Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-06-29
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Elktou.-Dr. r. J. Mcdowell, Of
Cecilton. has announced himself
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for County Commissioner, long
term. subject to the primaries to be
held in September.
Baltimore Pleading guilty Of the
unlawful purchase Of two grains of
morphine, James Allen was sentenced
to two years in the Federal Peniten-
tisry at Atlanta, Ca, by Judge Morris
A. Soper in United States District
Court,
Eas,on-The annual regatta Of the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club will be
held in the Miles River on st Michaels
on August II. On August 10 reeep-
ton will be rendered all visiting
yachtsmen at the home Of Commodore
S. S. Schuyler. Bruffs Island Both
sail and power boats will compete in
the annual regatta, and the committee
has every assurance Of a large entry
Hist.
Baltimore.-Practical farm problems
will be threshed out in classrooms Of
county schools Of the State next fall.
according to plans of the yocauosti
training department of the State Board
Of Education. Besides considerable in
ereases in the number Of schools
where practical agriculture will be
taught. there will be night classes for
the II 00o boys between fourteen and
twenty who are out Of school accord
ing to Roy Dimmitt, director Of yoca-
tional education.
Baltimore-The Army Marine game
for 1928 and the Army-Navy game for
1924. This is Baltimore's football out
look for the next two years so far
as the service classics are concerned.
With the former game already tucked
away for a certainty, it now seems
probable that Baltimore Stadium will
be the scene Of the csdet-middie fray
in 1924. Among those most confident
that Baltimore will be chosen for the
game is Mayor Jackson. who has been
active in presenting the city's adyan'
tages for both contests. The Mayor
believes the chances are exceedingly
favorable. according 10 statements
made by him since his return from
Ouantico. Va. where details of the
Army Marine game were completed.
Baltimore.-Chsrge will be pre-
ferred to Governor Richie against all
the members Of the State Board Of
Motion Picture Operators. and their
removal from office asked. it was said
by Basil L. Morgan, president of the
Motion Picture Operators Union. The
union. Mr.. Morgan added. is prepar-
ing the charges. and a public hearing
will be asked. The grievance of the
local according to Mr., Morgan, is that
the board is licensing inefficient op-
orators. The members of the board
are Harry Cluster, John H c. Bedford
and william H. Miller. Mr.. Miller
also acts as secretary. Mr.. Cluster is
connected with the motion-picture in
dustry. and Mr. Bedford is regarded
as the representative of the local
Mr.. Morgan also charged that the
board is working in sympathy with
non-union picture houses in furnish
ing operators, and in trying to under.
mine the union.
Baltimore. - The unexpected ap-
pointment of Philip b. Perlman as
City Solicitor means, among other
things, that Governor Richie will
have to provide himself with another
Secretary of State. Some aggressive
young Democrat or some more estab-
Iished pillar Of the party will thus
have the opportunity Of being hon
ored. Mr.. Perlman's appointment to
the City Solicitorship will also mean
his official departure from the Richie
administration, with which he has
been associated-since its beginning,
Perlman studied law while praeticing
journalism He made the transition
from a newspaper ofiee TO the states
law Office when Albert c. Ritchis was
Attorney General Then came Mr..
Rltchie's Gubernatorial campaign four
years ago and in this eampa gn no
man could have been more Jealous
and devoted than was Perlman In
the new administration Perlman was
made Secretary Of State. For year
or year and half the Governors
closest advisers were group of
young men, among them being Perl
man. ogle Marbnry. who was also an
Assistant Attorney General under
Ritchie and who was made chairman
OF the State Board Of Prison Control;
E. Brooke Lee. who had been elected
State Comptroller. and Oscar Ander-
son, till recently the Governors ex-
ecutive secretary.
Baltimore.-The Baltimore Fedora
ton Of Labor took the stand against
the Municipal Employment Bureau,
charaeterizing It as "a useless insti-
tuition. eating up the taxpayers
money without giving any return to
the city" and urged Mayor Howard
Jackson. as the first step in his eff
cheney and economy program to abol-
ish the institution.
Baltimore.-On hundred and fifty
membres Of Company D. First Mary
land Regiment. Boys Brigade, began
an encampment OF fS weeks at Camp
Mil-Bur, on the Msgothy.
Balrmore.-In blanket denial Of