The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-07-24
Beyond the County

yesterday, in the east room of the
White House, with Secretaries Stim-
son and Adams and others, signed the
London Naval Treaty.
In Baltimore, on Tuesday, during
the storm which broke the heat wave,
lightning, striking a tree, killed an
unidentified man. Even after the
storm the thermometer registered 80.
At Washington the murder of Mary
Baker, Naval Department employee,
seemed nearer solution, by the arrest
of Herbert M. Campbell, Virginia real
estate man. J-.-
His Royal Majesty, Abba Jifar,
Sultan of Jimma, Southern Ethiopia,
Abysinnia, where there is not road,
! has purchased bright red automobile
for $4,000, costing 1924 for trans
portation.
At York, Pa, father chained Eva
Lau to heavy table in order to keep
her home to care for younger chill
dren, was arrested and jailed after the
child had been released.
In Chicago, specialists and judges
are trying to unravel the mystery as
to whether Evan Watkins is George
Bamberger or whether George Bam-
berger is Evan Watkins, the tags on
the two babies evidently having been
mixed in the hospital in which they
were born.
Near Hagerstown, on Mount Brier
and Fairview mountains, where for
est fires ragged this week, revenue
officers report that moonshiners were
effectively put out of business by the
burning of a number of stills operat-
ing in that vicinity.
In Washington, Representative Den
nison, Illinois, jostled by man in a
cigar store, reported to police that he
had been touched for $500 diamond
ring, $4,000 in checks and Sd in cash.
At Milford, Conn, R. G. Basket,
truckman, being hungry, ate 124 little
neck clans in 20 minutes, then went
home and had a lobster cooked with
which to finish his meal.
During the recent hot wave, Harry
Blond, while on top of Pixies Peak, in
Colorado, was struck in the eye and
severely injured while engaged in a
SNOWFALL fight with a friend.
In Chicago, the American Research
Association reports that many staples
used for food are from 20 to 40 per
cent below the 1929 level and that, on
an average, $19.72 pays weekly food
costs for family of four.
At Buffalo, a motorist, trying to
smuggle quart of whiskey into this
country from Canada, distributed it
about his automobile in 20 two ounce
bottles, was caught, fined $500 a
bottle, whereas, had he left it in one
| bottle his fine would have been but
$500.
In West Virginia, the Division of
Vital Statistics reveals that, during
the past year, the youngest mother in
the state was Is years of age and
the oldest 40.
At Manassas, Va, last Monday, the
Goth anniversary of the First Battle
of Manassas, or Bull Run, one of the
most famous battles of history, was
celebrated.
In Germany, near Berlin, named for
cities and states in this country,
to which they hoped to migrate but
never did, natives have ct
tied at New York, one of the smallest
villages in Germany; Pennsylvania,
which, has no schools; Maryland,
where school is located; Florida,
where housetops are covered with
snow in winter, and Boston, having
100 inhabitants.
In Nevade, the divorce proceedings
between Kip Rhinelander, scion of a
wealthy New York family, and Alice
Jones Rhinelander, his negro wife, has
been settled by the former paying
$4,000 in cash and $4,000 a year
permanent alimony.
In Chicago, the home of Ruth Han
ma, Mccormick, Republican Senatorial
nominee, was ransacked during her
absence, presumably in an endeavor to
find nominating data on which to
base excessive campaign expenditures.
At Roanoke, Va, under an indict-
ment for violation of the Sunday
observance laws, jury has decided
that playing miniature golf within the
corporate limits on Sunday, does not
constitute violation of the ancient
'blue laws"