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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05

Over two hundred and twenty
five Sisters and Brothers are
giving their lives for our orphans
in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Have you ever stopped to think
why these generous souls are
sacrificing themselves ?
This sacrifice must be made
for the reason that we have over
one thousand and two hundred
little children deprived Of a home
and parents.
The average cost for the care
Of one child is $3.50 a week.
While others give their lives
won't you give your money ?
Come prepared October It'll to
do your part
The hands of our little or
phans are held out to you in
pleading. They ask you to help
them. / sincerely hope that
every Catholic in the Archdio-
cese will be able to say, / have
given a little of what was mine
10 the needy children"
MICHAEL j. CURLEY,
Archbishop Of Baltimore.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
ARMSTRONG STATES HIS POSITION
ON WET AND DRY QUESTION
ravcrs Modification Of vosead Act But Urges Observance
and Enforcement Of Existing Laws
OPENS CAMPAIGN AT BELAIR

current legislation feel they are IN
der no legal compulsion TO do 90, &C
ton in this respect depending upon
the will OF their respective celebrates.
In Maryland at this time existing
conditions do not seem to me 70 justify
the passage OF State enforcement
Act All Of the counties possess local
liquor legislation and should II they
desire them, be given stronger statutes
BY the Legislature. An enforcement
Act, passed over the opposition Of the
representatives Of Baltimore City.
would impose upon the City a statute
which would apparently be In direct
conflict with prevailing popular senti-
ment. Hence at this time II would
be almost impossible to enforce such
measure with the result that It
would become, ! fear, source Of I'D
ditional corruption and lawlessness.
Il am. however. believer In law
and order. l have been trained to
honor the Constitution OF the United
States and laws passed in pursuance
thereof believe that both must be
respected and upheld. l. therefore,
feel that so long as the Yolstead Act,
or any similar statute remains upon
the books It should be enforced by
the Federal officials assigned to this
work. and these representatives Of
the National Government. while dis
charging their duties in Maryland are.
in my Judgment, entitled to courteous
consideration and adequate protection
from the proper State. County and
city authorities, to the end that the
peace and good order Of our communl
ty life may be protected and pre-
! served
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
OUR CANDIDATES.

We have placed at our mast
head this week the names of the
Republican candidates for Office.
Most of them are already well
known to the people of this
county. All are fully and ably
qualified for the Offices to which
they aspire and we believe, il
elected, will SO conduct the du-
ties of their respective offices as
not only to reflect credit upon
themselves, but the people Of
our county ard State. We know
them all personally and can,
therefore, vouch for them as be-
ing most capable, clean, honest
straightforward and energetic
men, whose chief interest, il
elected, will be to give full meas
ure of public service.
Incidentally, the editor of this
paper is a candidate for States
Attorney, and since modesty
prevents him from saying any
thing laudatory of himself, he
simply desires to say that his
record is an open book, and that
if elected he viii fulfill the du-
ties of his office TO the best of his
ability in both spirit and letter,
and give to the people of the
county the best that is in him in
a conservative performance Of
the duties of the office and that
he shall be faithful to the trust
the people impose in him, as he
has been in the past, both in
public office and in private bust
ness.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05

In the FIRST address Of his cam
paign. delivered At the Hartford coun-
" Convention ct Beiair, this week,
Alexander Armstrong, Attorney Gen
sral and Republican candidate for
Governor. declared his position upon
the vet and dry question.
Mr.. Armstrong; address. u part,
follows:
4 was opposed to the adoption Of
the Eighteenth Amendment because !
have always felt that II IL impossible
to standardiEs BY law the personal
habits and conduct Of more than one
hundred million people living under
the varying conditions which prevail
In the vast territory OF the United
States. The subject matter Of the
Amendment lie one over which. in my
Judgment, the States should have re-
tanned exclusive Jurisdiction so that
from time to time they might deal
with It in accordance with the current
" expressed sentiment Of a majority
Of their respective populations.
81 am also opposed to the volstead
Act in Its present form and believe
that certain notifications thereof, In
GLIDING the right to sell light wines
and beer, where sanctioned by local
law, would tend to remove much Of
the opposition and resentment which
the law has engendered. So long
however. a. It remains the expression
Of the Congressional will 1t Is entitled
TO proper recognition and respect
from all citizens, with the primary
duty Of enforcing 1t resting upon the
representatives Of the Federal Gov
eminent While the States undoubt'
eddy possess the power to pass con.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES


For Governor
ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG,
Of Washington County.
For Attorney General
WILLIAM G. COLEMAN,
of Baltimore County.
For Comptroller
J. MONROE HOLLAND
of Baltimore City.
For Clerk Of Court of Appeals
J. CLAYTON BREWER,
of Anne Arundel County.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
ORDER NIsI.
In the Circuit Court for Charles
County, Maryland.
No. 1493Equity.

In the matter OF John F. Roby, a non
compos mentis.
Ordered by the Circuit Court for
Charles County, Maryland, in Equity
this 25th day OF September. in the year
1923, that the Report of the Auditor,
made and filed in the above entitled
cause be ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary be shown on Or
before the 22nd day OF October, in The
year 1923; provided copy of this Or
der be inserted in some newspaper
printed and published in said Charles
County once week for three success
sive weeks before the said END day OF
October, in the year 1923.
WARREN NJ. ALBRITTAIN,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Charles
County, MARYLAND.
True copy-Test:
w. M. ALBRITTAIN,
9-2s-3t. Clerk.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the United States District Court for
the District OF Maryland, No. 4075,
in Bankruptcy.
Take notice, that LINN G KRAeH,
having been adiudicated Bankrupt
by the Honorable Morris A Soper,
Judge of said Court, on the l4th day
of Sept, 1923, a first meeting of cred
itors will be held in the Circuit Court
House building, in La Plata, Md, on
SATURDAY, OCT. 6, 1928, at 10 O'Clock
A M, for the purpose of allowing
claims, examining the Bankrupt and
selecting a Trustee or Trustees.
FERDINAND c. COOKSEY.
9-21-3t. Referee.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
CATARRH

Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly ins
fuenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application. and the
Internal Medicine. Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists in Riding your System
of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 20 Years.
r. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05
ORDER N1s1.
In the Circuit Court for Charles coun.
ty, Maryland.

In the Circuit Court for Charles Coun-
ty. Maryland.
No. 1874 Equity.
James Higgs, Ferdinand G. Cooksey,
ct al, plaintiffs,
VS..
Henry E. Barnes, Harry F. Barnes,
ct al, Defendants.
Ordered by the Circuit Court for
Charles County, Maryland, this 18th
day of September, in the year 1928,
that the Auditors Report made and
filed in the above entitled cause, be
finally ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary be shown on or
before the 22nd day of October, In the
year 1928; provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper
printed and published in Charles Coun-
ty, Maryland, once week for three
successive weeks before the said 22nd
day of October, in the year 1923.
WARREN M. ALBRITTAIN,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
Charles County. Maryland.
True copv-Test:
". 81. ALBRITTAIN.
9-2s-S clerk-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-05


For Chief Judge of the Seventh Judi
eial Circuit OF Maryland
J. FRANK PARRAN,
Of Prince Georges County.
For Associate Judges OF the Seventh
Judicial Circuit of Maryland
JOHN f. MUD,
o. Charles County.
}. WILSON RYoN,
of Prince Georges County.
For House of Delegates
JOHN T.. BARDRoFF,
ROBERT r COoKsEY.
For Clerk Of Circuit Court
WARREN NJ. ALBRITTAIN.
For States Attorney
FREDERICK STONE PosEY.
For Judges OF Orphans Court
CHARLES d. CARPENTER,
ERNEST N. HENDERSON,
JOHN r. RICE.
For Sheriff
JOSEPH HUBERT HOWARD.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
MRS. E. C. HILL SUCCUMBS,
Funeral to Be Held From Residence
Tomorrow.

Edith c. Hill. sister OF F.. Snowden
|, fiill, local lawyer, died Tuesday at
Providence Hospital.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
from the residence of her sister, Mrs.
Ida NJ Bowie. 2024 Klingle road. with
services at 10 am. at st. Paul's
Catholic Church, 18th and V streets
northwest. Interment will be at St.
Mary's cemetery, Marlboro, Nd, at
noon.
Mrs. Hill was the daughter of the
late Charles e. Hill and Emily r. Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
PARKED AUTOS MUST HAVE LIGHTS BURNING

To prevent automobile accidents and curtail loss of life or injury to motorists and damage to automo- bi,es from accidents, Chief of Police Fred H. McDuff issued instructions to police officers Monday night to enforce to the letter the ordinance keep lights burning both on the front and back ends.
 Chief McDuff stated that automo- bile owners will first bo notified of the rigid enforcement of the ordi- nance, but after warning those who do not adhere to the law, will be placed under bond and will be prose- cuted in police court.
 Section 20 of the traffic code per taining to lighting parked automo- piles reads as follows
 Section 20. Standing vehicles to display light. Any vehicle standing upon any public street of this city during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. shall display con- spicuously at least one lighted lamp, provided that this section shall not apply to the loop ar "a in this city"
 Chief McDuff stated that there is great danger from automobiles left darkened on the streets, as on foggy nights automobile lights, no matter how powerful they may be, will not pierce the dense low hanging clouds for a sufficient distance to warn autoists of their proximity. Ambulances. fire trucks and police call cars rushing to their various destinations in the city are placed in the gravest danger. due to the necessarily high speed at which they frayaI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
ALABAMA LIVE STOCK RAISERS WILL MEET TUESDAY AT AUBURN

AUBURN. Ala, Feb. 12.-(Special.) Livestock farmers from all over Ala bama are expected i'll Auburn for the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Alabama Livstock association which convenes at o'clock Tuesday after noon for a two-day sessio,.. 4 few of the visitors are expect Monday night but the m .jority will not arrive until Tuesday morning.
 Plans for entertaining large attendance have been mace and the program is exceptionally good. Lead ing livestock men - lead the dis cussiors wl.ich will begin with the annual report of Dr. c. A, Cary. presi- dent.
 Other ell known Alabamians W. will take part in the meeting are Prof. Dan T. Gray, director of the Alabama experiment station; John s. Kernachan. resident, Alabar a Farm Bureau Cot .on association; R. J. Goode, Camden M. w. Hall, Sen ton; Hunter Vaughn, MontSomer::-; Parke Thompson. ITO. Prof. J. c. Grimes, Auburn and Miss Agnes Ellen H .rris, dean of women and state home demonstration agent, Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
COMMISSIONERS FAIL. TO NAME APP0INTEES. TO CIVIL SERVICE BODY

Candidates for appointment to the civil service commission, which will begin governing Birminghams police and fire department personnel were discussed by the city commission Monday afternoon at conference held behind closed doors, lasting more than an hour, it was learned Monday night.
 With. Commissioner W. E. Dickson absent from the meeting Tuesday, ac- tion is hardly possible at the reg ular session. Another conference must be held, it was indicated Mon day night, before the machinery of the commission begins to function. Under the law, the new body must be named within Is days.
 Names of persons suggested and names of others who have applied for places on the commission were con sidered at-the conference. Effects of the law and procedure to be followed came in for attention also.
 Five members chosen from civil life will form the board, including one doctor. one merchant, one lawyer, one labor man and one school teacher. This body will In turn ap- point committees in the two depart ments. to be known as the promotion and demotion committees. Members in the police department will be the chief, two captains, two sergeants, two detectives and two patrolmen. In the fire department. the chief, one assistant chief. two captains. two lieutenants, one engineer and two firemen will pass upon promotion of all department members. irrespective of rank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
"DAREDEWL AVIATOR" OF CONGRESS GIVEN. HEARING BY MEMBERS

WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-Despite objection by Representative Mondell of Wyoming and other republican leaders. the House voted today to hear Representative Manuel Herrick, republican, Oklahoma. whose oratori- cal effort of last week was cut short on objection by Representative Staf- ford. republican. Wisconsin, that his remarks were shocking to the sensi- bilities of all members"
 As on the former occasion. the Ok lahoma representative spoke on his resolution proposing expulsion from the press gallery of representatives of the Washington Times and Wash ington Herald as a result of publica- tions dealing with his alleged TO- nance with a young woman of this city. Characterizing the articles as 'libelous and scandalous," the speak ] CT asked immediate action on his pro- posal. but the House ignored the re- quest.
 MT. Herrick. who styles himself the daredevil aviator" of Congress, read from a prepared manuscript. His re- marks were interrupted frequently with bursts of laughter from the membership and the galleries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
REMARKABLE TRIBUTE PAID WOMEN OF U. s.


 ATHENS, Feb. 12.-The Greek gov ernment is awarding the war cross to Dr. Mabel Elliott of Benton Harbor Mich., and Dr. Esther Lovejoy of New York, announcement of which was made yesterday. pays remarkable tribute, to the unselfish service rem dered by these two American women during the smyrna disaster.
 Dr. Elliott is medical director of the Near East relief in Greece. and Dr. Lovejoy is president of the Medi- cal Women's International assocIa- tion.
 Referring to Dr. Elliott's work, the official announcement says:
 Owing to the splendid example of activity, altruism and heroism thus shown by Dr. Elliott at the risk of her life, we award her this golden medal of bravery"
 pr. Lovejoy's citation says:
 "When few people dared 'a remain in smyrna, she saved many from death. She exposed her own life and gave a splendid example of the Amer ican Women's heroism."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
DOINGS OF DAY
 INV WASHINGTON

Investigation of the administration of veterans bureau affairs was or dered by the Senate.
 Col. Walter A. Bethel was nomi- mated 10 be judge advocate general of the army succeeding Maj. Gen. Crow der new ambassador to Cuba.
 Mrs. May Ellen Nolen was sworn in as a member of the House, sue ceeding her late husband as repre- sentative from the Fifth California district.
 In an effort to bring both the ship ping and debt funding bills to an early vote. republican leaders decided to have the Senate each day consider one measure for few hours, then the other.
 Predicting that the United States in the near future would begin to eX- port gold, Comptroller of the Cur rency Crissinger in his annual report declared this would represent a long step in the restoration of world eco homie equilibrium,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
SHIP AND DEBT BILLS LINKED IN SENATE PROGRAM
Probe Into r<stera1s Bureau "Extrauaqarce" Ordered
Congress May Enact Bill To Control Coal Prices

not transfer the jurisdiction of it's control from the states to Con gress.
 "The commission seems to con fuse articles shipped in commerce with instrumentalities of com merce. The power to regulate the latter does not include power to regulate the former. Nor does the fact that the article is necessary for the operation of an instru- mentality of interstate commerce make it subject to regulation by Congress. If this were true, Con gress would have the power to reg ulate the production of steel neces- sary for the construction of loco motives; lumber for the construc- tion of coaches; rubber for the con- struction of springs; food and clothing for the sustenance of crews. In fact, there -s almost no articles that might not be included in this manner"
 The decision has caused the radicals" in Congress and the "progressives" to consider plans whereby new law might eliminate the weight of the courts opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
.l22-YEAR-OLD NEGRO GETS LICENSE TO WED

The time old saying that Cupid is no respector of persons or of age was proved to the entire satisfaction of attachees of the -obate office when an aged negro givin- his name as Parson Renfro. stepped to the clerks desk Monday and asked for a marriage license.
 Renfro gave his age as 122 years, and his bride-to-be Martha Griffin has passed her 57th summer
 Renfro appeared to be one of the old school of southern negroes. but doubt exista in the minds of the force whether the negro Is really so old or not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
KNOWN DEATH TOLL MOUNTS ID 91 IN
 MINE EXPLOSION
List Is Expected to Reach 100 When More Bodies Are Re- covered-Workmen Fev-
 erishIy Digging In.

DAWSON, N. NJ, Feb. 12.-(By As- sociated Press.) .))-Mounting at a rapid rate today, Dawson's known death toll in the explosion of No. l mine had reached the total of 31 tonight.
 By midnight the list is expected to soar above 100. Before the 20 bodies then remaining in the mino are recovered, officials anticipate days of excavating will be necessary.
 The shattered, debris -choked in- terior of the blast wrecked mine was viewed this afternoon by staff correspondent of the Associated Press. Utter devastation was wrought by the terrific force of the detonation. Fallen from the roof, enormous blocks of slate, coal and rock litter the passageways, piled in confusion in the dark and windy tunnel through which the rescue crews for four days have been labor ing with the bodies of the victims.
 That no member of the working crews has been injured or killed by falling debris is little short of mirac- ulous, in the opinion of mining men.
 Recovery crews tonight were tap ping the tenth artery to the south of the main entrance.
 Sad Scenes Witnessed
 One of the saddest scenes witt messed since Thursdays blast oc- cured today when the funeral of Joe Delost. a Slav, was held. In front of the hearse which bore his body and garbed in what was to have been her wedding gown, walked the Slovenian girl who was to marry Delost within few weeks. Be- side her walked his aged mother and one of his brothers. This ceremony was observed in accordance with a custom of his race.
 Nearly 100 men of the same order of which Delost was member formed a part of the cortege. Six Slovenian girls, dressed in white gowns, accompanied the pallbearers on either side of the gray casket in which his body lay.
 Two other miners who lost their lives in the catastrophe were to be married during the next few weeks.
 Amid the simple and impressive services of the Greek Orthodox church. the bodies of 13 Greek min CTS were buried this afternoon. It is common sight in Dawson to see a casket borne upon any sort of conveyance which can be pressed into service, accompanied by a few mourners in automobiles or on foot, wend it's way slowly through Main street and northward to the burial plot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
Examinations Into 0rganiza- ton Made by Executive De- partments in Washington and Changes in Personnel of Late Are to Be Followed.
DIRECTOR FORBES MAY NOT REASSUME DUTIES
Evidence of Waste, Irregular ities and Various Allegations Made by Newspapers and Others Will Be Sifted to Bot tom, Asserts Senator.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12. An investigation of charges of ir- regularities, waste and extrava- gance in the, veterans bureau was ordered today by the Senate.
 Recently the bureau has been under fire from several angles, officers of the American Legion among others criticizing the meth ods employed in dealing with for mer service men. There have been evidences that a sweeping investi- pation on the part of the execu- tive branch of the government al- ready was under way and some important shifts have been made in the bureau personnel. Colonel c. R. Forbes, the bureau director, now is in Europe, and his friends do not expect him to resume his duties when he returns.
 The special committee which will conc ct the inquiry fo- the Sen ate is comp posed of Senatot Suther- land, republican, West Virginia, and Senator Walsh. A year ago they .-.-.de :. similar inquiry. Sena- tor Sutherland, as chairman, said today he hoped to begi,, the new investigation tomorrow.
 Reasons Advanced
 Among other things the resolution adopted today recited these reasons for inquiring into the conduct of the bureau
 Tt has been reported in several press dispatches and asserted on the floor of the House of Representatives that there is evidence of waste, ex- travagance, irregularities and mis- management in the operation of tne United States veterans bureau
 Tt has been reported that general dissatisfaction prevails among the officials of said bureau. Because of such chaotic conditions and lack Of co ordination, it is alleged that of- ficial sof said bureau have been re- moved and others have rendered their resignations.
 The burden of such waste. ex- travagance. irregularities and mis- management falls upon the incapa- citated soldier for whose relief said bureau was created; and the condi- tions as alleged to exist would neces- sarily impair the morale of said bu- reau."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
WASHINGTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD Washington, D. C., Feb. 12

The opinion of Justice Jennings Bailey of the district supreme court that the Congress has no power to regulate or control the price or production of coal, may prompt Congress to take action acquiring that power in another session, it was said today to be probable.
 The opinion of Justice Bailey was expressed following his acton in striking out an amended appeal by the federal trade commission against the previous action of the court in enjoining the commission from requesting information as to the cost of coal production.
 The opinion, in part says: "The question is not whether or not a state may regulate the price and production of coal on the theory that it is impressed with public interest, but whether such power has been given to Congress, and I find no such power. The mere fact, if it be true, that coal is inn pressed with public interest does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
CANADA CONSIDERING BIG CANAL PROJECT

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 12.-Canada has not yet signffied her desire to enter into an agreement with the United States for the construction of the proposed St. Lawrence power canal but the matter is under con sideration. This was Premier Kings reply in the House of Commons to- day to a question by Arthur Meig- hen. leader of the opposition.