MEETING OF BAPTISTMISSIONARY SOCIETY

The regular monthly meeting of thr

Ladles' Foreign Missionary Circle ofthe First Baptist Church of this city

was held last night at the home ofMrs Franklin Shortt, after the cus-tom of having these regular assem-blages at the houses in alternationof the members of the organisation

The usual order was observed, prayer,singing, addresses and the transac-tion of business.

The following program was en-joyed :

Devotional, led by Mrs. GeorgeTurner.

Mrs James Porter, in Chinese cos-tume. brought a most interesting mes-sage from China. Mrs. Harry Ortlanriin costume, brought a message fromAfrica; Miss Gertrude Nickols told o!the Indians’ needs.

Miss Elenore Boone, dressed as aMexican girl, told of the needs thereThen a message was brought from de-vastated Europe. Each speaker spokeof the gratitude her people felt forwhat America had done for them, butmade a most earnest plea for theirpeople, not only in far away landsbut for those who were on Americansoil, and were not receiving the Chris-tian touch and teaching they so muchneeded.

Mrs. James Porter and Mrs. Wil-liam Chappell rendered two beauti-ful duets that were enjoyed by all.Mrs. E. Ft. Stewart favored with a

short message relating to the Indianslocated In her home state. Oklahoma

After several prayers and the pray-erful singing of the hymn “Make Mea Channel of Blessing.” the meetingclosed and a social time followed atwhich the hostess served delicious icecream and cake.

~ ♦♦ ■ ■AT THE (TKCI.E PLAVIIOI SF

TONIGHT“You envy me. yet I stand before

you the unhappiest of women. Youcruve our so-called society. May Godgrant anything hut that. It is shamall sham!”

Thus exclaims the young societywoman, impersonated on the screenby Barbara Castleton. in the big cli-max of “Shams of Society,” ThomasB. Walsh's unusual production nowat the Circle Theatre tonight.

yVnd in this scene, throbbing withthe punch of tensest drama, is con-tained a message that will give com-fort to many a young woman who isunhappy because circumstances do no 1permit her to move In that upperstrata of modern civilisation which wccall society.

The story, in structure of plot, nunusual. It deals with the domesticproblems of a young couple in com-fortable circumstances who couldhave avoided many of their troubleshad they employed their good senseat the proper time.

Herbert Porter lavishes money onMs beautiful young wife, hut gives herno spending money. Lack of fundswith which to pay her own hills leadto difficulties Her circle of womengamble. She loses. Her debt mountsup and she fears to tell her husbandSJie borrows from a woman and herlosses increase. She even stoops trtheft.

See the picture for rest of story.

AT THE REPUBLIC TONIGHTIn “The Conquest of Canfcan." Para-

mount's picturization of Booth Tark-ington's celebrated novel of that namewhich will be shown at the RepublicTheatre tonight. Thomas Meighan. thestar, has an opportunity for someof the best work of his motion pic-ture career. As “Joe Louden" Mr.Meighan plays the part of the ostra-cized youth—a member of the so-called “other half” in Canaan, a typi-cal middle western town with its pro-vincial likes and dislikes and its "so-ciety.” He loves Ariel Tabor, whoalso belongs to the same strata ofunrespectables, but life for them ts aburden. Ariel's uncle dies and shegoes to Paris and Joe goes away tostudy law. He returns to conquer"Canaan" and his problems give Mr.Meighan a splendid opportunity todisplay his talents. Doris Kenyon isleading woman in the picture

GOLF CHAMPIONS WINFIRST ROUND IN MATCH

Miss Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta. Ga..holder of the United States and Ca-nadian women's golf championships,and Miss Cecil Leitch. winner of theBritish and French championshipevents, were victorious yesterday infirst round of the Canadian champion-ship tournament. Miss Stirling wona close match from Mrs. S. Whyteof the Royal Montreal Club. 2 up and1 to play, while Miss Leitch disposedof Mrs. Gibson of Hamilton. 6 and 4

Miss Stirling was held even for nineholes by Mrs. Whyte, who took thelead on the tenth hole and held ituntil the fourteenth, when the Amer-ican champion squared the match.Miss Stirling won the fifteenth, halvedthe next hole and won the seventeenth.

The British titleholder obtained alead of 5 up in the first nine holesof her match with Mrs. Gibson. .MissLeitch went out in 31.

Another Coal Probe Proposed{By The Ariiertitnl PrN.)

WASHINGTON’. D. C.. Sept. 21.Another investigation of conditions inthe West Virginia coal fields was pro- jposed by a resolution introduced inthe House today by RepresentativeFoster, Republican, Ohio. |

TRIPLE CRIME THOUGHT •

ACT OF INSANE PERSONt

(By Tb A**ooiateit Pro.)

I DOWAGIAC. MICH.. Serf. 21—A; blood-stained club, nail studded, aud

p a bloody linger print were the only :

clews today by which local authoritieshoped to clear up the murder of three!persons and the serious, probably fa- j

t tal, injury of another in their home jhere.

William Munroe. his wife and- seventeen-year-old daughter. Neta,

1 were found beaten to death by a club.;In the same room was found Ardith 11 |

Munroe. ten-year-old daughter, who;j had been beaten over the head until

unconscious. The little girl was madeblind by a blow and her recovery isextremely uncertain. ~

Neighbors asserted the crime prob-ably took place Saturday night as

i members of the Munroe family werelast seen at that time. Authoritiesso far have been unable to find amotive for the crime as the househad not been lobbed

’ Officers believe it the work of an in-sane person.

: TREATIES TO SENATEi

(By The Atnociatnl l’rr.)

WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 21.; The treaties with Germany. Austriai and Hungary were sent to the Senate

for ratification today by President |: Harding.

SUCCESSFUL YEARINDICATED AS OLD

ST. JOHN’S RE-OPENS*- - J

ironllnard From rut 1J

fantry school at Qimip Benning.Georgia. Captain Schwinn will spe-jcialize in machine-gun fire, automaticrifles. one-pounders and trench jmortars.

Outlook For loot ball Good“Pat” Krebs, former coach of the Vir-

ginia Military Institute and other col-lege teams, who handled the Cadetsin basket ball and baseball during thepast seasons, has closed a contract totake care of the football squad, andhere is a promising outlook for put-ting a strong team on the grbliron.

AUTUMN EQUINOX MARKSLAST DAY" OF SUMMER

IToday is the last day of summer

officially, and tomorrow ma.Tks theopening of the autumn season, thoughthe sun will not cross the equator

until 9:20. Friday a. ni., according to

the experts at the Naval Observa-tory.

This, it was stated, is about as lateas the equinoxial change ever hap-pens. the earliest being at a latehour on September 21.

Unsettled weather, with the proba-bility of showers, is the forecast forAnnapolis and vicinity tor * today,hough warmer weather is promisedfor tomorrow.

This is as it has been straight'hrough this hot, dry summer. Inlulv with the. thermometer stickingaround the nineties and people allover America and Europe gasping for

breath of cooler air. the WeatherMan’s incessant report of "no changein temperature" would certainly have•arned him instant assassination frommine of the heat victims if they couldtave reached him. •

A hard winter may be just aroundlie corner hut in the meantime a few

weeks of fall weather look good tomost people who feel no regret what-ever at saying farewell to this par-icular summer.

Champagne for medicinal use is<aid to be arriving in abundance. No•laims are offered that it will cure a

Headache.

Star: Theatre(FOR COLORED)

• TODAY*- *. . ; . jTIIK FIRST KPTSOUi: OF "THEYELLOW AKM'f the (M-rial of mystery

W. FAIRBANKS-Ui-

“The BroadwayBuckayoo”

The West U West "

And Two-Keel Comedy:

-IN At.AIN ANI> Ot T AGAIN”

TOMORROWWILLIAM IO NI AN IN EPISODE -J

“Fighting Fate”AND—-

FRANK MAYO

“Blazing Trail”I ni\it-iil Special PictureAND A t.OOD COMEDY

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Clay Theatre(FOK COLORED)

TODAYSTARTS a new SERIAL

‘‘The Diamond -

Queen”In ts ll*htinK episode-—Better than

••Moonridert,"

ANo Special Two-Act Comedy

Adntiio First Episode, every-

body So. Don’t miss it! Come all!

Friday StartsEDDIE POLO

“Do Or Die”

PARTIAL VICTORYFOR BALTIMORE ON

REPRESENTATIONj .

. (Continued From Fife 1.)

trict representative, recorded against

jit with the representatives of Anne' Arundel, Carroll. Dorchester and; Howard counties. Eighteen counties

voted for the proposition and four1 county representatives were absent.

State Senator Brady, presented, byrequest, a plank calling for a Stateprohibition enforcement act. But evenSenator Brady voted against it. Itdidn't muster a single vote.

Former Representative Carville DBenson, was the convention’s tempo-rary and permanent chairman, andWilliam C. Walsh, of Cumberland, andMiss Lillian Forwood. of Harfordcounty, its secretaries. Emory L.Coblentz. of Frederick, was chairmanof the committee on resolutions.

BALL TOSSKRS OK PACIFICCOAST AMI H AW All NOW

ARE INVADING JAPAN

(By The AsMoclated Pre*.>SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Sept. 21.

American baseball teams are pouringinto Japan, according to reports re-ceived here. Nine clubs from the Pa-cific Coast and Hawaii have eithermade the trip or are planning ongoing.

Japanese know good baseball andwill not patronize poor teams, ac-cording to Frank Miya. a Seattle Jap-anese baseball man. He is planningto take a team of Pacific Coast Leagueplayers across ths Fall.

The University of California ninecompleted a tour of the islands somemonths ago, winning a majority of its

I games. A team from the University ofWashington sailed from Seattle re-cently. A third student nine fromthe Sherman Indian School of south-

| ern California follows this month.A team of semi-professionals, some

of them members of the Western Can-ada league, the Honolulu Nipponsfrom Hawaii, and the VancouverAsahis, composed of Japanese, alreadyare in the islands. The Seattle Asahisjoin them early next month. This in-vasion was prefaced by the tour earlythis year of a professional team head-ed by Charles Doyle.

BETiraCTigElgsaammrirarinTrr-wt

& (Circle : -playhouse jTONIGHT

AT 7:15 AND H:45 O'CLOCK

MONTAGU LOVE

“Shams Of Society” \f, AND—

L A HAROLD LLOYD COMEDY

TOMORROW

“The1 Highest Law” !

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I REPUBLICTODAY

THOMAS MEIGHAN—IN—-

“The Conquest Of Canaan”A Paramount Ploturr

Booth Tiirkipgtnn's noted rom-rttn-e of a town of the Middle West.Of its scandals, pride and politics.And of love that made a lighting.voting lawyer set the place rightside up.

Added attraotlonA (i OO D COM ED Y

TOMORROWBERTLYTELL

“THE MAN WHO”Added attraction:

KINOI.K A M NE W S

GardenMATINEE DAILY AT 2 P. M.

TODAYEARL WILLIAMS

“THE PURPLECIPHER”

A pirturr with notion and thrills.ALSO TWO-ACT COMEDY

TOMORROWILEEN PERCY

“THE TOM BOY”

WILLIAM H. PERKINS, JR„ jFORMER REPORTER OF

APPELLATE COURT, DEAD

William Henry Perkins. Jr.. 58years old. prominent lawyer of Bal-

timore city and former Reporter ofthe Maryland Court of Appeals diedyesterday afternoon at his residence,1325 Etuaw Place. Baltimore, follow-

ing a long illness. Mr. Perkins wasa native of Baltimore and had a var-ied and interesting career as a prac-

titioner at the barUntil a few years ago. when ill

health forced his resignation. Mr. Per-kins was State reporter for the Courtof Appeals, in which office he had suc-ceeded Wiliam T. Brantley. He was'an authority on Maryland law and de-voted a great deal of time to legal lit-erary work. His most importantachievement in this respect was theannotation of T 9 volumes of the de-cisions of the Court of Appeals, whichwere known as the Perkins Annotated

; Law Reports.He is survived by his widow, Mrs.

Mary McCoy Perkins, and three chil-dren. Miss latura Pochon Perkins,Miss Marie Eulalie Perkins and Wil-liam Henry Perkins 3d.

>egro Rioters >1 i**t Hang

(By The Associated I’rru.)

LITTLE ROCK. ARK . Sept. 21.Governor Mcßav today denied the re-quest of attorneys for a stay of exe-

| cation of six negroes sentenced ta behanged here next Saturday for mur-der in connection with the Elaine(Ark.' riot of two years ago. accord -

j ing to counsel for the condemnedi men.

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iKLIM DATA; NOW BEFORE HARD!NG|

(By The AuMcUOdWASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept 21

Information in the hands of the De-

partment of Justice as to the acttvi-,

ties of the Ku Klux Klan was laid

before President Harding today by At-

torney-Genera! Daugherty after thelatter had conferred with Director!

Burns, of the Department.Department of Justice officials tie- .

cline to express an opinion as to the

possibility of Federal investigation of

the Ku Klux Klan. but it was indi-

cted that the Department would take

steps to gather further details of thesituation.

President Harding was understood jjto have approved the decision of theAttorney -General to take up consid- ;

eration of whether Federal actioni should he taken with respect to any

jactivities of the organization.

BiirMim (Rep.) Elected Senator(By The Associated l*rrs.)

ALBUQUERQUE, MEN.. Sept. 21j vv. C. Oesterich in charge of Derno-' cratic State headquarters here, today

conceded the election of Burstim, Re-publican. as United States Senatorover Hanna. Democrat.

To Collect Dog Tax> Mucin Phebus. of Solley. Third dis-j

. jtrict. lias been appointed by the Board> 'of County Commissioners as a Con-I.! stable for that district to administer

1 the dog tax law. by ‘collecting fori licenses.

TO BUILD HIGHSCHOOL ON SITE

AT MILLERSVILLF(Continued From ra|, j ,

site stood G to 2 In favor , iSands lot. The contra,--

ture n<ts aw.trdc t t, s ~

Homes Corporation, ot \\ \ ,for $19,713.03, pin* * ion ~,,

! the architect, who is .1,-• ,o> \\ \strong. The Mint, r ;>i,| u, iv >;than that submitt,'

| Howard, of AnnapolisI host* Blit, imt ( otitra,'|s

Contracts tor bin!,:! sections were award* ! .

Arnold's. C Kockhiltz; < • , t> s ,j Rogers and ()\v<~. o iCamp Parole, and Stone, >oredl, all to the Min:, ; ]| ,

] poration. The contra, >y

1 given owing to the t.n* will be made through ..the original plans

('em in unities im,, .

Gratifying to the (\tu , |

Education, and it -n. Ito the people at largt isinterest shown b> the •

several communities no,funds for the school imp;-..,have been provided thr icent sale of bonds. In >tli*i ; ,istaxpayers are on, t in, . r.rtwo and three acres t, v !i, ,

of new buildings, and in the . . ~fI the Millcrsville School ' l :

! al, which it was found \\ aid r~.

jed in excess of the s2o,onn ~

: was promptly subscribed In t!i,

| pie of that , ommunii >

To attain real peace the world tun'work its arms off. N .: > 1 1. \ .;v :

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