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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-05-11
LOCAL BREvrIsEs.

The whitewash brush is in order now.
Mems straw hats will be in full bloom
next Tuesday.
The swimmin' hole is beginning to lure
the youngster.
Plenty of fish on the market now that
Lent is over.
Attend the card party and dance at
Bryantown tonight.
The Orphans Court will be in session
on Tuesday next.
It's about time the Southern Maryland
League organized for the season.
Pay your taxes before Wednesday next
il you don't want your property sold
The good weather on Sunday last
brought many visitors to the county.
Il you want to sell your farm, list il
with S. K Burch, Hughesville, Nd
adv.
The legislature Of the State Of New
York has repealed the State Prohibition
enforcement act
Rev. William Z. sCarley Of Loyola
College, spent several days in the county
during the week.
Mrs. A. J. Lomax has returned to her
home on Main street il this town IRON
a visit 10 relatives in Baltimore
Miss Georgia Haslett, Of Washing
ton, was a guest OF Mrs. A. ] Lomax,
this town, during The week.
The directors Of the two local bank
ing Institutions held their regular monthly
meeting on Monday last.
If YOU want good, cheap second
hand Dodge or Ford car, call on
Mitchell Motor Co.
Every woman in the county should at
tend at least one Of the sessions OF the
Women's Federation Institute.
The County Commissioners were IN
session Oh Monday and Tuesday attend
ing to miscellaneous business.
Patronize your local home business en-
terprises and keep your money here IN
Charles County among your own people.
Some attractive bargains in high
grade furniture at the show rooms OF
Matthews-Howard Company, Inc.
Miss Matte Owen, daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. I. S. Owen, is assisting Clerk
Of the Court Albrittain in his Office re-
cording.
Miss Katherine Hall, Of North Caro-
lima, spent several days last week with
her friend, Miss Grace Kelley, near
Pomfret.
Mr.. Jesse Cox, Of Pomfret, one Of the
most prominent and successful farmers
in the county, was among the visitors to
the county seat on Tuesday.
Little Miss Mary Keech, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Keech, Dubois
spent the weekend with her little school
mate, little Rose Budd, this town.
Mr.. Victor Bowling, third son Of Mr.
and Mrs P. S. Bowling, has accepted
the position of salesman for William
Deiches & Co, the well-known tobacco
house
Less than month is left for Charlie:
County to go over the top in the member.
ship drive OF the Tobacco Growers AS.
sociation. What farmer is going to be
Stacker?
Frank is suffering from the blues, VIZ
are told, since the return of a pretty
teacher from her Easter vacation. Rea-
son, pretty diamond sparkles or her
left hand.
DR.. George o. Monroe, Health Officer
of the county, spent several days during
the week on tour OF inspection OF the
State insane asylums where patient:
from the county are confined.
If you anticipate doing any building
this season you can save money a
the lumber yard of Matthews Howard
Company Inc. A full line OF dressed
lumber and building material is car
ried at all times
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-05-11
Agricultural Year Books For 1921.


U. s. Senator 0. E. Weller writes us
that he has been able TO obtain for
distribution among his friends lin
tied number of Agricultural Year
Books for 1921, issued by the United
States Department OF Agriculture.
This book contains the report of
Secretary OF Agriculture Wallace to
President Harding. 1t also presents
the economic situation Of the agrieul-
tural products wheat, corn, beef and
and cotton. This book is valuable,
cloth bound volume of nearly nine
hundred pages, and contains useful
statistics, with many photographs, II
lustraticns, tables, etc. 1t you would
like to have copy, advise the Senator
to that effect, by letter or postal, by
June 18th, and he will take pleasure In
forwarding II to you, free Of charge,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-05-11
Tells Startling Story.

Hans Rose, commander Of the German
U-5s, which sank many allied ships dur
ing the war, tells the story Of his craft in
the magazine of The Washington Star,
Sunday, May IS. It is a startling article,
filled with remarkable incidents Of UNDER
seas warfare--a thrilling fact narrative.
Order your copy iron neHsdsalsF today
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Notice to Applicants For Teacher
Certificates.

The annual examination of appli-
cants for Teachers Certificates viii be
held in the Public School building at
La Plata the first and second Satur-
days OF Nay, lMay 9th and l2th.l
Applicants for all grades of certii-
Gates will be examined at the time.
These examinations will begin prompt
ls at s. IS.
BY order of the Board of Education,
F. B. GWYNN,
4-t3-5t, supta
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-05-11
ELECTION SUPERVISORS.

THE BOARD OF Supervisors of
Elections will meet in its office, in the
Court House, La Plata, on
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1923,
at O'Clock P NJ, for the purpose Of
passing upon all outstanding election
accounts Tor the year 1922.
This will be the last meeting Of the
Board preparatory 70 making up the
annual levy, and all bills must be pre-
scented to said Board on or before the
above date, otherwise they will not APP
pear in the levy Of 1928.
BY order Of the Board,
LOUIS NJ, HYDE, Gle
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
DAUGHERTY NOT CALLED
Defense In Morse Case Proceeds With
out Asking Attorney General to
Take the Witness Stand.

Washington, July 23.-Counsel for
the defense In the trial here OF
Charles w. Morse and others on
charges of war time shipping frauds
continued their presentation of evil
dence today after abandoning their
plan to call Attorney Gen. Daugherty
to the witness stand.
Decision to call the attorney who
had been summoned to testify today,
was announced yesterday by the de-
tense attorneys who, however, gave
no reason for the switch in plans. The
summons for Mr.. Daugherty was Is
sued last week and mailed to the
United States marshal at Columbus.
o., whore the attorney general has
been for seevral weeks. The defense
attornys at that time declined to in
dictate what line of evidence they in
tended to develop.
With indications today that Charles
NJ. Schwab, former director general
of the emergency feet corporation,
whom the defense had announced
might be summoned also probably
will be called, 1t appeared certain that
the defense would complete its testi-
mony by the middle of the week. Sew
eral days then will be required for the
government rebuttal.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
NOW FAYORING U. s.?
Washington Inclined to Belief That
England is Veering Toward Agree
ment on 12-Nfile Booze Limit.

Washington, July 20. Recent de-
velopments in England in connection
with Secretary Hughes proposal for a
special treaty to deal with ship liquor
stores and rum running incline off,
Gals here to believe that more fav-
orable sentiment is developing in Lon
don toward an American 12-mile linn
it plan.
The apparent favorable reaction is
believed to be due TO better under
standing of what really was proposed
and realization that nothing had
been suggested that in any way i'm
paired the three-mile limit principle
of international law because no legiti-
mate commerce could be embarrassed
by extension of the zone of search and
seizure against contraband.
There is precedent in British prac-
tice for local extensions of territorial
jurisdiction beyond the three lie
limit. 1t is pointed out here that the
British method of granting pearl fish
cries permits in Far Eastern possess
sions rests upon the patrol of waters
beyond the three miles off shore.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
BOY RECEIVERS OWN BICYCLE

Lawrence Burdick, is War old son
of Harry Burdick OF ia Hartford
avenue. Saturday afternoon made
what is prorably one of the most COM
plete reports to the police department
that a citizen has made in a long
time. Lawrence dropped in to see
Captain George Kelly Saturday after
noon, reported that his bicycle had
disappeared, that he had borrowed a
friends wheel, found who had it, gave
chase, recovered the bicycle and had
no need OF the services Of the police
department, except that he wanted to
report the incident,
Lawrence was in a store on East
Main street with his mother. doing
some shopping. When he emerged
his bicycle was gone. He remembered
the name OF boy who had used the
wheel before, 80 he borrowed a bicy-
Gle from Stanley 6rogi, friend, and
hunted Up the other boy, returning
with his missing bicycle. He told
Captain Kelly that he did not care to
take any action as he was satisfied the
other boy intended 10 bring II back
after he ha$ tsken q ria
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Ball Player Falls Dead
Irving to Beat Blunt

New York, July 2s.-Edward Lind
gren, rs years old. of Is Barnes
avenue, Port Richmond. Staten Is
land, dropped dead yesterday during a
baseball game between the Mugs and
the CardelIs, two local teams, while
attempting TO beat out an infield hit.
He fell dead Just back of first base.
The game was played in vacant
lot aud had aroused much interest
among local fans, as the Mugs. headed
by Alderman Edward Atwell, were
composed of business men, who had
challenged the younger men on the
Cardells. The game was called off
after DR.. Callaghan of st. Vincent's
hospital said Lindgren had died from
a heart attack.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
ANOTHER MENACE
Unproductiye Employment is Latest
TroSble Which French in Occupied
Zone Have to Put up With.

Washington, July 23.-"Unproduc-
tive employment" in the Ruhr now oc-
cupied by the French is threatening
grave consequences, c, J.. Jones and
G. E. Herring, commercial attaches at
Paris and Berlin have reported to the
comm cree department.
The working population, according
TO the reports has been kept at en-
tending galleries of coal mines with
out mining coal, repairing and re-
building highway and railroad bridges
and various other types of non-pro-
ductive enterprise, the aim being to
prevent as far as possible production
of commodities which the French
might be able to tax or seize.
The observers find that the German
railroads, taken over by the French
are being boycotted by the population.
though the roads left in German
hands are being crowded to the limit.
Regulations of the French occupa-
tional forces affecting automobiles and
trucks are said to have resulted in the
almost complete abandonment of mo-
tor use.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
STUDYING BRITISH NOTE
Premier of France Cancels Engage
ment and Hopes to Be Able to Give
Answer BY the End of This Week.

BY The Associated Press.
Paris, July 23.-Premier Poincare
who gave the British reparation
documents received from London late
last week a careful reading on Satur-
day. began serious study today of
the proposed reply to Germany.
The reply to London will probably
be made before the end of the week
Premier Poincare who is anxious to
comply with the desire of the Brit
the cabinet to obtain prompt reply
cancelled an engagement to go to
Rheims today and put off all his
other work so as to concentrate upon
the rcparation question.
The easier feeling in evidence
around the foreign office is regarded
in political circles generally as offset
by the premier's speech at Villers-
Cotterets yesterday in which he was
considered to have made plain
Frances unwilingness to accept re-
vision of the reparation commissions
estimates of Germany's capacity for
payment.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
HAS QUITE A RECORD
German Baroness Under 80, Thrice
Married, Twice Divorced and Is
~
Richest Woman In Nation.

BY The Associated Press
Munich, July 23.-The recent mar
riage Of Baroness Won Juehlmann to
Erich Won Goldschmidt- r othschild,
gave her trio of distinctions; she is
probably the richest woman in Ger
many, one of Germany's most beau
tiful daughters, and one of the most
married and most divorced of Ger
many's younger matrons.
She was born in -Fuldt
and her father was one of the de-
velopers of the great Silesian coal
fields. She is his sole heir and
some bankers have estimated that
her fortune is even greater than that
of Bertha Krupp. .@-
While the baroness is less than 80
she was married and divorced twice
before her recent marriage.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
British Govt. Plans Radio
at Less Than Gable Rates

London, July 2S.-The British gov
eminent probably will inaugurate an
imperial wireless service in conjunc-
ton with the Marconi company. The
postmaster-general informed COM
mittee of the Empire Press Union to-
day that he hoped license and agree
ment with the Marconi company
would be concluded and signed within
a month and that the government ex-
pected to have a high power station
erected at Rugby, in little over year
hence. The charges for wireless mes
sages, he said, would be less than the
cable rates.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
See England's Second Big
Victory in Diplomacy

BY The Associated Press.
London, July 23.-British diplomacy
is pluming itself over what foreign
office officials regard as Great Brit
aims second diplomatic victory with
in three months over soviet Russia's
untraditional diplomatic methods -
the decision of Russia to accept the
Lausanne convention regarding the
Turkish straits
At the start of the Lausanne con-
ference Great Britain maintained that
Russia should take part only in the
sessions dealing with the straits.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
OLD PUMP SAVES TOWN
Fire Equipment Of Vintage OF 1870 is
All that Prevents Athens, N. Y,
From Being Burned to Ground.

Athens, N. Y, July ga steam
pumper, vintage of 1870 and firemen
from Catskill, Coxsackie and Hudson
yesterday saved this. village from de-
struction by fire. Two tiremen were
injured. The loss is estimated at
nearly 100000. " @' ''
Gasoline driven bumpers were I'M
able to force eayater to the rooms and
towers of burning ice-houses and it
remained for thesneglected old time
steam pumping engine of the William
M. Horton hose company wood fire
blazing under its boiler to force the
stream of water where most needed.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Twenty Property Sales Listed in
Past Week on Records Of City
Clerk.

| Past week On hecoruS VI w,
Clerk.
The following realty transfer
we're recorded during the past Weel
at the office of City Clerk A. L
Thompson.
John Basarab to Sylvester Kowal
czyk, Gilbert street.
Stephen w. Dudack to Anna anc
John Miller, Wellington street.
| Elizabeth Krupewicz to Benjamin
krupewicz, Henry street.
Theresa Wolniski to Stella VOL
niski, ct al, West Pearl street.
Gladys M. Andrews to Salvatore
Squillace, Gladiola street.
Gladys M. Andrews to Vito Mag
nesi, Jackson street.
Agnes l. Ryan to Alexander Pa
quette, Winter street.
Alexander Paquette to katheryn
Paquette, Winter street.
Meyer zinman to Anna Arbour.
Jerome street.
Anna Arbour to Emil Arbour, Win
ter street.
Gottfrey Holmquist to Connecticut
Light and Power Co., Shuttle Meadow
avenue.
Mary and Joseph Olesak to Nicola
Bissoni, Oak street
Etter Audi to Salvatore Ciorcina,
Hunter road.
E. A. Mccarthy to Josephine Luty,
Miller street.
Emma Rahm to Adolph and Helen
Schultz, Stanley court. i.
John Benson to Elizabeth Ellison,
City avenue.
Audi Bramante to A. NJ. Paonessa,
Euclid avenue.
Gladys M Andrews to Joseph Gu
rioni, Jackson street.
Stanley Balinsky to Andy Guisep-
pima, ct al, Roxbury road and Dud :
ley streets.
Alexander Hermanowski to Joseph
Kowalewicz, Parkview avenue.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
POIIsH-TURKEY TREATY

By The Associated Press.
Lausanne. July %. - Poland and
Turkey entered into new treaty rela-
lions here today. Their representa-
tives signed three documnts-a gen.
eral treaty establishing friendly rela-
tons. a commercial treaty on the basis
of the most favored nation. and an
addition commercial convention. This
last document includes features of the
European treaty with Turkey which
will be signed by the allied and Turk
ish representatives tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
WASHINGTON APPLICANT
National Capital Desires Next Years
Baptist World Alliance to be Held
There-Montreal Also Applies.

BY The Associated Press
Stockholm. July 23.-The Baptist
world alliance in session here offered
congratulations to King Gustav today
upon the fact that during his reign
full recognition of religious liberty
had been granted in Sweden. 1t voted
to lay a wreath on the grave of Gus
tavus Adolphus.
Washington, Montreal and Shang-
hal are applicants for the next session
Of the congress. u
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Has PremOnition of Death,
Accidentally Kills Self

Bridgeport, July 23.-John Mando,
SO, died here today from a bullet
wound in the abdomen, received yes
terday when he pulled the trigger Of a
revolver which he said he was clean
ing, His death followed a Fremont
ton. conveyed to his friend, Tony
Mandero. Saturday, that some Ill was
going to befall him on Sunday. Man.
do insisted that the shooting was ac-
cidental.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
ALLEGED WIFE BEATER
SUICIDE BY CHOKING
stamford Man Strangles Himself With
Belt While Other Prisoners
Look On Unaware OF Deed

Stamford, Conn. July 23.-Charles
Bobowitz. 81 years old, of Is Melrose
street, Stamford, committed suicide in
the city lookup yesterday morning by
choking himself with leather belt he
had been wearing. He was under ar
rest for alleged assault on his wife.
Four men were in the lookup with
him at the time. They said he APP
peared to be sitting on the edge of
his cot, and they did not know he
had frightened the belt around his
neck until he choked to death.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
MODERN PIED PIPER
John Rogof Who Lives on New
York's East Side Whistles and the
Vermin Flock to His Call,

New York, July 23.-The east side
has discovered a modern pied piper.
He is John Rogoff, a native of Latvia,
and nightly at his whistle, rats of all
sizes scamper from the walls of a
metal plating shop, of which he is
Waterman. to be fed. He says as many
as 20 rats eat outof his hand.
Harry Frank, neighbor, say he
saw seven rats hurry forth in answer
to Rogoff's tune.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Bobby Jones Is to Be
City's Guest of Honor

Atlanta, Ca, July 23.-Bobby
Jones, WHO came home last week
from Inwood with the national open
golf trophy, will be the guest of
honor tonight at the East Lake club,
where dignitaries, city and state,
sporting and fashionable, will gather
around the banquet table.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
OLD CIRCUS STAR DIES

Topper Lake. N. Y, July "a
Charles Wright, aged ~, known
throughout the circus world as
Charlie Whitehead. bareback rider,
with Barnum and Bailey's and Sig
Sautelle's circuses dropped dead last
night.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. August Casperson Of
iss Hart street announce the engage
ment OF their daughter. Mildred to
George Peterson, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Peterson OF ISL Kelsey street.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
CORBETrr RECOVERING

New York, July 2S.-James j. Cor
bett, former heavyweight champion of
the world is recovering from an
operation for appendicitis performed
last week.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
FIGHTING BREAKS OUT
Tt1besnlen in India Are Reported as
Fighting Among Themselves
Refugees Flock to Nearby Town.

By The Associated Press.
Peshawar, India, July 23.-Fighting
has broken out among the tribesmen
of Nawabs in Amb and Miangul, near
the Afghan frontier. After dispute
tribes men of the Amb occupied part
of theterritory of the Mianguls by a
surprise attack. killing so men to
which the Mianguls retaliated ruth
lessy. Refugees are streaming into
Peshawar.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

None but the best Vanilla beans go
into the manufacture of Bakers Ger
titled F1avoring Extracts. Sold by
all grocers.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

Miss Estelle Dickinson, superin-
tendent Of the City Mission, left to-
day for months vacation. She will
attend the conference of religious
education held this week at East
Mansfield. Mass. and spend the re-
nainder Of the vacation In the Green
Mountains, Vt.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

S. M. Davidson, the well-known
Main street merchant has been
spending few days at his summer
cottAge at Silver Sands.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Outings s1.50 each, e

thing included, shore dinner,
lighthouses, dancing, Casino
Hotel, Beach Park, Clinton. de.
lightful privacy, agreeable sur.
roundings.
pIALE n WIFE. Ovzx~
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

Miss Ruth Kilbourne of 1884 Stan
ley street is spending two weeks at
Hammock Beach, Saybrook.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
PERSONALS

Harry Tracy has returned from
Union Village, VT, where he spent the
past two weeks.
Evening star., 1923-12-14

the first trial, according to the en-
bellishments which have since been
added, Gen. Yo barred his back and
showed the four Chinese characters
Ching Chung Pao Kuo." meaning
rPreserve your country to the last"
which had been tattooed there by his
mother. He was acquitted on the
strength of the tattooing. AT later
trial the prime minister and his
wife had hand-picked Judge and
suborned witnesses and Yo and his
son were convicted and beheaded
Even the trees turned to stone in
horror at the injustice and the next
emperor gave Yo posthumous royal
honors, put the premier. his wife, the
judge and presumably the district
attorney to slow death. and the peo-
pie started memorialiZing the drama
with temples. Every temple OF Io
in China has it's four monuments
of shame" in the compound ;,
The late Yuan Shih-ki designated
Yo as a Chinese god of war. in con-
junction with Kwan Tt, who had
monopolized that position since $50
A.D. Yo was buried at Hangchow
and I4u Yung-hsiang, the present
military governor Of Chekiang, who
has his capital there. embellished and
enlarged the temple at the tomb.
Pine monoliths. ninety feet long
were brought from Oregon and car
ried overland from Shanghai to form
the red columns which uphold the
roof. 1t was a pretent!ous task and
the temple in its pristine freshness is
imposing. Everything is there, even
the tattooing and a separate shrine
OF a dozen Mortified trees, still petri-
fed.
Gilt Statue OF 1O.
A gilt statue Of 70, some twenty
feet high, holds the center OF the
main hall. Smaller halls on either
side shelter two OF his generals.
Another large hall has a heroic-sized
group Of the general. his parents and
his wife. Still another memorial
hall has the five sons on one side
and five gilded comely women on the
other. the latter being. according to
whether a Christian or Buddhist Is
your guide. either the sons wives or
Yo's wives.
Through more white halls and
around gates of tho compound the
tonbs Of Yo and his son are reached.
The descending steps of the big stone
paved space are flanked on either
side by stone branches and statues
OF a secretary, 4 horse bridled and
saddled, a ram and an immense dog.
At the end, two on each side facing
the tombs, are the iron monuments
OF shame" They are fenced In now
and signs forbid visitors to pelt them
with stones or attempt worse in
dignities. Rusty chains are around
their necks and the well practiced
Chinese are able to spit over the
fence. In fact, the name OF Chin
Evening star., 1923-12-14

kwei in the Chinese language is
synonymous with cuspidor.
Until a guard was stationed over
the statues. the crash of stone
against cast iron continually broke the
quiet of the temple and each morn
ing attendants were compelled to
carry away tho rubbish. Also SEN
s1tlve visitors We're embarrassed at
the extremes to which many went in
pouring indfgnity upon the four false
witnesses. 1t was an impressive
sight to see a rotund and venerable
Chinese matron, accompanied by her
children and a couple Of coolies
carrying baskets of supplies, making
the circuit of the shrines. lighting
incense sticks and kowtowing in
front of each figure, until the de-
votions ended in front of the "monu
ments OF shame" where she took a
hefty bowlder out of the nearly
empty basket and pelted her erring
sister of 500 years ago. That's keep
ing the sinners memory green.
Luckily, 1t is not followed in political
circles of other countries.