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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
NAVAL ACADEMY SIS.
P|CN|CS ON WATER

With the largest of the navy motor
sailors wearing its gala dress and an
orchestra playing in the stern, the
Naval Academy Sunday School, which
yesterday had a sudden access of
growth from membership of SIS to
one 200 strong, opened the Sunday
School picnic season by a sail
on the bay. Undaunted by the fact
that the work on the new Severn
bridge prevented their going up the
river, the picnickers turned the other
way and cruised on the waters OF the
harbor and the bay for an hour, after
which they repaired to the lawn out
side of the armory. Here the COM
pany was further swelled by parents,
friends, nurses and children too small
to cruise in anything but baby car
riages, until a crowd of 800 lined up
for the refreshments, which always
form the most important part of the
gathering Of this sort. After the last
block of ice cream and piece of cake
had been consumed, the rest Of the
afternoon was profitabIy spent in all
sorts of races and sports.
The last session Of the Sunday
School was held on Sunday and the
children's contributions, amounting to
$2S.SS. have been given to Miss Sara
Sutherland, the Red Cross nurse, to
use for the Babies Milk and Ice Fund
during the coming summer.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
CITY HEADS TO ATTEND
PATRIOTIC CEREMONIES

Mayor Jones and members of the
City Council have accepted invitations
to attend two patriotic functions with
in the near future. The Annapolis
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. has
planned to celebrate Memorial Day,
May 30. by holding appropriate exer-
cises, a parade, and visit the ceme-
teries and decorate the graves of de-
parted comrades. The parade will
move at $50 in the morning. Anna
polls lodge of Elks, pursuant to GUS
tom, will observe Flag Day, June IA.
with exercises on State House hill at
230 in the afternoon.
Invitations from both of these or
ganizations were acknowledged and
accepted at the monthly meeting of
the municipal authorities held last
night siS EJM
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
Military Honors For
Late Ch. Boatswain's
Mate G.. w. Ohund

Funeral services for Gustav w.
Ofund. retired Chief Boatswain's
Mate of the Navy. who died yesterday
at his residence, All West street, will
be held tomorrow afternoon from that
address and burial will be in the
naval cemetery here. Services will
be conducted by Lieut.. (Chaplain)
Robert E. Miller, of the Navy. Burial
will be with military honors. The
cortege, consisting of detachment of
enlisted men and firing party, attach
ed to the local naval station, will meet
the funeral party at the Oklahoma
entrance to the government reserva-
ton and act as an escort to the ceme-
terry.
Mr. ofiund is survived by widow,
Mrs. Ruth A. Ofund.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
ANNAPOLIS SENDS BIG
DELEGATION TO STATE
BANKERS CONVENTION

AT the annual Convention of the
Maryland State Bankers Association.
which will be held this week at the
Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City. Anna
polls will have the largest representa-
tlon it has ever had. All four banks
OF the City are sending delegates. the
Following having left today on a spe-
clal train from Baltimore: James NJ
Munroe, Farmers National Bank:
William \. Woodward. Annapolis Saw
ings Institution; W. Meade Holladay.
State Capital Bank; James A. Wal
ton, ]. Clayton Brewer and Ridgely
p. Melvin, Annapolis Banking and
Trust Company. Col. Harry j. Hop
kins. President of the Farmers Ma
tional Bank. is already at Atlantic
ity and will remain throughout the
Convention.
The sessions cover a period of two
days, beginning tomorrow morning
and live and important banking top
les will be discussed by number of
well-known speakers Governor
Ritchie, who also left today for the
Convention, is on the program for an
address, and will dwell more partic-
ularly on the State Governments an
gle OF the banking business.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
St. Johns VS.. Hopkins,
Navy VS.. Georgetown,
On Diamond Tomorrow

Two baseball games calculated tC
attract more than ordinary interest in
Annapolis are scheduled TO be played
on local diamonds tomorrow after
noon. ST. Johns College Cadets will
meet their ancient rivals of Johns
Hopkins University, while the mid
shipmen will stack up against George
town, also a foe Of many years stand
ing.
The Hopkins tossers are coming
here for a return game with the Ca
dets. The teams clashed in Balti-
moer last Saturday and Hopkins came
through victor after a pitchers duel.
The Cadets will, therefore, go into
tomorrow's battle with blood in their
eyes, determined to avenge that de-
feat.
Georgetown has its usual heavy
slugging aggregation, and the Navy
boys realize that their work is well
cut out for them. The Hilltoppers
generally prove a nemesis to Uncle
Sans wards, and the latter are in
worse straits this season than for
some years because OF a lack OF
strong pitchers. The bulk of the
work has fallen upon Kelly during
the last few weeks because of the
indisposition OF Peterson. Kelly.
though he appears to have weakened
under the strain, probably will be
called upon for mound duty against
the Varsity lads.
Another sporting event on the card
for tomorrow is tennis match be-
tween the midshipmen and Lafayette
College, Easton, Pa.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
TO SHOW PICTURES IN
EASTPORT M. T. CHURCH

Tomorrow evening at o'clock at
the Eastport Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Goodwill Industries will
give motion picture presentation of
this very unique work which has be-
come national institution for the in
dustrial relief of the poor, the needy
and the handicapped.
The Goodwill Industries is an in
stitution, unique in that it possesses
the genius of combing the religious.
educational, social and industrial
work for all people, regardless OF
race, color or creed. The Goodwill
Industries is powerful agency in all
of our great cities in relieving want
and tackling problems of Americana
zation, where countless foreigners
are huddled together, not acquainted
with our great American ideals. BY
this great agency natural and nor
NAL approach is made to an other
wise exceedingly difficult problem.
You will want to see this picture. No
collection will be taken for this work.
The ideals of turning waste into
wages and junk into jobs and loafers
into laborers will be introduced. Come
and learn the ideals of ain institution
that exists not for profit, but for sery-
ice. See what miracles can be per-
formed through the use of waste and
discarded articles. "Not Charity but
a Chance" is the slogan of the insti-
tuition. Not paupers but self-sustain-
ing and self-respecting Americans is
the ideal placed in this work
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
W.B. AND A. PAYS CITY
S57O.59 FRANCHISE TAX

City Collector and Treasurer
George F. Quaid acknowledges check
for $570.59 from the Washington. Bal
timore and Annapolis Electric Rail-
ways, the sum representing the quar-
terly franchise tax charged against
the railway for the operation of i'c
cars over the streets of the city, and
is for the quarter ended on March 81
The tax is computed upon the num-
Der of passengers conveyed by the
company during the period, and the
report shows that as4otal of i22,7S6
adult, and 6,6S5 children, were hauled
The heaviest traffic during the winter
as in March, when 44.240 adult, and
2,5S7 children, passengers were
hauled.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
French Occupation Extended
INV The Assoclated press

BERLIN, May 15.-The French have
occupied the Baden Anelyne and soda
works at Ludwigshafen, according to
a report received here.
The employees have not attempted
to enter the works, which are serving
as barracks for the entire French
troops. The railways at Ludwig
shafen have ceasedf operation as a re-
suit of the French occupation of the
depot.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15

course. Straight ahead, up the river.
looms the gateway to Round Bay-a
narrow entrance comparatively. when
it is considered that Round Bay is a
river-bound lake four miles wide.
Then appear the homes. Here a white
colonial structure, while red-topped
cottages and bungalows are scattered
along the shores on either side. Here
and there a little, crumbling, but al
together delightful, pier pokes it's
nose into the water.
Many Handsome Homes
The Hoyne place is passed on the
left. On the right is the old joyce
farm. For generations the Joyces had
owned and operated that farm. when
Capt. Isaac +. Emerson decided that
he wanted it. Price was no consider
alton. so Mr.. Joyce went to Annapolis
to live, and on the site now are the
Emerson buildings, standing high and
in relief. overlooking the whole sweep
of the Severn Near there was the
home of Dr. Joseph II. Branham, one
of Baltimore's most enthusiastic
lovers of the outdoors, the woods and
the streams.
On the right stands the Baugh man.
sion, fronting that wide sheet of water
and suggesting the possibility of a
battlement after the ancient order. On
another hill stood the home of Captain
Won Schwerdtner. a retired officer of
the Germany Army, who. resting from
disciplined life and the rigors of cam
paigns, found comfort and solitude in
this sheltered corner of Maryland.
st. Helena Island
Beyond is the island-St. Helena.
There are IA acres in this crescent
shaped piece of land Rounding the
island, plowing through the waters of
Little Round Bay and coming at last
to the northern tip Of the crescent a
point on the left is passed. There re-
Continued ON Page ~
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
Rear-Adnniral To Head
Navy Yard Pay Probe

The Navy Department announces
the appointment of Rear Admiral j.
X. Robson as the new head of the
Navy Board which will investigate
the wages of the Navy-yard employees
with view to the establishment of
a revised pay schedule in July.
Admiral Robson will personally in
vestigate conditions in each Navy
yard before making his report to Sec
retary DENLY.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
St. Anne's Juniors
To Sell Candy At Fete

All girlss desiring to donate candy
for the Junior Branch of st. Anne's
Society to sell at the lawn fete to be
given on Saturday next at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carryl Bryan, of War
dour, are asked to have it at the
Parish House on Saturday morning
not later than 10 o'clock.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
CONFEREES TO MEET
THURSDAY EVENING

Whatever is to be done bv way
OF permanent improvements to
the works of the Annapolis Water
Company, to provide the proper
safeguards for the city's water
supply at all times as we'll as To
make the suppy adequate and
pure, will be left to a joint confer
ence committee of three members
OF the City Council and two men,
bers of the board of directors of
the Water Company, to be
thrashed out. 1t is recognized bv
the municipal authorities. and cit
izens generally. that something
must be done and done promptly,
to relieve the conditions resulting
from the cloudburst of three
weeks ago, that practically
wrecked the earthen impounding
dams.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
Parent Teachers To Meet

The regular meeting OF the Parent
Teachers Association of West Anna
polls will be held in the school room
tomorrow evening at O'Clock. After
the business meeting refreshments
will be served
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
PR0MP STEPS
FOR IMPR PROv|NG
WATER WORKS

Proposed Bond Issue For Perma-
nent improvements And Other
Questions, Left To Joint Con-
ference Committee To Draft
Ordinance.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
"PLEBE" CLASS
To HAVE MANY
H. 5. STUDENTS
Reports Show That Large Ma
jority OF Candidates For Mid
shipmen Will Be Accepted
Upon Certificates From Ac-
credited Institutions.
THIRTY PERCENT FAIL
IN LATE MENTAL TESTS

Although the number OF candidates
designated for appointments as mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy, who
have been found qualified for admis-
sion as a result OF the February and
April mental examinations. is smaller
than estimated. yet authorities OF the
institution expect that the roster of
the new fourth class. to be formed
this summer, will be between 200 and
$50. This will be about the original
estimate. The shortage in the num-
ber qualifying In the regular tests
conducted under civil service regula-
tions at various points throughout the
country is expected to be overcome by
appointees accepted upon certificates
from accredited high schools, without
examinations.
100 OF SOB Qualify
Officials OF the Academy announced
today that out of a total OF 503 who
took the recent April examinations.
$50 were found qualified In addition
TO these, 22 of the As enlisted men OF
the Navy, appointed by Secretary of
the Navy DENLY under special act of
Congress, measured up to requira-
ments A few more than 100 took the
February examinations. and 2S of
these passed. These figures make
total Of 200 youths who actually have
met the mental requirements Thus
far the authorities have accepted 276
certificates of high school students
which makes a total of 476 new mid
dies to enter the Academy in June
Certificates OF 800 other lads, includ-
ing many who will finish high school
courses this year, have yet to be pass
ed upon. t
II is figured that about so per cent
of these will be accepted. II is also
estimated that there will be about so
"bilgers" from the present fourth
class to join the new class. and the
balance OF the estimated grand total
will come from candidates who secure
appointments in place of others who
have already failed.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
SUMMER COLONIES ALONG
SEVERN RIVER GROWING,
Waterway Attracts New Clubs--Spacious Grounds
And Golf Courses Planned Sherwood Forest
Round Bay, Pendennis Mount And
Other Developments.

Baltimoreans will turn toward the
Severn as their Mecca during the hot
months of the summer is the indica-
tion of present plans for summer
colonies along this historic stream.
says the Baltimore Sunday Sun. Sew
eral large interests have also either
opened or are planning elaborate
summer clubs, with spacious
grounds and golf courses.
The Severn river empties into the
Chesapeake Bay at Annapolis From
the Short Line bridge the view of the
south reveals the setting of the old
city, with Naval Academy walls. roofs.
domes and guns glistening. To the
right the Severn moves lazily with the
tide, winding, twisting estuary. mar
rowing and broadening until it
reaches Indian Landing, Is miles
distant.
Before making a survey of this. the
most beautiful OF the many rivers in
Maryland, it would he we'll to reflect
for a moment on the rapid develop
ment of the environs Well worth
noting is the fact that land which
sold from $40 to $40 an acre a score
of years ago is now valued at prices
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
Farm Land Ten Years Ago
Where decade ago there was moth
ing but farm land, forest, stubble
fields, clay banks and comparatively
inaccessible ground. there is now
chain of communities, large and
small. On the north side lie Round
Bay, Severna Park and Cold Springs,
while on the south lie Arden-on-the-
Severn. Wardour and Sherwood For
est. Far up beyond Round Bay and
Little Round Bay and St Helena Is
land, where the Severn runs to Indian
Landing. there are beautiful homes,
with spacious grounds extending
down to the waters edge.
To realize the beauty of the Severn
a trip must be made up its winding
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
Temporary Dam Urged

President Moss. in addressing the
Council. also urged that steps should
be taken to construct a temporary
dam, stating there is sufficient funds
in the treasury Of the water company
to cover the cost. He pointed out that
while the old dams have been repair
ed by earth filling, yet a washout
might occur at any time during a
heavy storm.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
Outstanding Questions Involved

The following may be set out as the
paramount questions to be considered
by the committee:
/. Proposed bond issue of
100000, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, to carry out
projected improvements. Council
has authority to issue bonds for
that amount under the provisions
of an act of the Legislature of
1922. =
2. The advisability or erecti1 !.
a filtration plant. Such a plan
has been a mooted question for
some years, and President Moss
urges that the question of its con-
struction should be disposed OF
before any other improvement
measures are undertaken.
3. Erection of a permanent i'm
pounding dam of concrete that
would Withstand the heaviest of
storms, by permitting the surplus
water to overflow.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15
Who COnferees Are

Appointment of the conference COM
mittee was decided upon at the MONTH
ly meeting OF the City Council held
last night when the water question
came in for a good deal of discussion.
following the report OF William II.
Moss, president of the water company.
made to the board OF directors at a
recent meeting. President Moss also
addressed the Council on the urgency
OF the situation. Named as conferees
on the part of the City Council are
Counselor Hugh II. Riley and Alder
men Charles w. Smith and Frank II.
Thompson, Jr. The representatives
of the water company directorate are
President Moss and ID. v. Bright. A.
meeting OF this committee has been
called for Thursday evening at 8
O'Clock in the Council chamber. The
committee has invited representatives
OF the Chamber OF Commerce and the
Rotary Club to appear at the meeting
and give their views on the subject.
Suggestions from citizens generally
also are sought
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-15

Dispatches Of late news
are published in The
Evening Capital.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Maurice Collins maintains interesting
index files and records on the horse
drawn public conveyances of your
Uncle Samuels pet city. Altogether
there are 1855 public hackers in the
District at present who operate busses,
sightseeing cars, jitneys, liveries and
other motor conveyances. The eigh-
teen horse cabs licensed last year
show a great decrease from 1915.
when there were about 200 of these
vehicles in use. Each cabby pays a
Sc license fee for the privilege of op-
Grating his public vehicle for one
year. The regulation>rates which he
can charge are $3.50 an hour for one
or two passengers or 50 an hour for
three or four passengers. For trip
of fifteen squares or less for one or
two persons. the legal rate is 90
cents and % cents additional for each
extra passenger. Unless the cab is
engaged expressly by the hour, trip
rates are charged.
The District cabbies can obtain no
redress from the police department if
their fares refuse to pay, as this is a
civil court matter. However. in case
of a disagreement between driver and
Evening star., 1923-08-19

he suddenly receded in the betting
from 9 to to to !.
Now mark what happened Will
liam II, with a jockey named Smythe
in the saddle, an Englishman who
men for whom he is riding. after
making one round of the field crum-
pied
Throughout the short distance he
contrived to go, says the jockey he
behaved like a crazy horse. His legs
wabbied: he had no sense of direction;
the obstacles of the race meant moth
ing TO him: he made no effort to take
them.
After the stricken animal had been
assisted to his feet and led to his
stable Smythe reported his conduct
to Maj. White. The major attributed
Williams strange performance to the
heat, but Smythe believed differently.
He said so the next day when the
jumper manifested q continuance of
his nasal distress. Not until two daEs
later, however, was the truth estab-
lished.
A veterinarian who on several oc-
casions mad ministered to William II
in Canada was called in and he found
the sponge in his suffering patients
nose. Not only was it a large sponge.
deeply imbedded but it was dirty
sponge, such one as may be found
Evening star., 1923-08-19

investigation into the fate of Yewden.
another jumper in the White 6 Read
stable. Earlier in the season Yewden.
racing at Belmont Park, fell III a
steeplechase and developed such a
mystifying malady that he was or
dered put out of the way. Smythe
had the mount on Yewden and he re
cited certain phases of the horses
illness to DIR. NcCully. the veteri-
marian who pulled William ii through
his trouble. Other circumstances
which these two men learned plus
their own observations upon William
II, have caused them TO announce
their belief publicly that Yewden's
death was directly due to the sponge.
William ii was known around the
track as a mettlesome horse. NO
two men on earth could have stuck
that sponge in his nose" says Maj.
White. 1T took at least three if not
four to do it. My horse was 'ganged.'
1t was not a one-man job
As in The case of the Whitney
horse, no action has been taken so
far by the Jockey club officials in
the "ganGing" of William ii. Inde-
pendent inquiries into matters of this
sort on the race track never arrive
at satisfactory conclusions as TO the
guilt or innocence of men who ordi =
narily should know more about the
affair than any one else. Racing
men whose judgment may be ac-
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Grant forgot that the District regula-
tions prohibited fast driving on the
Speedway after five o'clock in the after
noon. \ mounted colored policeman
CHANGED 10 pass that way as the Presi-
dent was urging his steeds to supreme
efforts. Pursuing the flying cart, the
officer finally caught up with the rae
ing rig, arrested the driver and ordered
him to proceed to the nearest station
house. II was not until he talked with
the desk sergent that the policeman
knew that he had arrested the Presi-
dent. President Grant was greatly
amused over the affair, complimented
the policeman for doing his duty and
thereafter promoted him to a sergeantcy.
= x x :;
THE fastest and most spectacular
l. trip ever made via coach and four
between Washington and Baltimore
occurred as the result of a wager
between Henry May and George
HELEN, well-known clubmen of
Washington. Mr.. May purchased one
of the first automobiles ever operated
in the city. One day he drove to
Baltimore, encountered eng n e
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Kenny cab when they were in
Washington.
Thereafter. Kenny drove for Post
master General Burleson, who was
always a great lover of good horse
fiesh and who was one of the last
officials in the capital city to aban-
don horses for an automobile.
In the old days the cabbies made
the most money during stormy
weather, when rain. snow, hail and
blow forced pedestrians to charter
the public hacks for business trips
about the city. During the most
favorable conditions a popular cabby
would take in as much as so a day.
AS a rule, however. his expenses were
high. Carriages. horses. harness and
livery were costly, so that the public
hacker never made much more than
a comfortable living from his long
hours of exposure. to all kinds of wind
and weather. ..~
Today the public cabbies reap their
highest profits during the spring and
summer months, when many Wash
ingtonians as we'll as visitors and
tourists still delight in horse travel
along the beautiful drives for which
Evening star., 1923-08-19

notables as Daniel Webster. Henry
Clay and other historical Americans
occasionally would gather. Buck"
Kenny, an outstanding character
among the District cabbies, get his
first experience with horses in driv-
ing hill horses out Georgetown way
Such horses were then employed to
reinforce the power of the horse
drawn street cars SO that they could
make the grade on the steep hills of
that section. Kenny graduated in
time to livery stable job, and finally
became a professional cabby During
the days when Theodore Roosevelt
was civil service commissioner in
Washington. lie used to ride frequent
ly TO and from work as well as on
pleasure trips in Kenny's cab.
Other notables. including Sarah
Bernhardt. Lillian Russell. Nat
Goodwin and John l.. Sullivan, as
well as ollie" James. chairman of
the democratic. national committee
and Senator Thomas Heflin of Ala
bama were regular patrons of the