These articles are from The Baltimore News, probably from September 23, 1918. The section of the newspaper I have doesn’t have the date on it. But the latest articles I find are from September 22.
I have placed the deaths and marriages before the other articles.
Funeral of Mrs. E. FARRELL
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth FERRELL, wife of William P. FERRELL, chief clerk at the Hotel Belvedere, who died at her home in Govans yesterday will be held Tuesday at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Govans. Mrs. FERRELL had been in ill-health since suffering a stroke of paralysis about three years ago. Last Thursday she suddenly became unconscious and never rallied. She is survived by her husband and three children—Miss Nellie FERRELL, Miss Elizabeth FERRELL and John FERRELL.
Dr. Thomas B. HORTON Married
Dr. Thomas B. HORTON of Curtis Bay and Mrs. Grace H. NORWOOD were married Saturday at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. BAUGHMAN, 2729 West North avenue. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Foster U. GIFT, pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church. Following the ceremony Dr. and Mrs. HORTON left for New York and Atlantic City.
KILLED IN NOSE DIVE
Pennsylvanian Loses Life At Training Camp At Fort Worth, Texas
(By the Associated Press)
Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 22—Capt. Robert T. ISETT of Spruce Creek, Pa., was killed this afternoon when his aeroplane fell at Barron Field, approximately 4000 feet, in a straight nose dive.
Captain ISETT came to Fort Worth about a year ago and was recently promoted from a first lieutenancy. He had extensive business interests in Philadelphia. His body will be sent there.
In Maryland
James Bayard WYATT, 89 years old, died recently in Caroline county and was buried in Wesley Cemetery, Burrsville. Another Maryland decedent was 83—Andrew BRADLEY, who died near Elkton; a native of Ireland, he came to this country when 18 years old. Joseph COOPER, a native of Talbot, also 83, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Howard HARDESTY, in Morton, Pa.; two days after returning from a visit to relatives and friends on the Eastern Shore.
Excerpts from MARYLAND BRIEFS
MECHANICSVILLE—A chalice is to be placed in the Chapel of Ease here as a memorial to Rev. W. F. CHESLEY and Mrs. CHESLEY, who were active in the building of the chapel.
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ELKTON—Ira REYNOLDS, son of Lewis REYNOLDS of the Concord section, who lost an arm in France, has arrived home on a two-month furlough. He enlisted in the artillery and was hit by a shell on the Marne in May. He will later go to Washington, where he will be fitted with an artificial arm and given employment by the Government.
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BELAIR—Miss Edna L. OLDFIELD, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. OLDFIELD, near Rocks, has become a yeowoman in the United States Navy.
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HAGERSTOWN—A stone barn on the HERBERT farm, near Fiddlersburg, owned by Dr. Daniel A. WATKINS and tenanted by William H. HERBERT and James E. AUSHERMAN, was destroyed by fire with 1000 bushels of wheat, hay, farm implements and other contents. Fourteen horses were rescued from the stables. Sparks from a traction engine attached to a thresher, which was threshing the wheat crop, are said to have started the fire. The loss will total $5000, which is partly recovered by insurance.
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UPPER MARLBOROUGH—William HARIS [sic], a Negro indicted at the April term of court here for larceny, and who broke jail soon afterward, has been again locked up. He was apprehended at Pittsburgh and escaped from a detective while being brought back but was rearrested near Baltimore. He is charged with stealing four automobiles, a horse and wagon, chickens, raincoats and shotguns.
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POCOMOKE CITY—L. Paul EWELL has been appointed chairman of the Worcester legal advisory board to succeed former Judge William F. JOHNSON.
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CRISFIELD—A dance was given by Lieutenant SWIFT of the noted Chicago family to the officers and crew of his vessel in the armory on Thursday night.
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BELAIR—Mrs. Herman STUMP will be chairman of the Harford Women’s Committee of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
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SNOW HILL—Lieut. William H. PRICE, son of Postmaster J. Samuel PRICE, has been promoted to be a captain in the Marine Corps. Captain PRICE enlisted in the Maryland National Guard for service on the Mexican border while a student at St. John’s College, Annapolis and upon his graduation joined the Marine Corps. And is now in Haiti. He was 21 years old in June, and is probably the youngest captain in the Corps.
NEWS OF MARYLAND AND THE VIRGINIAS
IN THE VIRGINIAS
HARPER’S FERRY, W. VA.—Richard KIDWELL, a Confederate Veteran, member of Mosby’s Rangers, died suddenly at the home in Harper’s Ferry of his son, Richard KIDWELL. He is survived by his widow, a daughter and four sons, two of whom are in the Army.
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ONANCOCK—A German helmet has been received by Mrs. W. S. BLADES from her husband Lieut. Webster S. BLADES of the First Pioneer Infantry, "somewhere in France." The helmet has a large bloodstain and several dents in it, showing it had once been in actual service.
Two small pieces of the aeroplane in which Lieut. Quentin ROOSEVELT was at the time when he was shot down by the Huns were also sent Mrs. BLADES by her husband.
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CAPE CHARLES—Chairman DANIEL of the Fuel Commission has adv ices from the Federal Commissioner at Richmond that Northampton will from now on receive a sufficiency of coal to relieve the entire need, provided reasonable economies are observed in its use. This result was reached after months of the most diligent effort.
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CHARLES TOWN, W. VA.—The Eastern Convocation of the Episcopal Church met in Grace Church, Middleway, this county, last week. Bishop W. L. GRAVATT was in charge of the meetings, and administered the holy communion.
Considerable interest was shown here last week in a spider’s web on the premised of William LOWRY. Net work of the web plainly spelled the words "war" and "W. Va." A photograph was made of the web.
Miss Amelia HOPKINS is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ashlan WHITE, at Henderson, N.C.
Willis BELLER of Kansas City spent several days with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. MARTIN and family and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas JACKSON of Chambersburg, Pa., are guests of Mrs. D. J. BUSH near town.
Mrs. C. C. MILLER and Miss Marie PITTMAN have returned from a motor trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas HILL and Mr. and Mrs. Harry HILL of Carroll county, Md., have been guests of Mrs. E. Frank DAVIS.
Mrs. M. J. HEDGES is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. W. HOWARD, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Ethel LA BOYTEAUX has gone to Richmond, Va., where she will teach the coming winter.
Mrs. and Mrs. Charles A. JOHNSON are at Atlantic City.
Turner A. BEALL of New York is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Frank GALLAGHER.
Col. A. J. MURPHY and family, after a six months’ sojourn in California, have returned to Claymont, their home, near town.
Miss Mary CHAMPION of Mansfield, Ill., is visiting her uncle, Rumsey SMITHSON.
Mrs. H. C. BAKER has returned from a visit to her daughter in Charleston, W. Va.
Mrs. Bessie CRAMPTON of Washington, D. C., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Annie HESSER.
Mrs. John W. KEMP of Washington is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. MERCHANT.
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ACCOMAC C. H.—Lieut. George S. CROCKETT, on route from West Point, Miss., to Hoboken, N.J., stopped off with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. CROCKETT.
Dr. W. F. BLACKSTONE of Georgetown, Del., formerly of this county, has been appointed examiner of his district in the United States Employment Service.
Dr. J. H. HILDEN of Pungoteague, who volunteered in August, has received his commission as captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, U.S.A., and has gone to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Mrs. E. M. MARTIN of New Church announces the marriage of her daughter, Mildred Dallas, to Lieut. James Burr LYNCH, United States Army, on September 12.
Mrs. PERRY of North East, Md., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. Len LILLISTON.
Miss Edna MILLINER of Cape Charles spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lee MILLINER.
Ensign T. W. BLACKSONE, Jr., U. S. N., spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. BLACKSTONE.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. GILMER of Pulaski were guest of Senator and Mrs. G. Walter MAPP.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel POWELL of Tasley received word of the safe arrival of their son, Corp. Wesley S. POWELL.
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PARKSLEY—Mr. and Mrs. W. K. DEVER entertained their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George A. DEVER, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. HOBBS and little son, Billy, of Denton, Md., and Mrs. F. T. TAGG of Baltimore. The party motored here.
Mr. and Mrs. Oley PILCHARD and children of Princess Anne, Md., were the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. PILCHARD, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. MORRIS motored from Centreville, Md., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. MORRIS.
Mrs. E. S. PARSONS is spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. E. B. HINMAN, in Warsaw, N.C.
Miss Loraine WRIGHT is with friends in Hampton.
Mrs. Etta E. PATE and daughter, Miss Sarah PATE, are in Baltimore.
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CRISFIELD
(Special Dispatch to The News)
Crisfield, Md., Sept. 22—Edgar MELVIN of Denzer, Ore., is in Crisfield on a visit to his sister, Mrs. L. C. QUINN. Mr. MELVIN has been on the Pacific coast for more than 30 years, this being his first visit to his home State in that period. He was formerly a resident of Pocomoke City, and was acquainted with Crisfield in its pioneer days.
Mrs. J. C. BOWMAN has returned to her home at Woodstock, Va., after a visit to her mother, Mrs. Matilda WILSON.
Mrs. Lillian SHIPLEY of Sykesville has returned from a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles BRIDDELL.
J. E. WOODLAND of Morehead City, N.C., is spending a few days at his old home in Crisfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses E. WILSON of Richardson Park, Del., are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. H. G. MEARS is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Fletcher PURNELL at their home in Philadelphia.
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POCOMOKE CITY
(Special Dispatch to The News)
Pocomoke City, Md., Sept. 22—Lieut. A. A. PARKER, Medical Corps, U.S.A., has gone to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va.
Rev. W. M. STRAYER of Oxford, Md., has been a guest at the home of James T. YOUNG.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. HOWARD have been visiting Mr. HOWARD’s relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred MERRILL of Baltimore visited Mr. MERRILL’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. MERRILL, in Somerset county, and other relatives in this section.
Mrs. R. J. LAMBDEN is visiting in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. YOUNG were guest of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. COSTEN.
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SNOW HILL
(Special Dispatch to The News)
Snow Hill, Md., Sept. 22—County Chairman John W. ENNIS has announced Liberty Loan meetings in Worcester: Stockton, September 30; Ocean City, October 1; Pitts Creek, October 2; Whaleyville, October 3; Girdletree, October 4; Bishopville, October 5; Newark, October 7; Beaver Dam, October 8; Snow Hill, October 9; Berlin, October 10; Pocomoke City, October 11; Ironshire, October 13; Welbourne, October 14. All the meetings will be at night.
The campaign committee is composed of F. Lee BONNEVILLE, chairman; John W. ENNIS, F. M. WILSON, E. J. SCHOOLFIELD, Edgar FONTAINE, W. C. CULLEN, W. S. SCHOOLFIELD, M. L. VEASEY, Dr. R. Lee HALL, Dr. N. E. SARTORIUS, J. Milton CLOGG, W. J. SCOTT, E. I. BLAINE, H. W. CALLAHAN, L. J. DAVIS, Alfred CHILD, M. S. PILCHARD, C. E. BYRD, H. B. PILCHARD, C. O. MELVIN, E. W. VEASEY, E. James TULL, J. T. YOUNG, J. Harry YOUNG, S. C. ENNIS, J. L. RAYFIELD, C. L. BARNES, John T. M. STURGIS, W. H. CLARKE, J. Shiles CROCKETT, M. W. COSTEN, J. J. SMULLIN, Ira T. STEVENSON, A. T. WHITE, C. P. COUNCIL, R. C. DRYDEN, R. I. LEDNUM, W. D. KEIM, R. V. GLADDING, D. C. ARMSTRONG, L. Paul EWELL.
Col. E. H. WARDWELL, E. I. JOHNSTON and Samuel M. CROCKETT form the publicity committee, and the women’s committee includes: Miss Sadie L. JONES, chairman; Misses Alma BLAINE, Lottie FONTAINE, Annie BLAINE, Mabel DAVIS, Katharine PILCHARD, Nettie BARNES, Ella WILSON, Bessie GRANDE, Vesta STEVENSON, Hattie STEVENSON, Winnie ENNIS, Myrna STEVENSON, Mrs. Margaret CLUFF, Mrs. W. D. KEIM, Mrs. Milton L. VEASEY, Mrs. Leslie YOUNG, Mrs. F. J. LLOYD, Mrs. J. C. STEVENSON, Mrs. E. J. SCHOOLFIELD, Mrs. J. T. SMULLIN, Jr., Mrs. J. W. LACY, Mrs. Albert PARKER, Mrs. E. S. HARGIS, Mrs. Gertrude PRICE, Mrs. W. S. SCHOOLFIELD, Mrs. Sidney STEVENS, Mrs. J. K. LANG, Mrs. J. S. GENSHEIMER, Mrs. R. W. LANGFORD.
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SHARPTOWN
(Special Dispatch to The News)
Sharptown, Md., Sept. 22—Mr. and Mrs. M. H. BENNETT of Camden, N.J., came here on a visit and brought their granddaughter, Edna SMITH, 4 years old. Little Edna met four grandmothers whom she had never seen. They are Mrs. Annie KNOWLES, her mother’s grandmother and her great-grandmother; Mrs. Mary HENRY, mother of Mrs. KNOWLES, and her great-great-grandmother; Mrs. Mary KNOWLES, Mother of Mrs. Annie KNOWLES’ husband, Capt. William KNOWLES, again a great-great-grandmother of little Edna, and Mr. BENNETT’s mother, Mrs. John H. BENNETT, her great-grandmother.
News has reached here of the arrival in New York of the schooner Purnell T. White from Africa. Captain WHITE, 23 years old, died a short time after leaving Africa and was buried at sea. The Purnell T. White was built here two years ago by the White Shipbuilding Company and named for Purnell T. WHITE, cashier of the Sharptown Bank.
Webster TRUITT, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver TRUITT has matriculated at Washington College.
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UPPER MARLBORO
Upper Marlboro, Md., Sept. 22—Mrs. John H. TRABAND has been visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Miss R. MARTIN of Washington is visiting Mrs. Reverdy SASSCER at Woodland.
Miss Maude GIBBONS of Croom is teaching in the Marlboro High School.
Mrs. Charles J. HILL, who had spent some time at her old home in Virginia, has returned.
Miss Nannie AMBLER of Washington has been visiting her neice, Mrs. F. T. McMANUS, at the rectory.
Miss Ethel MULLIKIN of Washington is spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. MULLIKIN.
Miss Katherine SELTZER of Baltimore is visiting the MISSES RIDGELY and other relatives here.
Judge BEALL has drawn these jurors for the October term of court. Grand and petit juries, first week: John B. PYLES, foreman: William M. GILLINGHAM, Joseph B. PERRIE, Clement H. BROOK, Jr., Walter S. YOUNG, Zach T. CHANEY, Barton L. STEWART, William BRICKERD, Harry W. DORSEY, John W. SCHULTZ, John F. MILBROOK, Daniel BUCK, Henry P. HARDY, W. Curtis HOPKINS, Thomas LYONS, James A. BEAN, Arthur C. WAESCHE, William M. MAYHEW, Charles W. JOY, Henry P. FRIDAY, George N. WELLS, R. Hugh PERRIE, William D. PYLES, Henry B. CONTEE, William G. FISCHER, Louis GRIFFITH, William T. THORNE, Jr., Edgar P. HAMILTON, Alexander H. TERRETT, Walter LUSBY, Wallace M. DIXON, George T. DUVALL, Robert A. VAN HORN, Joseph L. SHIPLEY, W. Howard BECKETT, Clinton BEALL, Walter A. RANDALL, Joseph S. FLOWER, Clinton DONALDSON, Milton B. BROOKE, Rigel O. BEALL, William T. ROCHE, James F. ARMSTRONG, Edward T. GROSS, Irving L. CARRICK, J. Simms GARDINER, Robert E. NELSON, and Lorenzo D. ADDIS; second week’s petit jury, Herman P. MILLARD, Frank H. SMALL, Edward E. PERKINS, G. Hodges CARR, James W. BEAVERS, George W. BRYANT, John W. EDELEN, Rorie A. PARKER, U. S. WISE, Arthur SIMMONS, William E. BOSWELL, Trueman BEAN, Richard F. CATTERTON, George A. AIST, Charles E. LEAPLEY, Louis E. BRANSON, W. Bladen JACKSON, Perry W. BROWNING, Joseph B. OWENS, William F. SMITH, Greenwell W. OWENS, William H. WATSON, C. Ernest NICHOLS, Charles E. ARTHUR and John SNOWDEN.
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"OVER THERE"
Lieut. Wallis BISHOP, whose mother, Mrs. Florence BISHOP, lives in Berlin, writes home from Italy, where he is serving with Canadian aircraft men: "This is a fine camp—a fine bunch of fellows, good meals and sleeping quarters—a swimming pool, tennis courts, a piano and a phonograph." It is a comfort to know that our fighting men are so well cared for.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. WILLIAMS are in receipt of a letter from their son, Frank Edwin, Jr., who was recently wounded saying: "I am improving very fast and expect from now on to be able to write you every day. They have not sent me to England yet, but insist that they are going to."
John W. SHORTER of Park Hall, St. Mary’s county, reported as seriously wounded in a late casualty list, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles SHORTER. He volunteered at the beginning of the war.
Private J. E. STONE, Fifty-second Pioneer Infantry, tells his mother, Mrs. M. E. STONE of Leonardtown, in a recent letter: "Am getting plenty of substantial food and have nothing to buy but smokes, which are less than half the price in the United States, so when the war is over I expect to come back with a large roll on me."
Private Alton CHESELDINE, Three Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, writes his mother, Mrs. R. T. CHESELDINE of River Springs: "Mother, I am a long way from you now. I never thought that I would have to leave you like I did, because you know that I was never a boy for leaving home, and I would love to be with you, but you know my country needed me and I had to leave you. Mother, I don’t want you to worry about me, because I know that God will bring me back. I know it won’t be long before I will be in the trenches but I am coming home just the same."
Lieut. John A. SELBY writes to his father, Thomas P. SELBY, Snow Hill, from France that he is the shortest man in his company. Lieutenant SELBY stands six feet one inch in his stocking feet.
Sergt. A. B. COST, writing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pry A. COST of Keedysville, after the battle of the Marne, in which his unit was engaged, says: "We certainly are getting great ‘eats’ now. For a while, before our rations began coming regularly, we ate short at times, and sometimes were even hungry; but the good American ration is coming now, and it is certainly a liberal one. Like everything connected with our Army, it is of the very best. Yesterday evening for supper we had steak, corn fritters, syrup, bread and coffee. In addition we had several cans of baked beans issued, which we did not give out, but have saved for another time. We got a liberal issue of tobacco and frequently get cakes, chocolate and sometimes canned fruits."
"Somewhere in France," and in the southern part of it, too, an American officer of Annapolis observed an American soldier, not of gigantic size, however, talking to some little French children, and he went up to the group; and Lieut. William ENNIS of the United States Army stood face to face with Private Pierce JEWELL of the United States Army—both of Annapolis.
Fulton G. TURNER, formerly of St. John’s College, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the One Hundred and Eleventh Machine Gun Battalion in France. He is the twenty-ninth of the original 50 members of the First Maryland Machine Gun Company, which went to the border from St. John’s College, to be commissioned an officer in the American Army.
In a letter to his father, James A. LUTZ of Annapolis, Lieut. James A. LUTZ, Jr., says the machine gun company of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry, which contains most of the members of the old machine gun company of the First Maryland Infantry from Annapolis, was recently in action, and bore itself in a manner to win the commendation of all the officers who saw it. Sergeant Fred BIELASKI was in the raid which went over and captured a German machine gun and then helped bring in a few wounded of the attacking force. Lieutenant LUTZ states that BIELASKI would have received a commission long ago but for the fact that he is still under age.
SEES END OF WAR WITHIN A YEAR
That victory over the Germans will come in 1919 and that the lives of a million American soldiers will be saved if the war can be prevented from running into 1920 is the declaration of Herbert C. HOOVER, Federal Food Administrator, made in Washington in outlining the food conservation program recommended by the Government to the American people.
Socialists Nominate
Providence, Sept. 22—Rhode Island Socialists in convention last night nominated Fred HURSH of Cranston for United States Senator and Ernest SHERWOOD of Cranston of Governor.
Girls Work in Aeroplane Factory
(From a Bulletin of the Department of Labor)
In one aeroplane factory in the West, a large part of the work is done by girls. They pack the parts of the machines, stuff bags with excelsior to protect delicate mechanism from injury, work on the wiring, solder joints of wire and cut copper pieces. They also sew the linen wings on the planes and do practically all the work of preparing the wings for flight.
Davy JONES Naps; Suit Case Vanishes
Peter PAUL, Awake, Trails Negro Thief And Causes His Arrest
Davy JONES was in the Western Police Court yesterday and although the case did not concern his locker, it had much to do with his suit case.
This Davy JONES, who lacks an arm, voyaged here Saturday from Magnolia, where he is a fireman, and took aboard more "wet" goods than he could carry safely. He shut his eyes in full view of passersby in the shadow of the Postoffice. So when Thomas MIDDLETON (colored) of New York, fell for a temptation to steal Davy’s suitcase, Davy was none the wiser.
But MIDDLETON did not take into consideration the watchful eyes of Peter PAUL, 222 East Lombard street. Unable to locate a policeman, PAUL trailed the Negro to Camden Station and caused his arrest by Patrolmen BELTZ and LEVIE, who found Davy JONES still slumbering peacefully near the postoffice.
Justice JOHANNSEN held MIDDLETON in $300 for court, Davy JONES has left for Magnolia and PAUL is telling friends of his good sleuthing.
A Soldier’s Appreciation
(From the Red Cross Magazine)
Recently a woman well known in America, who has devoted all her time to relief work since the war began, was visiting a hospital. The commanding officer had sent a military car for her. She entered the car just as an ambulance filled with wounded passed by. As she noticed thin, pale faces, tears came into her eyes. The soldier-chauffer asked if she was ill.
"No," she said, "these are tears of gratitude and pride."
"Madame," replied the boy simply, "if I thought that my being a soldier was worthy of but one of your tears, I should feel that I had not lived in vain."
Corporal FURMAN is a Camp Meade man who is with the One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry in France. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis FURMAN, 1949 West North avenue.
Senator’s Brother a Captain
Clemence J. FRANCE, brother of Senator Joseph L. FRANCE of Maryland and a former Baltimorean, has been appointed a captain in the gas and chemical division of the Army, taking this rank in preference to a commission as a major on the General Staff, as it promises service overseas. Captain FRANCE has been living in Seattle, Wash., for several years.
BLIND SOLDIER TELLS ABOUT RAID IN VERSE
Private Bertie W. RANDALL, Now In Hospital, Describes Recent Hun Outrage
Private Bertie W. RANDALL, of Company G, Fifteenth Infantry, who was blinded in action in France and is now a patient at General Hospital No. 7, Evergreen Junior, has sent in to The News a poem he composed, in which is described the bombing of a Red Cross hospital by the Germans. Private Randall was in the hospital on June 7, when the bombardment occurred, having been wounded three days before.
The poem follows:
A TOAST—"THE DAY."
(From the German.)
They came from homes of comfort
Their blessings to bestow
And lived their lives in working
To help both friend and foe.
No part had they in warring
They treated all the best
But now the Hun has spoken
And they have gone to rest.
A gentleman of Kultur,
An aeroplane his steed,
Came scouting o’er the building,
A moonlight light shone on the Cross
Of Mercy on the roof;
He dropped a flare to show it—
It stood out—double-proof.
Two bombs let go the instant.
One struck the cross full square.
The building rocked and tumbled.
And all was gone but air.
Full forty perished there that night,
Three sisters with the rest;
And torn and wounded
Were succored by the best.
A brave and mighty deed it was,
The Iron Cross was earned.
But woe betide the monster
Who to these crimes has turned.
We’ll meet him in the trenches
And beat him with our own.
And glad the day when he will reap
The harvest he has sown.
He’ll beg for mercy, cringing,
He’ll promise all we seek;
And swear to change his nature,
Benevolent and meek.
Here’s hoping, boys, the time is short,
Our object to attain;
The day will come when we wipe out
His foul and dirty stain.
MAHOOL TO RULE CITY
Mayor PRESTON Leaves Tomorrow For Boston To Attend Conference
J. Barry MAHOOL, president of the Second Branch City Council and former Mayor of Baltimore, will be the "King Bee" in the City Hall this week as Mayor PRESTON expects to leave for Boston this morning to attend the eleventh annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association.
Others to make the trip with the Mayor include: Daniel J. LODEN, Richard GWINN, Judge Charles KREUDER, Jr., Oregon M. DENNIS, Dr. Clarence J. OWENS, Charles E. PARR, William W. CLOUD, Alfred I. HART, W. W. VARNEY, S. Frank BENNETT, Henry FRANKLIN, John W. SNYDER, Walter B. BROOKS, Theodore K. MILLER, William B. LEVY, Henry S. DULANEY, Gen. Felix AGNUS and Albert DIGGS.
RAID ALLEGED SPEAKEASY
Police Take Seven From House On Vine Street
Prompt action yesterday by Round Sergeant DAVIS, Sergt. SCHUMAN and Patrolmen COONEY and KLINGERBERG of the Western District, unearthed an alleged speakeasy at 666 Vine street. In a raid on the house, six Negroes and a Negro woman were caught, and six cases of beer, besides a quantity of whisky, seized.
Charged with selling intoxicants without a license, Henry WOODS (colored) was held by Justice JOHANNSEN in default of $500 bail.
4 INJURED IN AUTO CRASH
Machine Plunges Into Telegraph Pole After Wheel Flies Off
When a wheel of an autotruck came off and the machine plunged into a telegraph pole on the Liberty road near Westminster Saturday four men were seriously injured. They were brought to Baltimore in a private automobile.
The injured men are: William H. MILLER, 102 South East avenue; Charles F. BLUE, 1733 North Eden street; John H. BRILY, 1715 North Carolina street, and Henry M. YAEKEL, 1837 Hope street.
The men were taking a piano and a victrola to Westminster for the Sanders and Stayman Company.
Dr. MAGOFFIN Now a Major
Dr. Ralph Van Deman MAGOFFIN, formerly associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, has been promoted to the rank of major in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army.
Sousa to Lead
Chicago, Sept. 22, Lieutenant John Philip Sousa will lead the 100-piece Great Lakes Band, at the Blue Jacket’ Naval Rest here, beginning September 30, and lasting a week, it was announced today.
Baltimore Women 100 Per Cent. American
These loyal Americans and many more work hard for Uncle Sam at the Bryn Mawr School League Headquarters, 1224 Light street. They have been working all through the summer—real 100 per cent. Americans—and started on the winter’s work Thursday. Miss Emma WARNER of 613 St. Paul street is chairman of the Red Cross Branch at the League. Some of the most loyal workers are Miss Delia SCARBOROUGH, Mrs. BOHANON, Mrs. J. A. FISHER, Mrs. W. E. EDWARDS, Mrs. FRANKS, Mrs. HAHN, Miss May JAFFERS, Miss KEESEE, Miss Inez MILLS, Mrs. REYNOLDS, Mrs. B. F. SPREDDEN, Mrs. STACY, Mrs. P. TOWLER, Miss Marguerite WREDE.
Well-Known Players Who Are Over There
The Troy Crab, as EVERS was known to baseball, is a Knights of Columbus secretary now. GOWDY, the former National League backstop, was the first major league player to enlist and has been in the thick of the fighting for some time, he having gone over with the Rainbow Division. Hank is a sergeant and when he and EVERS met they had a mighty interesting talk, with baseball the chief subject of conversation.
The CONOWAY boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph CONOWAY, 1534 William street. G. M. L. CONOWAY has been overseas four times and so has Patrick. Charles is in France.
In Maryland
An exciting combined runaway and motorcar mishap took place on the road in front of the Country Club. The driver tried to turn his touring car near the water plug and got into the soft ground. He asked William FEBREY, who was cutting grass on the golf links, to aid. He came over and hitched his nag to the car, and with all hands pushing and the nag pulling gave a mighty heave and the single-tree broke. The horse, annoyed by the accident, kicked a hole in the back of the car and ran off with Mr. FEBREY dragging over the ground and making noises like "Hey, there! Stop! Dang you!" and so on. The horse stopped when he rolled into another ditch. Mr. FEBREY led him back, and after another hitch got the car back on the road. The turf was badly torn up, but no one hurt except the single tree.—Hagerstown Mail
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Maryland newspapers continue to increase subscription rates. The Hagerstown Globe, Hagerstown Mail and Frederick News, dailies, are now $4 a year. Weeklies announcing raises from $1 to $1.50 a year are the two Centreville papers., the Record and Observer; the Sykesville Herald, Federalsburg Courier, Crisfield Times, Snow Hill People, Leonardtown Beacon and Towson Union-News. The Hurlock Advance has temporarily suspended publication, the editor, Guy L. FOWLER, having returned to the Westminster Times. One new paper has appeared—the Greensboro Enterprise.
BANKERS O.K. ALBERT STRAUSS
(from the New York Tribune)
President Wilson’s nomination of Albert STRAUSS of J. & W. Seligman & Co., to succeed Paul WARBURG as a member of the Federal Reserve Board was received with genuine enthusiasm by the leading financiers here.
Seward PROSSER, president of the Bankers Trust Company, said:
"It is one of the most admirable appointments that could have been made. Mr. STRAUSS is a safe, sane type of man. Every one who knows him respects him. I regard New York as fortunate in having such a man appointed."
Alexander J. HEMPHILL, chairman of the board of directors of the Guaranty Trust Company, said:
"It is a very fine appointment. A better selection that Mr. STRAUSS could not have been made."
Francis L. HINE, president of the First National Bank said:
"It is an admirable appointment."
Mrs. Harry PARR is considered one of the best looking of the younger matrons of local society. She recently returned to her home in the Green Spring Valley from Cape May, where, with her sister-in-law, Mrs. G. Howell PARR, she spent the summer with Mrs. W. Joyce SEWELL, the latter’s sister. Lieut. Howell PARR has just been assigned to service at Waco, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Harry PARR will remain in the Valley during the fall and will probably follow their custom by taking apartments in the city for the winter.
Mrs. Lulu Frick TAYLOR, who is stationed at one of the Young Women’s Christian Association hostess houses for Signal Corps Girls in France, was formerly a student of Goucher College.
She lived in Dresden for eight years, in Paris for one year and spent one winter in Russia. For two years she was director of the Martha Cook Building, Ann Arbor, Mich.
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
Have Entered Many New Lines of Service And Usefulness
(Adelaide Lyons, in the World Outlook)
Did you ever see a lady longshoreman, or a woman operating a steam hammer or grinding a lens or running a locomotive? If you only keep your eyes open you may, for these are just a few of the things that women in America are doing now.
Since we entered the war we have mobilized an army of 1,500,000 women. Of the 9,500,000 women working in the United States today many are at women’s traditional task of feeding and clothing the world; 205,000 are in canning industries; 275,000 are in textile mills, and 95,000 are in shoe factories.
But many women have entered new industries; 400,000 make military equipment; 100,000 are munitions workers; 100,000 are mechanicians; 45,000 are clerical workers in Washington; 20,000 have replaced men as porters, waiters, bellboys and clerks.
Hundreds of others are street car conductors, elevator operators, telegraphers, messengers, watchmen, policemen, letter carriers and farmers.
Men have evidently decided that there is no limit to what women can do, for a shipyard superintendent recently wrote to an occupation bureau that he wanted "a female spirit director to engender a pull-together spirit among the woodworkers."
AN ARMY GRETNA GREEN
Hurry-Up Marriages Are Performed By Hoboken Chaplain
(From the Army and Navy Journal)
The office of Chaplain James T. AXTON, U.S.A., at the headquarters of the port of embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., is fast becoming the "Gretna Green" of the Army and Navy, and bids fair soon to hold the record for marriages in the services, if it does not hold it already. Under a New Jersey law, Chaplain AXTON and the other chaplains on duty under him can issue a marriage license, and tie the marriage knot the instant after.
Applicants who desire to enter the matrimonial state by applying to Chaplain AXTON thus save the bother and delay of some 24 hours in getting a marriage license from the civil authorities, and what is more no fee is charged them by the obliging army chaplains.
Officers as well as enlisted men of the Army and Navy have been joined in wedlock at the office of Chaplain AXTON, and if the numbers increase very much an additional force of chaplains will be required for matrimonial work.