Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1924, Page 12

12 == ONTGOMERY DRY LAW CHANGE ASKED Bill Introduced at Annapolis Provides for Drastic County Regulation. BOND ISSUE IS SOUGHT; $10,000 Wanted for Rockville. Prince Georges Measures ! Acted On. Special Dispatch to The Star. ! ANNAPOLS, Md., March 7.—Changes | making more drastic the present pro- | hibition enforcement law of Montgom- | ery county are proposed by a bill in- CHILD DIES OF BURNS. Succumbs After Being Snatched From Flames by Mother. Spectal Dispatch to The Bt ECKHART, Md., March T.—Nellio, nine-month-old daughter of Clarenco Porter, miner, of Eckhart, died at Miners' Hospital, Frostburi, yester- day , afternoon of burns sustain wheh the Porter home was destroyed in_the morning. Mr. Porter was at work in the mines and Mrs. Porter was out hang- ing up clothes when she noticed flames bursting from the house. She rushed to the upstairs room and grabbed the child, already uncon- sclous, from the burning bed. The mother. her hinds badly burned, With the chlld, was taken to the hospital —_— be levied on the property of the city. ‘the bonds will be issued on July 1, 1924, and the.debt will expire on Jan- uary 1, 1946, first payments being made in 1940. Under the provisions of another bill introduced by Delegate Edmonds, the mayor and council are empowered at any time, when municipal funds are not available, to borrow, in amounts not to exceed 00. The moncy so horrowed must ba used to make repairs and extensions to streets, alleys, parks, water and sewerage systems of the town. The troduced in the Maryland house of dele- | gates yesterday by the delegation from | that county. The bill not only extends’ the scope of the present law by pro-. hibiting the gift or sale of intoxicating | liquors to minors, but forbids the pos- | session of any materials or equipment ' for the manufacture of intoxicating arinks. ! A new section to be added to the | city officials are also authorized to leas: or purchase a parcel of land in the town and ercct a suitable build- ing for the purpuse of housing mas hinery, tools, supplies and materials belonging to the municipality. The butlding and lot may be disposed of whenever the mayor and council deem it advisable, according to the bill. Labeling of Acids, A Dbill requiring all fluid or sub- stances sold in the state containing THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, ROCKVILLE. T. L. DAWSON ANNOUNCES ALEXANDRIA. UNDER SPECIAL ORDER. ACQUITTED OF MURDER; JURY OUT 22 HOURS One ‘of Women Members Declared ' Last to Yield in Maryland Shooting. . Special Dispateh to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., March Josse M. Stump, charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Joe Magdalena, a Mexican, was aequitted by a jury at Somerset after twenty- two hours' deliberation. consisted of ten rien and two women. The women were Mrs. Lucy B. Custer and Mrs. Ruth Coussin. They were the first women to do jury serviée in & homicide case in the history of Somerset county, a period of 129 years. Magdalena was married to Stump’s sister. Stump i a widower with five children. The two famlilies lived in & double house at the mining town of Bell, Mrs. Magdaleha being house- keeper for both, assisted by Stump's young daughters. Magdalena was an educated man, a miner, and the two men worked together as friends. Magdalena would get drunk .on days he had no work and on holi- days. He armed himself and left the house, saying when he returned he would “do up" the household. When he did return at night he threatened one of Stump's girls and the two men quarreled. Stump shot him through the heart. The verdict was on the ground of self-defense, and it is said i one of the woman Vi LT Jurors was the last e R | constituted a “zoning commisston” by the act and are directed to appoint a present law provides that no person. | caustic acids to be labeled poisonous | board of adjustment of five mem- persons, house, company, association or body corporate shall deposit, keey or have in their posses: terinls or instrumen manufa, v mented liquor: of any kind tent to manu e E bar- fer.or to give to minors in violation | of the provisions of the existing 1 w. The giving of aid or assistance to | any person, house, compauy, asso- | ciation or bod corporate in such manufacture so forbidden. | Search Warrants Authorized. The justices of the peice and the grand jury of the county also are suthorized to issue search warran on stipulated grounds, for the search | of any building, home, vehicle. Any intoxicating liquors, materials and instrumentalities for manufacturing or vehicles used for transportation which may be seized as a result of a search warrant is made prima facie evidence of viola- tion of the law. A strict interpretation of the pro- visions of the bill would prohibit the | sale of hops, beer powders and com- pounds and all machinery and equip. ment used in wing or making holic beverages. : Violators of the purposed law would be punighed by a fine of from $100 to | $500, together with the costs of prose- cution and confinement in the Mary- 1and house of correction for not less than three menths nor more than twelve. In the discretion of the court, either the fine or incarceration may be waived. Bond Issue Sought. The mayor and council of Rock- wville, Montgomery county, are au- thorized to_issue bonds to the amount | of $10,000 by a bill introduced in the house of delegates by Delegate George L. Edmonds of that county. The measure stipulates that the pro- ceeds of the issue shall be used ex- clusively for the purpose of extend- ing, enlarging and improving the Fewer and water systems of the town. Taxes for payment of the interest end the creation of a sinking fund for the amortization of the debt will ituous or f i drinks motor or other {ucid, was introduced by Senator ugene G. | Jones of Montgomery county. The measure embraces any caustic cids or caustic alkalles containing these chemicals for household use, s0id wholesale or retall by any per- = partuership or corporation. 1'labels must bear the name of the rticles, name and place of business of manifacturer, seller and distribu- nd.the word including a, sulphate of ammonia, h, sulphate of potash. sold_for agriculture n R muriate of intended | purposes, must be labeled “poisonous } 10 Jivestock." The- following chemicals and con- centrations are termed a caustic by the bill: Neutralized h)‘d\'l:f'hh) ic sulphuric acid, oxalic acid, po ijum hydrate, 10 per cent: nitrie acld, carbolic acid, silver nitrate, 5 per cent; acetic acid, sodlum hydrate, 20 per cent. A penalty of $100 and costs is pro- ivided for violations. Passed by House. The bill_introduced by the Prince Georg delegation, directing the Prince Georges county commissioners to pay $600 annually to the civic of- ficers of Upper Mariboro, was passed by the house and will be read in the senate today. The yearly sum is des- ignated to provide fire protection for the county buildings located there and to enable the municipal authori- ties to make needed improvements. A bill providing a general zoning w for Takoma Park, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties. introduced | by Delegate George L, Edmonds of the former county also passed the house and_advanced to the senaté Under its provisions the mayor and courcl are empowered to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of building and other struc- ture: be occupied; the size of yards, courts and other open spa structures and Jand for trade, industry, resident and other purposes. They are also direct- ed to divide the municipality into districts of such number and’ shape and area as they deem best suited to carry out the provisions of the bill. The mayor and council are also the percentage of lot that may ' bers to hear and determine an y com- plaints arising from the enforcement of the measure. e present taxing district of Ed- {monston, Prince Georges county, will ibecome an independent incorporatec i{municipality under the provisions of B. Ager of the county, passed by ti {house vesterday. The . bill provide | regulations governing the appoint- iment of a mayor and council and is { subject t9gserendum, an election on , 1924, bein ¢ the i3une 3, 203 & directed by the Eight-Hour Bill Defeated. I A bill deslgned to limit to elgh ours the labor of females In the |state was defeated in the house of | delegates by a vote of 53-49 follow- |ing several hours of debate. sum amounting to about $200,000 ,annually is asked for the University {of Maryland by Samuel M. Shoemaker, Ichairman of "the board. of regents, fand Dr. Albert F. Woods, president of the institution, in a letter to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, received yesterday. This sum s an Increase over the ‘lmnunt granted the university for i maintenance in the governor's bud- get, now in the hands of the legis- jlature and is in addition to the $2.- 140,000 loan bill which the friends ana mni of the university hay - duced in the assembly. z R The university officlals ask for the i followifig amounts to be included in | the governor's supplemental budget: To pay deflelt incurred in operation of the University Hospital, in Balti- more. $80,000: school of denistry, 1$10,000; county demonstration work for women, $11.000; animal husbandry, $5.000 annuaily: ' maintenance of Ritchle gymnasium and dairy prod- ucts plant, $10,000 annually; state horticultural society. $5,000 annually; canning worl, $5,000 annually; de- partment of forestry, $5.000 annuall | mining bureau, $3,600 annually branch school for colored students at Princess Anne, $60,000; a reserve ‘fund of $100,000 to fight hoof and . mouth disease. The governor bad previously lowed the university $816.560 in his budget, which will probably be act- ed on this week. New Prunes— Now Phone Grocers Anywhere _ Serve delicious Sunsweet Prunes tomorrow for your break- fast. store. sanitary 25-b. boxes — at any The jury 2 bill introduced by Delegate Charles | ROCKVILLE, Md., March 7 (Spe- clal).—James O. Childs, aged seventy- 8Ix years, dled Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Beall, near Derwood, where he had lived for many years. ,He Is survived by two sisters and two brothers. ' They are Mrs. Ary Pace and Miss Emma Childs of Cakmont, this. county, and Theodors and Soper Childs of Howard ecounty. The fu- neral will take place at 11 o'clock Sat- urday morning from the Episcopal { Church at Olney. Mr. Childs was born in Howard county, but had lived in this county more than half a cen- tury. He never married. Husband Asks Divo: Harry F. Swiggard of Cabin John, this county, has instituted suit in the circult court here for a limited dl- vorce from Mrs. Julla L. Swiggard, who Is understood to be living in New York city. The bill charges de- sertion, representing that the couple #-ere married in Washington on April 15, 1920, and lived together at Cabin j John until July 13, 1922, Attorney H. | Maurice Talbott of Rockville repre- sents the plaintiff. David Tuohey, & young resident of the vicinity of Cabin John, was ar- rested yesterday afternoon by Police- man Lawrence Clagett on a charge of assault preferred by William Case, i also of the Cabin John neighborhood. | The two men, it seems, had been on bad terms as ‘a result of proceedings in court here some months ago, and Case clalms he was assaulted without provocation. Tuohey furnished bail for his appearance for trial. Burglars Sought. Sherift Clay Plummer and Chief of Police Charles T. Cooley and several of their men, who are being assisted by District of Columbia authorities, are hard at work endeavoring to learn the ideatity of the person or persons who early Tuesday morning entered thirteen houses on Chestnut and Baltimore streets, Takoma Park, and stole cash aggregating e hundred dollars, clothing and things. In cach case, entrance was gained through a window fastened. Among the houses htered were those of A. Reed, Mrs. L. S. Cannon, Mrs. Hendricks, Mrs. Green- baugh, Mrs. L. G. Hoover, Miss Cathe- rine Dentz, Mrs. Alexander Robertson, . L. R.'Herford, J. A. LeClerc and Mrs. E. E. Evans. he work was done between 1 and 3 o'clock in the morn- ing. The local authorities regarfd it as about the boldest occurrence of the kind the county has yet known. Upon the. advice of Drs. Benja C. Perry and J. Broschart, in the CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESS Former State’s Attorney for Mon&- gomery County Enters Sixth District Race. Special Dispaich to The Star. : ROCKVILLE, Md, March 7.— i Thomas L, Dawson, former state’s at- torney for Montgomery county, to- day filed with the supervisor of elec- tions here his candidacy for the re- publican nomination for Congress from the sixth Maryland district. He likewise filed papers in the other counties of this district. s Mr. Dawson is one of the recog- nized republican leaders of this dis- trict and is a member of the law firm of Dawson, Dawson & Welsh of Rockville. He has been prevailed upon for some time by prominent members of his party to enter the slections, but hesitated because of the sacrifices which he believed he had to make. However, hecause of the insistence of republican leaders at a conference at Hagerstown last night, Mr, Dawson today decided to an- nounce his candidacy. Mr. Dawson will campaign on a platform of law enforcement and standing in back .of the national ad- ministration on all questions of pub- 1i¢ interest. He 1s opposed to a sol- dier bonus. During the world war he entered the ranks as a private and rose to a first lieutenant. FIGHT PROPERTY SEIZURE. Four Sue U. 8. for $204,000 Under Enemy-Trading Act. Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, and Frank White, treasurer of the United States, are named as defendants in four suite filed yester- day in the District Supreme Court for the return of property valued at $204.000 seized under the trading- with-the-enemy a 1 he plaintiffs a bat, Anna Thalmann, Republic T ‘'ompany and Jacob Kaufman, all ‘ork. Attorneys Carlin, Car- Hall appear for the plaintiffs. " Abraham I. Gar- ommissioners have adjudged Walter Bond, colored, of this county to be of unsound mind and have or- dered that he be committed to the Crownsville Asylum for care and treatment at the expense of the coun- ¥ and state. 2d- | MARCH 7, 1924 —_— ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 (Spe- clal).—John Williams, colored, was held for the action of the grand jury this morning or & charge of havirg had In his possession leather which was etolen from a sealed car consign- ed to the firm of C. C. Smoot & Sons. The,leather was found in the estab- lishment of Thomas Rhecche, 1118 King street, who' was held last week. ording to testimony introduced to- day, Willlams had brought the leather to the place and sold it to Rhecche for $50. Warrants charging State Prohibl- tion Inspectors Virgil Willlams, J. D. East_and Alfred Kines with illegally searching the premises of Frank C. Pullin, in Fairfax county, early this week were served yesterday by Con- stable Wease. The agents were held for a pre- liminary hearing before Justice George K. Pickett Saturday after- noon at 2:30 o'clock. They furnished bond in the sum of $500 each. Henring Under Mann Act. Paul Lamber, under arrest here on charges of’ violating the Mann white klave act, 18 to be given a pre- liminary hearing here this afternoon before "United States Commissioner J. Barton Phillips. Lambert was arrested lust week following the issuance of a warrant on complaint of Leesburg, Va., author- itles, which charges that Lambert, & married man with two children, was accompanied on & motor trip through South Carolina by Miss Marion Utter- back ‘of that town. A verdict of accidental death was given by a coroner's jury vesterday after hearing testimony in the death of Mark C. Lowe, Richmond, Fred- ericksburg _and 'Potomac rallway brakeman, who was killed when the wheel of a train upon which he was working passed over his neck, de- capitating the body. Funeral services will be "held at Demaine’s chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. A balance of $97,555 was shown yesterday. when the monthly financial report was submitted to the city coun- cil by City Manager Rich. The council seemed pieased with the report, and it is now the bellef that the city will make the present fiscal year well within the bounds of the budget. Grounds to Be Improved. City council yesterday voted to im- prove the grounds of High School and Jefferson School by the planting of a hedge. A recommendation was made to the city school board that it dis pose of, to the best advantage, two plots of ground located on North Al- ed and South Pitt streets. formerly Senate to Consider Proposed Con- stitution Amendment Tuesday. Under a unanimous-consent agres- ment entered Into yesterday, the Sen- ate will take up for consideration immedlately after the morning busi- ness on Tuesday, the Norris Jjoint resolution amending the Constitution so that newly elected members of the House and Senate shall take office on the first Monday in January follow- ing thelr clection, and the newly elected President and Vice President shall be inaugurated on the third Monday in January. This resolution has been favorably reported to the Senate by the judiciary committee. A similar resolition was passed by the Senate during the last Congre: housing _ Hallowell Schools, respectively. Mrs, Agnes V. Hassell, a former resi- dent, died yesterday in Baltimore at her home, 734 South Decker street, it was learned here this morning. Preparations for the annual spring trades exhibit to be held in Armory Hall April 7, 8, 9 and 10, are being made. The exhibit is to be made by the local retail merchants. Ernest Butler, 702 North Washington street, arrested for Richmond authori- ties on a charge of burglary, will be tried in Richmond March 14, according to a decision of the police’ justice in Richmond. Funeral services for Mrs. Ada A. Posey will be held this afternoon at the home, 717 South Lee street, and will be conducted by the Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Bethel ceme- tery. Willlam Worth Smith Dies. William Worth Smith, seventy-two years old, father of Judge Howard W. Smith of the corporation court here, died at Emergency Hospital, Washington, last night, following an operation for appendicites. For many and Snowden Pyears Mr. Smith, a resident of this city and Broad Run, Va., was in charge of the Arlingtén experimental | farm of the Department of Agri- culture. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Luccenda Lewis Smith: two daugh- ters, Mrs, J. W. Brookfi¢ld of Fairfax, and Mrs. Smith W. Price, and two sons, Judge Howard W. Smith of this city, “and State Senator William Worth Smith, Jr. of Louisa. . Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow at the. Eptscopal Church of Our Savio Burial will Le at the same place. Broad Run.| HOUSE OF DELEGATES ADIOURNS IN UPROAR Charges ¢f “Intimidation” Result in Wild Disorder at Rich- mond Session. “LOBBYIST” STARTS TROUBLE Charged With Opposing Street Car Rate Fixing. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 7.—The wildest disorder known in many ses- slons held sway in the Virginia house of delegates last night, when charge: of “intimidation” were hurled across the chamber by Delegate Boschen of Richmond, who pointed out the al- leged offender among the visitors who crowded the space beneatb the gal- lerles, and demanded that he be ex- pelled from the house. A motion to adjourn, quickly put and carried, checked the rising tidc of feeling. “There are lobbyists back there,” cried Mr. Boschen, who was fighting the bill designed’ to give the state corporation commission the right to fix rates of street car companies, “who are here intimidating our mem- hers into voting for this bill.” The presding officer inquired to whom the member referred. “I don’t know his name,” the Rich mond delegate shouted and pointed Wwith his hand—*"but there he stands! Mingled cries of denial and affirma- tion cnlminated in an uproar. Dele- gate Gordon, veteran member frorn Louisa. moved adjournment. It stantly the speaker put the motio and declared the house adjourned ——s. Offered State Position. pecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 7.—O; clal advice was recelyed from the of fice of Gov. Ritchie af Annapolls tha- Roberdeau Annan, this city, presiden of the First National Bank, Fr burg, and coal operatqr, had been of- fered membership on Ythe state boan. of education, but L liad not as ve: aocepted. EW » DELICIOUS » DIFFERENT OR MEATS: H,SALADS cnal‘les Gulden s NewYork DELICIOUS ! 7 as a mild mustard | AKE up your appetite with the most zestful mild mustard ever made—Gulden’s Mustard Saladressing. So delicious is Gulden’s Mustard Saladressing that meats, fish and cheese take on new relish when ‘eaten with it. And it’s so mild that you-can eat it spread thick on crisp crackers and never seem to get enough. Indeed Gulden’s Mustard Saladressing is new, delicious and different. Once you try it you will always want it on the table. Use it freely—it’s made of the finest ingredients. Good to the last spoonful because it is so perfectly blended. Wonderful salads can be made with Saladressing also. A spoonful in your favorite dressing gives a most delicious new flavor. 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