Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1927, Page 5

. LEGISLATIVE SPEED - FOR NEARBY BILLS *Montgomery and Prince| Georges Measures Hold As- | sembly Spotlight This Week. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 19 Measures pending in the Maryland Legislature affecting particularly Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties will be speeded through the tegislative mill here,next week, it was predicted by the leaders following ad Journment over the week end. Neither house will reconvene until 8:30 o'clock Monday night, but it was} pointed out that the pending Mon 8omery and Prince Georges County measures will be taken up for discus. | slon on Tuesday morning, and will keep the floor until passed These include the two prinrary meas ures, the Park and Planning Commis sion’ bill ting both countles, and the measure changing the form of government of Montgomer punty er tactics Friday against the and Planning Commission bill upon the theory that it was a State wide bill were successfully settled | under the leadership of Speaker k.| Brooke Lee, who took the floor to guide it through the dilatory tactics and was upheld by a record vote of 100 to 1. This vote was taken as a test of the sense of the House of Dele- gates, and indicates to the political perts that the measure will take wut little time when it comes up for 1 third reading and final passage on | Tuesday. The House following this e approved a resolution providing the printing of 100 additional | coples each of the measures in which considerable interest has developed. Possible Fight Foreseen. The bill amending the Sanitar mission act, which m develop tight, is being c! the Prince Geo: 2 s County delegation | in both house some of the prob lems involved in this measure were made campaign issues in the last elec- tion, and the members are pledged o see that certain of them are carried out. However, the measure as intro- duced on Friday is believed to meet all objections, and there strong \hope that it will go through without any real opposition, which might | serve to get It snagged in the legis- | lative mill to meet death during the | closing_hours. Senator L. G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro has been giving considerable attention to the study of the measure during the past week and announced that Le is nrepared to make a firm and against any of the provisions the measure which are opposed by the people of Prince Georges County within the bounds of the so-called sanitary district. The measule can- not come up until it is printed, and this will take several days, but the House leaders are prepared to take it {up at the first opportunity with the tdea of getting it before the Senate next weel Will Bring Up Bond Issue Plans. Delegate George L. Edmonds, Rock- vilie, Montgomery County delegation, is prepaved to bring up as soon as the printed copies are received of several | measures providing bond issues for Montgomery County. One of these is for the acquisition of a site and the construction of a new jail at Rock- ville, a_project which is badly needed to rep the present antiquated structure. Another provides for the issuance of bonds for the improve- ment of the court house, with a view to relieving the crowded conditions prevailing there. Another meagure, fostered by the Montgomery County Civic Federation, provides for the elimination of bill- boards in the county. Another meas- ure which is to be pressed prohibits the use of steel traps for the catching of foxes and was introduced at the | request of a number of fox hunters in the county. Another measure to come up next week, and one fostered by the county eivic federation, is that authorizing the establishment of police substations at Bethesda and Silver Spring and providing for a method of fin The ures pending affecting Montgomery County. These include the House bill repealing the law providing for three constables and is to make way for a new law dealing with the sher- iff's office and the establishment of a county constabulary, revision of the tdog law to provide for impounding stray dogs and for payment of dam- ages done by such animals, empower- Ing county commissioners to fill va- cancies in the treasurer's office from death or other causes, authorizing eounty commissioners to levy for vol unt - fire departments in Montgom- ery County $500 annually for each piece of apparatus, not to exceed three picces, authorizing two addi- tional county commissioners for Mont- County, empowering the commissioners to appoint an authorizing the county com- | missioners to issue bonds for emer- gency purposes not to exceed $200,000, | providing for a police justice at large at Roekville, and annexing part of the tenth election district to the sev- enth d These have all passed the House, Would Improve Roads. following te bills are still in that body awaiting action: Author- {zing Board of Public Works of Mar: land to convey to town of Kensington | certain plots and within the cor porate limits; authorizing county com- | for payment of | for first and third | of thirteenth election the purpose of roads in these precine for a bond issue of 1% purpose clection_contest | | | | | Ser mis: bond pre trict rtair between Frank | r., of Upper Marlboro and Roberts Muliikin of Prince s 1s to be settled Monday, when mmitt h elections, of which ¢, Mechanicsville, is n the re all has taken his se House of Delegates. The count ein at 11 o'clock, the House of having passed an order | e 8. Dove, Eli W ust Millers, the supe of Prince Georges County, werfield D. Hall, wit Court of Prince ( produce before th Monday the boxes contain cast for membe zates at the on tion | n unt is rks, one to be ap each contestant s returned on tie l kin and the | resulted in votes for | e figur shee lted in a d Mull her sh of one between figure count nia Jority five Holds Error Possible. ntended by Mullikin ve been error by ause of the s mall and iwood, another 1o wus on the by that the tally cle cording the calling off have taken 8 mall ed out by Speaker Lee new count should show victor the time will be each member of the if the ikin the —that is, | business. | not | street_branch | House of Delegates is elected for two sessions, and Small having served the present session, Mullikin, if the recount shows him to be elect- ed, will be allowed to sit at the next session of the Legislature. The gas tax bill providing an addi- tional tax of 11 cents a gallon on gasoline, the proceeds to be used for the construction of lateral roads, will come up again on Tuesday, and there is expected to be strong opposi- tion to the measure in some sources, but not enough, predict the pro- ponents, to defeat it. In some sources the bill is declared unconstitution: because it is not uniform and pro- vides certain exemptions, and fur- ther that it taxes gas used in trac- tors, many of which are used exclu- vely on the farms and never go on the highways, and also for tractors used by industrial ns exclu- sively for shifting freight in thef factories and adjoining yards. In some sources, it is contended that if this measure passes it will mean that the District of Columbia will have to increase its tax, as the constituents of the Maryland Repre- sentatives in Congress living on the border near the instrict lLne will try to have it forced through Con- gri , becaus automobile owners near line will crc chase_the the M Maryland the District nd tax, dealers However, the propone; of the measure contend that this is s0, the producing companles allow price concessions in such cases and they have produced figures to show that their arguments are cor- rect. TIO SHOT N BANK ROBBERY ATTENPT Employes of Baltimore Inst tution, Wounded, Drive 0ff Gunman. and will lose as By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 19.—Two bank employes were shot, one ser ously, in a fruitless attempt by three robbers to hold up the Monument of the Provident Sav. ings Bank today. Precipitate action of the lone gunman who took the leading role, in cutting loose with a | blasting fusillade of shots before he had gained access to the bank’s funds, acted to frustrate the robbery. He was driven off in a gun duel through plate glass. Fires Into Teller's Cage. Leaving two one at the wheel of an automobil with the engine running, the gunman quietly approached the cage of Robert J. MeNally, jr., 20-year-old teller, and fired point blank through A bullet tore through s throat and another smash- ed his jaw. He crumpled to the floor and out of range as Demon L. Gaskin, the bank manager, whose coat had been clipped by a bullet, leaped into the fray with a revolver snatched from under the counter. With bullets from Gaskin's gun spinning about him, the bandit re- treated, but near the door turned, and firing the length of the room, struck Gaskin in the side. Gaskin kept his feet, however, and continued to fire. That one of his bullets may have found its mark was indicated by a spatter the doorway. of blood on a divan near Speed Away in Crowd. ‘Witnesses said the robber, when he emerged, had covered one side of his face with his coat lapel. He and his two companions sped away in a gathering crowd. The auto mobile was found abandoned in an alley later. It had been stolen. Hospital phys said neither cNally nor would _die. McNally was the most seriously hurt. Telephone Census. There are more than 16,000,000 tele- phones in use in the United States at the present time, or about one tele- phone for every seven of the total population of the country. The aver- age number of daily telephone con- versations Is 48,800,000 4 SEEEODOODE Z 25 ) & STDEOE e DD Al NEOESD g RE® ) BB of the contention that | their |¢ companions outside, | UNDAY e $100,000 STATE AID FOR NEARBY PARKS J b vl |Maryland to Contribute to | Suburban Planning Com- mission Work. Staff Correspondent of The Star | ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 19.—With ance that the Maryland Legis- . now in sessfon here, would en act into law the measure now pending ‘(u establish the Maryland tional | Capital Park and Planning Comm {sion, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, in order {that there may be no delay in putting |the regional development plans into |effect in the metropolitan area adja- cent to the Capital City, has sent to the body a subplemental budgst in which is a_provision for $100,000 for the use of the commission: He said that the state would be am- justified in expending this amount nt to the District of Columbia arks in that vicini he said, would not only be well situated for creation purposes, but would |serve to preserve the natural | ties of that part of the State building encroachments out of Wash | ington.” Will Have Funds at Once. This state appropriation, when it gets | through the Legislature, will provide | the State comm! | which to put the machinery of the |commission In motion immediately. | The bill creating the commission car- |ries the emergency clause, and the |body will start functioning at once. i This fund, too, also is to meet the leral Government contribution of 9,000 which the National Congress pected to provide at the next se | sion, half of which 18 to be used in |Maryland and the other half in the | metropolitan distriet of Virginia. There is no doubt but that the gov- | ernor’s budget recommendation for the commission will glide safely | through both houses, although there may be some show of opposition on | the floor of the House of Delegates, | as was indicated by the efforts of Dele- |gate Danfel C. Joseph of Baltimore | City, when the park and planning | commission bill came up for its sec- ond reading in the house this week. to delay it by recommitting it to the 'Junllv ary committee, on the ground |that it was a piece of general legis- lation. He pointed out that there was {a provision in the supplemental budget !(m’ this $100,000 fund, and his | contention was that this alone made it general legislation. Speaker E. | Brooke Lee pointed out at the time that that matter could be handled when it reached the floor, and the {delegates could act accordingly if they did not think it was money well | spent I$ Ritchie Backs Measure. Gov. Ritchie is firmly behind the park and planning measure, and the administration delegates are lined up to put through not only the park and {planning bill but authorization for the appropriation. Since the inception of the greater Washington movement, Gov. has given his whole-hearted support to it, and was the first to take steps to appoint an unofficial commission to co-operate with the Federal com- mission in laying down the plans for the development of these two coun- ties to conform to the plans for the metropolitan idea, and out of which grew the demand for the bill now pending to legalize the work, which the governor has initiated, having foreseen the possibilities which now are growing into a reality. SHIP DRIFTS iN GULF. Italian Steamer Brento Disabled by Break in Drive Shaft. TAMPA, Fla., March 19 ®).—A radio message from the Italian steam- ship Brento, picked up today by the Gulf Service radio station here, said she was drifting in the Gulf about 100 miles south of Pensacola, with her drive shaft broken. The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa and tug Richmond of the Aiken Tow- boat and Barge Co.'s fleet have gone to her aid. 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[ | Members of the group have pledged | | themselves to accompany serious vis- | |itors to the museums and art center and to act as expert guides who can | point out the real artistic merits of |the sights. Al of them speak fluent | English and all are prominent in their respective branches of art The society is to be known ‘Art Promenades.” CATHOLICS PLAN PEACE MEET HERE Cal:ahan Announces Gather- ing of Educational Leaders on April 19. the Educational leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States will gather here April 19 for a con- ference calculated to unite the forces tholicism all over the world in inite program for world peace s announced vesterday by Col Patrick Henry Cailahan, of Louis ville, Ky., chairman of ghe Catholic committee on international peace, | which will sponsor the con: e. The meeting will 1mark, he said, one of the most significant gatherings in the history of the church in this country and will be attended by approximately 400 delegates, includ- ing not only noted scholars but eccle siastical leaders. In addition to leading faculty members from all of the secular institutions of higher learning in the United States, pro- fessors will be present from other colleges and universities, many of them of international note. Common Amity Plan. Calling of the conference here, which it fs hoped will knit together branches of the church in the dif- ferent nations in the prosecution of a common plan for international amity, Is the outgrowth, Col. Callahan sald, of a luncheon attended by rep- resentatives of 15 nations at the Eucharistic Congress at Chicago. Those In attendance at the luncheon represented many different view- points, he sald, and were partici- pating in the congress as official representatives of the Roman Catho- lic Church from the respective coun- tries. Despite the divergence of national political outlooks, he stated such a sentiment for world peace developed that a plan for a confer ence was evolved, out of which it i anticipated will come a practical peace program, furthered by the com- bined might of the Catholic Church. Peace Plans Prepared. Plans for the confercnce go far deeper than the mere calling togethe, of educational leaders and students of International affairs, Col. Calla- han explained. They have included the assignment of prominent Jesuit scholars to a careful study of peace plans since the beginning of history Their data, obtained _through months of patient research work, will be used as a practical aid in the | preparation of a, plan to promote | world peace which will represent the | proposal of the entire church. The meetings will be held at Catholi University and the presiding will be Archbishop Hanna, he the National Catholic =~ Welfare | Council. Col. Callahan, who is actively asso- | clated in a leading capacit several important recognized peace movements and officlated as toast- | master at the recent dinner here of the Committee of One Thousand for Law Observance, characterized the STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, | infantry, MARCH 20, 1927—PART 1. MUSSOLINI OPENS PEACE OFFENSIVE Starts Drive to Quiet Talk About Italy’s Alleged War- like Ambitions. jated Pre March 19.—Premier Musso lini bas launched a vigorous “peace offensive” to quiet reports of Ita varlike intentions. Speaking in the premier's behalf Gen. Cavallero, undersecretary © ate for war, informed the Chamber of Deputies today that there have been extensive movements of troope to northern Italy, within a short journey to the frontier. Headded, how ever, that the movements were made for purely technical reasons and con tained no threat of aggression Gen. Cavallero said 52 battalions of 59 battallons of artillery, 5 of Alpine troops, 6 of bicycle troops, 11 squadrons of cavalry and 15 engi- neer companies had been transferred from southern to northern Italy "his was done entirely in connectior with a reorganization of the army. he said, “for purely organic rea sons. There has been no other move ment or concentration of troops, to wards any frontier, since I have held affice.” PLOT IN ALBANIA CHARGED. By the Assc ROME DON, March 19 (#).—The Sun day Express says that the Ttalian government, in its memorandum t¢ CGireat Britain making known anxlety over the state of affairs on the Jugo slav-Albanian frontier, accuses the Jugoslay government of endeavoring to foment a counter revolution against the existing Albanian government. Italy, the paper adds, alleges that the Jugoslav frontier authorities are alding and abetting the organization of irregular bands under Albanian \ders who are hostile to Ahmed Zogu and that these bands are about to invade Albania from the north and east under the direction of disguised Jugoslav officers. The Italian government, it con tinues, suggests that Great Britain and other leading powers should re monstrate with the Belgrade govern- ment. 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Following arrival of a detachment Arkansas National Guard from , Ark., and organizations of ivilian police and relief forces, order was being restored slowly in Green Forest, Ark., according to a staff pringfield Daily CGireen Forest is preparing to dead tomorrow. al Guardsmen are preventing looting, .clearing streets of debris and directing distribution of clothing and SLOWLY. at Eureka Springs. Another special arrived to bear | against the most seriously injured to hospitals | storm the eclements. Despite the which dropped nearly five inches of snow ‘in southeastern Wyo- Several of the 16 persons placed in | ming, the pilots battled through with hospitals live. TWO DEAD 1) there are not lated Town Soon. 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The storm struck the entire south half of Green Forest with terriffic fury y-fiv homes in this section were demolished, with many other residences and vir- tually all business houses in the town damaged to some extent. Scores of homes were levelled by the wind, roofs and heavy timbers being -arried amazing distances. The body of Mrs. James Dorris, aged 65, was found 200 vards from her home. Other persons miraculously escaped serfous injury while their homes crumbled to splinters about them. 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