Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1923, Page 12

STORM DAVAGE VIRGINA TOWNS Thousands of Lights and Phones Put Out of Commission. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12.—Both telephone and electric light service in the city and suburbs was paralyzed for some time early last night in this city and the surrounding counties as a result of the heavy electrical, rain and wind storm. A total of 130 tele- phones in and near the city were put out of commission, and the Alex- andria Light and Power Company had its service in certain sections in the suburbs interrupted for an hour, and in some isolated places more than an hour. Wrecking crews from both com- panies at once started out on the job of repairing the damage done, and by 10:30 o'ciock the Alexandria Light and Power Company had restored service to all of its customers, a total of 3,000 lights outside of the city being affected by the big storm. Lightning Hits Judge’s Home. Lightning blew a whole window out of the third story of the residence of Judge Frederick G. Duvall in Rose- mont, and the casing was smashed into splinters. According to officials of the Che peake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany, they had trouble with their service not only In this city, but als in Falls Church, Clarendon, Leesburg and Middleburg. The principai damage was caused by limbs of tre being blown on the company’s wires and fuses at the stations being blown out. Conslderable damage to the wires on Seminary Hill, west of this city, was done when the wires were knocked down. The 3,000 lights of the Alexandria Light and Power Company affected were located north and west of Mount Vernon avenue, in Arlington county. The company officials report that two 13.000-volt feeders, one 2,300- volt feeder and one street light cir- cult between Washington and Mount Vernon avenues, Arlington county, were crippled as a result of the storm. In addition seven other 2.300-volt feeders in other sections were affect- ed and there were about nine in- stances of trees beinz blown down doing damage. In addlition the com- pany experienced _trouble in Rose- mont, Braddock, Seminary, Del Ra North Braddock' and Duke street ex tended Branches of trees in various sec- tlons of the city were knocked off and many persons found that their roofs were leaky, some houses heing flooded as a result of leaky roofs Only One Typhold Case. There was only one case of typhoid fever In the city during the month of June and this was a colored girl itving in a dilapidated shack under the most insanitary conditions, ac- cording to the monthly report just submitted by 2. Foulks, health officer. kes only cases of typhoid in the 1imits durlng the past eight months. which is by far the lowest tvpho rate recorded by the city health de- partment. Dr. Fou says it cer: rainly affords him great pleasure to be able to make these facts public. The report sets forth that there were fourteen deaths and forty-two births during the month of June. Concerning this the health officer says: “It might he noted here that on an average our birth rate keeps| about twice high as our death I think this_is a very good | Other items of interest cont. the report follow: A total of spections were made of restaurant. meat marke fish markets and wagons, grocery stores, bakeries. ice cream parlors and soft drink estab- lishments. Twenty-eight inspections of dairies and sixty-four milk tests were conducted in the laboratory of the department and twenty-one res taurants were given their monthly rating Foodstuffs condemned and destroy- ed included one crate o . thirty pounds of liver, forty. pounds of pork loins and tw five pounds of smoked sausage. There were eigh inspections of barber picture houses, public toilets and buildings. A total of 201 complaints were investigated and condit rected where required. E orders were issued to clean up lots, alleys. gutters, etc. and four- teen privy wells were ordered filled or cemented over. A total of 396 tests were made in the eity’s laboratory during June. The re- port says that our city water continues to run good. The sixty-four milk tests also turned out good, with one excep- tion, according to the report. In the case of the one that did not turn out good prompt tion was taken and con- ditions corrected. There were sixty- five cases treated in the venereal clinic and a total of 576 treatments were given. In the clinic for the city poor a total of 150 examinations, advice and treatment were given. A number of patients were looked after in the spe- clinic conducted by Dr. Ben- sanitary moving health nurse, a total of eighty-one in- vestigating, instructive, infant welfare and nursing visits were made by the city nurse and twenty-five afternoons were spent in various clinics and in other special work, as required by the health officer. Deeds Recorded. Deeds of conveyance for the fol- lowing pieces of property have just been placed on record in the office of the clerk of the court: Joseph A. Mellon to Rosa Whitestone, house and lot 309 Duke street; Harvey Sisson and wife to Harrison B. Gray and wife, house and lot on the west side of Lee between Duke and Wolfe streets; W. H. Helms and wife to Harrison B. Grav and wife, house and lot at the northwest corner of Tiee and Wolfe streets; James W. Beavers to W. W. Simpson, house and 10t on the north side of Prince be- tween Lée and Unlon streets: James B. Caton, jr., trustee. to Elizabeih L. oss, house and lot, 512 Duke street; Curran F. Rochester and wife to ter_Fields and wife, house and lot 33 North Royal street; Nelson T. yder, jr. to Raymond H. Cheek, Iiouse and lot 13, block 25, section 4, osemont; Willlam A. Gillespie to arry F. Kennedy, lot 13, block 18, ction 3, Rosemont. n the ‘circuit court for this city sterday afternoon a jury returned verdict to the effect that the paper ted March 1, 1922, was not the true i1l of Charles Green, deceased. The it to set aside the will was insti- t8ted by Laura Green. Judge Howard Smith presided. Attorney T. M. atson represented the complainant d Attorney Edmund Burke repre- nted the will. § —_— lI:OOHE INSPECTS ROAD. presentative Goes Over Highway i to Naval Proving Grounds. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 13.— R. Walton Moore of Fairfax, repre- sentative in Congress from the eighth district, was here this week and was joined by H. G. Shirley, chalrman of | the state highway commission, for a tour of inspection of the road from this city to the United States maval proving grounds at Dahigren, King George county, Thomas L. Hunter. of King George accompanied them. The purpose of the visit was to in- spect the roadway and to interview some of the citizens with a view to | the possibility of the state construct- ing an improved highway from the large camp to this city. About half of the trip may be made over the King's bighway, but after leaving this the road is rough and in wosther - becol ble, forts at every turn hold the cit: igs evin ..__....a._mu.alu“ ATTACK ON MARYLAND SCHOOL SYSTEM RENEWED Frederick Attorney Heads Delega- tion Demanding County Budget Be Not Allowed. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., July 12.—Mary- land's school system, which has been under fire in Frederick county for three weeks, was further criticized by H. Dorsey Etchison, a Frederick attorney, who headed a delegation of about seventy-five business men and women at & hearing before the county commissioners when it was demanded a school budget of $332,217 not be allowed for this county. Etchison's assertion that domestic science and manual courses were a waste of public funds drew a re- sponse from State Superintendent of Education Albert S. Cook. Etchison vesterday replied: “I have sald that our present system of education is extravagant, inefficlent, senseless, vicious and rotten, and some other appropriate adjectives of descriptions could be used, if I really meant to be emphati TWO SOLDIERS HELD AFTER AUTO UPSETS Charge of Stealing U. S. Property Registered in Arrest at Fredericksburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 12 —Chief of Police Perry received a phone message from C. F. Hicks of Port Royal informing him that two {men whose car had turned over in a ditch below Port Royal closely re- sembled two soldiers wanted by Fort Eustis authorities, Mr. Hicks stated that the car had been righted and the men were coming toward Freder- icksburg. Chief Perry, Officers Stone, Jenkins and Musselman went down the road in an auto and met the two suspects about six miles from this city. The men, Privates Peter Carollo and Francis E. Day, the former wanted for desertion, ‘and both accused of stealing government property, claimed they were going to_ Raritan arsenal at Metuchen, N. J. Both denied that they had purloined government prop- ert The officers found nething but two army blankets in the machine. Fort Eustls authorities were notifted that the men are being held here. They will be sent for. WESTERN MARYLAND MAIN LINE AGAIN OPEN Derailment of Fourteen Freight Cars Near Thurmont Worst Wreck in Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. STOWN, Md, July 12.—The main line of the Western Maryland railroad between Hagerstown and Baltimore iy agaln open, following a serious freight wreck near Thurmont, when fourteen freight cars were de- railed. A broken car wheel caused the wreck, and nearly half a mile of track was torn up when the cars left the rails. All trafic was transferred to the B. & H. division, and nearly all of the passenger trains were several hours late in arriving both here and at Baltimore. Passengers were com- pelled to transfer from the scene of the wreck to points nearby, where other trains took them to their desti- nations. The wreck was one of the worst in the history of the railroad. declare officials. The engineer, it was sald, did not observe that the cars behind him had left the track, and it was because of this that so much track was torn up. BANK CONTRACTS LET. New Building in Vienna Will Cost About $20,000. VIENNA, Va, July 12—Contracts for the new Vienna National Bank building have been let to Gray Money, for building; York Safe and Lock Company, for vaults, and the Wade Manufacturing Company, for fixtures. The contracts approximate $20.000. The building will be one story, 28 by 45 feet, and will be used for banking purposes exclusively. The structure will be of tapestry brick, colonial design, and have all modern improvements. Rossell Edward Mitch- ell of Washington, D. C., is the architect. - CUMBERLAND DIVISION WORKERS GET RAISES & O. Clerks and Freight Handlers Also Given Over- time Rate. B. Speclal Dispatch t6 The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 12 Clerks and freight handlers of the Cumberland dlivision, Baltimore and Ohio railroad, numbering about 350, were granted an increase in salary, effective July 1. Beginning August 1, all overtime after eight hours, and work done Sundays and holidays will be pald for at the rate of time-and-one-half. Following is the schedule of in- creases: Clerks, 10 cents a day; train and engine crew callers, 1 cent an hour; assistant station masters and baggage room employes, 2 cents an hour; janitors, 1 cent an hour; sta- tion, platform and storeroom employ- es, frelght handlers and truckers, 2% cents an hour. BABY KILLED BY TRAIN, RUNNING TO FATHER Spertal Disnatch to The Btar. CUMBERLAND, Md. Dasning across the Ohio tracks near Rockwood yesterday to greet his father, Thom: Beach- man, Thomas Beachman, ir.; eighteen months old, -got directly in’ the path of a passenger train and was in- stantly killed. Z The father is employed'on the rail- road. —_——— CHILD BADLY BURNED. Clothes Catch Afire While She Plays With Matches. Special Dispatch to The Star. LONACONING, M4, Eleanor Barclay, aged daughter of Alexander Barclay, was badly burned about the face and body yesterday, when her clothin caught fire ‘while playing witl matches. “Her screams attracted her mother and neighbors, who found her enveloped in flames. WATER FAMINE ACUTE. BSpecial Dispatch to The Sta; MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 12.— A ‘water famine £o acute as to compel the curtailment of operations at the local mills, to necessitate the arbi- trary suspension of lawn-sprinkling throurh otticial orders, and to demand immediate and rigid conservation ef- l | e “THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923. START TO REMEDY DUMP CONDITIONS Railway Company Promises to Aid Clean-Up in Arling- ton County. : Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., July 12.—A par- tial remedy of the unhealthy condi- tions surrounding the dump on the ground of the Richmond, Fredericks- burg and Potomac Railroad Company near the Highway bridge entrance to the county, which have brought forth loud protests from scores of county citizens and assoclations and de- mands that the dump be closed, has been promised by an officlal of the rail- road company. Edwin Clark, justice of the peace of Jefterson district, who has been taking a leading fight in the clean- up movement, stated today that he is in receipt of a letter from W. D. Duke, general manager of the com- pany, promising immediate steps to stop ' the placing of objectionable matter on the dump. Promives Held. Mr. Clark stated that would take considerable time to effect a complete remedy of condi- tions at this point, which, he said, were unsightly as well as insan while 1t Jtho action by the railroad company looms up as a forerunner of a thorough clean-up by those respon- sible for conditions at the south end of the bridge. At a recent meeting of the Claren- don Citizens' Association Mr. Clark claimed that dead animals of all sorts had been found on the dump and Washington merchants were using it for the disposal of their decayed vegetables and fruit At that time the assoclation adopted a resolution protesting against the condition and demanding as a health measure that the dump be closed. The dump in question, according to Mr. Clark, is being conducted by in- dividuals who lease the ground from the rallroad company. Lightning Hits Power Station. All electrical current was cut off in the county when lightning, about 6 o'clock last evening, struck the wires at Hume station. The electric company lost no time in_assigning a force of men to the break anmd| service was restored in about an hour. Except for the uprooting and split- ting of trees here and there, caused by the high winds, no other serious damage was reported as a result of the storm. Walter U. Varney, a resident of Jefterson district and an outstand- ing flgure for many years in civic activities looking to the advancement of that section as well as the county as a whole, has anncunced his can- didacy for a place on the board of supervisors. CARLOAD OF BEER SHIED BY ARENTS Crowds Jeer as 4.52 Per Cent Stuff Is Taken at Lonaconing. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., carload of beer was seized by Federal Enforcement Officer George V Haw- kins and Deputies Florian Wilson and Ted Miller of Westernport at Lona- coning and moved to Westernport by a special engine over the Cumberland and Pennsylvanla railroad. 4 crowd gathered and jeered as the officers were taking charge. No one claimed the consignment, which was to “James | Newkirk, Lonaconing,” from “James Newkirk, Cumberland.” Hawkins | analyzed the beer to find 4.52 alcoholic content, This is the third beer seizure in the past fow months. Officer Hawkins took possession of a truck load that was wrecked on the National High- way, while moving toward this city and various points in the county. Lonaconing has been & beer dls-| tributing point, carloads having 1 cgu- | larly been placed in storage there and | then sent by trucks to Cumberland from Lonaconink and the Cumberland police later seized a shipment in fr« -t of the Doolin saloon here. Haw <! 3| also took charge of this and p . -d| it in the sewer. FAUQUIER TEAM WINS. Takes Series With Army Polo Team at Marshall. Bpecial Dispatch to The Btar. WARRENTON, Va., July 12.—The Fauquler polo team won the third game and the series at Marshall with the Army team from Camp Humphreys. The score was 10 to 2, Fauquier playing with a handicap of 3. The_second game was played Satur- day afternoon at Marshall, between the Army and Fauquier's second team, the iocal players beings D. C. Sands, Rodney Woodward, Willlam Hulbert and Oliver Iselin. In this the Army was victorious by_a score of 10 to 7. Rev. Dr, and Mrs. Bickersteth of Eng- land are the guests of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Willlams, at Rock Hill, Casanova, Va. Dr. Bickersteth 18 a canon of ‘Canterbury cathedral and one of the king’s chaplains, He is a son of the late Bishop Bickersteth of Exeter, the author of many books and well known hymns. PLAN GAME PRESERVE. Maryland County to Have 650- Acre Park. Special Dispatch to The Star, CUMBERLAND, Md., July 12.—State Game Warden E. Lee Le Compte of Baltimore, at a special mesting of deputy game wardens and sportsmen of this oity and county in the city council chamber Tuesday night, said that Allegany county is to have a state game preserve of approximately 650 acres, on Town hill, east of this city. It will be pald for by the state game commission, which now has a {in the LEGLESS MAN ARRESTED AS USER OF NARCOTICS Ounce, of Morphine Found on Cripple, Richmond Authorities Report to Norfolk. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 12.—H. A. Malone, a man without legs, is under arrest here for the Norfolk authori- ties, with chances that the federal officers_will place the man under ar- rest. Malone came here from Nor- folk, and the ploice of that city asked that he be apprehended on the charge of being an habitual user of narcotics. The man had nearly an ounce of morphine on his person when arrested. His quarters were searched and several suits of clothes, two palrs of cork legs and a board with wheels, which he used for sliding along the streets from time to time, with hand- some silk underwear were found in his room. A charge that he s the dispenser of narcotics for a syndicate that operates between New York and Norfolk is being investigated. He says he makes his living by selling pencils along the streets. He is understood to have been a frequent visitor to Richmond, TWO WOMEN PLUNGE DOWN HILL IN AUTO One Escapes Unhurt; Other Has Hand Mashed When Ma- chine Rolls Over. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va, July 12.— A sedan, occupied by Miss Winifred A. Herron and sister, Miss Emily K. Herron of Hampton, overturned on Mount Hill, near Rappahannock Academy, on the Tidewater trall, the ladies barely escaping with their lives as the car rolled over and over down the steep hill. The ladles were en route from Nor- folk to Washington over the Tide- water trail and when reaching this treacherous incline the breaks were applied suddenly, causing the car to skid and plunge head-on into the bank, then to roll over and over on its side. Miss Emily Herron sustained a badly mashed hand and other bruises. while her sister escaped practically unhurt. The two young ladles were brought to Fredericksburg by a pass- ing tourlst, and Miss Herron was taken to Mary Washington Hospltal, where she is belng cared for. The car, which was nearly demolished, was brought here for repairs. LEADERS IN FIGHT ON BOND ISSUE MEET Predict Only Three Counties Will Vote to Borrow Money for Roads. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 12.—Former uart, Senator Byrd, Senator es, Senator Crockett and Delegate ite were here yesterday for a con- They are all identified with the Association for Paying for Roads As Built, and while no statement of what they expected the majority against bonds will be. they were of the belief that it would be ample to demonstrate that the people are op- posed to issuing bonds for roads, or any other purpose at this time. They indicated that they did not think it possible for the bond forces to carry more than three districts, with one of these very close. WRIT REOPENS FIGHT FOR SON’S INSURANCE Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Dan- ville Man. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. July 12.—The Supreme Court of Appeals has al- lowed a Writ of error in the case of an insurance policy which is alleged to have been lssued through con- cealment of facts. W. H. Harrison_of Danville, took out a policy on his son, who was state penitentiary, serving a life sentence for murder at the time. The policy was issued by the au- thorzed agent of the company, the applicant was passed by the medical examiner. When the man dled iIn the penitentiary the demand was made for payment, the company re- fusing. Sult was brought in the corporation court of Danville and a verdict was returned for the full face of the policy. The company issuing the policy was_the Provident Rellef Assoclation of Washington. ~The judge, after the verdict had been returned, sus- tained the motion of counsel for the company and set it aside, entering judgment for the company, from which Harrison is appealing. VIRGINIA COUPLE BURIED AT DOUBLE CEREMONY Dispatch to The Star. CHBURG, Va.. July 12.—Double funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Falls were conducted here Tuesday afternoon by Dr. R. H. Potts, who was assisted by Rev. R. H. Humphrey, burial taking place at Spring HIill cemetery. The husband died suddenly Satur- day, while his wife was sick, and she dled Monday. Her death caused a postponement of his funeral in order that they might be buried together. BRAKEMAN IS KILLED. Special Dispatch to The Sta: HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 12. ward E. Berger, aged forty, brake- man. was killed when he fell beneath a freight car in the local Western Maryland railroad yards, He died at the local Nospital. His home is in Hagerstown, Berger was badly in- jured in a similar accident about two ago. Y& Wiiliam Kiine, aged forty-ons, Chambersburg, is in'the local hospital in a critical condition, after losing a leg and also suffering other injuries, when he fell beneath a Pennsylvania freight train here, TEN YEARS FOR SLAYING. Special Dispatch to The Btar. surplus of over $30,000. Vaccinate All In Coach With Smallpox Victim By the Aiseciated Press. RICHMOND, Va., July 12.—Local hezlth authorities stopped a Rich- mond, Fredericksburg and Poto- * mac railroad train at Acca, near this city, late yesterday, and took charge of Frank Sumner, negro, who was said to be suffering from smallpox. Two health officers boarded the train, locked the doors of the car in which Sumner was riding, de- : “‘"".‘..‘.4"-'2""3:&, qud RICHMOND, Va., July 12.—John Stone of Henry county will serve ten years in the state penitentiary for shooting “and Kkilling a policeman. Such was the verdict of Judge J. Turner Clement of that county, who heard the evidence and awarded the unishment. Stone asked that the Jidge near the facts and decide the ocase without a jury. Stone thought Policeman Frame was coming to arrest him, and shot him. —— MARINE CORESPONDENT. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 12.— J. Ward Spicer of Stafford county, has filed sult in circult court of Stafford asking for an absolute divorce from his wife, Mrs. Nora Spicer. A United States marine stationed at Quantico, is_named as corespondent in the bill.e Mrs. Spicer left her husband June 30. Mr. and Mrs. Bph: were married in _Stafford ocounty 3 and have three ohildven. s {marriage license and were setting out 3 DEAD, 14 STUNNED! BY LIGHTNING BOLT Tent of 5th Infantry, Mary- land National Guard, Is Struck. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., July 12.—Three soldlers of the 5th Infantry, Mary- land Natlonal Guard, were killed and fourteen others were stunned and injured last night when a bolt of lightning crashed through a tent at Saunders range, the regiment’s sum- mer camp. Five of the more serfous- ly hurt are in Baltimore hospitals. The dead are Privates John T. Tracey, Russell Fowble and Arthur Rutherford, all of Baltimore. Awalting Guard Duty. Members of a guard detall about to go on duty, the victims were killed as they lay in their bunks awaiting call” By the side of one of the dead men lay a small, twisted mass of steel—the ruin of a rifle. The shoe of another had been burn- ed to cinders. Camp Darkened. Wires were broken and the camp plunged into darkness and for sev- eral minutes confusion reigned. When the extent of the tradgedy was learned, however, order was quickly restored and the Injured cared for. Brig. Gen. Reckord. commandin said that except for those in hospi- tals here most of the injured would be able to return to duty today. FATHER RUDELY NIPS | BUDDING ROMANCE Telegram Halts Wedding of Fif- teen-Year-0ld Girl After License Is Obtained. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 12.— The romantic aspirations of a young Spotsylvania couple were rudely shat- tered by means of a relentless father, tclegraph message and an unylelding officer of the law. Miss Viloletta D. Wheeler, fifteen- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oleander Wheeler of Brokenburg, Spotsylvania county, slipped off from her home about midnight Sunday and jolned Edmund T. Simms and two friends, who were waiting nearby in an automobile. They set out for Rockvilie, Md., the couple intent on being married. They arrived In Rockville about 8/ o'clock Monday morning, secured me‘ to find a preacher when the party was intercepted by a policeman armed with a telegram asking that the marriage be prevented. At the request of Mr. Wheeler, Sheriff C. A. Carner of Spotsylvanla, went up to Rockville and brought the young sirl back to her parents. i TESTS AUTO TAG LAW. Express Company Cited at Lynch- burg for Neglecting Licenses. Special Dispatch to The Star, LYNCHBURG, Va. July 12—Re- sisting the payment of a city auto- mobile license, the American Rallway Express Company has been sum- moned to the municipal court here! for operating wagons and a motor | truck without licenses. Prior to the last session of the general assembly. the express com- | panies were exempt from payment of | these taxes by a special statute, but in February the exemption was elimi- |nnled in the re-enactment of the law. |DRIVER ASLEEP, AUTO | CRASHES INTO CULVERT Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., July 12—Fall- ing asleep at the wheel of the ma. ohine he was driving from Washing- ton to Middletown, Md. Albert M. Coblentz, automobile dealer, Middle- town, this county, was badly injured when the automoblle crashed into a | culvert near New Market, this county, hurling him from the car. ! He wae picked up unconscious by | passing motorist and taken to the| a Hospital He will Frederick City recover. Goldberg Makes It Plain. From the Assoctated Newspapers. The telephone .bell rang in the| Goldberg home. “Hello, Sarah' the wire. “This {s Max talking. vill not be home until 8 this evening. “Vy, vot's de trouble?” demanded | his wite. H “I'm dellvering a lecture to my| tactory hands on ‘International trans- portation.’” explained Goldberg. “And vot's dot?’ asked his better | half, whose vocabulary was some- | what limited. Listen,” concluded the exhausted husband in desperation. “Tonight— your husband—is going to talk—with his hands! Good-by!" Purifying the Water. From London Tit-Bits. The stranger was asking quite a lot of questions about the English vil- lage and the oldest inhabitant was doing his best to answer them. “And how about the water pply? ‘What precautions do you take against l infection?” “Well, first o' all we bolls it, zur.” Sood ! n’ then we fliters it.” “Fine! And then?” E “An’ then, sur, we drinks beer!"” ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 12 (Spe- clal).—Drs. William T. Brown and Harry W, Miller, having declared Dora May Allen of this county to be| of unsound mind, the county com- missloners have directed that she be| committed to Springfield Hospital, | at Sykesville, Md., for care and treat- ment at the expense of the county and state. The suit of James VW Legore| against the Taneytown Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Carroll coun- ty has been removed from Carroll | county to this county for trial and: has becn docked for the term of the! circuit_court which convenes here in ! November. It is an action to recover: $1,000 on a] fire insurance policy | which, it is said, the company re- fused to pay after a_ barn of the plaintiff near Piney Creek, Carroll county, was destroyed by fire August 11, 1922. It was at the instance of the company, which made affdavit that it did not believe it could have a fair and im) ial trial in Carroll | county, that the case was removed here for trial As a result of a collision between automoblles operated by Fred L. Bradford of Washington and Wll(ordl ‘Williams, colore: of this county, which occurred veral days ago! near Damascus, this county, both of the drivers were before Judge Sam- uel Riggs In the police court here yesterday on charges of reckles ness in operating their cars. The testimony convinced Judge RIggs that neither had exercised the prnp-J i Same the vaics over both _gullty pay & fine of 16-Oz. 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