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Evening star., 1923-08-14
LEGION HELD BLAMELESS.
By the associe ted Press.

By the assoca ted Press. =,
CHICAGO, August 14.-The Ameri-
can teGion WAS. not conn ected in any
way with the attempted abduction
from Eberbach, Germany. of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll. draft evader,
Alvin NJ. Owsley, national commander
OF the American Legion. declared here.
Commander Owsley stopped here on
his way to Faribault. Mimi. and Su-
perior. Wis. to attend the conventions
of the Minnesota and Wisconsin de-
partments of the Legion.
II am Interested, like every one, in
seeing Bergdoll brought back to the
United States to complete his pun.'
iShment." he said. but to attempt to
abduct him is wrong. 1t is un-Amert-
can. No one connected with the
Legion has been authorized to- take
any such step. and . so long as i am
commander no one will be-"
Regarding. national adjusted com
penSation prospects he said:
We have every reason to believe
that the new President will not only
continue the friendly appreciation of
the former service man shown by
President Harding, but there is evil
dence that he will be even closer to
the veterans than the late Presi-'
dent" He said he expected to confer
with President Coolidge regarding ad-
justed compensation within d few
weeks
Evening star., 1923-08-14
PICK RIFLE TEST SITES.

In order to draw on the entire rife
shooting strength of the country for
men to- represent the United States in
the international rifle matches at
Camp Perry, in September. the War
Department has selected the follow
ing ranges as sites for regional try
outs for the team: Wakefield. Mass;
Fort Niagara. y. Y: Seagirt. y. J.:
Annapolis. Md: Quantico, Va. and
Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Additional
sites in. the nine corps areas will be
announced as quickly as arrange
ments are made for manning the
ranges.
Selection of the men to represent
the United States from among those
competing in these regional tryouts
will be made by a board consisting
Of Col. C. E. Stodter. director of ci-
william craftsmanship: Lieut. Col
Frank Maloney, @. r. c., first vice
president of the National Rifle Asso-
citation, and Maj. l.. w. T. Waller. jr.,
U. S. NJ. c., captain of the 1925 Ameri-
can international team. Successful
contestants will have their transpor-
tation expenses paid.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
NAMED IN FREDERICK
Gov. Ritchie Delivers First Po.
litical Speech in Campaign
for Reelection.
Special Dispatch To The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
FREDERICK, Md, August IA
Democrats nominated their county
ticket at the party convention. which
was addressed by Gov. Albert. 6.
Richie. who delivered his hrst po-
litical address of his campaign for
reelection. The keynote of his cam :
paign will be economy in public Of
fees ard departments.
Ticket Nominated.
The ticket nominated:
States attorney, William VI. Storm.
Frederick; sheriff. Charles w. Smith,
Frederick: county treasurer, John j.
T.. Miller, Woodsboro: judges of the
orphans court, Henry +. Mussetter.
Evansville; William e. Howard, this
city. and John T. John, Thurmont;
county commissioners. Lewis F..
Lochner, Mt Pleasant. and Roscoe p.
Brown, Thurmont; huose of dele
gates, Alton Y. Bennett. and Clinton
McSherry. Frederick: Howard d.
Jones, Petersville: Charles w sum
mers, near Frederick. and Albert b.
Hauvcr, FoXville.
State senator, William J. Grove,
Lime Kiln.
State central committee. DR..
Leonard &. Barrick. Mrs. Andrew
Amman. Mrs. Harry Allgire and Mrs.
Richard =. Ross.
Republican Primaries.
Republican primary meetings were
held in the twenty-siX election dis
tricts of the county at which dele
gates were selected for a county con-
yention to be held in this city Thurs
day and a new county committee ap-
pointed. State Senator Charles +.
Goodell was chairman of the Fred
erick district meeting and strongly
indorsed Attorney General Alexander
Armstrong, Hagerstown, for COVER
nor.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
Pastor Who Held
Church Outdoors.
so Years, Dies

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, August 14.--John
Cave, aged eighty, the oldest timer
ant preacher on the Blue Ridge
mountains, is dead. Born and reared
on the mountain top in Madison
county. at an altitude Of nearly
1000 feet, he rarely left his peak
bound domain. Here he exhorted,
married and buried the mountain
folk of Page. Madison, Green and
Rappahannock counties.
Untutored in books. he was a noted
figure, not only to native residents
but to the many city visitors who
spend their summers at the various
resorts in this vicinity. AS there are
no church edifices on this part of the
mountain, the services he led for
over Il half century were conducted
under the hemlocks' and chestnuts of
the Blue Ridge.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
|. c. c. AUTHORIZES
S16,5()Q,O)O route
Illinois Central Gets Permis-
sion to Connect With New
Bridge.

Disregarding protests Of the state
of Illinois and of Cairo and other
communities in southern Illinois, the
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day authorized the Illinois Central
railroad to proceed through subsidl-
ary corporations with the construc-
ton of. "a 166mile cutoff line from
Fultonk, KY. to Edgewood. Ill. at
a. cost OF approximately S16.500,000.
The building project was opposed
by the Illinois interests on the
ground that it would isolate several
Illinois cities by putting the main
line Of the Illinois Central system to
New Orleans on different route. In
addition the state of Illinois is en-
t1tled to percentage of the earnings
from traffic routed over the present
main line OF the Illinois Central.
while profits made by routing traffic
over the new cutoff will not be di-
Vided with the state.
Third More Fare.
To carry it's plan into effect the
Illinois Central proposes to organize
the southern Illinois and Kentucky
railroad, which would build 123
miles of single track railroad from
Edgewood. Ill, to Metropolis. ILL.,. on
ne ne Ohio river At Metropolis, the
Chicago, St Louis and New Orleans
railroad. another subsidiary, would
take up the construction. bridging
the Ohio and building forty-two
miles to Fulton, where it would con
meet with the. Paducah and Illinois
railroad, third subsidiary of the
Illinois Central. which is now opc-
rating.
Summarizing the reasons which in
duced the commission to grant the de-
sired authority, the decision today
said the new construction would give
the Illinois Central a third main line
between Edgewood and Fulton in the
route to New Orleans, would shorten
by twenty-five miles the haul on
through business. would give the road
two bridges over the Ohio, would de-
crease the necessity of moving heavy
coal traffic up and down steep grades,
and would add $2745,000 a year TO
the income of the Illinois Central sys-
. tenn. These advantages. the commits :
sion said. justified the expenditure.
Sees No LOSS to Service.
There was no reason to believe. the
decision continued. that the protest =
ing Illinois communities would lose
railroad service by construction of the
cutoff, nor that present transporta-
ton rates would be disturbed to their
detriment. AS an offset to any pos
"ibility of damage. the commission
said, there would be a benefit to trans
rortation service over very large
area.
Commissioner Eastman. dissenting
from the majority decision. declared
creation of new subsidiary companies
to undertake the construction was a
"subterfuge in final analysis sub
versive of law and order
IF the Illinois Central wishes to
build this line" Commissioner East
mans opinion said. "it is far better
that il should deal frankly with the
state of Illinois and seek appropriate
corporate power Or. if it believes
the present Interstate commerce act
enables us to grant the necessary
power. let il seek such authority in
its own name, rather than in the
name of Il legal fiction styled the
Southern Illinois and Kentucky Rail-
way Company"
Evening star., 1923-08-14
LAW AND ORDER BODY
DENIES KLAk BACKING
Meeting in Hyattsviffe Quickly
Terminated When News of
Tragedy Is Received.
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.

HYATTSVILLE. August 1.-THE
Semi-annuaf meeting of the Prince
Georges County League, formed pr-
marily to- secure enforcement mt of the
law and TO see that proper persons
were elected to state and county Of
fees. was held in the library of the
municipal building last night. The
meeting was brought to d sudden ter
mination when the presiding officer
Mayor J. Frank Rushe. WAS sum
poned to the scene of the double
tragedy when Beaver J. Cartne1 kill
ed his wife and then conn mitted sui
eide in front of the Arcade Theater
here shortly before 10 o'clock. o.,
The meeting was well attended. and
reports from various Districts in the
county showed that much interest
was being ma anifcsted in the objects
of the association.
George w. $. Musgrave OF Laurel
took exception to an alleged state
ment in a Washington newspaper
that the association was backed by
tho Klu KluX Khan, He said the
political bosses were taking notice
of tho organization ana. he added.
1T Klu KluX ktan' scares them, let's
be klanSmen.
The sentiment brought forth much
applause. The a%sshciation is not
afraid of truthful and legitimate pub
Hcity, but il is tn" license of the press
that is objectionable
Button Suggested.
Mr.. Musgrave suggested that mem
hers wear a button of the league.
i. q. Thompson of Kent district said
he frequently voted a split ticket.
and thought that conditions might
he improved by citizens taking an
Independent position in county pol
itics. W. l.. -Mullikin of Berwyn sug-.
Eested that the motto of the organ
ization be "He who enters here shall
leave politics behind
W. @. Anderson. Lauham district.
democratic candidate for nomination
tor county commissioner, said he was
ready to resign If members of the
association were not eligible to hold
office. Former Mayor of HyattSville
William a. Brooks thought the mem
bers should all act as committee
of one to investigate the fitness of
announced candidates for office and
, vote accordingly.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
Reign of Terror
Strikes Maryland
Mountain Region
sneeial Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. j. .-
FREDERICK, Md. August IL,
Complaint has been made to the
county authorities about what
residents term is "a. reign of
terror" in Petersville district. in
the vicinity of Knoxville! Out
buildings on farms have been ran
sacked, chickens and hogs stolen,
persons threatened with injury and
quantities of 'moonshine" liquor
sold.
In the remote sections 'rmoon-
shine stills" are operating un-
hindered. 1t is said they are pro-
ducing large quantities of liquor.
Il would be. residents say. an easy
s. matter to gather up,three or four
automobile loads Of stilis and
equipment for the manufacture of
liquor.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
ARLINGTON c. 0. P. !.
MAPS CAMPAIGN
Full Ticket Will Be Placed in
FieId-0pposition to
Primary.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CLARENDON. Va, August IA
Placing of full~'rpublican ticket
In the field to contest for all Ar
nnSten county offices. in the general
election in November was planned by
Il mass meeting of republicans held
under the auspices. of the Arlington
county republican committee at the
courthouse last night. John q. Dud-
icy; county chairman. presided.
ihere was some opposition to the
proposal to hold a primary and the
vote which was taken. on the question
gave Its advocates only small mar
Sln. Opponents of the proposal con-
tended that the democrats looked
and that it would be unwise for the
republicans to take the initiative in
TINS connection al this time. 3--.' -
Committee of Nine.
The motion to nominate was offered
py Col. James G.. Pepper who de-
clared that the opponents of the
pea9posal had no feasible reason to
should not be held. He declared that
INC republicans of the county had
70" long been eekinS out an exist
, ehce from the crumbs of the deIno-
cratic table and that the time. was
Propltious for the party to start
something that would put it on
! trm footing"
Chairman Dudley in opening the
meeting. stated that if the party pre-
. sentS united front and nominates
, men of reputation. ability and capac-
i!y great things can be ACCOMPLISHED
auch a combination. he predicted,
would insure the party of at least an
: even oreak with the democrats in the
1all elections.
; The motion as carried provided for
! the appointment of a committee OF
j nIne, consisting of members from each
or the three magiSterial districts of
Ihe county, for the purpose of Sc
iecting candidates for the entire
county ticket. which. it was said. in
: Guides twenty-three Offices The com
! Inlttee Is directed by the motion to
report TO an adjourned mass meeting
10 be-held at the courthouse Monday
! evening, August 81
Chairman Dudley named the fol-
! rowing for this work jefferson dis
= lriGt' II. a. smith. Frank q. Camp
bell T. J. Sllidmore: Arlington dis
trict. Michael Dougherty. Mrs W. l..
White. James c. Pepper: Washington
district Harry B. Mason B. +. Coles
! and Mrs Harry Burkholder
Delegates Elected.
Twenty delegates were elected to
represent the county at the state
: senatorial convention to be held at
Alexandria tomorrow. with the un-
derStanding that the delegation cast
a vote Of ten. to which the county is
entitled. Those selected to attend
: are: James q. Pepper, Joseph T.. Crup-
per. Grace S. White, Michael Dough-
erty. II. b. Mason. w II. Duncan. ~
B. Eaton. y. u. Langley, A. ]. Porter
Thomas d. Bailic. S II. Yorlidalc. j.
II. Warner. II. VI. McCaffrey' Mrs. A.
II. Greenwood. Mrs. Kidwell. Mrs
! Winifred Brodertck, J. G. Dudley
Mrs. Lester NJ. McCreery, p. &. Nourse
and Mary NJ. Lockwood.
\ resolution expressive OF the grief
OF the party over the 'loSS to the
world. the nation and the party in
the death of President, Harding. and
rendering heartfelt sympathy to the
"bereaved widow" was unanimously
adopted by the meeting.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
CLARENDON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va. August 14.-Fol-
lowing a lengthy discussion of the pro-
posal to establish a modern sewerage
system in Sanitary Zones 6 and 10,
which provides for taking care of only
part of Clarendon, the Clarendon Citi-
zens' Association, meeting last night at
Clarendon Citizens Hall, by vote in
structed it's water and sewerage COM
mittee to make a thorough inyestiga-
ton of the question and to use its dis
cretion in all. matters leading up to
and including a public hearing. which
has been promised by the court before
a decision is made regarding the calling
of a special bond election.
Anticipating an early hearing on the
question. r. p. Hough, chairman of the
water and sewerage committee of the
association, announced that the commit
tee would begin its Investigations at
once and. would meet Friday evening
to draft plan of action.
The. carnival committee, of which
Frank Snyder is general chairman, an
Rounced that plans for the coming big
event to be held at Lyon Village from
August % to September 10 are expected
to be completed at a meeting of the
committee to be held Thursday evening
,at-Sthe Office or ttre- Columbia, Refining
Company, at AEliaSto6 Junction
Evening star., 1923-08-14
OFFERS CHANCE TO SHOOT.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. August IA
If reports received here that Grover
&. Bergdoll said he would like to take
a shot at a member of the American
Legion are true, let him come to Amer
out his mark smanship Lemuel Bolles.
national adjutant of the legion. de
clared in a statement here last night.
Legion members were not known
as particularly fearful of German bull
let's during 1917 and 1918. and | do
not think they have changed one bit
since" MI Bolles said. IF Bergdoll
really desires to. take a shot at
legionnairu. let him come to America,
where he will find plenty to try out
his Workmanship"
Bergdolrs reported assertion that
the Legion was connected with the
recent attempt TO capture the draft
evader was characterized by Mr..
BolleS as bunk"
Evening star., 1923-08-14
BOY DIES Of RABIES;
3OTHERS BITTEN
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHWOOD, w. Va, August 1ts-
Coleman Chapman. aged fifteen years.
of Summersville, who was bitten by
mad dog some time ago. is dead
from rabies. He was taken to Balti-
more for Pasteur treatment, which
was ineffective because of delay, and
he died soon after the poison took
effect. He was a son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Luther Chapman of Summersville.1 1-
j. c. Bell Of SummersvilIc. who was
bitten by the same dog and took the
same treatment, has shown no signs
of hydrophobia.
BELTNGTON. w. Va. August II
Herschel Mccoy and his eleven-yea
old daughter of this place are being
given rabies vaccine treatment at
Clarksburg,' after having been bitten
by a cat which tests at the West
Virginia University showed to be sur
fering from rabies The girl was
playing when the feline attacked her
and when her father went to her res
cue he was also bitten on the hand
The laceration on the childs hand is
severe.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
Slips Handouts, Escaping From,
Officers in Raid on MOOnshiners

while they were gone Myrtle Hisey
slipped off the cuffs and proceeded
to disappear. and since that time
the officers have not been able to
get a glimpse of her.
The officers went to another still
and arrested w. w. Good, placing
him and the two stills in the GUS
tody of the sheriff of Page county.
Near Meherrin. on the edge Of
Prince Edward county, Officer Cole
man and others walked up on a
still and succeeded in making a
complete capture of the outfit, but
the men had been warned. Around
the still, for distance of 100
yards in a circle. the moonshiners
had placed a small wire close to
the ground, and when the officers
began to sneak up on the place the
bell attached to the wire sounded
and the men proceeded to run. The
officers saw them and they were
recognized, but it is believed that
they have left the community. The
still was destroyed
At Patrick Springs, near Bull
mountain. the officers discovered a
copper still of $50 gallons capac-
ity, along with all the parapher-
MALTA for making liquor. but the
men saw the officers first and dis
appeared.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
BULL TURNS ON OWNER,
SEVERELY INJURlNG HIM

Special Dispatch to The star.
ELkINS. W. Va, August li.-Wayne
Kennedy, farmer and Spanish-Ameri
can war veteran. is in the City Hos
pital here being treated for serious in
jury caused by an infuriated bull
which attacked. him while he was try
ing TO fasten the animal 10 a stanchion
The animal trampled him terribly be-
fore he was able to crawl from the
barn and escape
The animal. which was finely bred
and of Hereford stock, weighed 1900
pounds. 1t was shot 10 death at the
direction of Mr. Kennedy, following his
narrow escape from death.
Mr.. Kennedy is suffering from
bruises almost over his entire body. a
badly crushed chest. severe cuts on the
head and internal injuries. the result
of which is awaited with anxiety
Evening star., 1923-08-14
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE. Md. August IA fSpe-
cial) 1.-Two, more candidates. are in
the field for democratic nominations
for judges of the orphans court. in
rreasing to nine the number who
have announced themselves for the
three nominations to be made.
The latest to make known their as
pirations were John III. Parsley. a re-
tired merchant, and Seth III. Griffith, Il
retired farmer. both of whom live in
are Winfield S. Magruder, Alfred G.
Tolson and John f. West, the incum-
bents: Henry j. Hunt. p. Hicks Ray,
Samuel b. Haney and Harry Riggs.
Forfeits $500 Bond.
When the case of Ralph Carrick of
Washington, who is charged with vio-
lating the local option law of the
county. was called for trial in the po-
lice court here, the defendant was not
on hand and Judge Riggs declared the
bond of $500 forfeited. Frank Mace of
Montrose. was surety.
Carrick was arrested several weeks
ago when a. squad of Montgomery
county officers visited his temporary
home near. Montrose and took charge
of some intoxicating liquor they
found there. The specific charge
against the man was having liquor
in his possession with the intention
of selling it.
A license has been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for the
marriage of Miss Elizabeth M. Wood
of Washington and Francis l.. LefZear
of Silver Spring, this county.
Scouts Go ON Outing.
The Rockville troop of Boy Scouts
left yesterday for North Beach. near
Chesapeake Beach,. where they will
spend the next ten days. They will
occupy a comfortable bungalow. They
were accompanied by Rev. p. Row
land Wagner, pastor of the Baptist
Church. who is scoutmaster.
For violating one of the motor We
hicle regulations of the state, Charles
Garland of Washington, forfeited col
lateral in the amount of $27.10 in the
police court here.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
WOMAN is KILLED
ON STREET.CROSSING

Miss Elsie NJ. Soper. twenty-seven
years old. of Burtonsville, Md. was
fatally injured. late yesterday after
noon when crossing 7th street near
the juncture of Louisiana avenue,
when an automobile operated by
Bernard F. Staap of 1916 Az street
southwest. struck hers She was taken
to Emergency Hospital in an auto
mobile operated by A ]: Kelly. of
319 ID street northeast, suffering from
fracture of the: skull,
The victim died within two hours
after arrival at the hospital. Coroner
ordered an. si1tx5ssn5s, i-at the.
.Distrfct rnergHeH today
Evening star., 1923-08-14

served to put both sides on their
mettle. and they are preparing for
a much harder contest in the case
of Robert, who is admitted to have
done most of the shooting.
The state will make a move for a
change of venire, possibly cnange
of venue, so that the trial can be
had free Of all sorts of local inf1u-
ences, and 1t is understood that hope
Of having the second trial of Larkin
Garrett thrown out because he had
once been placed in jeopardy is about
to be abandoned. Many lawyers hold
that there was never anything to the
suggestion that he had been once
triad
Evening star., 1923-08-14
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, August IA
Myrtle Hisey OF Stanley. Page
county, was captured by federal
prohibition officers day or two
ago engaged. in the making of
liquor. There were two men en-
ployed at the same place, but the
officers, reaching the woman first,
arrested and handcuffed her, .plac-
ing the cuffs around a tree.
The officers. under the direction
of j. ID. Lambert, a state officer,
then started after the men, and
Evening star., 1923-08-14
ADMITS FIRING PISTOL.
Negro Says He Only Shot al
Motorist "for Fun

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md. August 14-Ad-
mtting he fred twice with a revolver
at Frank Grimes, a farmer, near this
city, Saturday night. Walter jackson.
negro. is under arrest charged with
assault with intent to kill.
Neither of the two bullets hit
Grimes or his automobile. Jackson
says he fired his gun for fun" and not
with the intention of hitting Grimes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02
GARDEN PRAIRIE

Mrs. J. M Pringle was fishing in
Rattlesnake Creek last Monday. Mrs.
Pringle is always one of the first to
appear at the river bank and nearly
always takes home a string Of fish.
Fred Schwerin is doing some car
penter work at the M. Blackburn
home, putting the finishing touches
on the porch, ETC.
Link Eversou has been doing some
carpenter work for Peter Caspers.
Link started for Cassville Saturday
evening by the legomobile route. He
IS quite a pedestrian and doesn't
mind a little jaunt like that one bit.
Monday evening was rather cool
after the mornings rain Spring
seeding will be late as there is COM
paratiyely little short grain sown up
to this date.
Last Saturday Chris Bausch, John
Fried and G. S. Phinney drove to
Cassvilie through that beautiful rain.
Each had a load of swine. 1t is need
less to say that they were all pretty
well soaked when they arrived at the
stock yards Some thought it was the
wettest rain they had ever seen.