Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 10

10 SUBUR BAN NEWSH, COURTHOUSE BILLS - PASSED BY HOUSE Seven Montgomery County Measures Win in Final Legislative Rush. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ' ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 26.—Re- sponsibility for the enlarged courthouse | project at Rockville, as demanded by the unprecedented delegation which crowded the House of Delegates last week, and which is sought by county Democratic organization leaders, was | shifted last night to Senator Eugene | Jones of Kensington, who represents the | county in the upper house of the Legis- lature. The Senator, in a formal ujti- matum delivered two weeks ago to Dr. George L. Edmonds of Rockville, chair- man of the Montgomery delegation in the lower house, had demanded that all measures be delivered to him by yesterday or he would place the respon- sibility for failure of passage on the shoulders of the delegates. Seven Bills Passed. ‘The ultimatum was complied with ‘when the house yesterday passed seven Montgomery County bills, among them being the two bills for the courthouse. One of these provides for a bond issue of $150,000, the proceeds to be added to an issue of $150,000 authorized by the last session of the Legislature for the new courthouse, to provide a building bigger and better than originally con- templated. The other measure author- izes an issue of $175,000, the proceeds of which are to be used for the purchase of the square west of the courthouse, which project has been stubbornly re- sisted by the State Senator, principally because the bank of which he is a di- rector has a site on this square which he believes should not be given up. The delegates are following these pieces of legislation with a great deal of interest in the hope that the Senator will change his siand. Senator Jones announced at the hearing last week of the proponents of the courthouse proj- ect that he would hold another hearing this week of the opponents of the meas- ure, some of whom had expressed to him, he said, a desire to be heard on the measure. If the Senator insists on his stand in the matter, the Democratic organization leaders admit that there is nothing they can do, and the matter will undoubtedly become one of the campaign issues at the next election for representatives in the House and Sen- ate. At any rate, the House delegation believes that it has washed itself of the responsibility by delivering the bills within the deadline set in the ultimatum. Opposition Not Believed Strong. County leaders here said today that they did not believe that the opposition could show as much force as did the proponents at the public hearing, and clearly indicate their belief that practi: cally all of it will be from the anti- Democratic organization leaders of the county, who are in close touch with Senator Jones. Other than this, the organization leaders say, they do not see from what source the opposition can come, as practically every business, civic and farmers’ body in the county has taken a firm stand in the support of the two measures. They point out further that what opposition is shown will cer- tainly be from individuals. All of the bond issues, except one in- troduced today under the unanimous consent privilege, have now been trans- ferred to the jurisdiction of the Senate and Senator Jones, so that the House files, as to Montgomery County, are clear except for the bond issue just re- ferred to and two other bills. The Montgomery delegation has assumed an attitude of watchful waiting for the bills to be reported back to the House either as passed or rejected. Metropolitan District Active. ‘The House also passed yesterday the bill amending the Montgomery- County metropolitan district act so as to give the county commissioners power to make rules and regulations for the in- stallation of electric wiring systems in all buildings in the district and provid- ing for the employment of an assistant building inspector. The bill ralsing the pay of the Mont- gomery County police also was approved by the House, It raises the maximum pay of privates from $1,500 to $1,680, providing for increases at $60 a year after the second year of service until the maximum is reached. Another bill passed provides for the appointment of a road engineer for Montgomery County at a salary to be fixed by the county commissioners, and also for the appointment of an assist- ant. The road engineer is to displace the road superintendent and the term is changed from four to two years. He will have full authority over all roaa ‘work and of county public buildings. Takoma Park Bill Wins. ‘The House also passed the bill giving the police justice of Takoma Park con- current jurisdiction within the town with the police justices of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. It wipes out the fee system and fixes his salary at $1,200 per annum, out of which he must pay the expenses of his office. The fines and forfeitures collected by him are to be distributed to the two counties, while Montgomery County will pay half of his saiary and the town the other half. The bill of Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, providing for the opening of a new road extending Con- necticut avenue from Kensington to the Brookeville Pike (Georgia avenue) at Aspen Hill, also was adopted, togeth- er with another bill of the speaker’s giving authority to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission = to license plumbers within the sanitary district of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. TWO STUDENTS INJURED | derpass of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- IGRADE.CROSSING BILL INTRODUCED iKensington and Sixteenth Street Extended Issues Would Be Provided For. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 26.—An- other contentious bill was introduced in the House yesterday by the Mont- gomery County delegation, providing a bond issue of $200,000 for the elimi- nation of the grade crossing at Ken- | sington and the construction of an un- | | road, in the line of Sixteenth street extended. It was introduced under a unanimous consent agreement. but as it cannot be reported out of committee until printed, it will not be sent to Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, until late in the week. The grade crossing has been a source of contention between the mayor and council of Kensington and Senator Jones. | The lstter wants a crossing south of | the present railroad station, while the | of Connecticut avenue, which is to be extended by a new road to the Georgia avenue pike. Mayor Confers in Crossing. | Mayor L. B. Ernest of Kensington ap- peared at the tSatehouse last week and conferred in regard to the cross- ing with Speaker Lee and the House delegation from Montgomery, and later wrote a letter approving the crossing site provided for in the bill. It was | pointed out that should the Senator re- ject this bill, it will be years before the crossing can be eliminated with funds from the half-cent gasoline tax collected by the State. This fund is not | sufficient to eliminate all of the cross- | ings quickly, and the program provides | for the elimination of the Hyattsville | crossing and the Cumberland crossing | before any others are undertaken. The | bill introduced today will provide for an | immediate elimination of the Kensing- ton crossing, at which several deaths train collisions. The bill specifically provides $100,000 of the bond issue for the construction of a vehicular and pedestrian overhead crossing, northwest of the intersection of Connecticut_avenue and the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad, and a subway for pedestrians under the railroad, to be | located west of the present grade cross- ing, and, if practicable, to be located be- tween the present grade crossing and the station. ‘Underground Crossing Provision. « The other half of the bond issue is to be used for an underground crossing | of the railroad tracks between Sixteenth | street, at the Maryland-District of Co- lumbia line, and North Woodside, on | the road to be located by the board of county commissioners, known generally as the Columbia Boulevard route. new road proj will provide | & direct entrance into the District of | Columbia from the Georgia avenue pike | by way of Sixteenth street, sending the-| traffic into the Capital City without the necessity of passing by way of Silver Spring and_ Alaska avenue, the route | now used. It will serve to develop the great gateway proposed into the Capital City by way of Sixteenth street. LAWYER APOLOGIZES T0 FAIRFAX JUDGE Expresses Regret Over Argnment. for Which He Was Cited for Contempt. Special Dispatch to, The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., March 26.—Former Senator Walter Tansill Oliver yester- day afternoon in the Fairfax County Circuit Court tendered to Judge Howard Smith a public apology for his conduct last Thursday afternoon when he was cited for contempt of court during an argument following & verdict of 46 days in jail rendered by the Jury against one of Oliver’s clients. Mr. Oliver stated that he deeply re- gretted the occurrence and promised that it would never occur again. He stated that he had been in poor health for some months and had no memory of the events of Thursday afternoon. He asked the judge to consider favor- ably his 32 years of service before the . Judge Smith, in reply, stated that he -sincerely regretted the occurrence, which, he felt, could not be overlooked by the court. Any similar occurrence in the future will mean immediate dis- barment for any of the attorneys of the court, said Judge Smith, who con- cluded with the statement that the business of the court was to administer justice and not to give temperance lec- tures. The $50 fine imposed last Friday morning stands. SUBURBAN NEWS.” mayor and council want it at the end | have been caused by automobile and |- principal speakers. MT. RAINIER CITIZENS FAVOR DENTAL CLINIC Association Joins With Parent- Teachers in School Child Welfare Drive. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., March 26.— Join! the Mount Rainier-Brentwood Parent-Teacher Association in planning for the welfare of the school children of the community, the Mount Rainier Citizens’ Association, meeting in the town hall last night, indorsed the ac- tion of the parent group in endeavoring to obtain a dental clinic, and again made suggestions for the improvement of the playgrounds. In passing a resolution presented by L. E. George, the citizens put them- selves on record as approving the pre- liminary arrangements made by the Parent-Teacher ~ Association, in co- operation with' the Women's Civic Leagug, looking to the early establish- ment of a dental clinic. ‘The citizens felt that the muddy con- dition of the playground could be reme- luxurious Mitten Tours ROCKVILLE. 3 ROCKVILLE, Md.,, March 26 (Spe- cial) —Benjamin Thomas Gott, former- | ly of Rockville, is named defendant in a suit for an absolute divorce filed in the Circuit Court here by Mrs, Ida Myr- tle Gott of Rockville, who is represented by Attorney F. Barnard Welsh, here. The bill charges infidelity and named a co-respondent. ‘The couple, so the bill sets forth, were married in Washington, December 10, 1908, and have one child. Influenza and complications, of which sh2 had been ill several weeks, resuited in the death at Montgomery County General Hospital, Sandy Spring, of Mrs. | Bertie Ward, 57, wife of Richard Ward, BY HIT-AND-RUN AUTOIST | a_litelong Tresident of the Fairland | Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 —Two high school students here were badly cut and bruised .early today when their automobile collided at Prince and Fay- ette streets with an Alexandria Baking Co. truck, driven by C. Reuben Jones, 18, colored, of 228 South West street. Miss Louise Jones, 16, of 4 Spring street, Temple Park, was _thrown through the windsheld by the force of the impact, sustaining several cuts | about the face and body, while her | brother, James Jones, 18, who was driv- ing the machine, was also cut by fying glass. The injured students are the children of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jones. Both occupants of the machine did not_regain consciousness until treated by Dr. H. A. Latane at the Alexandria Hospital, where they were taken by C. E. Bender of 310 South West street, an Jones jumped from the machine and attempted to escape after the collision, but was captured by Motor Cycle Police- man Lawrence E. Padgett. He will be arraigned in Police Court before Judge William S. Snow as soon as the two students are able to testify. CHAMBER WILL MEET. Prince Georges Commerce Body to Take Up Welfare Matters. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., March 26. —The Chamber of Commerce of the eighteenth district of Prince Georges County will meet in the Maryland Park High School tomorrow night. Matters affecting the welfare of the farmers within the District as well as neighborhood. She is survived by her husband and a son, Ausun Ward. The funeral took place this morning from the home. burial being in the cemetery at Lay Hill. Mrs. Ward was a daughter ' of the late Frank Mullican, | i __Rev. John G. Field of the Laytonsville | Methodist Church officiated at the mar- riage of Miss Cleo Smith and William Marshall, both of Gaithersburg. Mrs. Lucy M. W. Hitt, 80, died at Weverly Sanitarium, on the Rockville pike, at Montrose. Her body has been shipped to Augusta, Ga., for burial. Alfred Walker and son, Clarence Walker of Brighton, this county, and Wesley Matthews and Lester Davis of Howard County, all colored, who were arrested early Sunday morning when a squad of county officers raided a still on the Patuxent River, near Brighton, were not ready for trial when their cases were called in Police Court here yesterday and Judge Samuel Riggs granted a postponement until Thursday morning. The case against David ‘Thompson, colored, of Brighton, who was also arrested when he was found in a house near the still, has been dropped. Licenses were issued by the clerk of th: Circuit Court here yesterday after- noon for the marriage of William A. Rowe, 45, and Mrs. Louise L. Reid, 33, both of Philadelphia; Henry A. Galalla, 21, and Miss Mary Rose Gerrosia, 19, both of Washington: Boyd W. Toombs, 30, and Mrs. Nettie M. Walter, 24, both of Washington: Perry Gilbert Clice, 23, and Miss Georgie Evelyn Trussell, 19, both of Washington, and Victor Min- deleft, 43, of"Silver Spring, and Mrs. Louise Krey Claubaugh, 43, of Somerset, Md. Former County Surveyor Charles J. Maddox of Rockville was given judg- ment for $282.25, by & jury in the Cir- cuit Court here late yesterday, in a suit against Harrison L. England_ of Rockville, for surveying services. The =—then 9:30 UNION BUS died by using cinders, and the secre- tary was instructed to learn if the par- ent-teachers objected to such a pro- cedure. D. J. Orcutt, chairman of the elec- tion board, announced that the registra- tion days for new voters who wish to participate in the town elections May 6, had been set for April 6 and 13. Or- cutt called attention to the provision in the town’s charter permitting any per- son, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of the town for 365 days prior to the election date, to vote. The citizens requested their mayor and council to require the corporation counsel to obtain from the courts a de- cision showing what authority the.town has over the actions of the Washing- ton-Suburban Commission within the limits of the municipality. . President Bird H. Dolby, presided. Elza E. Powell was admitted to ‘mem- bership. sl S Citizenship Is Conferred. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 26.—Mary- land - citizenship is conferred upon all persons residing on Federal reserva- tions within the State, under the terms of a bill of Fendall Marbury of Balti- passed by the House of Delegates esterda; To BAL’{IMORE -~ Motor yéoach, Comfort : ~ Safety “ Organized Responsibility EuMlNATE parking and driving worries on your next trip to Baltimore. 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More than 500 admirers of the Maryland Representative gathered in the Silver Spring Armory last night to extoll the public record of Mr. Zihlman. Above shows scene of the gathering with (inset, upper left) Representative Frederick N. Zihlman and (inset, at right) Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, one of the Costa’s Original Paris Model Cost us 1,000 francs in Paris 2\ FousnsseursS* so L 8oor !\F"‘"‘P M. Costa holds Royal Warrants of Appointment from the Courts of England and Spain and the names in his ““Customers’ Book’ sound like the Social Register of Paris. I think every woman I know would like to run over to Paris to shop, if she had the time and the money —to go where she wished and buy what she wanted. But many who have the Money, haven't the Time —and others who have the Time, haven't the Money. That’s why we sent amember of our Style Committee to shop for you in Paris. And in the heart of the most fashionable Shopping District, he walked into the Shop of onc of the most expensive and exclusive French Custom Bootmakers—Monsicur Costa, 277 Rue St. Honore. We paid 1,000 francs ($39.05) for this Original Hand Made French Tie, in which Costa has cleverly shortened the appearance of the foot—by skillfully modeling the Instep. And I am sure you will agree that we have Reproduced the Original Model exactly. The Lasts are identical in measurements and appearance. The Upper Leather in Costa’s Original Model is a new color of Grison's French Beige. We purchased identically the same Leather from Grison in Paris. Costa used Genuine Calcutta Lizard in the Original—and the Regal Reproduction is the same. But there isn’t any secret about it—Costa’s Shoes are made and sewn by hand—our Shoes are hand turned and'sewn by the same machine as practically all high-priced American Shoes. Our Volume makes this Value possible—We make 1,000 pairs to Costa's one. And this is only One of the many Regal Reproductions of High-Priced Hand-Made French Models we are showing in our windows. This includes the New Spring Shades of Brown and Beige and Imported Kid Skin and Genuine Reprile. High Heels and Low Hecls. Straps and Pumps— and they're all $6.60. REGAL FACTORIES, WHITMAN, MASS, nea. u. 8. SEEKS VOTE STATUS N POLICE CENSUS iSpeaker Lee Introduces Bill to Meet Condition in Montgomery. | By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. | ANNAPOLIS, Md., Marct. 26.—Spe- | cial provision to insure that new voters |in Montgomery County have lived at least a year there prior to the time they might seek to vote is made in a bill in- troduced in the House yesterday, by unanimous consent, by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring. The bill is designed to take care of the special situation in Montgomery, due to its lo- cation adjacent to the National Capi- tal and because-of its unprecedented growth, largely an overflow from the District of Columbia, which may be es- tablished by the expected passage by the present legislation of the declara- tion of intentions act. The bill introduced today provides for the taking of a police census in 1929 and every alternate year, in Montgom- ery County, as evidence of the right and residential qualifications. of new voters to register. The census would | be taken during August, September and | October, and those persons whose names are taken by the police would be quali- fied to register, without any action on { their part. 4 The present law, which both political | parties are seeking to have repealed, re- quires that a person who seeks to vote must have appeared at least a year be- fore an election and declared his or her intention to become a resident of the State. The proposed law wipes out this provision for the whole State, and provides that a prospective voter, on registration day, shall merely appear ,and make affidavit that he has resided in the State for a year. It was pointed out that the law now in effect keeps many people from vot- ing. because the new voters do not be- |come acquainted with if, many times, | until they seek to register. It is declared to have worked seriously against both political parties. ‘While Speaker Lee is heartily in favor | of the repeal of the declaration act, he I was of the opinion that some special provision should be made for his county, Actual photograph of exclusive Custom Model by Costa of Paris—now on display in all Regal Stores— Purchased by us in Paris for PARK POLGE FORCE FORCOUNTY ASKED Bill Would Give Authority to Patrol Metropolitan Dis- trict Development. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md. March 26.—Ai - thority for the establishment of & park police force to patrol any new parks or recreation centers which may be estab- lished in the metropolitan district of | Montgomery County is contained in & bill' introduced in the House of Dele- gates yesterday by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring. The bill would authorize the Mary- land-National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission to appoint and pay not more than eight park policemen, four of whom would be assigned to parks located in the metropolitan dis- trict west of Rock Creek and four east of this stream. The bill limits the sal- aries to be paid to $1,800, and provides that they are to be paid out of the 7-cent tax collected annually for park acquisition purposes. The commission is prohibited specifically from appoint- ing any of these police until a park or parks are available for public use. ‘The bill was introduced to pave the way for a policing system in the pro- posed parkway along Rock Creek, which |the park and planning commission in- | dicated in its report was within reach, because some of the owners have indi- cated that they would cede land if pro- vision was made for its maintenance. ‘The House already has passed a bill au- thorizing 2 cents of the 7-cent tax to be used for improvement and maintenance of parks in the area, because of its location, and therefore has approved the plan of a police cen- sus. ‘The bili introduced authorizes the county commissioners in ‘the years in which the censuses are to be taken to employ 10 special policemen, at salaries of $150 a month each. 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