Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1929, Page 8

S OTRCATYE ,tion of additional rooms for the B * for a colored school in the Cabin COUNTY SCAOOLS BLL T D00 Senate at Annapolis Passes; Greatly Reduced Montgom- ery County Measure. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 30.—The bill providing $475,000 for the purchase of sites and construction of additional school facilities in Montgomery County, Md,, recently passed by the House, has been reported to the Senate by Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, an amount totaling $200,000 having been stricken from the measure. The Sen- ate adopted the amendment. According to county leaders ‘who analyzed the amendment, scores of children of Montgomery County, and particularly those of the metropolitan district adjacent to the District of Co- lumbia, will be forced to obtain their education in crowded schools, while the purchase of school sites will be put off for another two years. Senator Jones' amendments also wipe | out the specific projects named in the bill and leave the building program entirely with the Montgomery County Board of Education, with exception of the purchase of the school sites, which first must be approved by the board of county commissioners. Senator Jones said that the board of education furnished him with three schedules, one providing for an ap- propriation of $397.583, a second ap- propriation $374583, and a third an appropriation of $336,980 for new schools and sites. The Montgomery Senator points out that the House bill provided more than any of the schedules submitted by the board of education, and he said that he tried to get the figure as near the third schedule as possible. Discretioary With Board. He said, however, by his amendment, eliminating the amounts for the specific projects, he left it discretionary with the board of education to adopt the program which would best fit any of the three which they outlined to him. The Senator added that he would give out a statement on the whole legislative question, at the conclusion of the pres- ent session of the Legislature which ends Monday night. He would not discuss his action on any of the other bills| which he has amended in his announced | effort to keep down the bonded indebt- edness of the county. The action of the Senator virtually ‘wipes out the program as passed on by the Montgomery County Civic Federa- tion, which, by committee, made a| thorough canvass of the needs of the particularly the metropolitan i area, and recommended certain sites and new construction. These were approved by the administration leaders of the county and were inciuded in the bill as it originally passed the House. The civic federation recommended the purchase of sites and construction total- lél;lsg TB{SI,OOO, largely in the metropolitan trict. Speaker Lee’s Statement. It was explained by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, county and a State Democratic leader, that the amendment to the school bill clearly eliminates the proposed new sites in the Silver Spring, Woodside, Takoma and Alta Vista areas. Although the school board has program, and it approved the program of the civic federation, the present reading of the proposed school board Jaw makes it appear that the entire program will have to be revamped and the board will have to put the funds| where they are needed miost, leaving other sections entirely unprovided for. One amendment put in by Senator Jones, in addition to leaving the matter | of location of new schools entirely with | the board of education, says that “no | school sites shall be acquired or con tracted for by the said board of edu- cation, except upon the formal approval | of said acquisition by the Board- of | County Commissioners of Montgomery County,’ . Program Wiped Out. The program which has been wiped out is as follows: For the acquisition of additional land and the construction ; of a new building for the Chevy Chase | Elementary School, $140,900; construc- thesda-Chevy Chase High School, $57,- 000; construction of additional class rooms to the East Silver Spring Ele- mentary School, $30,000; construction | of additional class rooms to the Glen | Echo-Cabin John Junior High and Ele- | mentary School, $30,000; enlargement | of class rooms and assembly hall of the Sherwood High and Elementary School | at Sandy Spring, $9,500; acquisition of Jand and the construction of the first unit of rooms of an elementary school in the Alta Vista section, $30,500; con- struction of & new building on the pres- | ent site or on a new site as may be| determined for the Colesville Elemen- tary School, $16,500; construction of additional rooms to the Glenmount Elementary School, $12,000; purchase of furniture and equipment and for materials of instruction for schools, | $20,000; acquisition of additional land | for the Bethesda Elementary School, $26,600; acquisition of additional land for the Somerset Elementary School, $7.000; acauisition of land for an ele- mentary school in the Chevy Chase sec- tion, $20,000; acquisition of land for a high and elementary school to serve the Woodside, Forest Glen and Four Corners communities, $20,000; ac- quisition of land for an elementary school at Four Corners. $16,000; acqui- sition of land for an elementary school to be located south of Wheaton, near Georgia avenue extended, $10,500; ac- quisition of land for a high or an eles mentary school for the town of Tako- ma Park, to be located south of Sligo avenue and east of Chicago avenue, $20,000; for completion of work on the school grounds of Takoma-Silver Spring High School, $2,000; construc- tion of additional class rooms for the Ochville colored school, $45,000; mov- ing of a portable room for the Chase Elementary School to the Brighton Colored School, $500, and acquistion of land, moving of a portable room from the Chevy Chase Elementary sc‘lyx:g:‘ brick yard section, $1,500. Acquisition of Land. Provision was made for the acqui- sition of land for the sites for new schools and for additions to those already constructed at this time, it was said, in order t}'l" :v: momm_go of dollars in cost to the myefl. se familiar M!l; z);;le :;:r- = lludvdu:a of real esta county, and par- ticuiarly in the me litan _ district, say that the sites, which it was pro- posed to purchase by the original bill, will cost about double in the next two years, which is as soon as legislative autho! can be obtained. FRENCH DOORS Large Stock Low Prices Geo. M. Barker Co. TWO YARDS 649-651 N. Y. Ave. 1523 7th St. N.W, SAVE MONEY ON STORAGE COTTAGE CITY COMPANY WILL OBTAIN FIRE TAX Maryland Voters Approve Proposal to Substitute Levy for 7 Annual Drive. Special Dispatch to The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md., March 30.— The Cottage City Fire Company has been victorious in its efforts to secure a fire tax to take the place of the an- nual drive for funds. At a special elec- tion held tenight the tax was approved by a vote of 57 to 36, The tax is at the rate of 12 cents on each $100 of the assessable value of real and personal property. v ‘The company will still make a drive for funds in Colmar Manor and Moyers Park. This tax proposal was approved by the voters following a determined effort to defeat it. MARYLAND SENATE 0.1CS ROAD L Provision for Concrete High- way Eliminated by Amend- ment to Measure. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 30.—While | not reducing the total amount of the bond issue of $200,000 provided in a House bill to carry out the 1927 road building program of Montgomery County, Senator Eugene Jones of Kens- ington recommended ahd the Senate approved certain amendments. One wipes out the provision for col struction of a concrete road on Co- lumbia boulevard route connecting Georgia avenue extended at North Woodside, with Sixteenth street at the District line, at a cost of $30,000. ‘Widen Commerce Street. ‘This roadway, to provide a direct route from Georgia avenue to the pro- posed Sixteenth street gateway into the District of Columbia, without the neces- sity of going through Silver Spring, was sought by residents of the section near Woodside. In lieu of this provision, Senator Jones has inserted a new one, providing for the widening of Commerce street in Rockville, 16 feet. The section pro- vided for is the so-called bottle neck on the east and west highway, west of the courthouse in the Montgomery County seat. In place of the $30,000 eliminated for the new high the bill as amended in the Senate provi $50,000 for improvement, obtained by pealing $5,000 off each four other sub- jects named in the bill. Projects Are Listed. As amended, the projects, in addi- tion to that in Rockvlle, are: Macadam road from Dickerson to- ward Martinsburg; $30,000 instead of $35,000. Macadam road from Dickerson to- ward Sugar Loaf Mountain; $20,000 in- stead of $25,000. Macadam road from Poolesville to- ward Edwards Ferry; of $35,000. Macadam road from Woodfield road toward Goshen; $20,000 instead of $25,000. The amended bill leaves intact the $50,000 allotted for the construction of an underpass of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in the line of the east and west road now being constructed to pro- vide a direct route between Silver Spring and Bethesda. 17 Mine Rioters Plead Guilty. ATHENS, Ohio, March 30 (#).— Twenty-four Lours after their alleged leader, Ray McLaughlin, was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary, 17 per- sons, one of them a woman, charged with rioting during hocking mine dis- orders near here last year, appeared in court here tuday and changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty. They were fined $25 and costs each. $30,000 instead | ROADS PROBE VOTE SLATED ON MONDAY Maryland House Has Heated Debate on Approval of Grand Inquest. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md,, March 30.—While the Senate of Maryland yesterday ap- proved the report of the grand inquest on the results of its inquiry into the State roads scandals, the House, after a heated debate in which the majority report was attacked by Republicans and insurgent Democrats, put off the final vote on the measure until Mon- day afternoon, the last day of the pres- ent session, Only one amendment to the report was adopted in the Senate and that was to include ‘a statement to the ef~ fect that W. W. Brown and R, Bennett Darnall, two unpaid associate members of the commission, should not have any blame attached to them for the use of automobiles owned by the State Roads Commission, as the proof clearly dis- closes that: each rendered gratuitous services to the State, giving their time and labor without compensation. The charge was made by Thomas R. But- ler, convicted purchasing agent, now serving a term in the Maryland Peni- tentiary because of his thefts of the commission’s funds. 2 ‘The majority report was attacked, in some respects, by Daniel C. Joseph, in- surgent Demogeratic leader, of Balti- more; J. Milten Patterson, Republican, of Allegany County; Joseph A. Wil- mer, Republican floor leader, of Charles County, and Paul Berman of Baltimore. Joseph and Berman sought to have their reports added as supplements to the majority report, but the House re- jected this move, and Wilmer moved | that his report be substituted for the majority report and this, too, was re- Jected. Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring defended the majority report on the floor and the counsel who prepaied the report, one of whom was a Republis can. Delegate Curtis of Bmtfinnra. chairman of the grand inquest of the House, occupied the chair while the Speaker took the floor to defend the majority report. Joseph Defends Mackall. Delegate Joseph agreed that very lit- tle of new matter was disclosed by the | lift off after using | Amazing Liquid | poisoning may follow. Remove them in amazing scientific way. One drop of this liquid deadens pain in 3 seconds. Then it acts to shrivel up | and loosen corn so you peel it off. Doctors urge it for safety. Beware | of imitations. Get the real “Gets-It” | —for sale everywhere. “GETS-IT, Inc., Chicago, U. S. A. GETS-IT THE SEDGEWICK 1722 Nineteenth This new and modern fireproof apartment house, just completed and ready for occupancy . 1 Room, Alcove Diner, Kitchen and Bath 2 Rooms, Alcove Diner, Kitchen and Bath 3 Rooms, Alcove Diner, Kitchen and Bath ALLKITCHENS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION OPERATED ON HOUSE TILED BATHS WITH SHOWERS ALL NIGHT SERVICE Street Northwest * TELEPHONES SEE RESIDENT MANAGER ; or SWARTZELL, RHEEM & HENSEY CO AGENTS ALLIED VAN LINES LONG: D x D RTS B 727 Fifteenth Street Northwesty - STAR, ed from a statement in the majority re- port that all except those already con- vieted by the courts should be exon- erated from blame. He came strongly to the defense of John N. Mackall, dej chairman and chief engineer of the commission. He sald that Mackall’s' removal from the commission before he was given an og- portunity to exonerate himself was ab- wlutel{1 unjustified. It is apparent, he said, that he was a victim of a sense of political expediency upon the part of others, and that his removal was a be- lated and insincere gesture, designed to “draw a herring across the trail.” He said_he has asked why they did- not put Mackall back where he be- longed, and that he was told by ad- ministration leaders that it would em- barrass the Governor. He charged that the real source of Mackall's trouble was political interference, and alleged that Mackall was opposed to the construc- tion of the Crain Highway.and that it was exchanged for votes in the LeTu- lature against the bill to abolish racing. Mr. Joseph also said that the failure of the committee to develop new matter was due to a denial of his request for detectives to follow certain leads. Speaker Lee said to adopt the report as supplemental to the majority report would be to make the latter report untrue. Berman sald that no one could seri- ously contend that the investigation was full and complete. He alleged that there was evidence of favoritism in some of the contracts examined. Taking up the matter of Mackall's dismissal, he 1330 G Street said there was no justification for it, but that it was not the function of the Legislature to say to the Governor that Mlfinldh@fefi\lhhfl. lligan of witnesses. He said the committee had no method of procedure, and added that to the most impartial observer the investigation was clearly an effort to justify rather than an ef- fort to investigate. The selection of the membership was not for the pu of gem.nx a real investigation, he cl d, ut for an exoneration, Delegate Patterson said that the peo- ple of the State werqu?:t satisfied either with the report or findings of the committee. Meet the allegation that the committee was hand-picked for ex- oneration, Speaker Lee sald that there were purposely picked for the commit- tee five or six members who were the most vicious fighters in the State against the Democratic party. He said that the doors of the chamber where the investigation was conducted were wide open to any one who wanted to come and make charges and give evi- dence. No testimony was rejected, he alleged. He said that the minority re- port puts the Republican members of the House in an utterly ridiculous situ- ation, as all of the Republican Senators signed the report. Mr. Lee said that the investigation was complete, com- petent, sweeping, honest and as respon- slb!: n‘: it was possible for any one to make it. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MARCH 31, 1929—PART T. BILL ASKS REPEAL OF INTENTIONS ACT t- | Amendment to Measure Adopted by Honse Excludes Prince Georges County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md,, March 30.—Prince Georges County was excluded from the tion of intentions act, in an amend- ment adopted when the House finally sed the Senate bill yesterday, The nature. 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