Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1931, Page 5

. THE EVENING ST AR * NEARBY DELEGATES * N HOUSE DEBATE Montgomery and Prince Georges Repr e sentatives Lead Judges’ Pension Fight. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md. February 19.— With Delegates George L.”Edmonds of Montgomery County and Oliver Metz- erott and Kent R. Mullikin of Prince Georges County taking leading roles, the fight over the State’s judges’ retirement system broke out on the floor of the House yesterday, produced the first pro- longed and heated debate of the session, and finally resuf d in the measurawbe- ing recommitted to the Ways and Means Committee, after the pleas of adminis- tration leaders for acceptance of a fa- vorable report of the Judiciary Commit- tee had been ignored. ‘Would Increase Pension. The bill, as drafted by Delegate Mil- ton Tolle of Baltimore County, would increase the pension of judges from $2.400 to $5.000, but make any judge granted an extension beyond retirement age ineligible for a pensicn. When the favorable report of the Judiciary Committee was presented, Delegate Metzerott, sensing that the members did not realize exactly what was before them, called attention to the provisions of the bill. Nevertheless the report was adopted, passed the sec- cnd reading by an oral vote and placed on third reading. A few minutes later Delegate W. Bruce Matthews of Charles County moved for a reconsideration of the vote on the favorable report and was quickly supported by Delegate Edmonds, who declared he was opposed to the bill in its present form, being against the amount of the increase granted in the measure, but felt sure a compromise figure could be reached if an amend- ment could be offered later. Questions Validity. Asserting he favored a $5,000 pension for judges, even though he believed it s unpopular in Prince Georges County, Delegate Metzerott then questioned the constitutionality of the bill, claiming the $2,400 pension now provided is part of the salary of the office to which udges are elected and could not legally taken away from them. Delegate Mylliken, however, said the issue raised a question of principle and declared he did not believe “we should hand out $2,600 a year extra compen- sation in consideration of not being asked to extend judges’ terms.” . BILLS IN ASSEMBLY HIT DAYLIGHT TIME House at Anapolis Moves to Have Only Standard Clocks in Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 19.— Striking directly at the use of daylight saving time, a bill prohibiting any but standard time being told by clocks on public streets, highways or buildings was introduced in the State Senate here yesterday, while the House of Delegates adopted a resolution requesting business houses of Baltimore to refrain from inaugurating the daylight time system this year. Both measures were classed as em- ergency laws, and, if passed, will be- come effective June 1. BILL WOULD CUT TIME OF ASSEMBLY Nicodemus Introduces Also to Increase Pay of An- napolis Members. Measure By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 10.—A measure calling for a slash of 30 days in the biennial sessions of the State Legislature with an increase in pay for members was introduced in the House of Delegates yesterday by Delegate John D. Nicodemus of Prederick County, the oldest member of the lower branch, in the form of a constitutional amend- ment. The present session of the Assembly would, under the measure, be cut from 90 to 60 days, and the pay of members be increased from $5 to $10 per day, with the presiding officers getting $5 additional. Another measure, introduced several days ago, provided for an increase to $15 per day in the pay, and is pending before the Constitutional Amendments Committee, where vesterday's bill was sent, for consideration. Two previous attempts to increase the legislative pay have met with defeat at the polls after passing the Assembly 10 POISON LIQUOR DEATHS ARE PROBED Chemical Analysis Being Made of Viscera of One of Chester- town Victims. Bpecial Dispateh to The Bta CHESTERTOWN, Md., Pebruary 19. —The viscera of/one of 10 colored per- sons who died Here after drinking poi- son alcghol last Sunday has been sent to the State Department of Health, at Baltimore, for analysis, it was learned. Coroner Harry L. Dodd sent the vis- cera and adjourned further inquest proceedings until he receives the result of the examination. He is being assisted by members of the Baltimore Police Department, who came here yesterday in the investigation of the fatalities, which mounted to 10 with the death of Wallace Shepherd, colored, 42, yesterday. Police authorities reported that punch served at a party in the colored district contained as a principal ingredient a quantity of anti-freeze mixture, which was said to have contained three quarts of wood alcohol One of the victims was a woman, and all were stricken blind. THIEVES ARE RAIDING SHENANDOAH FARMS Owners Report Systematic Stealing of Cured Meats, Chickens and Equipment. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, V: ¢ Numbers of farmers appears to be a systematic stealing of cured meat, chickens and other arti- cles from farm buildings by gangs of thieves, reported to be traveling at night over the lower Shenandoah Val- Jey and disposing of their loot in nearby Eastern cities. Some farmers were said to be equip- ing their barns with electric alarm lls, while others were resorting to shotgun protection. One farmer in town today reported a barrel of vinegar had been removed from his cellar along with num:rous articles of farme equipment & barn. MARYLAND INVITED TO YORKTOWN FETE Representative of Gov. Pollard Lauds State's Part in Revo- lutionary War. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 19.—The part Maryland played in the Revolu- tionary War was praised by John Stewart Bryan, Richmond, Va., editor, in an address yesterday before a joint session of the General Assembly. The representative of Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virginia, Mr. Bryan, asked that Maryland participate in the 150th anniversary of the battle of Yorktown. “Your Governor,” he said, referring | to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, who sat on the rostrum, “belongs to the entire Nagion.” Walter J. Mitchell, President of the Senate, and Speaker Francis A. Michel of the House of Delegates, sat with the Governor. HYATISVLE ROAD LAW HEARNGSE Council to Hear Public Tues- day Night on Proposed Changes. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 19.— Members of the Chamber of Commerce of Hyattsville and the Exchange Cl of Prince Georges County and the puplic will be invited to sttend & public meet- ing of the mayor and common council to consider proposed changes in the town road law next Tuesday night in the Municipal Building at 8 o’clock. This was decided at a recess meeting of the council last night. . Chief Albert Anderson of Hyattsville was commended for his prompt action and bravery in going to the Sanitary Grocery store at Arundel avenue and the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning and as- sisting in the capture of three bandits. It developed at last night's meeting that the council is favorable to the pro- visions of the proposed bill authorizing an extension from two to ten years in the time in which property owners may' pay for their street and sidewalk im- provements here and for & bond issue to be issued by the town to be retired by the property owners whose lands abut the improvements. It also was agreed that the council shall not at any time borrow a sum greater than 8 per cent of the assessed valuation of all of the rea] property and franchises to use the street in the town, and that the bill shall not become effective until it shall have been approved by the quali- | fied voters of the town. At its meeting Tuesday night the council will present its tentative changes in the law and then will hear what the public has to say about them. It is expected that the council at that time will take & final vote on the proposed bill. Dr. Hillary T. Willis, mayor, presided over the meeting. COUNCIL REVISES BOND VOTERS’ LIST Falls Church Authorities Make Up Roll of Freeholders for Spe- cial Election. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va,, February 19.— The Falls Church Town Council met last night in special session to revise the list of resident freeholders of the cor- poration who are entitled to vote in the election February 25 to decide whether to bond the town for installation of a municipal water system. The former election, January 13, was declared invalid because the 285 persons who partici- pated did not constijute the required 50 per cent of the naes on the then offi- cial list of resident freeholders. Due to the fact that 253 of the 285 participants voted in favor of the bond issue and five others w.§dse votes were void because improperly marked indicated they meant to support the proposal, the joint Water Committee of citizens and coun- cilmen decided to submit the question for a second time. The list of resident freeholders en- titled to vote in the first election on a ‘town bond issue, as posted in eight places in the town contained 476 names. The council last night added 43 names and deleted 30, the final total heing 489, of whom 245 must participate to pro- vide a valid election in accordarce with the town charter. INSPECTS ARLINGTON PRISON CAMP SITES Organization to Be Moved to County for Work on Lee Boulevard. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Btar. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., February 19. L. H. Jones, in charge of Virgin] prison camps, spent yesterday here making a survey of possible sites for the camp that will in ‘the grading of the Lee Boulevard route. Following the conference with County Directing Engineer C. L. Kin- nier of Arlington County, he made a tour of the boulevard route with R. L Mount. resident engineer for the Vir- ginia State Highway Commission. According to Maj. Jones, the camp will house approximately 100 convicts that are to be moved here from the Southwestern part of the State. With the men will be moved the entire equip- ment, consisting of barracks and other buildings. While he would not state definitely where the camp will be located, Maj. Jones indicated that it would be placed in the vicinity of Glen Carlyn. FISHERMAN IS SHOT FROM RIVER SHORE Two Game Wardens Held at An- napolis Pending Outcome of Wounds. Special Dispatch to The 8 ANNAPOLIS, February ‘19.—8Shot as he was fishing before daybreak yester- day mornipg, George Lee of West Annapolis was taken to the Emergency | Hospital here in a serious condition, the ice . He is alleged to have fishing in an illegal manner in the Severn River. ‘Two game wardens, Raymond Powers and Vernon J. Dreisch, both of Balti- | more, were arrested late terday and held at the Annapolis Jail pending the outecme-of Lee's wound. After Lee had falled to obey an order of the e wardens that he put in for shore shots were fired, the police said, one of which s in the abdomen. Deputy Sheriff Fernando Weems of Anne Arundel County arrested Powers and Dreisch, \ i ‘house the convicts to be used | TAX RATE LIMIT 1S RAISED IN BILL Measure for Friendéhip Heights and the Hills Of- fered at Annapolis. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 19.— Increase in. the tax rate of a special area, authorization for the condemna- tion of land by a cemetery company and elimination of one of the grounds for divorce were asked in three meas- ures introduced in the General Assem- bly yesterday by Montgomery County legislators! The Prince Georges dele- gation was kept busy studying & pro- Posed school bond issue and did not in- troduce any bills in either house. A tax rate of not more than 30 cents per $100 for the special taxing area known as Friendship Heights and The Hills was sought in a bill introduced in | the House by Dr. George L. Edmonds, chairman of the Montgomery County delegation. At present: the special tax in the area is limited to 10 cents per $100 valuation. Residents Declared Favorable. Dr. Edmonds said he was informed by Emory Bogley, chairman of a spe- cial committee of the Friendship, Heights Citizens' Association, that a mass meeting had revealed that the | residents were “practically unanimous” in favor of the measure, Finding their local needs could not |be met through the 10-cent tax rate, the citizens considered joining the met- ropolitan area, but decided to retain their status as a special taxing district and seek authority to make larger levies, according to Dr. Edmonds. Delegate Marvin Farrington of Mont- gomery County presented the divorce measure, which would eliminate the provision which gives the husband the right to secure a divorce because of the previous unchastity of his wife. Amendment to Charter. An amendment to the charter of the Rockville Cemetery Association of Mont- gomery County giving it permission to acquire land adjoining its cemetery by condemnation_was asked in a bili in- troduced by Senator Robert G. Hilton as an emergency measure. The cemetery seeks to acquire about 30 acres of land adjoining the 35 acres it now owns, Senator Hilton said. The cemetery plot cannot exceed 100 acres. ‘The cemetery of the association, is lo- cated near the intersection of the Rock- ville-Norbeck road and Avery road. The land sought belongs to the heirs of George H. Earle of Philadelphia, Pa. Another emergency measure of Sen- ator Hilton's, to authorize a $50,000 bond issus by the town of Rockville for water and sewer improvements, was fa- vorably reported in the Senate. Asks Elimination of Projects. Prince Georges County’s delegation yesterday asked the County School Board to eliminate all projects from the list of 10 requests for new and additional school buildings. | ‘The list was studied for more than an hour by the legislators, board members | and county commissioners in the office of Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer. If all requests were granted, a bond issue of $430,000 would be necessary; but it is expected this figure will be re- | duced at least 50 per cent, it was said after the conference. ALTA VISTA STREET CAR MAN HELD UP Two Colored Bandits Escape After Taking $21.20 From Motorman. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md. February 19.— Armed with a gun, two young colored men held up and robbed the motor- man of a one-man street car at Maple avenue and the old Georgetown road in Alta Vista last night. They escaped with $21:20. The hold-up was staged as the mo- | Galvests torman was adjusting the trolley. The motorman, Raymond Belfield, of 723 Madison street, Washington, told Montgomery County police of the Be: thesda substation that one of the rob- bers jammed a gun against_his side as | M he lifted his arms to change the trol- ley. He said he had no chance to offer resistance. There were no passengers in the car at the time. Belfield said_the hold-up men were about 18 or 20 years old. The one with the gun wore a base bafl cap. While he held the gun his companion disengaged Belfield’s change carrier from his uniform and took $3 in bills from his pockets. Police were given |s a detalled description of the men. PATENT EMPLOYE SUED Miss Minnie Conradis, 3817 New Hampshire avenue, today sued William Ourand, an employe of the Patent Office, to recover $10,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained while a guest in his automobile en Defense Highway May 11. She charges that the machine was so negligently operated that it left the road at sharp turn and collided with a post. She is n-prgenud by Attorney Richard E. Wellford® unnecessary | (Noot a | Horta (Fayal, MRS. K. B. CONNER DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER Was Daughter of Rev. John G. At- terbury and Widow of Gharles Horace Connon Mrs. Katherine Boudinot Conner, 86 years old, who resided with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Greene W. Dugger, 3436 Thir- ty-fourth street, died Tuesday after a brief iliness. b Mrs. Conner was the daughter of Rev. John G. Atterbury and _Katherine Larned Atterbury of Flint, Mich. She is the widow of Charles Horace Conner and sister of Gen. W. W. Atterbury. Surviving Mrs. Conner are three daughters, Lady Julia Rerkeit of Lon- | don, England; Mrs, Hamard Fisher and | Mrs. Greene W. Dugger, both of Wash- ington, and three sons, Dr. Lewis A. Conner, Charles Horace Conner and Boudinot Conner, all of New York. Funeral services at the residence of Mrs. Greene Dugger today were pri- vate, CAROLINIANS TO MEET The North Carolina Sociely of Wash- ington will hold a reception and dance honoring the new members of the State's delegation in Congress at_the Hotel Carlton at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb- ruary 27. | The honor guests will be Senator and | Mrs. Cameron Morrison, Representative | and Mrs. Hinton James and Represent- | ative and Mrs. Pranklin W. Hancock. Senator Morrison will address the so- clety. Capt. P. W. Foote of the Washington | Navy Yard, is president of the organi- zation. Music will be furnished by “The Caro- | linians.” ' | THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy, prob- ably occasional light rain tonight and | tomorrow, not much change in tem- | perature; minimum temperature about 36 degrees; gentle variable winds, most- |1y east. | Maryland—Cloudy, probably occa- | sional " light rain in east and central | portions and light snow or rain in ex- treme west portion tonight and tomor- row: not much change in temperature; fresh northeast and east winds. Virginia-Cloudy, probably occasional light rain tomorrow and in extreme | west and extreme north portions to- | night; not much change in tempera- | ture; moderate to fresh east winds. West Virginia—Cloudy, with occa- sionsl rain or snow tonight and in north and east portions tomorrow; not mllcl;l change in temperature. | Record for 24 Hours. | _Thermometer—a p.m., 48; 8 p.m., 47; {12 midnight, 44; 4 am., 42; 8 am,, 39; noon, 38, Barometer—4 pm. 2998; 8 pm., 29.98; 12 midnight, 26.98; 4 a.m., 29.99; | 8 a.m., 30.01; noon, 30.03. | _ Highest temperature, 48, occurred at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest temperature, 38, occurred at noon today. Temperature same date last year— | Highest, 66; lowest, 36. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United Stat ‘Geodetic Survey. ‘Today—Low tide, 3:50 am. and 4:12 | p.m.; high tide, 9:24 am. and 9:41 Coast and Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:25 a.m. and 4:50 pm.; high tide, 10 a.m. and 10:18 pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 6:56 am., sun sets 5:49 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:55 a.m., sun sets, 5:50 p.m. Moon rises 8:03 a.m., sets 7:55 p.m. Automobile lights to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. 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