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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0942 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| ALL THE NEWS THAT'S PIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. XII—No. 19 "It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1924. BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. The United States Senate Has Declared That The Air Is The Inalienable Property Of The People-Is That To Be Regarded As A First Step Toward Taxing It? AUTOMOBILES KILLED 17,000 IN ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR BABY DIES IN RACE WITH DEATH-MOTHER BURNED TRYING TO RESCUE CHILD. Carney Youngster Plunges Into Tub Of Boiling Water When Parent's Back Is Turned—Prorourtced Dead At Hospital By Physicians. After a race with death, which began at Carney, when Francis Draay-er, three years old, fell into a tub of scalding water, Mrs. Mary A. Draayer, his mother, who was burned in rescuing him, heard physicians of St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore city, into whose arms she placed the child before she collapsed, pronounce the verdict he was dead. Mrs. Draayer was working in the X kitchen of her home on East avenue £ in Carney. Her husband, Francis J. Draayer, called- to her from the next room. Francis, who was outside the house, entered as his mother left the kitchen. When he saw his mother going in the next room Francis called to her and ran forward. Mrs. Draayer, remembering the tub of boiling water on the floor, turned quickly. The child, however, had fallen into it. Mrs. Draayer plunged her arms into the steam and pulled Francis out. Her husband obtained an automobile and the race began. Francis was wrapped in blankets and held in his mother's arms during the long ride to the hospital. When the machine drew up at the receiving ward Mrs. Draayer, before WHICH ARE YOU? on The fellow who stands the street corner with his hands stuffed in his pockets, his shoulders stooped and a sneer on his face is not worth anything to the community. He's the same chap who says the volunteers at the fire did not know how to fight it—but never lent a hand. He's the one who complains about ruts in the roads, but has not paid his taxes for years and hence does not help to keep them in condition. He's the one who finds fault with the public school and the teachers, but never did anything in his whole life to help* improve them; yea, he's the one who condemns everything and sees no good in anything. You all know liim and his kind, and it seems almost foolish to waste our time on him, yet we can't help devoting a moment to pointing out the fact that the sooner such citizens leave any community the better that community is going to be. Contrast him with the man who is a booster and who can be counted on to help every worthy cause. This type pays his debts and his taxes and stands for anything that is for the betterment of the community, never allowing his enthusiasm for his home town to lag. The latter is an asset, the former a liability. It is to men of the latter type we owe credit for our good schools, our good roads and everything else good within our borders. Classify yourself and see to which class you belong. If you belong to the former it's time you wake up and take a tumble—if you belong to the latter class—more *t* power to you, old top! v Step On Gas" Invitations Of State Roads Commission Will Help Swell Number Of Deaths In 1924. EVIDENCE THAT RECKLESS MOTORISTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SIGNS SEEN EVERYWHERE. RESIDENCE DESTROYED Flames Wrecked 17-Room House Of Aaron Newman Near Rockdale. Fire totally destroyed the home of Aaron Newman, near Rockdale. Hundreds of motorists who thronged the roads of Baltimore county were attracted to the scene. The house, built several years ago as a hotel, contained 17 rooms, and was used by Mr. Newman as a summer home. Origin of the fire is undetermined. An alarm was sounded from a box at Hebbville, Md., by a passing motorist, it is thought. When the regular and volunteer fire departments from Pikesville arrived at the scene the entire building was in flames. IS (Continued on Page 4—Col. 5) ENGINEER NAMED ***«**«*«*«****4»«*********» Albert E. Walden To Be Chief Of Metropolitan Sanitary District. Albert E. Walden has been named chief engineer of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Baltimore County by the County Commissioners. His first duty will be to provide surveys of the sections which are in urgent need of water and sewerage, and later, after plans have been approved by the State Board of Health, to supervise construction work. Under the Metropolitan bill, water for various sections of the county will be obtained through Baltimore City's Supply at Loch Raven. Mr. Walden is a well-known engineer and a graduate University. State Forestry Department Cites Penalties For Wild Flower Picking Dogwood trees will be in full bloom in Baltimore county tomorrow (Sunday), likewise May wild flowers, and tree despoilers will be in evidence everywhere. Attracted by the first Sunday in May, many will take auto rides into the country, and they should remember that it is a misdemeanor to pick flowers on any property without the written consent of the owner or under personal direction. Blooming trees will prove a temptation that must be avoided if the trespasser would keep out of jail or pay a fine. The penalty in such cases is 90 days in jail or a fine of $25 and costs. Those who wend their way into woods to picnic are warned against careless building of fires. PARRISH RE-APPOINTED EVERY DAY, IN EVERY WAY, IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. Is Again Named Parole Commissioner By Governor Ritchie. ATTENDS WESTMINSTER FUNERAL.. Judge T. Scott Offutt, of Towson, was one of the honorary pallbearers at the funeral of Judge Wm. H. Thomas, at Westminster. Edward M. Parrish, parole commissioner, has been notified by Gov-of Wesleyan i ernor Ritchie that he had been reappointed. Mr. Parrish was first appointed as a member of the Parole Commission, which at that time consisted of three members, by Govternor Harrington October 1, 1916. He served a year as commissioner and was made president of the board, and later, after the reorganization bill was passed, was made parole commissioner. 'SHACKS" ALONG COUNTY'S WATERFRONT BEING "ALL DOLLED UP" Migration To Shores Expected With First Hot Weather-Boats And Landings Undergoing Annual Spring Repairs. (By Nancy Hanks) Everywhere along the water front in the "lower end'" of Baltimore county there is unmistakable evidence of spring housecleaning. In one place a shack was glaring with a fresh coat of white wash, and in another several bungalows were being painted. Men here, there and everywhere are actively engaged in repairing boats and landings. Women and children are cleaning win- INJURIES FATAL dows and dusting. All winter the shore houses—: small shacks mingled with pretentions bungalows—have been closed, the only signs of life being sea gulls hovering near and an occasional rabbit hopping over the front porch unmolested. But this week general activity gave notice that the annual change is about to occur, for with the first touch of hot weather hundreds of families will move to their waterfront homes. To supply the summer inhabitants with "eats" several store proprietors along the Eastern Avenue road have already stacked their shelves. At the cross-roads leading from Eastern Avenue can be seen a group of signs, couched in indifferent English, carrjring messages of welcome to travelers, telling where bait is sold, boats for hire and the like. Rev. Bernard J. McNamara In Accident March 30, Succumbs At Hospital. The Rev. Bernard J. McNamara, one of the most popular of the younger priests of the Archdiocese died at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, from injuries received when an automobile in which he was riding collided with a truck on the Liberty road, near Harrisonville, on March Through the office of Doing Groth 30th. ers the former Patapsco Hunt Club Father McNamara was born in property at Elkridge has been sold Baltimore. He was a graduate ofjto Godfrey W. Silvers and wife for Loyola College and received his theo- about $20,000. ( logical education at the American The property was sold for Nicholas College in Rome and was ordained j a. Pfeiffer and wife and is on the there. | Washington boulevard. FORMER HUNT GLUB PROPERTY SOLD FOR $20,000. Fact That 5000 Children Were Hurled Into Eternity During last Twelve Months, Has No Eifect On Authorities—Commission Refuses Explanation. G. 0. P. STRATEGY-STOP ROOST COOLIDGE AS BETTER THAN HIS PARTY. Republican Campaign Managers Now Trying "To Sell" President To Country, But Until He Cleans House Job Will Be (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Since it was practically certain that President Coolidge would be the nominee of the Republican National Convention, the strategy of his campaign managers has been plainly apparent. The first move was to belittle the investigations into administration incompetency, official dereliction and corruption and to asperse and besmirch, as far as falsehood could do so, the characters of the Democratic members and the investigating committees who brought the shocking and incriminating facts to light. The second move was to "sell Mr. Coolidge to the country," as the poplitical promotor would say, as a man very much better than his party. In compliance with this plan, Senator Watson in the Senate, Senator Pepper in Maine and Secretary Hughes in New York have been put forward as keynoters to mislead the public into the belief that both parties are equally culpable or equally guilty, and to minimize and gloss over the record of the shameful transactions in which members of the administration are involved. The Republican reactionary press and their special interest allies are denouncing the investigators instead of the perpetrators of the wrong doing. Here and there a spokesman of spe-(Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) STEAMER LAUNCHED T{he fact that 17,000 persons met death during the past year through automobile accidents and that 5,000 of this number were children hurled into eternity seems to have no effect on the State Roads Commission, for the "step on the gas" invitations (Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) WARRANT ISSUED 8. ,E. Weber, Police Sergeant, Arrested On Charge Of Killing Prisoner. A warrant charging Sergt. George E. Weber, Southwestern district, of Baltimore, with shooting and killing Raymond L. Brown was issued by Richard E. Stapleton, magistrate, at the Halethorpe Police Station. Sergeant Weber shot and killed Brown April 9, as he attempted, it is said, to resist arrest and struck the policeman with a baseball bat. The shooting took place in a house on Monumental road, Lansdowne. Sergeant Weber was in the hospital several days from injuries received from Brown in the strruggle. The warrant was issued at the request of Frank M. Brown, 2205 Ashton street, father of the dead man. Sergt. William Ruhland, of the Halethorpe police, appeared at the Southwestern Police Station to serve (Continued on Page 4—Col. 5) REGISTRATION LIGHT DRIVES AUTO FROM DETROIT FACTORY. Mr. Hamilton Gassard, of Tow-son, is the proud possessor of a new Packard roadster, which he drove back from the factory at Detroit. Vessel Built At Sparrows Point For Eastern Steamship Line Cost $1,700,000. The steamship Boston, construct-Corporation at its Sparrows Point CoCrporation at its Sparrows Point Plant, for the Eastern Steamship Line at a cost of approximately $1,700,000, made its trial trip. The owners were represented by Calvin Austin, president, and Galen L. Stone. The builders were represented by J. M. Willis, general manager, and E. B. Hill, vice-president. About 50 were included in the party. A successful trip was made, the boat attaining a maximum speed of 20 knots. Construction of the vessel was begun 20 months ago. It will be delivered to its owners within three weeks, and will ply between New York and Boston. Persons Enrolled Will Be Entitled To Vote At General Election. Registration of voters was held in Baltimore county one day this week in accordance with the Election Law which provides for a registration whenever there is a spring primary r election. Persons enrolled will be entitled to vote at this fall's general election Reports from the office of the Election Supervisors show but 159 voters were added to the lists. WAR HERO, HOPELESS INVALID, IS - CHEERED BY HIS DEEDS OF VALOR Album, In Modest Little Dundalk Home, Cites Records Of Exploits, Recalling- Past To Once Famous Athlete, "Eddie" Hill. "Eddie" Hill, disableld veteran of the World War, who once was one of the most famous athletes in this community, today is sitting on the porch of his little home in Dundalk a physical wreck and living only in the past as portrayed in a picture album which contains a record of his exploits. His little family gathered about him as Hill, with his face constantly twitching, told of the days when he "was all man." Hill is only a shadow of the man who trained a score of famous athletes. The bulging muscles that carried him through the water as he saved 23 persons alone and assisted in the rescue of 13 others are gone. Only the album remains. Here are pictures and clippings of the time Hill dived from the deck of the Leviathan during the World War and rescued a seaman. Frank Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, commended Hill for that exploit. Another page tells of the time Hill (Continude on Page 4—Col 5) BUT GOD HELP THE TAXPAYER, One comforting sign that the approaching Presidential campaign is to be of the good old-fashioned sort is the reappearance of William Jennings Bryan with a fresh Ballyhoo. What the circus is to spring, such is Bryan with his legislative liniments to Presidential year. Bryan has lately been heard from, suggesting the Government pay the campaign expenses of candidates for office to *|* save them and their parties X from "obligating themselves to - the predatory interests." Yea, X it's a good idea, especially for the candidates like Mr. Bryan, to whom running for office is a form of recreation. But God help the taxpayer! a<^:-k-k-kk-:-h-h-:-k^k-k^ MAY BE REFUSED Gift For Jewish Consumptive Home Would Cause Maintenance Outlay. The $50,000 gift of two former Baltimoreans to found a preventorium to be run in connection with the Jewish Home for Consumptives at Reisterstown, may be refused. It Joseph Hyman, director of the Associated Jewish Charities, has announced. "Every cent of the fund which we hope to raise in our drive has already been allocated. We had no knowledge of the prospective preventorium and so made no plans to finance its operation. Our fund may be oversubscribed or we may be able to force it into our budget, but at the present time we may have to refuse the gift." VISITING RELATIVES IN ARTSTOWN. STEW- "Uncle Jack" Tarbert, of Towson, is visiting relatives in Stewarts-town, Pa. THIRTY-FIVE MILE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS NOT COMPA TABLE WITH STA TE LA W Booklet Issued By Auto Commissioner Defines Clearly Speed Limits Allowed Motor Vehicles In Towns And Outlying Sections. How the State Roads Commission could conscientiously erect the 35-mile spee dlimit signs, with the speed limits of the State well defined in a booklet entitled "General Motor Vehicle Laws," issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, is hard to understand. From pages 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 of this booklet, handed motorists when given a license, is the following: "The maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles equipped wholly or in part with solid tires, which motor vehicles, including the weight of the truck and the load thereon, weigh two tons or less, shall be twenty-five miles per hour. The maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles equipped wholly or in part with solid tires, which motor vehicles, includ- LOOMS UP WITH "HIS OLD STRAW HAT." The ancient and honorable auctioneer of the "upper end," Mr. Walter Turnbaugh, loomed up in Towson wearing "his old straw hat." This is the second piece of summer headgear "lamped" this season. At the Schmidt trial some weeks ago a fellow wore a brand new one. ing the weight of the truck and the load thereon weigh in excess of two tons and not in excess of six tons, shall be fifteen miles an hour. The maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles equipped wholly or in part with solid tires, which motor vehicles including the weight of the truck and the load thereon, weigh in excess of six tons, shall be twelve miles an hour. No motor vehicle shall be operated (Continued on Page 4—Col. 6) FAULKNER HONORED Retiring- Head Of Loch Ravej School Tendered Dinner. Leon C. Faulkner, retiring head of the Maryland School for Boys at Loch Raven, was the guest of honor at a dinner at the Hotel Emerson. The dinner was given by the Social Service Club of Maryland. Abo"4-40 members of the executive boa* were present. Lawrason Riggs presided. W. H. Jennings and Howard C. Hill made addresses. Dr. Horace E. Flack of the Bureau of Legislative References, spoke on "Special Legislation in 1924." The State Roads Commission Might Be Reminded Of The Fact That Its Job Is To Keep The Highways In Repair And Not To Fix Speed Laws. |