Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1927, Page 5

¥ n o VATISVLLETAY HEARNG OROERED Citizens’ Prolests Cause Town Council to Delay Ac- tion to December 5. ’ MOTHER AND Bpecial Dispateh to The Star, I HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 15 =1In view of the general protest voiced by taxpayers of the new fourth ward of Myattsville regarding the as: ments just placed on their prope by the town, the mayor and counci their regular meeting la ht de cided to defer until special meeting, | December 5, final action on the valua- tions. In the meanwhile. taxpayers ®ill be given further hearings hy the Bsses an <0 will_be given op- portunity to veice their protests at the meeting, December council takes final action gested that the assessors sider particularly the ®gainst taxpavers who protest night as well as those against adjoin- | ing property ) Authority was given to continue un- | < Spencer street venswood ave- reeess hour for | attending the Mrs, Hantas ool the worked out, St gis way the oy Bailiffs to Get Fees, An ordinance was passed provie that each town bailiff making or caus- | ing an and conviction on charges for m of town ordinances ehall reccive $1 out of the fine col lected and that when one or more | bailiffs acts in the sume case. the fee of $1 shall be divided equally heiween them. The fees shall be paid by the town treasurer. According to the monthly report of Town Treasurer William A, Shepherd, approved by receipts to- $3,907. amounting to leaving a cash balance in bank or in the gen- eral fund of $914.56. Money in other funds was reported as foll Fire depariment, $136.03; 98.06; road, $90.02, and special road, $133.42. Police Chief Blanchard reported that fines for violations of town ordinances from October 1 to November 1 totaled $72 and for State cases in which the arrests were made by his office $100 was collected. That Chief Blanchard has been very much on the job is shown by his rec- ord, which reveals that from July 14 to November 6 he has been on duty an average of 14.54 hours a day. Sev- eral hours of investigation work are not included, Lights to Be Installed. Authority was voted the electric light committee to install ot more than 100 Jizhts in the town at places depmed most necessary. It was voted to pay $342 to Daniel Marine of Bal- timore for repair work on Garfield street, and graveling of Chillum ave- nue from Queen’s Chapel road to the Dr. Perkins property was authorized. 1t was believed the Chillum avenue work would cost about $500. Payment of $15,000 toward ment of } nent improvementsdn Oakwood road was voted. Council went on'fecord as recogniz- ing that draining of water on. the Ketcham property, Columbia avenu was only a temporary a ngemen Building permits totaling $49 wes reported by Herbert J. Moffat, build- fng inspector, They included E. W. Myron Force, C. W. Weisgerber, ad- ditions; W. S. Scott, Robert McCall, M. Zitmore, B. H. Houser, garages: 8. Vanghn, dwelling and_garage; F, O. Little, addition; Smith-Savedge, repairs and alterations; Charles M. Lightbown, dwelling; M. Zitmore, two awellings; O'Neal, sleeping porch; Harry ell, J tura, dwellings; A, Midy 8. E. Vaugh i garage; Ch: Rhodes, dwellings. . STATE STONE UNVEILING. Plans are being made by ‘the Office ©f Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital for the unveil- ing on December 2 of the New Mexico stone at the 330-foot level in the Washington monument. Presi- dent Coolidge has been requested to accept the stone on Federal Government, and it wi cated today that he probably will do | Kansas, Senators A. A. Jones and Sam | K. this. G. Bratton and Representative John knife with which she stahhed a g (dnap the bay in (sl home THERON H. BELL DIES AT AGE OF 68 Postal Official Succumbs at Hos- pital—Funeral to Be Held Tomorrow. Theron 1. Bell, 68 vear: Gallatin street, for 20 years in the office of inspector in ct Office Department in this city, heart disease in the George W ton 1 i ctober 9, while in Atlanti at the w at 10:3 o'clock. ‘rederick Brown Hay: stor of Foundry M. E. Church - sisted by Rev. Newton M. Simmonds, will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. ived by his widow, s. Minnie B. Bell, and a son, Nel: son B. Bell. He was a member of Foundry M. E. Church and of the val League, a Chicago fraternal or- 21, and 1892 Jmmediately following the American “occupation of San Juan, Porto Rico, Mr. Bell tovk up hi - pied the position of chief clerk in the office of the inspector in charge of the Post Office Department, tive part in the establishment of the American postal service on the island. In 1906 Mr. Bell came to Washing- ton to serve in the Washington office of the Post Office inspector in charge, where he served until the time of his death. . COLD HITS WEST. Kansas and Missouri Temperatures Take Sharp Drop. KANSAS CITY, Mo:, November 15 (#).—Cold weather swept into Kansas and western Missouri last night on the heels 0 a Summer thundershower and temperatures dropped precip Iy from the 608 of ye: ing or below & and partly cloudy t. Continued ¢ weather was fore A minimum of 22 degree '0 was reported 1 eV 1 with a low mark of 30 s City. Rainfall of half an inch to two inches was recorded in Kansa with nearly an inch at Kansas Ci ihove in Morrow, all of New Mexico, will de- liver hrief addresses. Promised snow flurries were abs Mes. George Havercamp and hgr son, [ maid, s d, | with the m the Washington division of the Post | = i Funeral services will be conducted |} |her to put her baby down. THE FEVENING RTAR.” WASHINGTON, ™ ON SHE SAVED orge, i\ Mre. Havereamp helding red man who she says attempted KIDNAPERS ROUTED BY ANGRY MOTHER, | WHO RESCUES SON .(Continued t_Page) several times and stopped_her boy on nd offercd him candy. she had a n who was acquainted n who enfercd her apart- ment last night and who, on one oc- », jr., out for more sked upon her re- Several week than an hour and died of | turn how she would like it if he were on _Thi th street 3 corge, jr., was an unwit- protections for his mother, who d him in her 'ms when she inter ewed a man who attempted to rent a room from her and who requested It proved that he a man sought by police for attacking and robbing women. Mr. Havercamp was not in the apartment at the time of the excite- ment last night, but returned a few minutes later after hif wife had sum- moned police. She said she would the negroes were she to see SMOKE FATAL TO CHILD. Death Follows Fir: Parents. Drummond, rear-olil daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Drummond, colored, 1812 L street. died at Emergency Hospital late yes- terday afternoon, as a result of hav- ing been overcome by smoke during a five in the. home earlier in the day. Two other children, William, 3 %, and Cleveland, a 6-month-old ved by their mother, n back into the burn- ing house, and fireman G. T. O'Brien of No. 2 Truck Co as forced to make the second rescuc. Origin of the fire was not deter- mined, police reported, and the dam- age to houre and contents was estim |ated at $300. Coroner Nevitt con- ducted an investigation and gave a certificate of accidental death in the case of the child. The three children were taken from Phe scene of the fire to Emergency Hospital. — . 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