Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 11

. ait. SUBUR §60,000 ADDITIONAL GIVEN FOR SCHOOLS Many Bills Passed in Closing Session of Maryland As- sembly. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 2—Mont- gomery County's legislation program, particularly that part of it affecting the metropolitan district, hovered in uncertainty during the closing hours of the session of the Maryland General As- sembly last night, and not until a few moments before the gavel fell at 1:05 this morning was the fate of several of the bills determined. The afternoon and night were replete with confer- ences between the county leaders in the House and the anti-Democratic or- ganization leaders, together with Sen- ator Eugene Jones of Kensington. Just before midnight, Senator Jones held a number of the Montgom- ery bills on his desk and insisted on the passage of the measure changing the charter of the Farmers' Banking & ‘Trust Co. of Rockville, which has been in the desk of Chairman George L. Edmonds of the Montgomery *County delegation for several days. Rules Are Suspended. This bill was passed shortly after mid- night, under a suspeusion of the rules, following a favorably report of Dr. Ed- monds. With othe® things, it removes the restriction in the present bank charter which 1imits the bank to_$15,000 for construction purposes. It was passed, according to Dr. Edmonds, un- der a gentlemen's agreement between Senator Jones, Albert Bouic, attorney of Rockville and a leader in the Mont- gomery Democratic insurgent forces, and Robert G. Hilton, president of the bank, on the one hand, and Lacey Shaw, county commissioner; Dr. Edmonds and E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, speaker of the House, on the other, that the bank would not build on its present site until after tha meeting of the next Leg- islature in 1831, or until such time as the county commissioners definitely de- cide against the plan to take in the square west of the courthouse on which the bank is located. Both Speaker Lee and Senator Jones said that the latter would not sign any paper containing any such agreement. Following an earlier conference, Sena- tor Jones relented somewhat on the school program, on a plea not to throw that matter into politics, and added $60,000 to the school bond bill, making a total of $335,000, as against $475,000 as the bill was originally passed by the House, He, however, eliminated the program which the original bill carried and leaves the matter of placing the schools and the amount to be expended on each to the board of education. Road Crossing Bill Fails. The bills raising the levy from 6 to 10 cents for the support of the Silver Spring Fire Department and the Kensington road crossing bond issue were killed after midnight in the House, when they were reported back from the Senate with amend- ments. The me; amending the suburban district act, to give wider authority the ers ruling this , by failure of the port. unfavorable report, which the Se adopted, the bills providing an engineér for the county, and the measure pro- viding for the appointment of a corps of park policemen to patrol any parks which might be established in -the metropolitian district. Just to midnight -the. Senate approved the House bill providing for an electrical inspector and for “an electric wiring code in the county, and the Edmonds bill providing a zoning law for the town of Rockville. ‘The road refunding bill, providing a bond issue of $697,000 for payment for roads already constructed, with a minor amendment in the Senate, was con- curred in by the House, which also concurred in the bill providing a bond issue of $200,000 to finish the 1927 road building program. The amend- ments to this measure cut $5,000 off each of the roads itemized in the pro- gram, wij out the provision for the construc of an underpass of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks west of Silver Spring, on the proposed new road from Woodside direct to Sixteenth street. Instead of $30,000 which the bill originally carried for this, as finally it carries $50,000 for the widen- of Commerce street, in Rockville, the so-called bottle neck on the through Eastwide Highway, by adding 16 feet. ‘The provision for the underpass, to carry the Silver Spring-Bethesda High- ‘way, now under construction, under the tracks. at a cost of $50,000 was left intact. Road Measure Approved. ‘The House also concurred in the Benate :fl:ndment mlthe 1929 road construet program in Montgome: County, reducing the amount of n':i bond e from $782,000, as passed by the House, to $475,000, and eliminating specific program outlined in the :m'm?{lemcfflmgew X of revamping e work of revam) the whole 5 ok The Senate approved without amend- ment the bill giving the Park and Planni Commission authority over the Great Falls district, for- any power or road projects, and also the bill giv- ing the county commissioners authority to borrow money for street improve- ment ms. When, in the late afternoon of terday, the status of the Mon et program became doubtful, Dr. m addressed a letter to Senator Jones in- viting his attention to the certain bills in the program which had not been re- ported to the Senate by the select com- mittee of which he was the head and for a conference. He mentioned ically the street improvement fund bill, the county engineer bill, the bill the electrical codgh\:fll, pro- dhl‘ spector: amending the Metropolitan dis- BAN NEWS. LEE AND WILMER ARE HONORED BY DELEGATES AT Speaker. and Minority Floor Leader Are Given Gold Watches. House Has Love Feast Dur- ing Lull in Heated Debate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 2—While the House of Delegates assumed an air of serenity such as has been unseen during the flery three months ended early today, the lower body of the Maryland General Assembly declared an armistice from the acrimonious bom- bardment of political fireworks that has characterized the daily debate, while the leaders figuratively threw their arms around each other, to take their parting. It was the end of the session, and the last before another election. The pause was to show the esteem for the leaders, who have differed on the floor, and the House presented to Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, and head of the Democratic organiza- tion, and Joseph Allison Wilmer of Charles County, Republican floor leader, handsome gold watches, and other tok- ens to certain members and to House attaches. Speaker Lee Lauded. Speaker Lee was lauded in the high- est terms in a flowery speech by Dr. George L. Edmonds of Rockville, and by the minority floor leader. Dr. Edmonds said that he didn't be- lieve that there was any man in the State of Maryland today better ac- quainted with the political situation, | either in the counties or in the City ot Baltimore, ‘than the distinguished speaker. He said such an undeistand- ing can only come through years of study and of work and of service. The man who has presided over the House for the last 90 days, he continued, has demonstrated that he has always tried, and successfully so, to be on the side ot right, and added that when he arrived at a conclusion on the side of right nothing could swerve him. He said that mn all the turmoil of po- litical discussions. there was always ani- mosity at the moment, but when one looks back to the things that are said in the heat of debate. they just merely do not mean anything after all. Through long years as a political leader, as a soldier in Franze and as a father, he said the speaker’s ability and la- bors have made for him friends that will be with him until the end. This, he continued, even extends to his po- litical opponents. Praised as Builder. ‘The Speaker, he sald, has been called by some of his opponents, in a derisive manner, “Brooke, the builder.” No nobler name as that can be attached to any man than that of a builder, he went on. He is actually a builder, the chairman of the Montgomery delegation said. He has built Montgomery County to the high plane which it has reached today. Montgomery County, he said, during the last 15 years has risen from the lowest tax-paid county in the State to the highest, and he said it was cue to the speaker's foresight, and it is due to him that Montgomery has been able to ANNAPOLIS JOSEPH ALLISON WILMER. he displayed the true example of a Maryland gentleman by coming to him and telling him what was going to be done. He said that the tasks of the majority party were much more diffi- cult than those of the minority m en- acting legislation during a most trou- blous time. { Delegate James J. Lindsay, majority floor leader, of Baltimore County, was presented with a silver platter. in a speech by Milton Tolle of the same county, while Delegate Fendall Mar- bury of Baltimore presented a silver service, on behaif of the House, to Dele- gate Michel, chairman of the judiciary committee. Delegate Fred Coburn pre- sented a sum of money to Robert Bat- terden of Baltimore, House reading clerk. Delegate Willlams of St. Marys County presided, while Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Lindsay occupled seats on the rostrum on either side of him, HEADS REPUBLICAN_ CLUB. Mrs. Lora B. Sanderson Elected take advantage of its opportunities by | President of Arlington League. reason of its proximity to the greatest Capital of the greatest Nation in the world. He said that the House would ever be proud of the name of “Brooke, the builder.” As the watch was presented, the en- tire House arose and applauded and screamed and yelled for their leader. Before the Speaker arose Delegate ‘Wilmer took the floor and said that the Speaker had presided over one of the most difficult Houses that Wilmer had been a member of, and faced one of the most difficult situations ever pre- sented. Though he differed with him politically, he continued, he had for him 2 very high affection. He said that no member of the House could have done so well the difficult job that was his to do. Lee Makes Reply. Speaker Lee told how much he liked to serve in the House, preferring, he sald, to serve with such a large body than to be with the upper house. He said that he liked the mental capacity of the members of the lower body and thoroughly enjoyed their arguments. While he admitted that he had many friends that were stickers, he said that he must admit that he had many oppo- nents that were just as good stickers. He said that this had not been an ideal House for the State of Maryland, because there had been more fractional fighting than ever before. He said that the Republican party had swept the State in the last election, and had come into the session full of fight, working toward the next victory. Speaker Lee pointed out that he could not share with them the feeling that the present State administration and the Govern- ment had not done a good job. The factional lines have been well defined, he continued, and the fighting. has been pi continuous and bitter, but he pointed —out that the House at thl.; unslgrr:l ald lemcteg a at mass of constructive legislation. ‘1;: said it would have to take credit for as good a record for service for the people of the State of Maryland as ever had been made. The Speaker said that he has yielded to)\ local - self-government, in_ every di- rection. The more he saw of local self- government, the more confident he was, he seid, that the survival of representa= tive government depended on the coun~ nd the city handling their affairs, where they know their men, their wom- en and their needs. He said that the House Had given the people ‘of each that the House had passed fpr chester County, because they wanted it, a blue Jaw the equal of which had trict act and the one authorizing the park policemen, “We «Ietiel émrm earnestly,” said Dr. : , ““to urge your favor- able consideration of these ‘bills as we believe they vitally affect and “con- structively help the suburban sections of Montgomery County, which, of course, helps the county as a whole. “We would be glad to meet you any hour you them all to come to Silver Spring where he would stage for them either a re- union or a political fight, nea;um.w choice. ? . Delegate J. Milton Patterson, Republi- can, of Allegany County said that the minority party had selected: .4 wise leader, when selected Wilmer to head their delegation on the floor, He sad hel was an al and a ference on :‘d’m g i gaia. H b S2EEE g% ik 55 g5 o 4 fgg%fi S 3 585250 2245 E%%. good fighter, whether in this country or CLARENDON, Va., April 2 (Spe- cial).—Mrs. Lora B. Sanderson was elected president of the League of Republican Women of Arlington County at the annual meeting of the organiza- tion here last night. Others selected are: Mrs. Emma Steed, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. Ruth Lowell, second e president; Mrs. . Genevieve Waulter, secretary, and Mrs, Alice Sweet, treasurer. Accomplishments of the league dur- ing the year were pointed to in a report by Mrs. Myrtle MacMahon, re- tiring president. ‘The new president announced that the personnel of standing committees would be announced at the May meet- ing to be held at the home of Mrs, MacMahon the first Monday in May. Mount Ida Man Expire: MOUNT IDA, Va, April 2 (Special). —Ernest Meyers died at his home here yesterday. He is survived by his widow and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at his late residence, Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. section what they wanted, pointing out | GRADE CROSSIN BILL FAILS TO PASS Kensington Measure Is Re- jected by House After Senate Amendment. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. tioh of ‘the raiirond. grads-srossing. 8¢ of le al Kensington will be put off for another two years at least as a result of the action of the House of Delegates last night when it refused to concur in cer= tain amendments placed in the bill in tl‘mKBemfie by sé"yw Eugene Jones of Kensington. grade crossin| that town has resulted in the klfun( of several people in automobiles which were hit by trains and there has been a long dispute as to its location. The mayor and council of the town have agreed on its location generally, in line with the extension of Connecticut ave- nue across the tracks, while Senator Jones asserted it should go near the present. de crossing. ‘The bill as it passed the House pro- vided a bond issue of $200,000, half of which was to be spent in Kensington and the other half for an underpass west of Sllver Spring on the proposed road direct from Woodside to the Dis- trict of Columbia by way of Sixteenth street. As it passed the House, it stip- ulated the location of the crossing as nfreed on by the mayor and council of the town. Jones Amends Bill. Senator Jones amended the bill to provide that the crossing should be put where he wanted it—that is, east of the railroad station—and it provided also that it should be a vehicular and pedestrian crossing. In the place of the Columbis boulevard underpass the Senator put in several other projects, cutting the total from $200,000 to $140,- 000. The remaining $40,000 was to be spent as follows: $20,000 for the im- provement of the Columbia boulevard, $15,000 for the improvement of Frank- lin avenue from the Silver Spring road to Sekes Corner and $5,000 for the im- provement of Bladensburg road in Ken- sin, from Concord street and Metro- politan avenue to the present overhead bridge crossing the railroad tracks. There was little hope that the origi- nal bill would be approved by Senator Jones, as he has insisted that the cross- ing proposed by him was best, but the county leaders tied the two projects up so that if he approved one he would have to approve the other. There has been much pressure from the towns- people for the elimination of the cross- ing at grade, on account of its danger to vehicular traffic, and it was planned to have Montgomery County foot the bill, instead of waiting for the State to eliminate the crossing with the half cent gasoline tax money, because it will be a number of years before there will be enough for Kensington. There are at least two other large projects on the program before the Montgomery town is reached. The first is the elimi- nation of the crossing at Hyattsville on the Baltimore-Washington boulevard, and the second is the crossing at Cum- berland. Question for Future. It is probable that another session of the Legislature will be held before the Kensington crossing can be reached in the ordimry course of income under the gasoline tax and the program as laid down by the State Roads Commission. ‘When the bill was reported back to the House late last night with the amend- ments, Dr. Edmonds promptly moved that the House not concur in the Sen- ate amendments, which was done unani- mously by the House and the bill killed. Shortly after this action the House refused to concur on the bill amending the bill providing funds for the Silver Spring. Fire ent, by increasing the tax levy from .6 to 10 cents, and providing for the appointment of two paid firemen. As amended in the Sen- ate, the bill would have provided that the funds would be paid to the treasurer of the volunteer fire department to be expended by him and that the two fire- men would be appointed by the fire de- partment. Charles Jones, son and ad- viser of the Senator, said that.a dele- gation called on the Senator and asked for these amendments. No explanation was offered to the House for the amend- ments, and its action in killing the bill followed. Town Council Meeting Off. POTOMAC, Va., April 2 (Special). — The Potomac Town Council last night postponed its regular meeting until to- morrow night. It will be held at 8 o'clock in the council chamber of the town hall. . .. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T. ARLINGTON LAW BODY AGAIN ELECTS JESSE Amos Crounse Chosen Vice Presi- dent—Various Committees Appointed. Special Dispatch to The Star. W. Thomas French secretary-treasurer and Claude O.'Thomas was elected to the mcuzv. committee. s Harry R. Thomas were chosen to the vance committee. Those named for Jegislative committee are Walter U. d"mfim; B, M, Hedrick an A Special uthorized committee was auf ¢ in | to draft and forward resolution of sym- pathy to the family of the late Ji J. K. M. Norton. Those named to committee are Crounse, and ‘Thomas. ‘The committes consisting of Crandal Mackey, chairman; Harry R. Thomas and Bryan Gordon was asked to ar- range for the painting of a picture of the late Circuit Judge J. B. T. Thornton for adornment of the court, A proposal to establish a law library in the courthouse was roved and & committee consisting of E&n W. Pum- phrey, chalrman; Robert A, Ryland and Mr. Ball was appointed to confer with ihe board of supervisors as to its loca- tion in the building. An amendment to the constitution cre;ung ml:l:m“ of lec:‘et:;%-tmlurn and carry! a salary per year was adopted. G. G. Fulcher was elected to membership. FIRE AT NAVAL STATION. Three Buildings, With $100,000 Loss, Destroyed at Hampton Roads. NORFOLK, Va., April 2 (#).—Pire at the Hampton Roads Naval Train! 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