Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-09-28
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latesi Dolngs In Various Parts
Of the State
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Frank Parker were granted paroles
from the Penitentiary. Robinson was
serving three years for burglary In
Baltimore City. Parker was SEN
teuced to three years from Anne
Arundel county on a charge Of lar
ceny Of two bags Of potatoes.
ttsville.-Constable Thomas II.
Garrison. Of Hyattsville, has been ap-
pointed chief deputy Sheriff of Prince
! Georges county by Sheriff James A.
Sweeney. Garrison is the Republican
nominee for Sheriff, as the result Of
the recent primaries, and will be op-
posed at the November election by
John ]. Fink. Democratic nominee.
Cumberland. - George Alexander
Pearre, for IL years in Congress from
the Sixth Maryland district, fell dead
in his home here. Mr.. Pearre had
been in failing health, but attended
to his law practice, though dropping
out of politics His death came as a
great shock TO his friends and profess
slOnal associates.
Frederick. - Oliver H. Kefauver.
seventy-one, and Morgan N. Kefauver,
eighty. brothers. both prominent farm
ers Of Middletown Valley, frederick
county, died within three hours of
each other. oliver H. Kefauver died
first, as the result of acute indlges-
tion. his brother, three hours later,
after an Illness Of two weeks. They
are survived by large families.
Hyattsville. Mrs. Elizabeth d. Out
cault. ninety. widow Of Andrew Out
cauIt. died at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. W. X. Beattie, in Decatur
Heights, near here. from inirmities
of age. Born in New Brunswick, N. j.,
Mrs. Outcault spent most Of her life
in Columbus. Ohio. She had lived
with her daughter in Decatur Heights
q number of years.
Baltimore.--Indicted on charge of
manufacturing and having in his pos
session S5 gallons of liquor. Harry
Klosterman. yeast manufacturer. Of
Cumberland. was convicted and SEN
fenced to so days In Jail by Judge
Morris A. Soper, in the United States
District Court. A heavier sentence is
customary In such cases, Judge Soper
said. but the defendants reputation
in his community and his confession
at the trial were considered in his
favor.
Baltimore.--Plans for the formation
OF a branch Of the Workers Educa-
tional Bureau Of America in Baltimore
are progressing according to Charles
]. Kemper chairman OF the committee
having the matter in charge Mr..
Kemper, in his report to the Baltimore
Federation of Labor on the so-called
Labor College," said that a confer
enee to effect the organization will
be called for October 2s. The fedora
tion went on record indorsing the
project, and the various locals afi-
lated with the central body will be
asked to send delegates to the confer
enee.
Baltimore.-As a step toward ac-
Quisition by the State OF Maryland
and Virginia Of the bridges over the
Potomac at Brunswick and Point Of
Rocks. the Potomac River Bridge
Commission met at Frederick and
asked the State Roads Commission to
prepare an estimate OF the reproduc-
tion cost OF the two structures. When
this estimate is completed, the Com
mission will endeavor to obtain op-
tions, acting in concert with Virginia.
II price can be agreed on the next
Legislatures of both States will be
asked 10 appropriate money for the
purchases. The object is to make the
bridges free. They are owned now by
corporations and tolls are charged
Baltimore.-State and city authort-
ties, officials of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and others in the city and state
interested in the controversy with the
railroad. as II pertains to Baltimore
and the Eastern Shore. will be asked
to meet in conference to settle the
ferry problem, according to an an
nouncement made through the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association.
The board Of directors Of the associa-
tion met at the Hotel Emerson for
the first time since the-summer recess
and discussed the ferry matter. More
than 40 of the directors we're present.
q Asbury Davis. president, was au-
thorized to name a committee of FIVE
to make special study Of the sltua-
tion and to endeavor to bring about a
solution as early as possible.
Observation-Disclosures charging
embezzlement were returned here by
the Frederick county grand jury
against Andrew A. Horner and Edgar
L. Amman, members of the firm OF
Amman. Horner & Co. whose private
bank at Emmitsburg recently went
into the hands Of a receiver. Many
Of the alleged offenses are barred
from prosecution by the statute Of
limitations. Indictments are based on
alleged offenses against individuals
who complained of losses. About
100000 is said to have been lost by
the bank.