Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1929, Page 2

2% HONTGONERY BT TOSTATE S LSTED W. R. & E. and County Com- missioners Named in Roads Body Inquiry. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. | { | | | | BALTIMORE, Md,, December 8.—The & Electric Co., of Montgom- Railway sic Washington the county com: ery Conty and St town comm St. Marys Construction Co. in_the list of “accounts n with the sho the State Road: mission the | . DR. JOHN S. HARRISON DIES: " AIDED 1883 HUNT FOR GREELEY d the h ks were removed & v added to the State commission in turn wh one and one-half miles of single which was taken over by the commis- sion. County Owes $3,000. ‘The county commissioners of Mont- gomery County are listed as owing § 090, which is in connection with extra | work at the Silyer Spring crossing which was not included in the original contract and was done by the commis- slon and charged against the county. The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County owe the State $375, which is for a truck purchased in 1927, while the town commissioners of Leon- ardtown are listed as owing the com- mission $184.60 for oiling roads within the municipality. The St. Marys Construction Co. of Mechanicsville is charged with $40 on account of some hauling in connection with road work in the county. H. Anderson, justice of the peace of Upper Marlboro, and H. B. Clagett, also of Upper Marlboro, are both listed as indebted to the commission for some culvert pipe, the former being charged with 16 feet of pipe for $14.24, and the latter 38 feet of pipe for $61.66. $214,000 in Debts. In making public the list the gov- ernor anhounced.that a total of be- tween $214,000 and $220,000 are debts, which are good, have been paid or will be paid, of which something over | $14,300 is due from the counties and municipalities of the State. Herbert R. O'Connor, State's attorney, who has had the list for the past week, announced that there was nothing in any of the transactions which could be used in & criminal prosecution and after turning the list over to the governor announced that no further action would be taken by his office in connection with the shortage except the indictment and prosecution of 11 additional men | named by the grand jury last week as| having been implicated in the looting of the commission. PERSONNEL BOARD IS VESTED BY BILL TO FIX PAY GRADES| (Continued From First Page) amending the classification act of 1923 differs from the number of rates con- tained in sich grades on_June 30, 1928, the same relative “postion’ within the grade shall be determined by ascertain- ing (a) the difference between the sal- ary rate paid on June 30, 1928, and the | maximum rate of the grade then effec- | tive; (b) the difference between the maximum and minimdém rates of the grade effective on June 30, 1928, and (¢) the difference between the maxit mum and minimum rate of the grade affected as prescribed by the amend- atory act, then dividing (a) by (b), multiplying by (c), adding the product to the minimum rate of the new grade and fixing the salary at the rate near- est to the sum thus obtained. In case such sum is equally distant from two rates, the higher rate shall be fixed. Heads to Make Paymenis. In cases where the adjustment of compensation of certain civilian posi- tions in the field services was author- ized by section 3 of the Welch pay bill, became effective at a date later than July 1, 1928, the incumbents of a posi- tion wherein the adjustment was de- ferred shall be paid the increase in compensation resulting from such ad- justment from July 1, 1928, to the time such adjustment became effective. The heads of the several executive depart- ments and independent establishments are authorized and directd by the new relief bill to make such payments. This new measure provides also that the compensation of field service em- ployes which was not adjusted by the act of December 6, 1924, or the Weich pay bill, and which is not fixed by wage boards shall be increased comparably with the rates of increase resulting from such adjustment under the acts of December 6, 1924, and the Welch pay bill, whether such compensation 15 fixed at rates per annum, per month, per day, per hour or on a piece work basis. Protests to Be Heard. Al those who have grievances against the Government's pay Schedules and administration of salary acts are to be given & hearing soon before the House civil service committee. This promise was made by Chariman Lehibach in closing his doors to all such callers terday because they have been interfer- with his drafting of the relief meas- | ure to take care of those who are not getting what Congress intended they should under the Welch salary bill. Mr. ch's office issued the following ent: Congressman ring that Government employ v calling at his office to existing eivil d their specific laying before him allocations discrin the rate of their | good health. When she returned the |by a brother, Capt. H. W. Harrison, Lehlbach stated this| Photo shows firemen from Bolling Ficld and Washington playing streams of water on the smoldering ruins of ore Four garages also were razed. The barracks, which housed 40 men, was unoccupied at the time the flames were discovered.. Officers at the field estimated the damage at $10,000. of the ficld barracks, swept by flames thi THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D:, C.; TUESDAY, ANUARY 8. 1929. AFTER FLAMES SWEPT BARRACKS AT BOLLING FIELD is morning. | ' Caused by Overheated Flue. i FLAMIES DESTROY BOLLING BARRACKS Air Field Blaze Believed $20,000 Damage Estimated. Flames, believed to have been caused an overheated flue, completely de- oyed personnel barracks No. by this morning. The majority of the bedding and clothing in the building vas burned. The fire razed the temporary frame | structure and spread to nearby garage: | added to the | | Star Staff Photo. Physician Succumbs - to Grippe and Bronchial Pneu- monia at Age of 72. {Pronounced Guiteau Dead at Execution for Slaying President Garfield. Dr. John Stewart Harrison, a mem- ber of the party which in 1883 sailed aboard the supply ship Yantic to aid in search of Gen. Greeley's lost expedi- tion to the North Pole, died yvesterday in Providence Hospital of grip and ronchial pneumonia. He was 72 years of age. For the past 15 years Dr. Harrison had lived alone at 9 Eighth street southeast. He carried on a small prac- tice until his death and lived on the income derived from this source, rela- tives said. Two years ago, while returning from a visit to the Pubile Library, Dr. Har- rison was caught in the path of the tornado which visited Washington at that time, and was blown against a lamp post. receiving injuries which are believed to have contributed to his death. On the relief expedition Dr. Harri- son served as acting assistant surgeon with the party of nine men. who sailed on the Yantic to St. Johns, Newfound- land, and then turned back when a dis- agreement broke out among them. He was among the witnesses who testified at a court inquiry called after the Yantic returned to its home port. At one time Dr. Harrison was attend- ing physician at the District Jail, and | pronounced Guiteau, President Gar- field’s assassin, dead, when Guiteau was executed. He was also attending phy- sician at the Ruppert Home, the old | German Orphan Asylum and' the Bell Home. Dr. Harrison was born in Martins- burg, W. Va,, and was educated at the Jefferson Medical School in Philadel- phia. He was a member of the K. F. R. Society, a secret organization formed in a shed on the White House grounds -during the Civil War. ¢ He has but one relative in Washing- ton, Mrs. Dorothea. F. Dienelt of 105 Sixth street southeast. Mrs. Dienelt, a stepdaughter, visited her father Friday night and found him apparently in next evening he was confined to his bed, and Mrs. Dienelt had him removed to Providence Hospital, where he died. Mrs. Dienelt said her father insisted on living by himself despite her en- treaties that he make his home with her. She said he was opposed to medi- cal treatment and objected to going to the hospital. Besides MMrs. Dienelt, he is survived U. 8. N, who is stationed in France. His brother-in-law, Philip Williams, s governor of the Virgin Islands. Funeral services will be held at 2 oclock tomorrow at the Charles S. Zurhorst _undertaking establishment, 301 East Capitol street. Burlal will be in Oakhill Cemetery. ‘Will of John O’Neill Benefits Local Institutions. John O'Neill, who died January 1, by his will directed the sale of premises 1468 Newton street with its contents and the distribution of the proceeds. He leaves $1000 to his houskeeper, | Sarah Davis, and $1,000 to Rev. Father | Woods of Nazareth, N. C. Bequests of 151,000 each are made to the Little | Sisters of the Poor, St. Ann’s Infant | Asylum, St. Joseph's Male Orphan | Asylum’ and ‘St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, The Franciscan Monastery at Brookland is to have $100. The remaining estate is left to his sister, Mrs. Kate Healy; his brother, Edward O'Neill, and a stepson, Edward | Gardner. Edward P. Hinkel is named as executor. DEPARTMENT DOORS OPENED FOR CHEST BY COOLIDGE ORDER| (Continued From First Page.) ganization next Thursday evening at 8 | o'clock in the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W C. A, Rhode Island avenue and Ninth | street. Capt. Campbell Johnson, secretary of the Twelfth street Branch of the Y. M. C. A, is to serve as secretary of the colored committee on co-ordination. The | campaign for funds ‘will be conducted | January 28 to February 6. | that Carol DR. JOHN S. HARRISON. SENATE RESUMES NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE PACT TRUCE | (Continued From First Page.) interpretations of the treaty in the form of a resolution which the Secretary of State might embody in a note to the other powers in transmitting the rati- fication. (3) The Secretary of State might even now, in complete harmony with the procedure already observed in the preliminary negotiations, address a note to the other signatories stating fully our own official understanding of the nature of the commitments entered into by the United States. This note would thus become an integral part of the negotiations, and therefore would safeguard_our position quite as much as Great Britain and France have safe- guarded thelr. ‘Wants Course Pursued. “(4) A report in like terms from the committee on foreign relations duly read into the Congressional Record here and transmitted by the Secretary of State to the signatory powers with his notice of our ratification would like- wise serve the purpose. “My vote is not necessary to the ratification of - this treaty,” Senator Moses said. “Even if it were, I cannot cast it unless one of these four courses is pursued.” The cruiser construction bill, await- ing consideration after disposition of the Kellogg pact, is apparently playing a part in the negotiations. Opponents of the treaty, who have been demanding an interpretative resolution, are among ;l;lfi strong supporters of the cruiser This has alded the negotiators in getting some support from this group in favor of a report from the foreign relations committee on America’s in- terpretations instead of a resolution of reservation. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES REPORTED IN EUROPE Rumanian Envoy to United States ‘Will Be Sent to Warsaw—Ital- ian Shift Is Hinted. Important changes in the line-up of the diplomatic corps here are in pros- pect, according to Associated Press dis- patches. Announcement was made today at Bucharest, Rumania, of the transfer to Warsaw of George Cretziano, Minister to the United States. It was reported at Rome, on what is considered good authority, that important changes soon will be made in the Italian diplomatic corps, including the posts in Washing- ton, London, Paris and Madrid. The Rumanian legation here today awaited official information of the shift of Minister Cretziano, insisting that similar reports had emanated from Eu- rope last Spring and Summer. It was reported by the Associated Press today Davilla, now Minister at Warsaw, will come to this city. Cretziano came to this city in No- { vember, 1926, to succeed Prince Bibesco. | He previously spent nine years at Ma- | drid. Davilla has been at Warsaw near- ly two years, prior to which he was ac- tive in politics in Rumania, having | served for a number of years in the Rumanian Parliament. The Associated Press dispatches say “The committee on the civil service | of which he is chairman is purely a legislative bo over the adminis applied to_specifi is absolutely nothing man of the committee © s. Furthermo personal suggestior nces. , and has no jurisdiction | of the law as ‘There the chair- | an do in such , presenting to him to be incorporated in pending legislation is not helpful, as these gestions must by the full committee and not alone the chairman. For this purpose, hea on pending legislation will sho d by the-committee at which ful unity will be accorded to all in d to present th ve matters to submit deration of the committee await the then. If they find it impossible to at 1y 1 hearings and present them be determined Persons for the should | tend the hearings at the times they are held they should submit their view: in writing, with this assurance tha they will be given careful consideration. “Those personal interviews have con t sumed so much time, resulting in delay | in the preparation of legislation, tha Mr. Lehibs Teceive ind zals who personal matters or pr r personal vi t h must decline further to| ely wish to DR. KELLY MILLER. |1t is rumored in Rome that Undersecre- | tary Grandi of the foreign office, again | has been mentioned for the Washing- ! ton Ambassadorship. The Italian em- |bassy here today lacked official in- | formation concerning changes in the | diplomatic_service which might affect ! the staff here. 1 WITCHCRAFT SPELL ENTERS HEX TRIAL | Features Case of ‘Pow-Wow’ Doctor Despite Efforts to Suppress It. | (Continued From First Page.) small child. All he remembers is that she measured him with a plece of string | and then “said words” over him. His 80-year-old mother explained that this was the common practice when children were noisy at night and that it nearly always worked, and that the fee was 50 cents. She also is a firm bellever in “Pow-Wowing,” but holds that the art of benevolent witchcraft now is de- cadent, since the old masters are dead, and did not pass on all their secrets. The man himself has had a recent experience. He was afflicted with stom- ach trouble and went to a “witch.” She tied a string around an egg and placed it on red hot coals. The egg broke, which was evidence that he really had stomach trouble. If it hadn't broken, conclusion would be that he did not really have stomach trouble, but only imagined it. Declared Words of Bible. The witch doctors, said the old lady, whispered secret words, but they have told her confidentially that these words were from the Bible. They are| not, however, in everybody's Bible, she says. “How can there be anything evil about witchcraft,” her son asked, “when the words are from the Bible.” He has | heard frequent references to the “Sev- enth Book of Moses,” says the Metho- dist minister at Shrewsbury, but per- sonally he never has seen a copy. Inquiry among the clergymen of York revealed a sincere desire to protect the good name of the city, which prides it- self on inheriting the white rose tradi- tion of the House of York in England, and is satisfied to let its medieval in- teritance rest with this lovely legend. Nevertheless the museum of the York County Historical Society con- tains evidence of the hold which the witcheraft belief has had in the past and which apparently has been revived in the last few years. The young lady in charge blushingly admitted that she herself had been “pow-wowed” when she was a child, in common with most other children of her acquaintance. She exhibited a copy of the celebrated “Himmels Brief,” or letter from heaven, which appears to be one of the holy documents of the witchcraft cult. Its origin_is unknown. It was brought from Germany with the earliest settlers in this part of Pennsylvania. The copy in the museum is dated 1728 and is beautifully decorated with scrolls paint- ed by hand. Obviously, the work of some ancient fanatic, crude in both ideas and diction, this paper apparently has been accepted by hundreds of fami- lies as a direct revelation, of equal standing with the Bible. “This letter,” the transmission reads, “is written by our Lord himself, which an angel threw down from heaven to Magdeburg. Any one who desires a copy of this letter it shall be given him. ‘Who does not believe in this letter I will depart from him. Who works on Sundays is condemned. I now order you not to work on Sunday. Go to church with & good heart. Do not decorate your face, nor wear strange hair. Do not be idle. Give to the poor and give freely, and believe that this letter is written by Myself and from Christ sent to the world. “Threatened With Destruction.” “Be not proud. Abstain from all that is bad. Think that I created you and can destroy you again and do not talk bitter words. Be mnot happy if your neighbor is in distress, or is poor. Have pity on him. Then our Lord will bless you on earth. Who does not do this will be condemned on earth and is lost. I, Jesus, wrote this with My own hand. Who talks bad about Me, that man ; shall have no help from Me. Who has this letter and does not believe it, he is condemned from the Christian Church and from the Almighty. Do not act or work like the senseless | animals. You have six days in the | week in which to work, but the seventh | day, which we call Sunday, you shall | keep holy. If you do not do as I tell | you I will send you want, famine, pestilence and sickness. I will also pun- ish you with many plagues. I also order you not to work late on Saturday. | “Every person, be he who he may, young or old, small or big, rich or poor, shall be sorry for his sins and pray that they be forgiven. Do not ask for silver or gold. Do no bad things. Have pity on My son. Give this letter to every one who asks for it and if| your sins be as great as they can be they shall be forgiven you. On the resurrection day I will ‘inquire about sins and you will be obliged to answer. | Any man who carries this letter with | him or has it in his house he will not | have any damage of thunderstorms. ! He will be secure from fire or water. | Who tells this to others, I will reward | him in the world to come. Keep this, | My order that I sent you by My angels. “I, the true Lord, from the throne of heaven, the son of the Lord and | Mary.” S C si ments carefully and House Hunting —is made easy by carefully reading advertisements in The Star under the heading of Washington and vicinity. If looking for a house, read these advertise- offering just the house you want. ale Houses. This classification is practi- ally a catalogue of all the de- irable property available in you will soon find one ite efforts of the Bolling Field fire- men and those of the Washington companies that responded. The extreme cold and & strong wind which swept across the flying field task of checking the flames Pvt. Stanley Warren, driver of a Solling Field fire truck, received prai from his superior officers when he drove his truck through the smoke and flames of the burning barracks. The truck had been attached to a fire hydrant in front of the building and was pumping water on the blaze when the wind drove the flames in its direction. Receivifig orders to ove his truck, Pvt. Warren brought the machine through the fire without mishap. Officers at the field estimated damage at $20,000. A provision for the const: permanent fireproof barracks is cluded in the present appropriation before Congre Funds to be used in erection of one of these buildings have been provided. but after a survey it was decided the location was not suitab! owing to the marshy nature of th ground. The site for the new strisc- ture is undetermined. SENATORS QUIZZEE BY PACIFIST GROUP ON CRUISER BILL ) (Continued From First Pag which he discussed the value of in- creased armament for the United States Navy. “These cruisers,” Senator Nye said, “when they are built will be worth about as much as 15 decoy ducks.” Richard R. Wood of Philadelphia gave the conference the figures on the relative sizes of the United States and British navi particularly with refer- ence to cruisers. He pointed out that with the completion of the proposed 15 new cruisers the United States Navy's cruiser strength would be, taking into consideration the immediate future plans of the British Navy, large enough to place it on a competitive basis with the British Navy and this would con- stitute, he said, in his opinion com- petitive armament building. Frederic A. Delano, president of the American Civic Association and of the Washington Community Chest, dis- cussed various phases of the Navy bill situation, but placed particular emphasis on the fact that proponents of the Navy bill are stressing the parity point in their arguments for the construction of the new cruisers. He said that these arguments come largely from the Navy groups of both Great Britain and the United States without reference to the needs for the protection of ocean shipping, lives or property but rather from the ever changing esti- mates of members of these groups of the relative strength of the two navies and formed in substance a competition of Navy building. The conference continued its sym- posium this morning until shortly after noon and then a general open discus- sion of the ways and means of com- bating the bill's progress in Congress was held. Tonight a dinner under the auspices of the Washington Council on Interna. tional Relations will be held at the Washington Hotel. In the absence of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, who was to_have been chairman of the conference, Rabbi Sidney Goldstein of New York, associate rabbi of the Free Synagogue and pro- fessor of soclal service at the Jewish Institute of Religion, took the chair. Opening the conference Rabbi Wise stated that “the flagrant inconsistency of the Kellogg Peace Pact an dthe crui- ser bill coming before Congress in prac- tleally the same breath” had brought the conference together. He declared that the cruiser repudiated the spirit of the peace pact and declared for the procession of peace as embodied in the war renunciation pact as against the policies of force as represented by the cruiser bill. i 2R Honor Jackson's Feat. Col. Wade H. Cooper, president of the Continental Trust Co. placed a wreath on the statue of Andrew Jack- son in Lafayette Park today, commem- morating the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, at which Gen. Jackson commanded the Continental forces. Col. Cooper acted on behalf of the Andrew Jackson Soclety of Nashville, ‘enn. Senator Walsh Il Senator Walsh of Montana was un- able to attend the session of the Senate today because of a slight attack of in- fluenza. It was sald at his office that the Senator expected to be confined to his home only until tomorrow. 23, | which houses 40 men, at Bolling Field | | | H | | Wit LARD HOTEL Lot i Arts Club Bal Boheme. third prize. MISS LANE WINNER OF ARTS CLUB PRZE | Poster Contest Awards for Bal Boheme Advertising Are Announced. The design submitted by Miss Con- stance Lane, 5327 Conduit road, took | first prize in a contest conducted by the Arts Club of Washington among local school pupils to select the most original and colorful posters advertis- ing the sixth annual Bal Boheme, which the club is giving this year on January 28 at the Willard Hotel. ‘Three Washington artists who acted as judges, Dorothy Trout, Marguerite B. Neale and Clifford K. Berryman, met last night and selected the winning posters. Second prize went to Gaylord H. Streeter, 210 B street southeast, and third, to Gaylord Conner, 1900 S street, a Mexican youth, who is study- ing art here. Thirty posters, chosen for their ad- vertising qualities and the manner in Wwhich they depict the Egyptian motif of the ball, will be placed throughout Frances Benjamln Johnston. GIVEN HOLDS JURY COURT. Man Convicted Before Judge in His First Service There. ‘The first case to be tried under Judge Ralph Given in the jury branch of Po- lice Court yesterday resulted in the conviction of Andrew Davis Minor, col- ored, 26 years old, 200 block of K street, on charges of transportation and pos- session of liquor. The man was arrested October 12 on Riggs road by Sergt. George M. Little and his_vice squad. ‘The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart, who refuted the defense contention that the arrest occurred in Maryland. Since his appointment to the bench, {on November 15, Judge Given has been sitting in the United States branch, but was transferred to the jury branch yes- terday at the beginning of the mew | term. | has been invoked by Charles J. Ries for permission to enter his home, Morse street northeast, from which he claims to be excluded by his wife. Mrs. Bessle J. Ries. The petitioner tells the court that he purchased the property in 1919 and title, was taken in the joint names of himself and wife. In 1925 the wife complained against him, he says, and he was adjudged in- sane and sent to St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital, from which he was released last Fall, and his mental status restored by the court. ‘The wife refuses to let him enter the house, he says. Attorneys Thomas J. Ahearn and Howard E. Ralph appear for the husband. the city by a committee headed by | SAYS WIFE B;\RS HIM OUT.| Ald of the District Supreme Court| ame Left, Constance Lane, first prize winner in the annual poster contest for | approaching —Star Staft Photo. 'ROBINSON TESTIFIES AT RADIO HEARING | Commission's Life Should Be Ex- tended a Year, Avers Group Chairman. By the Associated Press. Chairman Robinson of the Radio Commission today told the House mer- chant marine committee that the life of the commission should be extended a year so that it could, among other | things, correct mistakes made in allo- cations to radio broadcasting stations “if it has made them.” Chairman Robinson was the first witness to be called before the commit- tee at the opening of hearings on the ‘White bill to extend the commission until March 16, 1930. Asked by Representative Briggs, | Democrat, Texas, whether the commis- |slon had contributed to the improve- ment or retrogression in radio broad- casting and reception by its realloca- tions of last November, Robinson said that there was “such a divergence of opinion that it cannot be determined.” He added that he was not familiar with conditions in other than radio zone No. 2, but in that zone the criticism of the cgrlnmlsslon’s reallocations was favor- able. “‘One of the grounds for the contin- uation of the commission,” Robinson sald, “Is to give it opportunity to cor- rect the mistakes if it has made them.” Robinson said he had opposed the reallocations in November, and that he thought reallocations should have been brought about by gradual steps in cor- recting situations as they arose. As a_result of the November alloca tions, Robinson declared “Many sec- tions of the country feel that they have been treated unfairly.” Asked by Rep- resentative Reid what sections, Robin- son replied: ‘“Indiana, Jowa and some minor places.” Pushed to name the “minor places,” Robinson replied, “Ohio.” A prepared statement submitted by him declared, however, that the reallo- cation had eliminated interference in reception in a certain measure. o QUESTION MARK ON RADIO Flyers to Relate Experiences To- night Over WRC. ‘Washington will have a chance to hear the voices of the crew of the Question Mark, record-breaking en- durance plane, when the flyers speak, from 7:30 to 8 o'clock tonight, over sta- | tion WRC and a coast-to-coast network | of the National Broadcasting Co. ‘The program will open at 7:30 o'clocs | from station KFI, San Francisco, wiere | Maj. Gen. John L, Hines. commandant | of the 9th Corps Area, will introduce the flyers to the radio audience. ‘The broadcast then will be taken up from Los Angeles, where the flyers wil! each step before the microphone for a few minutes and describe their experi- ences on the epochal flight, which end- ed yesterday when faltering motors ferced the giant Army plane to carth. Smacking in Smackover. SMACKOVER, Ark. (#).—What's in a name? This town has a licensed fight club and presents its citizens pro- fessional bouts. ACTRESSES HELP THE THRIFT SHOP Thelma Parker, left, and Renee Hamilton, right, principals of “Hit the Deck,” at the Belasco Theater, as sales- MONTGOMERYBLLS GIVEN SUPPORT Lee Announces Delegation | Will Back School, Court- house and Other Measures. Legislation affecting Montgomery | County schools, roads, courthouse and | park and planning commission, in ad- | dition to a number of minor amend- ments to existing county statutes, is to be sponsored by the Montgomery County delegatfon to the Maryland | General Assembly, which convenes again tonight at Annapolis, it was an- ! nounced today by Maj. E. Brooke Lee of Siiver Spring, Speaker of the House of Delegates and Democratic leader of Montgomery County. Lee stated that among the most im- portant legislation affecting Montgom- ery County would be the legislative de- cision as to the amount of the bond issue funds to be made available for the construction of the new courthouse at Rockville. He explained that $250,- 000 had been made available for the courthouse construction by the 1927 session of the Legislature, but that the courthouse building committee gnd :he architect had recommended an addi- | tional $150,000 as necessary to provide | sufficient office space for the present public business of the county ard the probable increase of the next several years, The members of the House of Delegates have also recommended that the square west of the courthouse be purchased by the county and added to the public square at Rockville, which latter purchase would allow the elimi- nation of the narrow bottleneck on the main business street of Rockville the Frederick road and Right, Gaylord Streeter with his poster, which won | the bad right-angle turn for all Western and Western Maryland traffic. Seces School Bond 0. K. The speaker also called attention to the fact that while Senator Jones had expressed himself as objecting to voting the additional $150,000 for building the enlarged courthouse on the present courthouse square, that the Senator had indicated that he favored the pur- chase of the larger site and had not expressed any objection to building the !adequate courthouse recommended by the building committee and architect upon the enlarged site. Lee also pre- dicted the early passage of & county | bond issue to refinance the $300,000 | worth of new school construction which | has been built during 1928 and the 1928 road construction program which have been temporarily financed by the coun- ty commissioners. No difficulty is an- ticipated in connection with the legis- lation, he said, because Senator Jones {and all four members of the House of Delegates had joined in a written state- | ment to the county commisisoners that | the 1928 school and road construction would be financed by permanent bond | issues by the present session of the State Assembly. He pointed out that the members of the Assembly from Bal- timore City or the other counties never interfere with local legislation support- ed by the Senator and members of the House of Delegates from the respective counties. Maj. Lee also feels that a new school bond issue will be passed later in the session, allowing the construction of ad- ditional large units for the Chevy Chase Elementary School and a substantial | addition for the Chevy Chase-Bethesda High School, and believes that this bond issue will also include an appropria- tion for the purchase of new elementary school sites in the Alta Vista and Chevy Chase Lake neighbdrhoods and will also provide for the purchase of a high school site east of Georgia avenue and west of the Colesville road for the Silver Spring-Woodside section. ‘The Speaker stated that he thought the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission 7 cent tax for the purchase of park lands would be reallocated so as to allow & por- tion of this fund for the improvement and maintenance of the parks which are to be located in the four main valleys of the county, which are th~ Valleys of Rock Creek, Sligo Creek. Cabin John Run and the Northwest Creek. Sections Are Zoned. In this connection he stated that un- der the law creating the Maryland Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission suburban Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties had been zoned and that the park plans for suburban Montgomery County were nearing com- pletion and the master highway and permanent city plan for both counties was well under way. All of this im- portant work had been accomplished to the apparent satisfaction of the citi- zens and taxpayers, since practically no objection to the functions performed by the planning commission had been ex- pressed by the people affected, he de- clared. ‘The county leader expressed the be- llef that the suburban district law enacted by the 1927 Legislature was also working well and that no major amendments_were contemplated to this legislation. He pointed out that under the suburban district law, police stations and county buildings, with all local offices, have been bullt at Bethesda and Silver Spring, and that full municipal improvements were now available to the suburban sections of Montgomery County within the suburban district under the administration of the board of county commissioners. He expects the legislation authorizing the appointment of an assistant build- ing inspector to be approved by both houses. due to the increased work in this office, which is regarded as seif- supporting. He stated that a number of bills making minor improvements in various local statutes were expected to pass, but in the main no sweeping reorganization would be attempted, and particularly that no public improve- ments weuld be approved by the county's representatives in the House of Dele- | gates that would increase the present general county’s tax rate. Berry E. Clark, clerk to the Board {of County Commissioners has advised the Montgomery County members of |the State Legislature that the county could issue $1,750,000 in new bonds for needed public improvements without raising the county’s tax rate. Maj. Lee hopes that when the new courthouse and the cost of the enlarged site is | financed and the 1928 school and road | construction which the county commis- | sioners “temporarily financed is taken | care of through permanent bond issue | funds and provisions have been made for the Chevy Chase elementary school and the Chevy Chase-Bethesda High School and the school additions and | the new school sites provided for, the purchase of which are recommended by the several hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds for the construction of additional roads not included in the road construction program adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on May 31, 1927. Senator Jones and the delegates to the House have agreed to support a permanent bond issue to complete all the construction listed in the road pro- gram approved by the county commis- sioners last May 31. RONGETTI CASE NEAR END State Closes in Trial of Physician Charged With Murder. CHICAGO, January 8 (#).—The State closed its case yesterday in the second trial of Dr. Amante Rongettl, . hospital operator, charged with murder in cone nection with the death of Miss Loretts Enders, 19, by lllegal operation. ‘Two witnesses testified that the hose pital speclalized in cases such as that ladies at the Child Welfare Thrift Shop, 504 Tenth street, displaying the “Prince of Wales three feathers and tulle” worn by Mrs. Joseph the mother of Mrs. John Gulick, vice chairman of the. thrift Leiter when presented at Buckingham Palace, and a baby dress ‘made in 1855 in Albany fos T v N required to sign papers releas Lnouem from r-pgx:ag;mu m-\g.' 7 come- of : operationsy. of Miss Enders and that patients wers Dr. ous-