Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1924, Page 12

3 BLNESAPPEAL | INJUSTICE COURTS Prince Georges County Measure Introduced in Maryland Senate. TOWERS BILL DEBATED Amendpent to Lift Age Oath for Men Lost—Montgomery School Plans. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 12.—Any person tried and sentenced before a Justice of the peace in Prince Georges oeunty for violation of any municipal ordinance is granted the right of ap- peal to the county. circuit court by a bill introduced in the Maryland gen- oral assembly yesterday by Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of that county. The appeal must be taken within ten day: session of the assembly yester- day was severely handicapped by the storm, which practically isolated An- napolis_from the remainder of the state. Numbers of desk officers, em- ployes and delegates from the various sections of the state were absent, and the lack of electric lighting and mail racilities held up the progress of business. In the house only 75 dele- gates out of a membership of 117 answered the roll call. Towers Bill Debated. The bill introduced in the senate by nator L.I.\\ rvm- B. Tower: f Caro- line county. ng women from the necessity Uf xl ting their age when registering, w passed to the third reading yesterday. The bill caused a considerable debate and an amend- ment offered by Senator George A, Frick of Baltimore provisions to include men was de- | feated in a test vole preceding final action on the bill. A woman applying for registration has to reply only “twenty-one years and over.” The Prince Georges delegation fa- rably reported the bill of Delegate George J. Hess of that county pro- viding for the construction of a ce- ment road beginning at Blandens- burg and extending north along the line of the present Edmonston road. The bill authorizes a bond issue of $40,000 by the Prince Georges county commissioners to pay the cost of the proposed construction. The maintenance fund of the Mont- eomery County General Hospital re- ceived from the state is raised from £3,000 annually to $5,000 by the sup- plemental budget, submitted by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie (o the assembly. - INTEREST IN SCHOOL BILL. Epecial Dispatch to The Sta ROCKVILLE, Md., March 12—Of much interest in Montzomery county The Men Styles of the Day e HROVICIISGL G PRI ORLEEE P PP F v B P LRERI LS 2 57 Dobbs presents “The extending its | is the bill of Delegate George L. Bd- monds of Rockville, which provides for a bond issue of $555,000 for pub- lic 2chool purposes, It not only dic rects ere new school Buildings St certain. polncs and. the enlargement and remodeling of a number of structures now in use, but specifies sums to be expended. Pro- vision also is made for sanitation, equipment, etc. It was prepared by a committee appointed by the county board of _education, consisting of Joseph E. Janney and Thomas C. Dar- by, members of the board; Prof. Ed- win W. Broome, county superintend- ent of schools, and Dr. George E. Lewis, superintendent of school prop- erty. It is designed to not only re- lieve existing crowded conditions in many of the schools, but to meet the growth in school population during the next four years. The bill provides that bonds be issued, from time to time, as the school' growth requires additional room. Bethesda is to have a fine new building, according to the provisions of the bill. Ior the purchase of a site and tie erection and equipment of an up-to-date building the ex- penditure of $92,700 is authorized, and provision is made to spend $15,600 for remodeling and purchas- ing additional equipment for the present Bethesda building for use as & high school. Wheaton district and Brookeville are also to have new buildings, ac- cording to the provisions of the bill, the amounts specified to be expended for building, equipment, etc., at each place being as fallows: Wheaton , and Brookeville, $6,500. The appropriation for Brookeville, how- ever, is simply to augment funds al- ready available and to swell the total sufficlently to permit of the erection of an adequate building. For a high school for Takoma Park and Silver Spring, to be located somewhere be- tween the two places, $52,300 is' pro- vided. Various Amounts Authorized. For remodeling and enlarging pres- ent buildings, and purchasing addi- tional - equipment, etc., therefor, the expenditure of the following amounts is authorized by the measure: Wood- 00; Gaithersburs, $37,90 ie, $24,500; Kensington, $23 Damascus, $26,400; Sandy Spring, ‘airland, $4,500, and Travilah, The bill also carries an appropria- tion of $51,300 for the Takoma Park School, but this is simply to refund money advanced by the town of Tak- oma for the erection of the handsome new building now in use there. The colored schools have not been overlnoked and these amounts are {provided for enlarging, remodeling and equipping_buildings now in us soering, $7.180 oma Park, River Road, $5,390; Washington $4.590; Ken Gar, $4890: La ville, $4,390, and’ Sugarland, For a storehouse at Rocl which to keep school supplies, the expenditure of $15,000 is d(rnc!ed and for additional transportation fa- cilities for school children, fire es- capes, sanitation at different build- ings and funds necessary to complete the work of bringing the rural schools of the county up to the standard grade, a total of $29,000 is provided. $271,926 Budget Increases. the supplemental budget the recommended increases amounting to § for the years Of "this $152.500 goes to the public schools and the remainder stributed for wu large number of . The high school aid and equalization funds for & department of In governor “ME education, which were cut severely in the original budget, are restored. The University of Maryland Hos- ommended B Fantasy, CHANGE FOR CLARENDON FIREMEN IS BLOCKED Citizens’ Association Supports Rul- ing That Amendments Were TImproperly Presented. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 12—The fight to separate the fire department from the Clarendon Citizens' Associa- tion was halted, at least temporarily, at a meeting of the association last night, when Acting President Sharp ruled that the amendments to the constitution “aimed to bring about such a change were improperly pre- sented. An appeal was taken, but in the vote that followed his stand was upheld. Tentative plans for a stag smoker were made, the affair to be held in the main_‘auditorium of Clarendon Citizens’ Hall the evening of March 11. It is planned that the installation of the new officers of the association who will be elected at the next regu- lar meeting, the fourth Monday of this month, will be one of the fea- tures of the coming smoker. The committee on arrangements will be announced later. On motion of C. R. Taylor, a com- mittee to select and place in nomi- nation names for the various offices was authorized. This action was taken with the understanding that it does not _exclude nominations from the floor. The committee was named, to consist of A. J. Porter as chairman, H. C. Saffell, Louis Metzger, M. Blu- menthal and J. Thomas Manning. Permission was granted the Organ- ized Woman Voters of Arlington county to reprint and circulate the Patriot, a little pamphlet published by the association during the past election campaign, which sets forth the duties of citizens regarding use of the ballot and requirements in qualifying. The request for permin- sion was made by M?s. C. M. Rogers, president of the Organized Voters, through C. R. Taylor. pital 1s given a malintenance increase of $10,000 ¢ vear, making a total an- nual appropriation of $47,500. In an amendment to the general construc- tion loan bill the governor included 440,000 to aid the rebuilding of the Bastern Branch of the University of Maryland, the colored agricultural school at’ Princess Anne, which was destroyed by fire. The additional sum of $25.000 is appropriated to the uni- versity to provide for the equipment of a ‘dairy building recently con- structed. Other items amounting to $361,000, recently requested in a let- ter by Dr. A. F. Wood, president of the university, were ignored. Riverdale Bill Passed. The mayor and common council of Riverdale, Prince Georges county, are authorized to levy an_additional tax for the purchase of fire equipment, by a bill introduced by Senator Sasscer, which passed the house yes- terday. The bill has alveady been acted on by the senate and only re- quired the signature of the governor. It directs that a special tax levy of 30 cents on each $100 of assessed val- uation be made during 1921 for the purchase of fire equipment, and that an additional levy of 5 cents per $100 be made for mzintenance. A Dbill changing the hours for municipal elections in Kensington, Montgomery county, introduced by Senator Jones, also was passed by the house and goes to the governor for signature. f ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 12 (Spee olal).—Warren 8. Seipp, grand mas- ter of Masons in Maryland, and Deputy Grand Master George W. Liv- ingstone were guests of honor at the formal opening of the new clubrooms of the Rockville Masonic Lodge here Monday evening. . It was announced that the club- rooms, which comprise the entire first floor of the Masonic Hall build- ing, will be open and heated at all times for the use of Masons and members of their families, including motorists and others passing through the town. The second degreo was conferred upon one candidate, all chairs being occupied by past mase ters of the local lodge, and later all of the 175 persons present repaired to the handsome new banquet hall § the basement and enjoyed roast tu key and other refreshments. Following his conviction in_the | police court hers on a charge of as- sault preferred by William H. Case of the vicinity of Cabin John, this gounty, David Tuohey of the same locality _was sentenced by Judge Samuel Riggs to the house of core rection for six months. He noted an appeal, however, and the case will be tried again at the criminal term of the circuit court, which begins | here Thursday, March 28. Aecording to the testimony bad blood had ex- isted between the two men for some months. For violations of the motor vehicle laws the following have paid fines | or forfeited collateral In the police court here: Milton W. Thornfordt, | $12.25; H. Aardens, $7.25; Ralph Wise, Edgar Cole, R. A. Owens, W. S. Broadus. J. W. Horn, George Ho- | gan and B. F. Saul $7 each; Lewis S. and M. H. Arms, 13 each; W. Shilling, $2, ’ Fuperal Services for Warren Choate, long an active religious and temper- ance worker and for years prominent in real estate circles in Washington, were conducted terday afternoon at his home her by Rev. an B, Harmon, jr., pastor of the Rockville Methodist Church, a large number of the people of the community and elsewhere attending. Burial was in Rockville union ceme- te T fune: o of Alfred Schiffnel, former chef of the Austrian and Brit- ish cmbassies, Washington, and a number of prominent homes of that city, took place from his home here yesterday afternoon. Rev. U. Row- land Wagner, pastor of the Rockville Baptist Church, conducted services, Mombers —of Arminius_ Lodge of Masons, to which Mr. Schiffner be- longed, and the Rockville Lodge par- ticipated in the services. Burial was in Rockville Union cemetery. As a result of the heavy snowstorm of Monday night and Tuesday, thou- sands of telephone, telegraph and electric light poles went down in this county and complete prostration of telephone and electric light servy and badly crippled telegraph serv! resulted. Many of the poles fell across public roads, obstructing traf- fic. The electric railway service also suffered greatly. A One-Year Plant. Cotton is a seed plant. We find it growing either as a shrub or a tree with heights varying from three to twenty feet, says Nature Magazine. For the most part the plant lives one year, although it is found having a two-year span of life, and in some cases commuous life, Wear this Spring The smart Cornell on the lett. ‘'I'he three-button Cambridge on the right. Both are Society Brand styles developed in grays, shadow plaids and stripes. $40 and up. Presenting the new Dobbs Cap, of smart tweeds and plaids, small The cap is with vigor. bl Stone $6.50; J. ‘Evang, jr. g sixty-three | VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY IN SESSION FRIDAY Formalities of Reading and Wit- f nessing Signing of New Bills ! Required by Law. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | RICHMOND, Va, March 12.—The legislature will be called to order Friday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, but ,there will be no quorum. In fact, ll is not expected that a dozen mem- bers will attend in both houses, but the sessions are necessary under the jconstitution—to hear the reading of ibills by titles and to have them signed in the presence of the mem bers elected to each branch, The sessions will not be completed at that time for the reason that the corps of clerks will not have completed the cnrolling of the bills, and the task will keep them going' to the middle of the coming week, so that it will be about March 18 before the final ad- ,Journment. It is estimated that about 450 new flaws were placed on the books, lamendments considered. half of this number managed to pull Ithrough the two houses at the ses- sions of Saturday. Just how many tjokers may be in the bills is not pos- {sible to say, but one was caught just (bt¥re midnight Saturday. Increaxe of Revenue, Not less than $5900,000 will come iinto the state treasury from the en- actment of three new measures, and people who have not before made a contribution to the state will be the {persons who will make this contri- bution. The cost of marriage li- censes, which will double about June 20, is expected to swell the treasury by not less than ,000. Then comes the bill which requires every owner of a pistol to make registration of such ownership before the coms sfoner of the revenue and to pay $1 as special tax. In addition, the prop- erty tax will be levied by the state and by the counties and cities, Fail- ure to make such registration car- ries a fino of $50, and the offender can be made to work the highways for thirty to sixty days for failing to_make such registration. The third measure is that which re- quires all persons seeking licenses I for any purpose to display a recelpt showing the payment of his or her poll tax for the preceding year. This embraces hunting, fishing, auto and other licenses; it also applies to nurses and teachers, and among the latter are several thousand colored teachers who have never paid a cent to the state for any purpos THE CUT OF YOUR CLOTHES oo About one |’ ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 (Spe- clal)—Clyde C. Lamond, president of the ‘board of directors of the Y. C. A, wag awakened about 2:30 o'clock this morning by the burning of a transformer near his home. Washington & Ladd, electrical con- tractors, who are ' replacing _the wiring, ‘told Mr. Lamond that 2,300 volts bad passed through the system due to the burning out of the trans- former. Damage was estimated at several hundred dollars. Wires in Lamond's home were damaged. Despite the disagreeable weather, several hundred attended the Citizen: National Bank's reception tendered last night in celebration of the com- plotion of the new $70,000 addition. O. H. Kirk was chosen head of Post F, Travelers' Protective Association, at the regular annual election held in the rooms of the chamber of com- merce last night. Other officers clected are: Harry M. Price, John H. Trimyer and John Harper, v dents; Ernest M. Delaney,. Alfred _Thompson, secretary-treas urer. Chairmen of the various mittees chosen are: Charles W. K railway committee; R. E. Knigu! press; F. Clinton Knight, hotel; lian Y. Williams, legislative; H. D. Kirk, good roads: J. Preston Mer- chant, membership; Charles T. Nich- olson, employment. Alfred Thompson and Martin E. Gireene were chosen to represent the local post at the national convention, ‘Women's Club Dinner. The regular monthly dinner of the Business and Professional Women's Club was held in the rooms of the | chamber of commerce last night. The retail merchants’ bureau of the | chamber of commerce will hold its regular meeting tonight to preparc the annual report to be submitted at | the annual meeting of the chamber | Friday night. Trouble "crews of the Alexand Light and Power Company, thirty-six hours of continuous work, have completed- repairs to such por- tions of the system as wers badly damaged hy the storm Monday night, | H. D. Carter was elected exalte ruler of Alexandria Lodge, N B. P. O. Elks, at the regular eléctic held last night. Other oificers are Harry I'. Kennedy, esteemed leading | knight; Frank W. Latham, esteemed | leading knight; A. J. Penn, lcctarer; | George H. Railing, secretary; Herman | Friedlander, treasurer; jerome Kauf- | mann, trustee; Thomas 1. Downey, | tiler. 'William E. Moore will represent | the lodge at the national lodge mecet- ing to be held next sumuer in Eos- ton. S S, Moon and Weather. Ancient almanacs to the contrary | notwithstanding, the moon does not have any appreciable effect upon the the; ature Magazine. $20,000 BALM SUIT 'BEGUN AT FREDERICK Maryland Husband Charges Mer- chant With Alienation of Wife's Affections. | Special Dispatch to The Star, i FREDERICK, Md., March 1 Hearing of the $20,000 damage sult filed by Russell W. Arnold, Jefferson, Md., against John W. Huffer, a| wealthy merchant of Jefferson, Md., | charging alienation of his wife's af- fections, was begun in the F cuit court Tuesday afternoon, and will continue today and probably to- morrow. Arnold charges that Huffer persuad- ed his wife to take automobile trips to Baltimore and other Maryland cities. Huffer, who is married, denies lyRoseBush Nursery Is Near Your Garder Think what it means to ha ctically home-grown bushe Rose garden! My Rese l\urqr. in Iunr- Va. y plants, accusto 1o your fhmatc and your soil, wintered out-of -doors, are livered to you only a few hours er they are d Start a Rose garden with Fairfax rose piants and have fow- to delight you. Get My Rose Book, Free My illustrated book, “Fairfax Also choice Shrubbery, Evergreens 2nd Boxwood. Drive out over Chain bridge and rad to Fairfax, Good road. W. R. GKAY OAKTON, VA. Sorietyy Brand Clothes for Spring STOP DISTEMPER Distemper is very serious. Few dog: capeit. Don'tdelay treatment ; t’s Distemper M 120 at drug, sports shopmorbymall FREE DOG BOOK s og on cate, fe ing with Write: for it. Free Advics Dep't. answers any guestion lhmtwurfol’lhm.llh e us fally. You can take out ache and stiff- ness quickly with Sloan’s Lini- ment. Just pat it on gently. You don’t have to rub it in. The lame- ness will to pass away at once. Get a bottle at your drug- gist’s today—35 cents. Sloan’s Liniment—kifss pain! IF YOU HAD a NECK AS LONG AS THIS FELLOW, AND HAD SORE THROAT | THE ¢ i TONSILINE SHOULD QUICKLY RELIEVE Y 8. and e, Hospital Sias, 31 ALL DRUGGISTS THAT COUNTS The Correct Styles The loose, easy suit will be generally worn - this season. The coat, either two or three button, with broad, square shoulders; a long, soft roll to the lapels; straight, wide trousers. Because of its comfort and infor- mal effect, it’s certain to remain in favor. The influence of the straight line style appears in all the good models for sp: —a pleasing chan e to all well dressed men, both for comfort and appearance. In the new styles, the cut is the impor- tant thing, as always. The cut of your suit decides whether or not it is correct. That’s Why we have Society Brand. spring a new spring hat with a flat-set, brim. In coming spring shadcs $7. Their cut is not approached by any other ready-to-wear clothing. We will be very glad to have you look them over. he Hecht Co. 7th at F Powder-blue pleated bosom shirts, with laundered cuffs and de- tachable collar. $3.00. English Garrison Belt, of cow- hide, 13 inches wide. Military effect. $150. M a n chester Mogadore Cra- vats, in con- trasting soft silks that will harmonize well with the new color ideas in shirts and suits. A Tro- jan Cravat, 3150, ‘This Foot-model Ox- ford of Scotch Moor light tan is 0 0 0 ? 0 é 5 : : fi i 0 é : i | | g 5 g g ; j 0 (