The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-06-12
Maryland
State NelDs

his return from an Inspection Trip IN
Western Maryland.
Annapolis.--A delegation Of minist-
ers blocked the appeal Of Meyer Ep-
stein for a parole from his eight
month sentence in the House of Cor
rection.
Cumberland.-Pres of Vail
medals for noteworthy service during
the food of March 20, 1924, will be
made to seven employees of the G. & P.
Telephone Company at Piedmont, w.
Va, Tuesday evening.
Frostburg. The body of Alonzo L.
Stokes, 48, native of this county,
who was killed in mine explosion
in North Carolina, was brought to the
home here of his sister, Mrs. Will
liam Sweitzer.
sBaltimore.-Six pedigreed Holstein
cattel, valued at $4,000 each, left here
Monday aboard the French steamer
Honduras" for France, where they
will be used for breeding purposes by
the French Government.
Acknowledgment, former hos
pital and rehabilitation center for
blind veterans of the World War,
brought it's activities officially to a
close. The last veteran left the insti-
tuition May ~, according to officials.
Baltimore.-A complete file Of clip
pings from the Baltimore American,
telling the story of the Sealed Or
ders" fight of Saturday is to be
studied by officials of the Militia Blu
reau In Washington.
BaTtimore.-A permanent home here
has been acquired by the Friends Of
Art, 1t was announced by Miss Anne
Graeme Turnbull, treasurer of the or
ganization. 1t is located at 8 East
Pleasant street, and will be occupied
by its new owners early in the fall.
Baltimore.-A warning to beware
of sick and stray dogs was sounded
by DR.. G. w. G. Rohrer, chief of the
pasteur bureau of the State Depart
ment of Health, when he treated four
new patients who had been bitten
Sunday.
Hagerstown. - Locking herself in
her home and turning on the gas,
Mrs. Pearl Baker, forty, this city, was
saved from asphyxiation only by
breaking down of door of the home
by two policemen and carrying the
woman to the street.
Miracle House," pre-
ventorium maintained at Claiborne by
the Maryland tuberculosis Associa-
ton, received 60 underweight and un-
dernourished children who were sent
to the institution by order of William
B. Matthews, managing director.
Baltimore - The Reserve Officers
Association of Maryland, at it's month
ly meeting at the War Memorial,
went on record as favoring July
as Defense Day. A resolution, urging
Governor Richie to name Independ-
ence Day as Defense Day was passed
Annapolis.-After the Severn River
yielded up bodies of Lieut.. Gerald
Selby, Of the Medical Corps, and Miss
Lucille Merrill of the Naval Hospital,
drowned while canoeing, naval
board was named to investigate the
tragedy.
Baltimore.-Charles D. Gather, Po-
lice Commissioner, took the oath Of
Office which made him commissioner
for six more years. The oath was
administered in the meeting room at
Police Headquarters by Stephen C.
Little, Clerk of the Superior Court.
Baltimore.-A fellowship at Johns
Hopkins University has been awarded
to Bernard Scholefield, of Oxford and
Guys Hospital, it was announced.
Scholefeld received one of twenty fell
lowships awarded, according to the
terms Of the British Commonwealth
Fund.
Observation-Disclosures Mason, thirty
one, of Big Pool, this county, an ex-
pert swimmer, was the first drowning
victim of the bathing season in Wash
ington county. While crossing the
Potomac River near his home, Mason
fell from a small boat and is believed
to have struck rock in he river.
Baltimore. = Holiday Home, Pixies.
vile, was opened with the dedication
of new wing as memorial to the
late Mrs. H. Crawford Black. The
wing was erected with funds left by
the late H. Crawford Black, who also
provided trust fund to be used for
the running expenses of the home.
Baltimore.-Fines aggregating $1S5
were paid by John Kolb, $40 Green
mount avenue, when he was fosnd
guilty by Magistrate John F. McGraw,
in Pikesville Police Court, of operat-
ing an automobile while under the in