Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-06-22
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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

Dasis Vi the county haFing been great
ly increased by the recent reassess-
ment Of property. the Board Of Coun
ty Commissioners for Wicomico coun-
ty, has fixed the tax rate at S1.S2 on
the si0O. which is decrease OF is
cents compared with the tax rate Of
the county for the past six years.
College Park.-Lieut. r. H. Scavitt.
military Instructor at the University
of Maryland received a telegram from
the War Department stating that the
University had been placed in the
Distinguished College" group. This
is coveted honor as there are only
tbout rs such institutions,in the ooun-
try.
Rockville.-The annual meeting of
the Montgomery County League Of
Women Voters will be held at the
Montgomery Country Club here Tues
day, June 26 Morning and afternoon
sessions will be teld. business OF inn
portanee will be transacted and large
attendance is looked for. The public
has been invited.
Baltimore.-State Parole Commits
sioner Edward NJ Parrish heard so ap-
plications with the following result:
Twenty two reeommendations for
parole were made. including one res
toration of citizenship Twelve were
held for further confederation and 16
declined OF the persons recommend
ed for paroles is were white and
colored
Baltimore.-Three Marylanders re-
ceived diplomas at the graduation ex-
ercises at the Cn'fed SrTreE t1iff-HTy
Academy. West Point, New York They
are Kenneth S. sweany. 2f26 callow
avenue; Raymond Stone. Jr.. Of Annap-
oils, and Lawrence S. Barroll, Of Ken
sington. Lieutenant Sweany. wso is
21 years old. entered West Point after
having graduated from the Baltimore
City College.
Baltimore.--A Baltimore Girls Week
is now certainty instead Of much
talked-of probability. as result Of
definite action at meeting Of repre-
sentatives Of local ORGANIZATIONS at the
Southern Hotel While the definite
date has not been set. it is certain thai
on a Sunday morning in Oe-eb Ba'-
timore girls will come into their own,
and for an entire week, instsad OF a
weekend as was first planned.
Cambridge. Seventeen large
bundles of clothing were packed here
last week and sent to the Near East
Relief headquarters in Baltimore The
clothing weighed 795 pounds and n
clnded donations from Church Creek.
Taylors Island. Madison and Eaet New
Market A large quantity OF condensed
cream was also sent. The Cambridge
woman's Club lent its club house for
the receiving station.
BALTIMORE. A. Spalding was
elected president Of the Baltimore Life
Underwriters Association at the an.
nual meeting at the Hotel Emerson.
Other officers chosen were Edwin w
Bartol, vice-president; George s.
Robertson, secretary; Bernard B.
Gaugh, treasurer, and the following
executive committee: Charles w
Sloan. chairman; Felix Rcthschild.
Homer Bostwick, Lewis NJ. Bacon, Jr..
R. u Darby and H. Sinclair Miller.
Baltimore Thousands of tons Of
untitled artillery shells are being
shipped from the United States Ord
nance Depot, Curtis Bay. to Raritan
Bay, New Jersey The shells are part
Of big salvage purchase made many
months ago by the Columbia Salvage
Corporation. of New Jersey The
shells weigh about $50 pounds each.
The barge D. J. Sherman has sailed
with 1900 tons, the Charles MeNally
is loading $50 tons and the Severn will
follow with 1.4O0 tons
Easton.-S. Harry shanahan. mem
Der of the firm of the Shanahan and
Wrightson Hardware Company had a
miraculous escape from instant death
shanahsn left his place Of business
FOR hts summer home on the Peach
Blossom road. near Easton, and in
going up the lane leading to his house,
his car skidded, turning completely
over into a ravine about twelve feet
deep. The car fell across his body,
pinning him beneath It, and 1t took
several men with a large pole to raise
the car and pull him from beneath it.
He was rushed to the Emergency Hos
pital. where It is said his condition is
serious.
Baltimore.-Abel wolman. chief en-
gineer of the State Bureau of Health,
has announced that he is starting a
campaign of inspection of the various
summer camps operated under the
auspices of the Z. W. C. A and the Y
M. C. A., as wen as number Of other
locations where camps are established
during the summer months. The OBJ
ject OF the inspection is for the pur-
pose of establishing perfect sanitary
conditions both as to water. sewage
and garbage disposal. DIR. John G. Col
Hnson, of the Health Department Of
the State. will go to Anne Arundel
county with a view to looking over
the association camps. which are To-
Gated along the river shores in that
county.
Baltimore-O Oficials of the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad are gratihed at the
high percentage of employees who
voted in the recent elections for EN-
ploye representatives. In the shop
crafts in the Eastern region s7.7 per
cent of the total number eligible
voted for representatives; s0.4 per
cent of the clerical forces voted. and
OF the miscellaneous forces, 75.s per
cent cast ballots. The representa-.
tives act for the employees In their re-
spsctive classes In all negotiations OF
wages, working rules and other mat.
isrs u mu,vai concern.