Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 5

e e COUNGIL TO STUDY IMONTGOMERY FIREMEN HAVE BUSY SEASON Reports at Rockville Meeting of County Departments Show 80 | PERVAT AUTHORITY =52 Eldridge’s Protest Brings Maove to Investigate Revoking Power. Decision to have a thorough study made of the ques of trafic, M. O. Eldridge, having or not having the authority to suspend permits of automobile drivers pending trial for traffic violations was reached ut a meeting of the Washington Traf- fic Counci! {n the Miils Building last night. t efer the matter to the council’s legls- ative committee to make a thorough study of the whole question in that regard. This action followed a statement by Mr. Eldridge that under a decision of Justice J. F. Smith, who granted an injunction to Peter Tierney in Equity Court yesterday restraining Mr. Eldridge from suspending his driver's permit prior to conviction, that he (Mr. Eldridge) is unable to suspend a permit of any driver for driving while drunk prior to convic- tion. Mr. Eldridge deplored this condl- tion, stating that such traffic cases often are mnot brought to trial for from six months to two and onc-half years, and that In the meantime a traffic violator can keep on violating the law and maintain his permit. May Cover All Cases. If Judge Smith's decision covers cases of driving while drunk, under which head Tierney is charged, it probably covers the other classes of traffic violations for which it was thought permits could be suspended pending trial, Mr. Eldridge sald. When the traffic act was passed last July we thought we had everything sewed up, continued Mr. Eldridge, while indicat- ing that it now appears that the right regarding the suspending of permits &mounts to nothing. The four general violations under which Mr. Eldridge previously regard- d as giving him the right to suspend permits were driving while intoxi- cated, leaving after colliding, the sec- ond offense for reckless driving and the third offense for speeding. A resolution was adopted to|y e Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 5.— Fire departments composing the Montgomery County Assoclation, re- sponged to $0 alarms and saved prop- erty valued at many thousands of dollars the last three months, accord- ing to reports at the quarterly meet- ing here, attended by many of the volunteer firemen of the county. The Takoma Park boys went to 18 fires, the Rockville firemen to 17, fon of the director) Kensington to 16, Silver Springs to i5 and Bethesda and Sandy Spring to 7 each. Clarence M. Kiefer of Takoma Park was elected president of the associa- tion and Lewis Fussell of Sandy Spring was re-elected secretary-treas Barnard Welsh of Rockvilie presided. Following the business session a program of music, dancing and other features was rendered and refresh- ments were served by the Rockville firemen. It was decided to hold the next quarterly meeting in the new iire engine house at Bethesda. The departments at Bethesda and Chevy Chase were admitted to membership in th assoclation. — LODGE HONORS EIGHT. 0. F. A. Certificates and Emblems Presented ot Vienna, Va. Va., February 5.—Vienna Council, No. 12, Order Fraternal Amer- icans, held a public meeting last night at its new hall. The purpose was to invest eight of the members with certificates of faithfulness and gold emblems of the order for membership in the council for 25 years or over. Samuel T. Parks of Alexandria, dis- trict secretary, presided and intro- duced the speakers. Charles E. Jack« son welcomed the visitors and James R. Mansfield of Alexandria, State treasurer, who presented the certifi- cates and emblems, paid tribute to the work of the late E. L. S. Bouton of Vienna, who helped start the local council and who was State councilor. The certificates were given by the Grand Council, O. F. A., of Virginia, and the gold emblems by the local council. Those honored were: Arthur L. Cross, Charles C. Pierpont, Win- Tag Inquiry Planned. Mr. Eldridge also brought to the attention of the council the question of issuing automobile tags to persons who do not reside in the District. ‘This matter also was referred to the legislative committee for complete study, after many possible situations ‘which might result under present laws ‘were discussed. It was the general opinion of the members of the council that the license tags should be issued for pas- senger cars only when their owners “sleep” in the District or in special cases where the automobiles are con- tinually used here. The general discussion on the tag field Thompson, 1. D. Hummer, J. F. Oertel, L. L. Freeman, W. D. Dixon and James L. Wilmeth, now national secretary of the order. Fred W. Ebhardt, State national representative, made the address of acceptance. In the absence of the presi-| ROCKVILLE, ROCKVILLE, Md., February 5 (Spe- cial).—Following a long iliness, Miss Margaret Blake, aged 82 years, dled on Thursday at Waverly Sanitarium, on the Rockville pike, near Montrose, of a complication of diseases. Under the direction of the State question arose from cases cited of |home demonstration agent, Miss Venia residents of nearby Virginia and|M. Kellar, the home demonstration Maryland and the so-called tin can |2gents of Montgomery, Prince Georges, tourists trying to obtain the tags. |Charles and St. Marys Countles were The question of Army officers living | in conference at Hyattsville two days on _government reservations sur- |€arly in the week. Thev ware -iven rounded by Maryland territory taking | course of instruction preparatory to out District tags also was discussed. | thelr outlining work in their respec- In this connection,. it was stated that |tive countles for the current year. the Maryland State attorney general |Mrs. Helen McKinley and Miss Mar- had ruled that the reservations were | 8aret McPheeters, clothing and nutri- not in Maryland and that those per- | tion experts, respectively, of the Uni. sons living on them were not en-|Versity of Maryland, attended and titled to Maryland tags. Alleged | Participated in the proceedings. cases also were cited of persons be- Licenses have been issued by the ing arrested in Maryland for running | clerk of the Circuit Court here for on 1926 tags of their home States, which their respective states allow until a later date. One of these per- the marriage of John 1. Brice, 21, of Hall, Md., and Miss Hilda M. Buck, 18, of Upper Marlboro, Md.; George sons, it was declared, had applied for | L. Fauntleroy, 21, of Newport News, & Maryland license but was turned down and told by Maryland authori- ties to secure a District tag and he ‘would be released. Speed Move Favored. A move was launched at the meet- ing to speed up traffic by securing enforcement of the regulation requir- the drivers of motor vehicles to keep to the right side of the street. A resolution was adopted authorizing the appointment of a committee to see Superintendent of Police MaJ. Hesse, to ask that several motor- cycle policemen be allowed to patrol the main traffic arteries and wave the drivers to the right side of the street. : A resolution was also adopted ap- proving a recommendation made be- fore the council by Mr. Eldridge that the southbound traffic on Vermont avenue between McPherson Square end H street be done away with so that the traffic at the intersection of Vermont avenue, Madison place and H street can be handled by traf- fic lights, which Mr. Eldridge pro- posed to install. The resolution requested that the system first be tried out with policemen and if found satisfactory that the lights be put in With _the southbound traffic stopped along Vermont avenue between the oints named, it was stated by Eldridge and Col. 1. C. Moller, assist- ant director of trafiic, both left and right hand turns could be allowed at the intersection named. Zihlman Bill Approved. The council approved a bill recently introduced in the House by Represent- ative Fred N Zihlman for the handling of minor traffic violations without policemen having to appear in court. Under the system, it was explained, minor traffic violators would be given cards telling of the oftense, with which they would appear before a traffic violation bureau of the Traffic Bureau, Police Depart- ment. The director would be author- ized to prepare a schedule of fines to be imposed for first, second and third offences, no such fines to exceed $25. ‘The traffic violators thus fined would have the right of appeal and a trial. To illustrate the feasibility of such & traffic violation bureau, Mr. Moller eaid that out of 467 minor traffic vio- | Jations in Chicago, where such a system is employed, a policeman _had to appear in court in only seven cases. Deploring _small appropriations al- | Jowed the Traffic Department by a bill now pending in Congress, which brings the original appropriation rec- ommended from $33,000 to $19,000, Col. Moller declared that if the bill is passed the Traffic Bureau will have no_ facilities for issuing permits by July 1, but that the matter would have to be taken care of by the Police Department. Moller Wants $28,000. This would mean, he said, that the permits would have to be handled by 2,200 2 year men instead of by clerks of the Traffic Department who re- ceive less than $1,200. This matter els0 was referred to the council’s com- mittee on legislation. The least amount the Traffic Department could properly get along with is $28,500, Col. Moller continued. The council went on record as ap- Qrovlng a change in the speed imit on Wisconsin avenue between Newark end Warren streets, to permit 30 miles an hour driving, as recom- mended by Mr. Eldridge and Col. Moller. The council also approved a recommendation that automobiles in funeral processions burn their head- lights as a signal that it is such a procession, as a means of protecting the line of cars from being broken by other vehicles cutting in and also 10 insure the procession the right of w Va., and Miss Cordella B. Medford, 18, of Salisbury, Md.; Upton D. Thomp- son, 21, and Miss Marjorie V. Pierson, 18, both of Washington, and James 1. Rose, 21, and Miss Mary I. Taylor, 22, both of Potomac, Va. A _— DEATH FOR ROBBERY. Maryland Bill Proposes Penalty if Deadly Weapon Is Used. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 5 (#). —The death penalty would be invoked in convictions of robbery with a dead- ly weapon, under a bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly yes- terday. The bill would provide as an alternative a prison sentence of not less than 10 years, at the discretion of the court. e Takoma Park Mass Meeting. State Senator Eugene Jones, Maj. E. Brooke Lee, Speaker of the House of Delegates, and Dr. George L. E. Brooke Lee, speaker of the House of Delegates, from Montgomery County, at the mass meeting to be heid at the Presbyterian Community Hall, Takoma Park, Md. at ¢ n'clock tonight, will discuss the legislative program that will be submitted 1o the present session of the general as- sembly. This plan includes bond is- sues, tax rates, road improvements, school expansion program, proposed sion for the suburban area of Mont- gomery County and for Prince Georges County, proposed changes in the laws controlling the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and other matters. The meeting will be under the auspices of the Community League. Mayor Ben G. Davis will preside, " School Movie Nets $110. Special Dispatch to The Star. UNIVERSITY PARK, Md., Febru- ary 5.—The movie given under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation Thursday netted approximate- ly $110, Mrs. Ray H. Skelton, chair- man, announced. The proceeds will be used in playground equipment and other improvements to the local school. Two performances were given, in the afternoon at the Arcade In Hyattsville, and at the University of Maryland in the evening, Named to Divide Property. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va,, February 5.—B. F. Salsbury, C. R. Moran, Edward E. Swayze, Guy Church and J. W. Pobst were appointed by Judge Brent as commissioners to divide the property of the late Caroline Lewis Smith of Falls Church into four equal parts to be distributed to Luvena Smith, Ben- jamin Smith, Anna Smith Burge and the four children of the late Hugh Smith, subject to the dower interest ) Gussie Smith, widow of Hugh Smit] A general discussion ensued re- garding the advantages of traffic lights and making certain traffic restrictions, such as the establish- nifent of one-way streets. Charles W. Darr declared that there are too many cases where a person “has to g0 all around Robins' barn to get to a given point” and added that drivers are trying to avold the streets on which the traffic lights are in- stalled. The latter statement was contradicted both by Mr. Eldridge and Col. Moller. Among other questions taken up were the matter of appropriations for safety zones, for which Col. Moller aid there are no appropriations for this year, and other matters relating to parking restrictions and the issu- ay. Mr. Eldridge had the question of ambulances speeding _unnecessarily t0 khis aiteniion by C. P. Clark. ing of speclal parking permits to business firms. George W. Offutt, chairman, pres! parks, planning and zoning commis- |’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1927. RS, CHAPLIN TRIES NEW ALIMONY TACK More Safety Boxes to Be‘Ex-»\‘ plored—Denied Plea for Comedian’s Arrest. the film comedian's wife pending the outeome of her suit for divorce. owing a conference with the re- ceivers of Chaplin's property in the divor ction, Mrs. Chaplin’s lawyers announced that safety de- xes rented by the comedian in several Los Angeles and Hollywood banks would be opened and an inven tory of their contents made. This will » In accordance with a previous order. The boxes are expected ceal additional assets belonging plin. All of Chaplin’s funds and proper- tles so far uncovered in California are | effectively tied up by income for more t $1,500,000 a acto ‘Although Mrs. lin’s attorneys declared that no effort would be made to remove the contents prosecutor was advised by Lioyd Wright, the actor's attorney, that Chaplin is remitting $100 a week for the children’s maintenance. —_ —e Rules Against Church Tax. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., February der a ruling by the Attorney the property of the Cathol in Richmond, recently transferred by Archbishop O'Connell to his successor in office, is not subject to taxation on transfer. The ruling is that title is vested in the church and the bishop is merely the administrator. Leaves 70 Descendants. Special Dispatch to The Star. BANTON OPENS WAR ON IMMORAL PLAYS New York Prosecutor Will-Act Under Present Law to Curb Indecency. By the Assoclated Pre which provides a fine of $1,000 three years in prison for performances tending to corrupt morals. Will Work With Committee. A produceractor-playwright com mitteo of nine plans te continue con ferences In an attempt to relleve Banton from carrying out his man censorship scheme. Mr. Banton says he will co-operate with the stage committee on any feasible plan to relleve him of his! censorship duties. Meanwhile objectionable plays will | be taken directly to the grand jury, oliminating “dilatory tactics which tend to advertise the pla or one- 5 ing it for the large number of al- vorces. He termed “What Price Glory?" of pacifist vilest plece ever put forth.” Special Disp: FAIR Judge Br Brown and Everett I Falls Tpon M. Chi Fadeley tees aind H. were given ch petition of Nalr, w the propaganda t The Star Va., s appointed Hirace E. February Tillett trustees Presbyterian Horace r, H. 3 R Bethune, . Demarest, the tri permission to row $8,000 on the church property to By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELFS, February torneys for Lita Grey Chaplin, defeat- ed in their attempt to have Charles Chaplin charged with faflure to pro vide for his wife and two children, to- {day took a new tack In thelr efforts collect tempof NS S 5.—At. | have announced made. District for lin's counsel C inst mplaint aga claring he was providing alimony awarded for Z ¥ of the boxes, internal revenue agents their being present when the inventory Is Attorney Asa Keyes yi st of Mrs, a_failure-to-provide the comedi convinced that Chaplin day refused the requ WINCHESTER, Va., February Mrs. Martha T. Whittington, 94, widow of Charles T. Whittington, for- merly of Shannondale Springs, who 13 dead at Brucetown, near leaves 70 direct blood-kin de- ndants, including 8 children, 41 ndchildren and 31 great-grandchil- intention of ster- hap de- amily. The w. | “There will be not more than a week’s delay between the indictment and trial,” Mr. Banton sald. “I can | assure the public of that.” “What Price Glory?” Scored. Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett | | attacked the Broadway stage In an | | build pu n addition for Sund ¢ school NEW YORK, February 5.—If Broad way contlnues naughty somebody Is to be fined or go to jail. 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