went swiftly, and
forgot to return.
In the early days the foolish viz
gins went out without oil in their
lamps, and had no light.
The five wise virgins filled their
lamps, and had light.
The virgins remind us of our own
people in the profteering days.
Foolish heads of families spent
money like water. Now they have
water, but little money.
Wiser ones saved their money, and
now live in comfort and plenty.
That is the difference between
wisdom and folly.
If the people had saved their
money instead of squandering it in
riotous living they would not be
feeling the pinch of want.
Wise men saw the reaction that
was sure to come. They accumulat
ed all of the money possible and in
vested it in interest bearing securi-
ties. They are now profting from
their wisdom.
Those who consider only the
pleasures of the hour are now won
dering how to combat the miseries
of the future.
They are paying the price of their
folly.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-01
TAX PAYERS LEAGUE

Lafayette, March 24.-The crea
ton of Southwest Louisiana Tax
payers League at Baton Roug,
March Is and granted hearing be
fore the Louisiana Tax Commissio,
urging reduction of the classified
ton of agricultural lands in thi
section of the state as follows:
Glass A: To $40 instead of $50
Glass B: $50 instead of S45. Glass c
$40 instead of $50 is the outstand
ing feature of the meeting which
should be of interest to land own
ers all over Southwest Louisiana.
Headquarters of the TAXPAYER
League will be in Lafayette will
plans tentatively mapped out to per
feet organizations in each parish il
Southwest Louisiana, all co-ordinat
ing for an economical administration
of civic-parish and state affairs will
equitable assessment.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-01

the civil service law of 1883 a gooC
system of competitive examinations
and appointments on merit has beer
built up for the classes Of positions
covered by the law. But beyond Ger
tificatiOn by the civil service commits
sion for appointment of those appli
cantS who are proved by examination
to be eligible, the merit system is not
fully operative even in connection will
the positions to which it applies. Hap
hazard practices in assignments Of
work and in promotions, over which
no central authority has jurisdiction
have brought about inequalities which
are discouraging TO the workers. This
condition and the relatively low sal
aries paid by the government cause
Il turnover" in government forces
that could not long be withstoOd by
private business.
The REIMBURSEMENT Of government
salaries in the District of Columbia
has recently received the attention
of the joint commission on reclasSifi-
cation Of salaries, which was author
iZed by a provision in the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation
act approved March l, 1919. The re-
port of this commission is now in the
hands of congress and its fate remains
to be seen. The report represents
many months of work and an effort to
present data which will enable con-
gress to understand conditions as they
exist
The present civil service law was
enacted to correct the evils of the
"spois system" which had become in
tolerable. That the plan provided by
the law, that of appointments through
competitive examinations for certain
positions. has been vast improve
nent over the old patronage method
Is generally conceded; but the law
failed to be a completely effective in
strument by not providing for the APP
plication of the merit system to the
more responsible and, therefore, the
more remunerative positions.
The administrative offices, aside
from the cabinet, which do not come
within the scope of the civil service
law, are postmasters at offices of the
first. second and third classes, col
lectors of internal revenue. collectors
of customs; registers, receivers, and
surveyors general of the land office :
assistant treasurers, surveyors, special
examiners, appraisers and naval Off
GERS in the customs service; super
intendents of minis, assayers in minis.
supervising inspectors in the steamboat
inspection service, commissioners OF
immigration and naturalization, as
istant secretaries and heads Of bu
eaus OF the departments at Washing
on. etc.-about $4,000 positions in all
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-01
WHICH CLASS ARE YOU IN?

There are some people who go
through life with smooth serenity
that is seldom ruffled. 1t is not ruff
led because they do not trouble to &c
deenlv into affairs and conditions a.
round them. They do no harm in the
world, and sometimes exert them
selves to the extent of doing little
good. We like them, but they COM
mand no great amount of admira-
ton. There is another class, and
they are in the majority, who are
not averse to speaking their minds.
Generally they are fair students OF
men and conditions, dig down after
facts, make up their minds after a
careful analysis, and then stand by
their convictions. They give praise
where it is due, but do not hesitate
to censure when it becomes neces-
sary. They are the constructive citi-
zens Of this country. And then there
is still a third class. They are the
kickers-the chronic ones-and their
happiest moments are when they are
kicking at something, or somebody,
or both. They come into the world
kicking, go through life with kick,
and kick like the devil because they
have to shuttle off. They are des-
tructive to society, but more des-
tructive to themselves. The choice is
yours.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-01
FOR SALE.

An old building on our property in
New iberia. For information call at
office.
IBERIA BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
w. G.. Weeks, Secty.