Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-01-04
IA PLATA, MARYLAND, JANUARY 4, 1924.
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest Dolngs In Various Parts
Of the State
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Baltimoro.-Ths Maryland Casualty
Company will Insure city nremen. In
suraneS on LIS o1icers and men for
1926 was given by the board Of
awards. The contract calls for pay
ment OF $500 to the widow or heir OF
. fireman killed IN service The city
pays a premium Of s2.0l a man.
HagerstOwn. - Millard Goodhsrt.
tender OF Chesapeake Canal lock No.
4. is held here charged with killing
Chester Smith. 2e, clan leader. Smith
was shot a. he went to the aid OF
Mrs. Goodhart. when her husband at
tackled her with a monkey wrench,
witnesses said. Members OF Smiths
gang threatened to lynch Goodhart,
but he was spirited away By officers.
Baltimore.--Dr. William S. Mccain.
OF Johns Hopkins Medical School.
blames prohibition for increase in
diabetes deaths in 1922 over 1921.
Heavy consumption OF sweets by men
who drank liquor before prohibition
is the cause, he said. Maryland has
the highest figure for diabetes deaths
Of any Of the nine eastern states with
large Negro populations.
Blkton.-Noticing smoke drifting
out Of the sides Of a shanty on Barnes
Shore along North East River at
Charles Town, occupied by R. Angus
tus Johnson, William Newberry. upon
opening the door, found the room
filled with smoke and the body Of
Johnson lying In a bunk, burned al
most to a crisp. The supposition is
that he was smoking when he went to
sleep.
Baltimore.-Dr. J. Knox Insley,
state commissioner Of labor, will ask
the legislature 10 establish a state
bureau Of hygiene with trained stats.
ticians The bureau will give power
to remedy insanitary conditions over
which the commissioner now has no
control. Registration Of school chill
dren. between IA and 10 excused from
school. would be sought.
Baltimore and Manu-
facturers' Association committee,
studying the oyster situation in Mary
land, proposes new conservation.
Copies OF the report will be mailed to
all state oficials and the assembly,
The commission, composed of 15
members, would have power to reg
ulate the oyster industry. to prosecute
violations of laws and to establish a
program for propagation. The chair
man only would be paid.
nnapolls.-Three Baltimore men
have been appointed second lieuten-
ants in the Maryland National Guard
and fourth has been promoted to
frst lieutenant, according to an an
nouncement made at the Military De-
partment. Second Lieutenant John A.
Crane has been made first lieutenant.
Robert E. L. Spilman. Thomas s.
Hutchins and Fernand F. KIenk have
been appointed second lieutenants. All
have been assigned to duty witt the
Fifth Infantry.
Baltimore.-Stste Parole Ccmmis
eioner Edward NJ Parrish refu-cd to
recommend parole for George
Heard, who was convicted December
6. 1929. OF completely In the Norris
murder and hold-up case. By the
action of the Parole Commissioner
Heard, who is serving a three-year
sentence. which had been reduced
from FIVE years. will not be entitled
to another hearing for six months.
Heard's father, Robert J. Heard; his
mother and two brothers, Ross e. and
Joseph Heard appealed to the Com
missioner for leniency. promising they
would be responsible for his future
good behavior. They said he was
peuitent for his part in the murder
case
Cumberland Judge Albert A,
Doub practically wiped out the last
vestige OF the miners strike when he
commuted the sentences Of 20 strik.
ing miners, convicted as participants
in disorders at Frostburg. involving
unlawful assembly. riot, rout and as
ssult. Fifteen were released from the
County jail in time to be with their
families Christmas Eve. The men had
served 81 days OF th6ir 60-day SEN
tences. Sylvester Green and Robert
Brown had their jail sentences com
muted to so days and sentence OF
four months in the House Of Correc,
tion for destruction OF property, to
begin after the Jail sentence was re-
mltted. Three others. Allen Yates,
Irwin Thomas and George Allen. had
their sentences In the House of Cor
rectIon reduced from 9 to months
Hancock.-Arrests are expected OF
20 men who stormed the Methodist
Church at Black road near here, dur
ing Christmas entertainment, beat
ing Isaac Bishop and L. A. Richards.
and striking their wives. Church
members have played an important
part in arrest of bootleggers. The
church was completely demolished.
The mob threw stones through the
windows and broke holes in the roof.
Church members fed. Bishop and
Edwards were beaten when they tried
to fight.
Hagerstown.-Two men injured in
automobile accidents near here are
dead. bringing the death toll Of