Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1931, Page 5

' case for more THO REFERENDUNS ON PAY ARE ASKE Second Provided First Should Fail, in Brent- wood Measure. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staft Cotrespondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 26.—Pro- Vision for two referendums on a pro- posal to pay salaries to the mayor and ‘councilmen of an incorporated town was R unique feature of one of four bills Introduced in the General Assembly yes- terday by the Montgomery and Prince Georges County delegates. Chief among the measures presented vas one permitting the two counties to take advantage of the $4,500,000 made available for park development by the Cramton act. A Prince Georges bill received final approval in the Senate while the House passed one local measure pertaining to Montgomery County. Brentwood Measure, ‘The unusual referendum clause was ‘contained in a bill offered by Delegate William F. Keys of Prince Georges County designed to pay the mayor and councilmen of Brentwood an amount determined by “available funds under the prevailing tax rate.” The compen- sation could not exceed $5 a meeting for councilmen and $10 a meeting for the mayor. They would be p-id only for those meetings attended and in no than two meetings a month. The bill, if passed by the Legislature. will be submitted to the voters of the town at the next regular town election in June If, however, a majority vote m2ainst the measure at that time were not obtained it would be resubmitted at the following town election in June, 1932, Delegate Keys explained this pro- vision was made to avoid the necessity for passage of another bill to authorize | & second referendum. | The bill required to make the Cram- | ton act effective was introduced by Dr. | George L. Edmonds, chairman of the | Montgomery County delegation, and au- thorizes the Maryland National Capital | Park and Planning Commission to issue #and sell bonds not to exceed $1,200,000 N on account of lands to be acquired within Montgomery County for parks. Authorization also is given the com- mMission, with the consent of the Prince Georges County Commissioners, to apply | for and receive advances of additional | sums not to exceed $800.000 on account | of lands to be acquired in that county. | Would Extend Area. The bill would also add two new areas in Montgomery County to the| Metropolitan district. One of these is in the vicinity of the Norbeck-Norwood, Norbeck-Layhill, ahd Olney-Norwood- | Beltsville roads, and the Prince Georges County line, while the other is between the Potomac River, a line produced southwesterly between the intersection of the Falls road and the road running from Scotland, Md., through the Oak | Spring Lock Triangulation station, and the western boundary line of the metro- | politan district. | The 3-cent administrative tax will | be levied in the new territory after July 1, 1931; the 7-cent park tax will be imposed after July 1, 1937, in the | mew area along the Potomac, and after July 1 of this year in the new area mear the Prince Georges line. Senator Robert G. Hilton of Mont- | Romery County presented a measure in | th- upper branch authorizing an in- . crease in the salary of the county's K4 DOiphans’ Court judges, but limiting | their compensation to $1,000 a year. Town Would Incorporate. In addition to introducing the bill to pay the mayor and council of Brent- wood, Delegate Keys presented a meas- | ure to incorporate the town of PFair- mount Heights. The Senate passed a House bill by Mr./Keys authorizing the extension of time of payment of street assessment taxes in Brentwood from 4 to 10 years. A bill by Dr. Edmonds to increase the tax rate in the Friendship Heights special taxing area from 10 to 30 per $100 passed its third reading in the House and was sent to the Senate. The House Committee on Elections gave Delegate Oliver Metzerott a hear- ing on his bill to make the manner of filing for Congress conform with that used in filing for State-wide positions in Maryland. OUT OF WORK ALL WINTER, MAN KILLED ON FIRST JOB W'ree Near M_o;r!fleld ‘Fn“! on Cle- tus Whetzel Soon After He Starts Labor. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MOOREFIELD, W. Va., February 26. +—Cletus Whetzel of Criders, Va.. aged 80, sought work in this sction all Winter. Tuesday he was given the job of cutting timber in the Peru section pf_this county His employment was tragically cut hort, for on the first day a tree which he was felling crashed on him, injur- ing him fatally. Final Week of This Most Successful Sale Women’s SHOES $5.85 “LAST 2DAYS” Don’t wait another day . . take advantage of this sale . . . stylish, comfortable Pumps, Oxfords (straps an level. in each style. Patent Leath monstonsTo, 612 13th Street N. W. Carl M. B in Case| All sizes and widths, but not Cats Put on Par With Dogs, in Bill, | In Case of Theft Felines Made Property if Stolen, in Annapolis Measure. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md. February 26.— | Cats, all of them, no matter how lowly | |or "of what alley variety, would be | raised to the dignity of property and equality with dogs in the eyes of the law | | under “a" measure introduced in the | House of Delegates last night by Dele- | gate T. Warren Rice of Baltimore City. Cats, now non-existent so far as the statutes of Maryland have been con- cerned—Persian, Maltese or alley va-| riety—would be accorded the right to be | called property, in so far as theft is concerned, under the measure. The bili, introduced by request. pro- vided that a person cenvicted of felonious theft of a cat would be gullty | | of larceny. Dogs have been property and granted | equality with a silver spoon if stolen, since the Assembly in 1882 passed a law similar to the one introduced last night ! in regard to cats. The Rice bill merely | | would _include cats in the 1882 dog | | measure. | e "THREE BOYS HELD " ON VANDAL CHARGE!" Two Accused of Stealing Property. Other of Destruction at i Edmonston. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | HYATTSVILLE, Md.. February 26— | Three boys, who were brought into Po- | lice Court here yesterday on warrants | sworn out by Miss Pearl Boone charg- | ing them in two cases with the larceny of $20,000 in property from the home of Mrs. Mary Lang, her mother, at Ed- monston, Md., and the destruction of | property at the home valued at $1.000 | in the third case. were held for the ac- tion of the April term of the grand jury by Judge J. Chew Sheriff following a hearing. Vernon Eaton and James van Tass Edmonston youths, are charged in war rants with the larceny of $20,000 in property from the home, which has not been occupled for two years, while Myrle Mercilliott is charged in a war- rant with the destruction of $1,000 in property at the house. Miss Boone stated in court that she had 24 signed statements involving | about 40 boys in all and that investi gations were still in progress in con nection with “others alleged to have | been involved in the matter. State- | ments alleged to have been signed by the three boys under arrest were read in court. Van Tassell and Mercilliott | were released under $100 bond and ! |Eaton under $500 bond for their ap. | pearance before the grand jury. A car- | penter called to the home testified un- | der oath that the house was the “most | horrible wreck of anything I have ever witnessed.” ARLINGTON LEGION | FAVORS BUSINESS Report Urges Use of Water| Front at Ross- | lyn. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., February 26.— | Through adoption of a lengthy report ! that was made after some months of | study by a committee headed by Her- | bert H. Porter, Arlington Post, No. 139, | American Legion, went on record last | night as favoring a combined residen. tial, commercial end esthetic develop- ment of Arlington County as against 2 purely residential develooment. Following a review of the provisions and present status of the Capper- Cramton park act and of the contro- versies that have resulted over the dif- ferences of opinion as to the proper development of the Rosslyn water front. the report “recommends that the re- sponsible and interested parties be ul to compose their differences and that the City Planning Commission, | Board of Supervisors and business in- |terests work out a definite plan, as a | matter of co-operation in beautifying |our approaches, which do not inhibit | necessary business development.” :PLANSA FOR G:RANGE HOME 3pecial Dispateh to The Star. SALISBURY, Md. Peoruary 26.— Plans for the construction of a home for the Salisbury Grange were announced yesterday by J. Woolford Johnson, mas- | ter of the grange. Work on the bullding | is expected to begin in the Spring. A site in Glen Haven for the proposed building was given to the grange by Mr. and Mrs. J. Coston Gosles. The lot is situated near the municipal pumping station. A bullding committee is to be named at a meeting March 7 d ties) at a new price Blacks, Tans, er, Calf and Kid THE EVENING STAR. ANTLSGN BIL GANIG N FAVR Opposition to Measure in Maryland Assembly Disap- | pearing, Investigators Find. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | ANNAPCLIS, Md. February 26.—A| marked increase in the sentiment in favor of billboard restriction as pro-| posed in a measure introduced in the General Assembly last week was re- ported yesterday following a canvass of | the members of the Legislature by a| group of officials of the Garden Clubs | of Maryland and the Maryland League | of Women Voters. Mrs. L. Emmett Holt, jr., of the Legis- | lative Committee of the league, and chairmen of all the organizations co- | operating ih an effort to have the bill passed, headed the group that inter- viewed the Senators and Delegates yes- | terday. She was accompanied by Mrs Edward H. McKeon, State chairman for biliboard restriction of the Garden Clubs of Maryland; Mrs. George M. Englas | of the Gibson Island Garden Club, Mrs. | Th2odore Forbes of the Harford County | Garden Club and Mrs. Laurance Jon r)fdlhe Hardy Garden Club of Ruxton, Opposition Gone. They reported that oppbsition, which had previously been encountered at the mere mention of billboard legislation, had apparently melted in the face of the rational provisions and lack of rad- ical features in the bill as introduced by Miss Lavinia Engle, Delegate from Montgomery County, and herself a for- mer director of the League of Women Voters; Delegates Kent R. Mullikin and Oliver Metzerott of Prince Georges County and Lawrence P. Williams of St. Marys County. | It attempts to vegulate the growing menace of indiscriminately placed bill- boards by requiring the companies oper- ating them to pay a nominal annual license fee, imposing a reasonable tax on each billboard, placing the super- vision of the outdoor advertising com- panies in the hands of the State Road: Commission and giving that commt sion authority to withhold permitc the projected billboard is a menace to public safety. Would TIncrease Rentals. The fact that it is not intended to put the billboard companies out of business, does not apply in cities and incorporated towns, and would not cut the farmer's revenue, but on the con- trary, probably will result in approved locations commanding better rentals than at present has brought many Leg- tors who were “on the fence” into the ranks of the supporters of the YOU ARE MISSING SOMETHING ...until you've tried PEBECO, the “jced” dentifrice. 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John Lake, Confederate Infantry, died at her home, near Warrenton, aged 83, She was, before her marriage, Miss Alice Timberlake of this county and was a popular young girl of the Civil War pe- riod She leaves three daughters, Miss J M. Lake, Mrs. R. C. Murphy and Mrs Scott Lake; a number of nieces and nephews, grandchildren and great- g andchildren. The funeral was to be at her home today, interment in War- renton Cemeter: 'WATER BOND ISSUE CARRIED BY VOTERS Almost Unanimous Ballot Cast for $125,000 Falls Church Securities. Was | Special Dispatch to The Star. , FALLS CHURCH, Va., February 26.— Resident freeholders of the town of Falls Church yesterday voted over- whelmingly in favor of bonding the town for $125,000 to install a munici- pal water system. Three hundred and seventy-six votes were cast, of which |359 were in favor, 10 opposed and 7 void. All of the 7 votes which were improperly marked were in favor of the bond issue. 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