The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-24
State Items
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Annapolis. Benjamin M, Goodman
was sentenced in the United States
District Court to three months in jail
for using the mails to defraud.
Hagerstown.-Atta by an. al
legged moonshiner in the mountains
above Smithsburg, near here, prohibit
ton agents succeeding in capturing
their man only after desperate fight.
Cumberland.-Hanc Nd, is to
have Homecoming celebration in the
early autumn, Mayor John T. Mason
has appointed committee to take
charge.
Annapolis to operate
an additional motor bus between Cam
bridge and Claiborne was granted
Ionic Slacum, of Cambridge, by the
Public Service Commission.
Baltimore.-Two men and two w0m-
en- wee drowned and another man
and woman were resuscitated' after
they were rescued from the water. in
three separate accidents near here
Sunday.
Baltimore. = The appointment Of
Arthur B. Thompson, II Western Run,
Mount Washington, to, position as
storekeeper at Sydenham, was an
nounced by DR.. c. Hampson Jones.
Commissioner of Health.
Chestertown.--Acting upon re-
quest from the State Board of Health
the Town Commissioners passed an
ordinance requiring ali persons, before
selling or offering for sale any milk
in Chestertown, secure a permit from
the treasurer of the board.
Baltimore.-One person was killed
and five were injured in an automobile
accident near Dead Mans Curve on
the Washington Boulevard near Elk
ridge. The motor car, driven by
Leonard Caranfa, 90 years old, OF
Washington, crashed into pole.
Baltimore.-The increase in the
number of cases of insanity in Balti-
more and throughout Maryland, re-
ported Saturday, reflects national
condition, according to DR.. Harry
Goldsmith, psychiatrist of the Balti-
more City Hospital.
Baltimore Claude B. Sweeney,
former warden of the Maryland Peni-
Tertiary, is being urged by his friends
to become candidate for the State
commander of the American Legion
when the body meets in Hagerstown
for its annual convention next month.
Despite efforts made to
obtain a parole for Frank M. Young,
Baltimore blind pool operator, who is
serving a term Of five years in the
Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, the
Federal parole board, meeting in At.
lanta, failed to review his case.
Chestertown.---Col. William J. Van
mort, Civil War veteran and prominent
Republican, quietly observed the nine
tieth anniversary Of his birth at his
home here Friday. Colonel Vannort
enjoys the distinction of being the old
est resident Of Chestertown.
Annapolis. Among the eight largest
cities in the United States birth reg
istration area Baltimore had next to
the highest infant mortality rate dur
ing 1924, according to the annual
statistical report on infant mortality
of the American Child Health Associa-
ton.
Annapolis.-Citing the speed laws
and signposts along Maryland high.
ways as an example to be followed,
the American Automobile Association
In session at Washington announced
campaign for greater safety for all
highway users, less congestion and
less delay in travelling"
Annapolis. -Governor Richie indi-
Gated that he would grant paroles to
Arthur L. Rice and Harry c. Leather
man, who are in the House Of Correc-
ton serving sentences of two years
for participation in the tar party, y
when Dorothy Grandon was tarred and
feathered at Myersville, Frederick
county, ON July 3, 1924.
nnapolis.-Swepson Earle, State
Conservation Commissioner, spent sew
eral days last week in suit Of over
alls in a marine engine repair shop
at Cambridge to learn the technical
details of making repairs and main
tanning in good condition the engines
of the boats in the service of the
State Conservation Department.
Baltimore-Three new scholarships
in gas engineering have been estab-
lished at the Johns Hopkins School of
Engineering. The additions make five
the total number of scholarships
which have been obtained through eff.
forts of the Southern Gas Association
to cause concentrated study Of the
problem CT fuel conservation.
Annapolis. Richie rec
commended to President Coolidge the
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