Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1924, Page 26

CUMBERLAND HAS . FLOOD ENGINEER Appointment of Kimball Launches Undertaking In- volving Vast Expenditure. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., August 21.— Appointment was announced today of J. H. Kimball as consulting.and flood- prevention engineer. ‘It is the first definite step of Cum- berland to safeguard conditions here as a result of the recent destructive floods, and the work will cost a vast sum of money, requiring a number of years to complete and probably em- ploying Maryland convict labor. The engineer will begin a survey at ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 21 cial.) — Alphonso Willlams, Ci ‘Williams and Frank Willlams, ington negroes, were held for the ac- tion of the November grand jury by Judge Samuel Riggs in the police court here, on charges of larceny. They were arrested after a colored picnic near Poolesville, charged with taking the cashier's satchel, contain- ing the picnic receipts, amounting to $120. About $100 was recovered. Howard A. Munson, a young Wash- ingtonian, came out to Rockville Monday afternoon to marry Miss Mu- riel J. Henderson, also of Washing- ton. He did not bring the written consent of his parents, being only 20 years old, and the license was withheld. The couple promised to re- turn. These obtained licenses: Eu- gene Green, 23, and Miss Constance Harley, 20, both of Washington, and John D. Brown of Laurel. Md., and Miss Mamie Athey of Burtonsville, Md. = Former Chief of Police Charles T. \Cooley has been appointed a constable by the county commissioners and will, it is understood, do special police duty (Spe- ‘harl, S new school building: #old to the Baltimore Trust Company and Hambleton & Co. of Baltimore, joint bidders, the entire issue of $325,000 in bonds, authorised by the last leglslature for the erection of the remodeling and repair of others and for other public school purposes. The bifl was 101.61, the premium amounting to ap- proximately $5,000, or about $4,700 more than the expense incident to is- suing and floating the bonds. The bonds bear interest at the rate of 4% per cent and-all are to be retired by 1937, Street Bonds Sold. The county commissioners havé also S0l $10,000 in bonds for street im- at Woodmont, and $4,500 for like improvements at . _The proceeds from the sale of the Woodmont bonds will be used to repay the county commis. sioners money advanced for street work there, and the proceeds from the sale of the Alta Vista bonds will be turned over to the citizens' com- mittee of the village. The eoft coal to be used by Mont- gomery County during the coming winter will cost $7.34 a ton and the hard coal $14.20 a ton. Contracts have been awarded by the county commis- Nourse and C. C. Tumbleson, Stearne Hoyle of this county has been de~ clared of “unsound mind by the eounty commissioners and has been ordered committed to Springfield Hospital at Sykesville, Md., for ~are and treatment at the expense of the county and State. 3 The Girls' Friendly Soclety of St. John's Episcopal Church at Olney. this county, is arranging to present the play, “Aunt Billle From Texas,” and the one-act comedy, “The Spin- sters' Club,” in the high school auditorfum at Sandy Spring the eve- ning of Friday, August 29. Harold Smith, Edmund S. Prescott, Robert Tolson, Ira Darby, J. Dan Louthan, Dr. J. W. Nicol, Hugh Bick- ford and Randall Benson of the Hen- derson-Smith-Edmonds Post, Rock- ville, ang Douglass Farquhar, Thomas Hyde, Ferguson Barnsley and Allan Clark of the Norman B. Price Post, Sandy Spring, have gone to Havre de Grace, Md., to attend the three-day annual meeting of hte State Ameri- . AUGUST 21, 1924 can Leglon, which convened there today. . ‘Willlam Thomas Lee and Leon Moore, Washington negroes, were arrested at the fair grounds by Deputy Sheriff Gingell and other of- ficers, who took charge of several gallons of liquor. * KILLED BY DOG BITE. West Virginian Is Victim of Hy- drophobia. CHARLESTON, W. Va, August 21.—General W. Irons, 77, died | late yesterday in the city jall hospital, a victim of hydrophobia, which result- ed from having been bitten by a dok several week ago. The man, whose given name was not a military title, fled from a hospital earlier In the day and roamed about the streets for an hour until found by the police. e s e P R S P fi:-x:m:::.fismzmzimmmxm THREE STILLS SEIZED. Virginia Raid Brings Arrest of Two on Moonshine Charges. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. HMWHMOND, Va., August 21.—Three 500-gallon stills, 25 gallons of liquor and two men is the net result of a rald by State and Federal. prohibi- tion officers In Powhatan County, 25 miles from the city, made yesterday. The men are Lynwood Walker and John Taylor. The officers walked up /o) on them in broad daylight, while they were operating one of the stills, and on command to ‘Hand up!” the men turned and gazed into the muzzles of dangerous looking guns. The stills were all new, and there were the usual number of fermenters for the stills, and at the one in op- eration several thousand gallons of mash were found. The men were lodged in jail to await trial. Al the liquor was of the rye variety. Pineapples have been known to attain a weight of 17 pounds. Legion Women at Session. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 21.— The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Snyder- Farmer Post, No. 3, American Legion, of Hyattsville, Is represented at the annual State gathering of auxiliaries, which convened at noon today in Havre de Grace, by Mrs. Percival K. Parlette, president,-and Mrs. Bradley A. Snyder, vice president, as delegates, Mrs. John J. Fainter and Mrs. Ella M. Wagner are alternates. = e T S [T 2 R T M 2 G R sioners. t the Congressional Country Club. 5 = Upon the advice of Drs. Upton D. once, taking up the question of flood Sith . The county commissioners have prevention with property owners who suffered losses by the recent high wa- ter,.and con veral plans of curbing Wills nd the Potomac River. Some of the property owners have been working on the proposition of a flood wall. Mr. Kimball will con- tinue his work until April 1, 1926, when he will submit recommendations Cumberland city council. ppointment was made by the advisory committee, ap- pointed following the recent floods. 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