Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1929, Page 4

*- Speaker Asks Ritchie to Sign Bill to Aid Mo- torists. { By o Stant Correspondent of The Btar. SILVER SPRING, Md, April 6.— Pointing out that the Geen arlAssembly 1 more nearly reflects the desires of the | people “than does the motor vehicle ! commissioner’s department, particular- ! ly under its present management,’ ; Maj. E. Brooke Lee, speaker of the, ¢ last two houses of the Legislature and | State Democratic leader, sent a state- ment to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie yes- | terday in support of the bill authorizing the issuance of tags and titling of cars by clerks of the circuit courts of the counties. The governor yesterday held & public hearing on the measure, as a result of many telegrams he received in support of the bill. The measure is opposed by the commissioner of mo- tor vehicles, who, it was pointed out, de- sires the business to remain centralized in Baltimore. Declared Most Heavily Taxed. Speaker Lee informed the governor that motor vehicles are the most heavily taxed class of property in Maryland and said that the automobile owners and dealers are clearly entitled to con- i siderate and convenient treatment in y securing license tags, titles and other 3 State licenses incident to the opera- %, tion of automobiles. Under existing . State law, he added, practically every other type of license and tax in Mary- « land can be paid either in Baltimore R a u’gg‘e‘:&k . blle"“ len eir automol kfll‘nfi noon and went in a body to the publ They are, left to A. E. Partin and A. R. Scott. Second Charles L. Watkins and E. L. Burdette. Earl F. Potter, E. B. Boykin, Downey Williams Educator Urges Teachers' Salaries Cut For Time Lost in Scolding Pupils REFUSE COLLEGTION MOVE MLST WAT ¢ City or in the county of which the tax- | payer is a resident. Speaker Lee's statement said: “The motor vehicle commissioner’s office admits that last year out of the 1 360,000 cards mailed to residents of Maryland containing data for the 1929 motor vehicle licenses 70,000 or these cards contained descriptions of ‘dead’ ¢ cars, and in the cases of thousands of others the owners of the cars in ques- tion had been changed during the last . several months of the calendar year. “The difficulty of the present law is that the bona fide, easily recognized and permanent citizens of the various ¢ countles of the State are subject to all of the burdensome restrictions in se- cumm, automobile licenses, titles and ;transfers of titles that the mobility of & motor vehicle makes necessary to ap- prehend the small ?ercentlle of these vehicles that are stolen and dealt in by dishonest people. Purpose of Law. “The purpose of the law passed by | the last session of the Legislature is tz ; allow those residents of the counties of Maryland who have already received - motor vehicle licenses or titles while % Tesidents of that particular eounty from the motor vehicle commissioner’s office in Baltimore, to be able to secure their annual license tags and titles for new cars, and transfers of titles for cars al- ready titled in Maryland upon the pres- entation of a Maryland title in good shape at their respective county seats. “This legislation will take the existing Tegulations and requirements as now . oppressing permanent residents of the - various counties of the State, and the i registered automobile dealers, out of i What can very properly be called the : o:n“mnon “"d &l;m ‘The automobile . an lers are paying enough taxes to entitle them gu conve'nler!fi. . quick and courteous service at their Tespective county seats. It is estimated that the entire cost ¢ under the bill which I originally intro- duced, which provided a deputy of the é"ofmy v.e“hltde mml‘;‘:‘omr at each , WO approximatel, $50,000 a year. The stamp nqulremen{ . by the motor vehicle commissioner's ; office alone for annual titles has aver- i aged over $20,000 a year charge on the : public on the present Baltimore City i mail order concentration plan. : ‘A deputy of the motor vehicle com- ¢ missioner, or a deputy clerk of the court i In each of the county seats, would not i require any expensive addressing ; filing equipment as all cards and dl?\ ¢ for operation and distribution can be 1 furnished from the Baltimore office.” ¢ $2,038 COSTS AND FINES. ¥ March Report Shows 166 Chses at £ Upper Marlboro. H l;’; ;;g Correspondent of The Star. & MARLBORO, Md., April 6— i Pines and costs totaling sz.nzl.‘;rsuwen i Tealized from 166 cases docketed in . Prince County Police - Court during March, according to the monthly um of Thomas R. Henault, clerk, i submitted to county commissioners yes- 5 . i A total of $1,020 was coll % fines from 110 motor vehicle u’:':sd lxm i 3835 from the criminal cases, the re- port shows. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6 (8 N ~At the monthly meeting of m’ffl?"n’, gu.m?n County Civic Federation, to be eld the public school auditorium at Woodside Monday evening, J. Bond ¢ Smith, chairman of the legisiative and legal astion committee, will review and ! lature of &h‘lfll‘nmw o tgom- ery County. aul 5l 3 ; _ Many matters are scheduled for con- . sideration, and, according to oo.ml?l |y e o, e e Licenses have been issued here for i gardner, 26, both of Wi , and ¢ Harold Hoeher, 38, of Taunton, Mass., _and Miss Barbara O. Mains, 31, of i Reno, Nev. ¢ A vacation Bible school will be held fat !lalet“hm. the last two weeks in June, | tr. it . Episcopal Church, the Bethesda Pres- £ Church and Central Methodist . Church, all of the Chevy Chase area, ¢ will co-operate, and Mrs. Frank T. Israel of Kensington, & Sunday school of wide experience, will be the . The faculty will, it is stated, lected from the teaching staffs of hree churches. L T S TSRS Measurc for Metropolitan District Fails to Pass at Annapolis. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, April 6—Ash, trash and garbage disposal and traffic regulation in the metropolitan district, both urged by the Montgomery County Civic Federation, will have to wait an- other two years before they can be made effective, owing to the failure in the Senate of the bill amending the metro- politan district act. The measure was passed by the House, and it included also a’provision, by way of amendment to the act, making it mandatory that the county commissioner in charge of the metropolitan district west of Rock Creek should be a resident within the Bethesda, Chevy Chase or Glen Echo- Cabin John election precincts. Present Law Provisions. Under the terms of the present law it will be possible for 8 man from one of the rural districts, Rockville or Poto- mac, to be placed in charge of the sub- urban district after the 1930 elections. The situation came about by the fact that the 1927 Legislature provided for seven county commissioner election dis- tricts for the purpose of separating the conflicting rural and city interests. However, the act passed at that time, it was said, did not sufficiently limit the jurisdiction then existing for the com- missioner elected from the fourth coun- ty commissioner district. This district now includes the Rockville, Bethesda and Potomac districts. It was explained that the only pur- pose of the 1927 law was to give to the metropolitan district & commissioner who must be a resident therein, and who would be thoroughly familiar with the problems there, for the reason that this area is the largest tax-paying area in Montgomery County Supported by Federation. ‘The ash, trash and fiubu e collec- tion provision of the bill which failed was much sought after by the feder- ation, as in some sections there was a real demand for the service and there were indications that the people would be willing to pay. The only objection offered to the matter in the federation was a possible tax, and the proposed law was made to read so that there would be no general tax. It would mere- 1y have authorized the county commis- sioners to lnlulg:nk such a service on request of the citizens, who were to pay the cost without any expense to the county. There was no provision for the construction of public inciner- ators or other features of a public dis- system. That matter was to be eft to the contractors who undertook the work. Likewise, the authority for the county commissioner to regulate traffic in the suburban district was urged strongly | P by the federation, and it was pointed out that there was a real need for such a provision. The matter was discussed at length at the last meeting of the federation, but the body was informed by Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, counsel for the county commissioners, that a bill was then pending in the Legislature which would put their wishes into law. ‘The measure, it was pointed out, did not carry any appropriations or au- thorize the expenditure of any funds, but merely amended the metropolitan district act so that it could have more of a city set-up, as indicated in the light of experience during the two years it has been in effect. ALEXANDRIA. has an exact replica of the engine used by the Priendship e Local No. 1665, Carpenters and Join- rica, celebrated its twenty- ting secretary, and J. delegate and a member first Birrell, State of the local ’ union, were the right, first row: H. % THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, to Gov. Ritchie to sign the bill which would make it possible for Maryiana resl- county seats, the above group met at Silver Spring yesterday after- . T, " Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., A&fll 6.—The clos- ing meeting this evening of 400 district teachers, attending the Virgina Educa- tion Association conference is expected to result in the presentation of impor- tant resolutions. One of these is ex- pected to favor an appeal by the as- sociation to the next Virginia Legisla- ture for the application of $1,000,000 from the State treasury surplus to State education. Part of this money would go towards increasing teachers’ salaries and part of it to expansion of school facilities. FRE AX VOTEHED VO BY TOWN HEAD Special Eiection at Cottage City April 22 to Legalize Intent of Residents. Special Dispatch to The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md, April 6.—The town commissioners met last night and declared the recent vote on the fire tax null and vold because of a technicality. This action was taken after seeking legal advice, which brought out the fact that the commissioners had advertised the special election for March 30, before the governor had signed the bill, where- as it should have been advertised for | boro. two weeks after the hill 'was signed. In view of the necessity for a prom decision on this question, so that the | tires firemen can determine whether they must make the annual drive for funds in this town, the commissioners called another special election for April 23, at which time only the fire tax will be voted upon. This will the residents who registered last Monday night and those who may register next Monday night a chance to vote on the tax. 'fy ‘The firemen are confident that the tax will be approved by a vote than at the previous election, when the vote was 57 to 36 in favor of the tax. All residents who have not registered to vote in town elections will be given & final chance to do 80 next Monday night, when the board of election super- visors will conduct § registration at the fire house from 7 to 9 o'clock. The spe- cial election on April 22 will be held at the fire house between the hours of 5 and 10 p.m. The commissioners also awarded two contracts to George N. Wells—one to complete the grading and sr-veun' of Central avenue, at a cost of $750, and the_other to open all gutter culverts in the town, at a cost of $150. The Mothers' Club of Colmar Manor esented a comedy entitled “Deacon Dubbs” in the local school last night. A percentage of the profit will be given to the school for the purchase of needed equipment. 5 FARMER IS EXONERATED IN SEED THEFT CASE Charge Brought Against Barnes- ville District Resident Branded as “Clumsy Frame-up.” Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6—It took less than 10 minutes for & jury in the Circuit Court here late yesterday to de- cide that Harvey J. Harris, prominent receiving stolen goods o %{mo'lth the lafceny of 10 bushels of clover seed from Vernon O. Yingling. as charged Frederick County farmer, crowd in the courtroom. MAN, 82, ROBBED. Maryland Farmer Held Up by Three Unidentified Bandits. AKLAND, Md., April 6 (Special) A ot .5 farmer of, BADE k : i o i 3221 ] EE? 5 2 g ke g | 8 g i : ] gl‘ g i B 5 | b E g ? 1 i £ i dgix g x ] g B. ', Brostus, W. Wolfe, W. C. Shepherd, H. H. Cissel, 8] . James i M. Woodfield, J. Milton Derrick, J. M. Gue, H. Deets Warfield, ~—Star Staff Photo. In the meantime work is being pushed toward the complete organization of the 30,000 Virginia teachers who are mem- bers of the association which is - ning to make itself felt in the field of State politics. Teachers' problems claimed interest this morning. Dr. K .C. Krebs of Wil- liam and Mary College, in sn address, said he believed that pupil failures are due in la part to scolding by the teachers before the class. He urged the deduction from teachers’ sslaries the time lost in criticizing and scolding pu-~ pils who thus become disheartened. TWO NOTE APPEALS IN TRAFFIC FINDINGS District and Upper Marlboro Resi- dents Take Cases to Cir- cuit Court. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, Asnn.\ 68— Two men, given $100 fines by Judge J. Chew She! in Police Court here yes- terday for seripus traffic offenses, ap- pealed to the Circuit Court. They were Lester W. Tudge, 100 block of hth street northeast, Washington, charged with driving while intoxicated, and Henry De Vaughn, 22 years old, of Upper Marlboro, accused of turning off lights to avoid arrest and identification. ‘mdg was arrested by Maryland State Policeman L. E. Dutrow, when a wheel came off his automobile at Forestville last Saturday. De Vaughn was February 24 by the same policeman following & chase from Forestvillé to Croone and back to Marl~ Aéco, to the testimony, the policeman ly halted the car by fir- ing his revolver, puncturing one of the Both Tudge and De Vaughn were also charged with reckless driving and SR R, TR, B Vau e, oo ph.ll conviction on that charge. McC. Dougherty, me:luck“:! umbe‘m. Pl guilty 0 charges of permitting an unlicensed operator to operate his car and was FAIRFAX RANKS FIRST IN DAIRY PRODUCTS Leads 100 Other Virginia Counties. Placed as Chief Industry of Community. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., April 6—Fairfax Daun‘zs ranks the 100 dairy products, according a_ T }mpnna by County Agent H. !.m for the Pajrfax County Chamber of Commerce. This is the leading indus- try of the county, the estimated value of d-u; products last year approach- ing $1,250,000. In 1927, the luutedynr on which definite figures comp by the State are available, the amounted to $1,125,000. In 1926 there were 7,430 milk cows increased to 7,560 value of its to cent of the produ whole mifk in Washington and Alex- andria. ‘The second largest industry,in the county is poultry, with an income in 1038 i paiog of poulty Droducts ue of creased to $559,000, although the ber of chickens increased to 191,000 ¥ 1538 preiiminiry report o: 207,000 birds mmmu.- fax Coun 100 counties of Virginia, with mated farm income of $2,388, — PN S SN AR S SSNARN Live in Washington’s Finest and Largest Downtown Apartment Building THE BOULEVARD ¢ . 2121 New York Avenue Large Rooms—Paneled Walls ' Ventilated Doors ’ Fine Lobby—Frigidaire All Nite Elevator and v Service $60.50 for 2 Rooms, Kitchen, Bath Also 1:-Room Apartments A Few Apartments Furnished Managed by Wardman 5 : SIS SRR COUNTY TEACHERS MEET IN ROCKVILLE 280 in Spring Conference Hear Address on Curric- ulum Making. Special Dispatch to The Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6.—Dr. Her- bert B. 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