The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-16
Maryland
State NezUs

motor VoQlCl0S registered III MdTylduu
during the first six months Of this year
was 20S,33S.
Baltimore.-The drought was broken
throughout Maryland Sunday, as near,
ly an inch of rain fell in Baltimore
and all other parts Of the State.
fredericksburg. - The Women's Club
of this town is taking an active inter-
est in the new fire engine fund, and
is assisting the firemen in every way
possible.
Landover.-The Landover Commun-
ity Club, Mrs. j. F. Fitzhugh, presi
dent, was awarded prize of $50 for
the second best exhibit made by a
member of the Women's Federated
Clubs at the recent fair at Upper MARI
borough.
Baltimore. violators did not
get off easily during the week ended
September 80, one man RECEIVING
seven months and another six months,
according to the report recently Of
E. Austin Baughman, Commissioner Of
Motor Vehicles.
Easton.-John M. Elliott, go, wealthy
Easton realtor and head Of the Elliott
Mcdaniel Company, died suddenly in
Kansas City, where he and Mrs. Ell
lott were visiting their two sons,
Robert and John Elliott, according to
word received here.
Baltimore.--Shipm of oysters to
Baltimore during the past week gain.
ed slightly over the previous three
weeks, in September, although the sup
ply ARRIVING at local wharfs was less
than one-fifth the average shipments
during the height of the oyster season.
Frederick.-Annual campus day ex-
ercises at Hood College will be held
October 10. A parade of all the classes
will take place from Coblentz Hall to
Brodbeck Hall, where contest for the
best original song will be staged.
Athletic events will follow, including
the annual hockey game.
Annapolis.-The Maryland Farm Blu
reau Federation, through it's secretary,
M. Melvin Stewart, is protesting a
proposed increase in tariff rates on
petroleum and it's products by trans
portation lines serving the Eastern
Shore of Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
Baltimore. Abraham G. Hutzler,
founder of Hutzler Brothers depart
ment store, has given Johns Hopkins
University 100000 to endow the chair
OF political economy. The gift was
announced by Daniel Willard, general
chairman of the Johns Hopkins half
century committee.
Baltimore.-The number of persons
killed by automobiles in the city dur
ing the first nine months of this year
is greater than the whole of last year,
it was learned from statistics com.
piled by Capt. Joseph McGovern, Of
the Accident Prevention Bureau, and
submitted to Police Commissioner
Charles D. Gather.
Baltimore.-A shortage of vocational
teachers in the counties is the most
serious problem confronting vocational
educators in the State, it was brought
out in conference attended by Of
ficials of the State Department of Edu-
cation, the University of Maryland and
city training stats at the Rennert
Hotel
nnapolis-Governor Richie criti-
cized excessive expenditure by officials
in charge of anti-tuberculosis work
among the States cattle, in a letter
received by President Woods of the
University of Maryland. Richie said
all but $4,000 of the S375,0OO appro-
priated by the 1924 legislature to last
until 1927, had been spent.
Annapolis. - Maryland agriculture
has been fairly profitable this year,
and the improved purchasing power
of farmers will do much to uphold
general economic well-being in the
State and elsewhere throughout the
winter. The farmers have had a
splendid harvest, not bumper yields,
but production well adjusted to rea-
sonable needs.
Annapolis.-A new medical clinic
will be established by the State Board
Of Health either at Chestertown or
Centreville, it was announced by DIR.
Robert H. Riley, assistant director.
who returned from his inspection tour
of Eastern Shore institutions with
State Purchasing Agent Walter M.
Kirkman.
Baltimore.-Traces were found indi-
eating that Frank Schultz and Peter
Burdick,, fEgitives from Belair Jail,
had taken refuge in fodder stacks on
the Francis farm, one and one-half
miles from Belair, while the pursuit
for them was hottest after their es-
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