Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-11-02
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest Doings in Various Parts
Of the State
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS


the past four weeks several have been
seen by different parties on the State
Reserve at Swallow Falls.
Baltimore.-Fire destroyed a FIVE
room bungalow on Deep Greek avenue,
Rossville. Baltimore county. belonging
to Julius. oehleo. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000. Mr.. and Mrs. oehieo
and their family were out when the
fire occurred Daniel Harrison, a 4
member Of the Essex Fire Department
was badly scorched on the face by
sparks from the burning building.
Cumberland.-John E. Stiliwagon,
sixtyseven, who has preached in the
Connellsville vicinity for rs years. but
held no permanent pastorate, was
killed at the Baltimore and Ohio shops
at Connellsville when struck by an
engine that had just been detached
from a train arriving from Fairmont,
W. Va He was at work In the ash
pit when the accident occurred. Mr..
Stillwagon was a member Of the Chris
tian Church, known as the New Lights.
Cumberland.--Abou 1000 carloads
of apples have been shipped TO points
east and west over the Cumberland
Division, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
from the belt extending from Harp
ers Ferry and Martinsburg to Keyser
and Romney up until Sunday. accord
ing to official records. Fully 1000
more carload lots are expected to
move over this division, by the latter
part of November. which will estab-
1ish a record dispatch over this sec
tion of the Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore.-charging that his sister
had attacked him with a gun after an
altereation, Michael Schultz appealed
to pdkee of the Northeastern district
for protection. he vas treated at st.
Joseph's Hospital for what he declares
is a bullet wound in the wrist. The
sister. Mrs. Rose Zahner 2S years old,
denied she had caused the wound and
said her brother had come home In
toxicated and had abused her. Both
were held on charges Of disturbing the
peace.
Hagerstown.--one person was per-
haps fatally injured and score of
others were badly shaken up when a
box of dynamite exploded here. Prop
erty damage caused by the explosion
is estimated at s25.O0O. Daisy Ben
nett. housekeeper in the home Of VIII
liam McHenry, who owned one Of the
houses shattered by the blast, suffered
serious injuries and her condition is
considered grave. The dynamite be-
1oRged to contractors working on the
new sewerage system. The scene of
the explosion was directly across from
the Washington county jail. Cause Of
the blast is unknown.
Baltimore.--Maryland delegates to
the recent American Legion conven-
tion at San Francisco denied the for
nation Of an anti-bonus league at the
convention. The delegates headed by
Col. d. John Markey. State comman-
der, arrived here last night. mot in
any Of the committee meetings nor on
the floor OF the convention was an
anti-bonus league mentioned or anti
bonus activities introduced" Colonel
Markey said. "It is ridiculous for any
one to say different. The legion has
placed itself on record concerning the
soldier bonus and there is nothing to
retract." Colonel Markey said a leg
islatiye program concerning the bonus
would be mapped out at the State ex-
ecutive meeting of the legion next
month
BaltImore.-Maryland appears to be
one of the nations banner States in
the matter of tax contributions to the
Federal Government. This is indi-
Gated by comparison Of the Mary
land figures with those Of the other
States contained in a comprehensive
report issued by the Treasury Depart
ment and dealing with statistics on
income during the 1921 fiscal year.
ltdHklIk lMtuly-tlRulu III UODuldtlOUt
Maryland allowed only~15 other States
to exceed its figure on the number Of
personal income tax returns, only IL
-
on the total net income reported and
only nine on the total amount OF IN
come tax PAID. furthermore the aver
age net income per return reported by
Maryland was larger than that OF any
OF the other states except New YORK
ana Rhode Island The average amount
OF TAX per return was larger tnan all
the other states except New York
Rhode Island ana pennsylvania.
Baltimore.-Judge John c. Rose, Of
the Fourth Judicial Circuit. will come
to Baltimore to sit in Federal cases
for one week. He will succeed Judge
CHARLES A. Wood, senior Judge OF that