Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 7

SUBURBAN NEWS. MARYLAND PROBE AUTOISTS' ARREST Activities of Brentwood and Mount Rainier Police De- clared to Be lllegal. Bpecial Dispatch to The St MOUNT RAINIER, Md. July 23.— Complaints that the newly motorized police forces of Brentwood and Mount Rainier are illegally “pursuing and ar- resting drivers of automobiles on the State highwavs of the towns” and that automobile cases are being tried by ihe fown police justices with the re- eult that the towns and not the State | receive the fines collected, have re- | sulted in an investigation by the office of the commissioner of motor vehicles, | 1t was learned today. The investigation was undertaken after receipt by the commissioner of motor vehicles of a letter from Charles B. Calvert, Mount Rainier attorney. which the writer declares he “gets fre- quent complaints from the citizens of this community against the illegal ac- tion of the town police force” in traffic cases. The matter was referred to Lieut. R. E. Raleigh of the State police force, who ordered the investigation. What Probe Revealed. Although the result of the inquiry of the State police has not been made public, it was learned that the probe revealed that town police, working on a fee basis, were making arrests for speeding and failing to obey stop signs, and that the cases were being tried in the town of Mount Rainier instead of being sent to the Prince-Georges County Police Court, as State police claim &hould be done. Charges that because of the fee sys- tem town police never arrested resi- dents of the town and that charges of falling to observe stop signs were changed to disorderly conduct were also investigated, but the results could not be learned. All of the charges are categorically denied by town officialz. Bird H. Del- by, corporation counsel for Mount Rainler, declares the town charter gives its officials specific authority to make and enforce traffic regulations. Under this authority the town, several years ago, passed a trafic ordinance. which provides for fines or imprisonment, of violators. Some of the provisions of the ordinance, however, are said to be in conflict with the State law. Dolby also says he can find no law prohibiting the trying of speed and other traffic cases by a town justice of the peace, while that officer stands squarely behind the action of the mayor and council and police force, pointing out that unless the town can make and enforce its own laws its charter is use- less, Letter Gives Authority. Membpers of the town council also clte a latter from the commussioner of motor vehicles, written last year in re- sponse to an inquiry regarding the ar- rest of Ma d residents using Dis- trict of Columbia automobile tags. This Jetter specifically states that the town chief of police has “full authority to enforce the automobile law.” The towns of Breniwood and Mount Rainier this Summer purchased motor cycles for their police in an innocent effort, to break up speeding on their paved streets. The State police force was regarded as inadequate in num- bers properly o patrol the many paved highways in the incorporated towns and reckless motorists made additional traffic police protection almost manda- tory. The presence of the uniformed pa- trolmen of the towns on the thorough- forgs is said to have noticeably re- duced careless driving, and except for the legal complications arising from the complaint to the motor vehicle com- missioner, the undertaking is regarded as a complete success. The investigation of the State police was completed today and it is expected the whole matter will be submitted to the State attorney general for a de- cision. DRIVER FREED ON BOND. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. o FREDERICK, Md. July 23.—Taken into custody here following an automo- bile accident near Liberty Sunday, in which John Oliver, 65, colored, Mount Pleasant, was killed, and Levi Waters, 32, colored. Mount Pleasant, was seri- ously injured, J. Henry Jackson, Fifteenth street northwest, Washington, was yesterday released in $1,000 bond as a material witness pending an in- quest to be held in this city next week. A fourth occupant of the car, Nelson ‘Waters, Mount Pleasant. also colored and a paralytic, was slightly injured. Jackson, who was driving the cer, told officers his automobile was forced'from the road and overturned. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 23 (Spe- cial).—A new Essex coupe was stolen from the Alexandria Hudson-Essex Co.'s showrooms at 1202 King street y this morning when burglars made their way into the building by breaking the ]gl;.;s in a rear door and releasing the ock. The burglars obtained keys to the machine in the office, opened the door of a driveway leading into the 100 block of Commerce street and drove off in the automobile. Motor Cycle Police- man Ernest Suthard and Patrolman Henry Grimm obtained several clear impressions of finger prints from the broken glass of the door when they iIn- investigated the robbery. A suit case containing photographic equipment valued at $150 was stolen from an_automobile owned by Edward Earnes of Buffalo. N. Y., while the car parked in front of the George n Hotel last night. Fred Watson, 25, of Cherry Hill, Va., was fined $103 when arraigned in Police Court before Judge Willlam S. Snow this morning for failing to stop when a machine he was driving col- lided recently with an automobile driven by George K. Ballard, jr, on ‘Telegraph road. A camp meeting will be held in the new tabernacle near Mount Vernon, beginning August 1. Rev. Fred H. Ross of California, Rev. Milton Thomas of Maryland, Miss Bertha Munro of ‘Massachusetts and Rev. H. H. Hoyt and Rev. J. C. Duggar, both of Virginia, will be in charge. Alvin Young of New York will be the song leader and soloist, assisted by J. I. Jones of Washington. The plano accompanists will be Mrs. H. H. Hoyt and Miss Virginia Cabel. Mrs. Charles Sinclair, regent of Mount Vernon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has ap- pointed the committees which will make arrangements for the State con- vention of Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution in this city Octo- ber 28, 290 and 30. The program committee is eomposed of Mrs. T. W. Robinson, Mrs. William J. Boothe and Mrs. D. Mauchlin Niven. Mrs. Charles Ellett Cabell, Mrs. Emmett C. Dunn, Mrs. Charles T. Nicholson and Mrs. Henry Starr ttles, comprise the Thospitality committfe, and the trans- portation committee chairman is Mrs. John T. Ashton. She will name the members of her group later. A meeting of Liberty Rebekah Lodge, No. 16, Independent Order of Odd Fel- Jows, will meet tonight to make plans for aagxcurslon to Marshall Hall on July #. Approximately 200 voters who expect to be out of the city on August 6, when the Democratic primary will be held, Dave already cast their ballots with the registrars in their wards. Alexandria Fire Department Auxilia will meot tonight at 8 o'clock at No. %ruck and Engine Company. MISS WEBSTER TO WED. Engagement of Hancock Girl and ‘Washington Man Announced. HANCOCK, Md., July 23 (Special) Mre, James S. Webster of Hancock an- nounces the engagement of her daugh- ter, Ethel Turner, to Charles maker of Washington, Miss Webster was Hancock's “princess” in the 1929 apple blossom festival at Winchester, Va. She is a graduate of Hood Col- lege, Prederick, Md. She has been & member of the high school faculty here. Her father was the late Rey. J. S. Web- ster. Mr. Shoemaker is associated with a nationally known fruit distributing corporation and stationed here. The engagement was announced at an in- formal picnic dinner given on Town Hill. MOTHER IS JAILED. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md. July 23.—Con- victed of deserting her 2-months’-old child, Estelle Rutherford, 19-year-old mother, was sentenced by Justice Sher- man_P. Bowers to serve six months in the Frederick jail. It was the first case of this kind ever brought before & magistrate's court of Frederick, and was brought by the Children’s Aid Society. through its executive secretary, M Michael E. Pue, “Two words the nation THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929. THIEF STEALS CAR, THEN FIRES GARAGE Maryland and Virginia Police Hunt Man Who Abandoned Machine at Laurel. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md., July 23.—Maryland and Virginia police are searching to- day for the man who yesterday stole a new automoble from the Fort Strong Motor Co., Lyon Park, Va, set fire to the motor company’s garage and aban- doned the car near Laurel. The abandoned car was found off the highway and had apparently turned completely over. Its license tags had been removed, The car's speedometer registered only 25 miles. Maryland State Police, investigating, learned the car had been stoleh from the Virginia firm the night before. The thief had left behind another car, bear- ing Pennsylvania tags. and set fire to a gasoline tank in the rear of the automobile store, the officers were tol EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGED IN BOND TRANSACTION Walter A. Lacey of Washington Held for Grand Jury Action at Winchester. WINCHESTER, Va., July 23 (Spe- clal) —Walter A. Lacey, Washington, D. C, has been held for county grand jury actlon on a charge of embezzle- ment preferred by Mrs. Theresa Mil- burn, and released on $3,500 bond for his appearance at October court. Wil- liam Lindsey, Paris, Va., signed the se- curity bond. Mrs. Milburn testified at a hearing that she signed a bond for $3,500 in the belief that it was merely a bond for the faithful performance of certain duties of her son, John Milburn, who, she said, had been appointed an agent for a tire company, for which Lacey was general agent. It turned out, she testified, that the bond was a land bond, with her little farm in Frederick County as se- curity. Suit brought by a Loudoun County bank to foreclose on the bond and its security is pending against Mis. Milburn in Circuit Court. One of the largest business buildings in the world is to be erected at Toronto, Canada. The structure having a total area of 4,196,058 square feet of floor space and a tower 670 feet high. CROUCH STARTS TERM IN FAIRFAX JAIL Ex-Grand Jury Member, Convicted of Driving While Drunk, Be- gins Serving Sentence. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, July 23—A former member of the- District of Columbia special grand jury, Edwin C. Crouch of 909 Fourteenth street southeast, Wash- ington, indicted by a special grand jury here on a driving-while-drunk charge and convicted later, began serving his long-delayed sentence of 30 days yes- terday. Crouch was arrested along with W. H. Ontrich, also a former member of the District grand jury, on December 6 while returning from an inspection at the Occoquan Workhouse. Crouch was charged with operating his automobile while under the influence of liquor and for transporting, while his companion was booked for intoxication. The- Fairfax County Circuit Court sentenced Crouch and fined him $50 and $150 on the respective charges. The jail sentence was deferred on a physi- cian's certificate stating that the de- fendant was physically unable to begin the sentence. FATAL AUTO WRECK HELD UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT Inquest Is Held Into Death of Two in Crash Near Laurel. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md., July 23.—An inquest into the death of Robert Bugg, 1700 block of Seventeenth street, Washing- ton, who was instantly killed when an automobile in which he was riding struck a telegraph pole here yesterday morning, was held by Justice of Peace | Everett Scott vesterday afternoon. A | verdict of unavoidable accident was re- turned. | Jack Wilson, & companion of Bugg's, was fatally injured in the accident and died & few hours later at Casualty Arrest Clothing Theft Suspect. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, July 23 | (Special). —Harry Long, this city, was turned over to Washington police yes- terday, who took him back to face a | charge of stealing clothing. A suit which | he wore was declared by the District | officers to resemble some of that re- | ported stolen. Long wes arrested here | some days ago at the instance of the District. police. SUBURBAN DEAD HEADLIGHT LEADS TO LOST CAR ‘Two Youths Arrested Near Alexan- dris With Vehicle From Glen Echo. 2 Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 23—A burned-out headlight bulb and the Vir- ginia statute that makes it a violation| of the law to operate an automoblic with only one headlight proved the tin-| doing of two Washington youths, whe are sald to have stolen an aitomobile | from the amusement park at Glen Echo, Md., Jast night. As a result, Frank Mackenzie, 17, of 28 Eighth street northea.t, and Lloyd Pierce, 15. of 3864 Haley terrace, Cor gress Heights, are being held by Al~x- andria police for the th»ft of the machine. They are to be turned over :io Montgomery County, Md., pe to- ay. ! 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