The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-06-19
State Items
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lGS6, 0WdfJIfluuIdy I'd, AdS US0A
awarded to Avery F. Blake, graduate
Of the Baltimore, Polytechnic Insti-
tute.
Baltimore. - Buried under fifty
tons of coal while helping load the
steamship Rhode Island, jeremiah
Mack, 33 years old, a sailor, was
dead when the ships crew and a
squad of Southern District policemen
found him.
Rockville. long illness,
Hardy 1. Haley, 81, well-known resi-
dent and formerly in the Government
service, died at the home Of his cousin,
Arthur L. sherwood. He had been i'll
a long while of complication of dis
eases and his death was not unex-
pected.
Baltimore.-A thief entered the
home Of Isaac Berman, 500 Brooks
lane, while his wife, five children and
maid were on the second floor and
escaped with diamond ring, valued at
$500, and $50 in cash, which were in
pocketbook in the dining room on the
first floor.
Baltimore.-Miss Hazel F. Gosline,
a teacher of the mixed fourth and fifth
grade of Public School No. so, Gorsuch
avenue and Kennedy avenue, has been
appointed, with three other women
and two men. for immediate service
as a missionary of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in Hankow, China.
Baltimore.-The Maryland Division
of the Association Against the Pro
hibition Amendment received $5,136
during the last two months, it was re-
vealed in Washington Wednesday,
when additional receipts and disburse-
ments were filed with the clerk of the
House by the parent organization and
branches in all parts of the country.
Dissemination of anti-prohibition lit
erature in Maryland cost $6,641 during
the period, the report showed.
Baltimore.-After an exciting duel,
William e. Hohnberger Summit Point,
Gainesville, succeeded in killing
spreading viper about three and a half
feet long. The snake is believed to
have been hidden among some old logs
near the home, which is on the former
estate of the late Postmaster General
James A. Gary. The logs remained
undisturbed for twenty-five years until
they were moved to make way for
grading work.
While Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ruark, of Bishops Head, this
county, were bringing their daughter,
Katherine, 10, to the Cambridge
(Md.) Hospital to be operated upon
for appendicitis, their auto swerved
on the road and struck telephone
pole. All of the occupants of the
car, consisting Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ruark
and five children and Miss Lola
Bramble, escaped serious injury, al
though the car was completely de-
molished.
Baltimore Announcement was made
by counsel for the defense in the
Louis Cohen murder case that no ap-
peal will be taken from the verdict of
the jury. The three boys convicted
are now serving their terms in the
Maryland Neutrality-suspicious. J,
Foran and Claude Dobbs life sentences
and Charles Mullen fifteen years
Counsel stated that an appeal at this
time is not practical and that, unless
something unforeseen develops, there
will be no appeal at the end Of the
ninety-day limit.
Belair.-Col J. Ford Dorrance. of
Kalmia, one of the most prominent
Guernsey breeders in Hartford county.
has the unusual distinction of possess
ing pure bred Guernsey COW which
recently gave birth to three calves.
The calves are now several days old.
all healthy and in good condition.
They are perfectly formed and all
now the mecca of curiosity seekers
and cattle breeders from all over the
county.
Baltimore.-Forty-four aliens were
naturalised by Judge H. Arthur Stump
in the Court of Common Pleas, Seven
teen were denied citizenship. OF
those naturalized. fourteen came from
Italy, twelve from Russia, six from
England, five from Austria, four from
Poland, two from Germany and one
from Denmark. OF the cases dis
missed eleven were for want of prose
cution, three upon the request of the
applicants, two because the applicants
claimed exemption from military serv-
ice during the World War, and one
because of the applicants character.
acknowledgements ex-
ercises of La Sale Institute were held
at Carroll Hall. Diplomas were con-