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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0945 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| Page 4—Saturday, May 3, 1924. THE JEFFERSONIAN, TOWSON, MARYLAND [THE JEFFERSONIAN Baltimore County's Only Sunday Newspaper TOWSON, MARYLAND Maryland Journal, Established 1865 Baltimore County Democrat, Est. 1885 The New Era, Established.......1913 Consolidated with THE JEFFERSONIAN Published Every Week By The Jefiersonlan Printing: & Publishing Co., Inc. Altered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office, Baltimore, Md. labscrlption $1.50 Per Year. Payable In Advance. Single Copies, 5 Cents, For Sale At Tke Following Newsdealers In Baltlomore, County. Caart Drug Co. - - Towson Mergenrather's Drug Store - Towson O. H. Michael's - - Relsterstown Henry Crumllck - - Dundalk Mrs. Davis', P. O. Building, Pikesvllle A. C, Davis - - Catonsvllle Rudolph Deihlman's Store, Catonsvllle M. T. Cooper's Store - Owlngs Mills Frank Zlto's Store - Pikesvllle L.OGIE BONNETT, Editor and Manager SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1924 Begin 35 Mile Limit State Roads Comm. of the most dangerous fTWfees of road in Baltimore county, unless the greatest care is observed, is the mile-long steep hill with its numerous sharp curves on the Frederick road leading into Ellicott City—so dangerous is it regarded that the hill is placarded every few yards by danger signals; it is dangerous both ways, and the least recklessness would lead to disaster if the traffic is great, which it generally is. One would suppose that if the State Roads Commission did anything on such a dangerous piece of road it would be to emphasize the importance of extreme care. This is what they did: about 50 yards south of Gambrill's Mill, just at a built-up section along the road they placed one of their yellowist signs "Begin 35-mile Limit," and strange to say within ten feet of it are two signs placed there either by the citizens or the State Automobile Club one calling attention to school ahead and the other to the danger of the road. Expressions are coming to this office every day, and from every ^J^ion from our best people— they are asking us what can be done to remove these invitations to speed. We do not know; probably when several prominent people are killed the Commission will see the light, but we do think it is due the people that some reason should be given them by the Commission for their policy and action. We will say this, that we have! it from the best lawyers, that it is against the law of this State for any automobile to run 35 miles an hour at any place we have mentioned in these columns ; the yellow signs of the State Roads Commission to the contrary notwithstanding. THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. There will be) a Republican primarry on Tuesday next to determine whether an ex-organization Democrat, who held office under that party for years, and who now is a deserter from its ranks, or a Republican who not one person in Baltimore county out of fifty ever heard of shall receive the nomination for Congress. It is a matter of no concern to us, or for that matter to a great many taxpayers, how much these Congressional aspirants fight or what the outcome of their contest may be, but it is a burning shame and an imposition on the taxpayers that they should be required to pay the cost of a primary contest in order that these contestants may be able to determine which is lease popular with the Republican voters. This primary will require the renting of rooms in each precinct of the county and the same election machinery required at a general election at a cost of about $10,000. It is not the first time we have been compelled to go to this unnecessary expense to gratify the ambitions of some individual, and the taxpayers are tired of it. It seems as though the primary law needs some change. How would it do to amend it so as to require that each candidate for office before entering a primary shall present to the Election Supervisors a call from at least 500 bona fide voters of his party. A plan like this in all probability would eliminate both of the present candidates; certainly one of them. The taxpayers do not mind so much spending their money in taxes when there is some return or where it is for the general public good—but they do protest, and protest hard, against taxation for the payment of the expenses of a scrap between a renegade organization Democrat and an unheard-of Republican. DESECRATING GOD'S ACRE. It would be supposed that if there is one place that should be free from roadside signs and advertisements, it is a cemetery. And it should be so. A cemetery to those of us who have loved ones resting there is "God's Acre." It is almost holy ground. And nothing to mar its natural beauty should for one moment be allowed. "Prospect Hill" Cemetery, in Towson, is most beautifully located—the view of the surrounding country is unsurpassed, and it is nicely kept. There is a slope on the York Road side in beautiful sod. Within the past few days two upright posts have been planted in this slope and a board nailed to them upon which is given to the public the inforrma-tion that 10 miles north will be found the market of the "Farm Bureau." Naturally we have no objection to a sign giving such information, but we do have serious objection to its location, if it was placed there with the permission of the Cemetery Company it will find that the lot owners will enter a serious protest, for to them it amounts to desecration. This sign is probably less objectionable than any to be found on the roadside, but it is the entering wedge. What will be the next! Patent medicines, clothing or undertakers? We all remember the story of the camel that first got his nose into the tent, then his head, then his feet, and finally he was in altogether and had possession. A great many persons, especially those with artistic taste, feel that these wayside signs are objectionable, and should not be permitted on the State highways. We will go so far as saying that in our opinion it is very much overdone. But when it comes to placing them around cemeteries, we insist that it should not be permitted. Already lot owners of this lovely cemetery are asking the question by whose authority was the sign placed! And we would suggest to the officials of the company that it be removed at once. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES ARE BETTER CONSTRUCTED THAN THOSE WHO RIDE IN THEM Physical Wrecks Who Go Through Life Half Invalids, Half Deformed, Struggling Against Handicaps, Fall Far Short Of The Efficiency Of The "Flivver." If the makers of automobiles were turning out 48 per cent, of their machines on a par with Richard III (scarce half made up, and that so lamely and unfashionably that "dogs bark at them" as they honk by them on the road) there would be indignation meetings and violent resolutions unanimously adopted. American automobiles are better constructed than those who ride in them. The physical wrecks who go through life half invalids or half deformed, struggling always against handicaps and costing American industry more than $2,000,000,000 a year because of preventable incapacity, are far short of the efficiency of the veriest flivver They count in the census of Americans, yet the public never realized the enormous weakness of American defense until the war draft tests sifted out the, sound Americans from the weak ones. This sifting applied only to those of draft age. It did not even include the cancer zone, much less "old men" of forty-five years or grandfathers of fifty years. Forty-eight per cent, of our young men in their prime are more or less incapacitated when they have no right to be unable to run, jump and climb mountains. Some of us have been incredulous when told that one out of every four Americans of draft age was not "raised to be a soldier," because he cannot read enough to know what is meant by the simplest printed military order—cannot read even a newspaper and coulld not write a letter to his home folks. Then, too, there are boys with bright minds, quick and alert, with good schooling, but whose horizons have been bounded by the end of Main street, where the sun rises, and the other where it sets. They dream of some day taking a journey to the big world about which they read They wonder what sort of people inhabit the great cities or even the other towns in the next State to their own. They need contact which they cannot get at home. How such chaps do expand when they "take distance" and keep step with a thousand like them, only differing by reason of different environments. Watch their chests when they learn that "attention" is good English for standing on both feet, with the heels together, chin up, shoulders down, eyes straight ahead and the hands where they ought to be according to what is in them! They have always known that they were "just as good as anybody," and to prove it they had slouched and stood first on one foot and then on the other, and leaned against a doorjam with a pipe in their mouths, no matter who came along. In training camp they discover that they prove a lot better than anybody they knew at home, when they learn to salute an officer or salute Old Glory, for it is an absolute impossibility to pay due respect to a superior without an unconscious thrill of added self-respect. How often the lout has been laughed to scorn because when asked in a gay company if he could play the piano, he answered meekly: "Dunno, never tried!" That is exactly where most of the boys are today in knowledge of themselves and their untried capabilities. Can George stand up and face the big fellow who threatens to knock him cold? Can he defend himself? Can he learn skill in boxing, develop self-confidence, alertness, quick observation, instant decision of character Dunno!" Unless he gets training at a military training camp he may never know what it means to be a "man's man." That does not mean to be a bruiser, nor a pugilist nor a tough It means to develop his manliest abilities to defend himself and those who are his responsibility. It means to know that he is not at the mercy of the brute or of the enemy of all he holds dear —his country or his home. It makes for mental agility in place of the sluggish brain. It means true manhood. Fencing, too, is a great lim-berer not merely of biceps but particularly of nerve and "gray matter." The colleges and schools fall short of giving their students a chance to "play the game." They make not sports, but sporting men and women out of gas, applauding or betting on the nine or eleven representing their school, while none of the other 900 or 11,000 fans ever have an opportunity to "be a sport," and develop his own quick eye and nimble legs. In military training camps the athletes sit in the bleachers and the student body is out where sport is—out where a "man's a man" and gives and takes what is in the game "Fall in! Right dress! Front! Count off. Right by fours! Forward, march! They don't whisper! j 'All the bunch go way back and sit i down while nine shavetails will show you the 'lefts and right.' " When a boy arrives in camp he is scored as if he were a prize animal at a county fair seeking the blue^ ribbon. He is examined by special-1 ists in all the organic diseases known. If he has any physical' weakness which can be easily improved his handling while in camp! will be with that in view, and when j he returns home a memorandum will be given him, pointing out what, if; anything, is weak, so that his home physician can take him in hand; where the Army surgeons left off. Last year a boy with hook worm j gained twenty-three pounds in three; weeks in Camp, in spite of his drills and marching. A group of 120 men added 547 pounds in their first week of training. These men gained 1,443 pounds in three weeks . They learned how to stand up,' too. They never knew before. Their eyes began to flash with healthy snap. When they marched their chests arrived at their objectives quite ahead of their stomachs, for their chests stuck forward like a race horse's nose. Can a man, by taking thought, add a cubit to his stature? No, but soldiers can add an average of ten-hundredths of an inch height in three weeks of standing at attention, and can gain in every measuremet. They gain ability to breathe right, expanding chest fifty-eight-hundredths of an inch. Soldiers learn to shoot, to camp, to cook in camp, to break down caste, to discover good in others, to love the institutions of this great country, to realize the marvelous rhythmic power of teamwork which is needed in every walk in life and business. They learn that it pays best to "play the game" like a man and a real sport and be patriotic citizens What else they will learn and do can best be discovered by writing to the Officer in Charge CMTC Affairs, Headquarters Third Corps Area, Standard Oil Building, Baltimore, Md., and asking how to get to camp July 1, with Uncle Sam paying all expenses. Maybe there will be 40,000 others there; "Let's go!" ----------o---------- ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD SERVICES AT COUNTY SEAT. Towson Odd Fellows will hold special services at Towson M. E. Church, Towson, tomorrow (Sunday) afterrnoon at 3 P. M., commemorating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Order. There will be appropriate exercises and the anniversary sermon will be delivered by Rev. Mark Depp, who is a member of the Order. ----------o---------- GAS ENGINE AND PUMP STOLEN. BABY DIES IN RACE AVITH DEATH —MOTHER BURNED TRYING TO RESCUE CHILD. Carney Youngster Plunges Into Tub Of Boiling Water When. Parent's Back Is Turned—Pronounced Dead At Hospital By Physicians. (Continued from Page 1) the brakes had ceased to grind, jumped from the car with her burden. Physicians ran to meet her. They took the bundle from her, examined it, and then pronounced their verdict. With a little groan, Mrs. Draayer fell. She was treated for burns and was later able to leave the hospital. ----------o---------- WARRANT ISSUED. G. E. Weber, Police Sergeant, Arrested On Charge Of Killing Prisoner. (Continued from Page 1) the warrant. Sergeant Weber and a number of witnesses were at the station to attend the investigation being held by Dr. James M. Fenton, coroner, into Brown's death. George G. Henry, chief inspector, held a consultation with Sergeant Ruhland and Dr. Fenton, following which proceedings were postponed by Dr. Fenton until later on. After the consultation it was agreed that it would be unnecessary to take Sergeant Weber into custody. Inspector Henry said that he would be responsible for his appearance at any time the Halethorpe police would want him. Lieut. Henry Leineman, Southwestern district, said a representative of the State's Attorney's office of Baltimore county would be present at the hearing. ----------o---------- WAR HERO, HOPELESS INVALID, IS CHEERED BY HIS DEEDS OF VALOR, HAS NO OPPOSITION WITHIN HIS PARTY. A gasoline engine and water pump owned by the Development and Construction Company was stolen from a development on the Dogwood Road, opposite Lorraine Cemetery. The two were valued at $500. ----------o---------- "TAXED" FIVE DOLLARS AND COSTS FOR ASSAULT. On the charge of assaulting Vernon Ridgely, of Oella, James Wharton was fined $5 and costs at the Catonsville Police Station by Justice Kanode. ----------o---------- MRS. MATTIE TUCKSON WANTS DIVORCE. Alleging three years' abandon ment, Mrs. Mattie Tuckson filed a bill in the Circuit Court at Towson in which she asks for an absolute divorce from Frederick Tuckson. The parties were married April 4, 1907, and the defendant is now said to be living in New Jersey. ----------o---------- SEEKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE ON GROUND OF UNFAITHFULNESS. John T. Jessen, through C. Gus Grason, his attorney, filed a bill in the Circuit Court at Towson in which he asks for an absolute di-voice from Mrs. Ida B. Jessen on the alleged ground of unfaithfulness. The bill states that the parties were married at Catonsville on October 12, 1896, and that they have six children. Mr. Jessen also asks for the legal custody of his minor children. NOVENA CONDUCTED AT TOWSON CATHOLIC CHURCH. A novena to St. Joseph was conducted this week at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate at Towson. ----------o---------- AUTOS IN COLLISION AT COUNTY SEAT. The automobiles of Clarence W. Green and Walter Stevens were in collision on last Tuesday night at the corner of Washington and Chesapeake avenues, at Towson. The Stevens machine turned turtle, and the occupants besides the owner, Mrs. Albert Leach and her daughter, Miss Margaret Leach, and her son, Merrill Leach, were badly shaken up. Mr. Green was cut on the head. Both machines were damaged. ----------o—------- PLAY AT STATE NORMAL MONDAY. "Sir David Wears A Crown," a ghost story, will be presented by the Thespian Club of the State Normal School in the auditorium on Monday evening. ----------o---------- COURT BUILDING ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. On Thursday next the annual meeting of the Court Building Association will be held at its meeting rooms at the Towson National Bank, at which time officers and directors for the year will be elected. ----------o---------- CHICKEN THIEVES MAKE HAUL. The hen house of E. C. Sollers, 8-mile Hill, Frederick road, was entered by thieves who made off with a quantity of young chickens. ----------o---------- RANDALLSTOWN STORE ROBBED Album, In Modest Little Dundalk Home, Cites Records Of Exploits, RecaUing Past To Once Famous Athlete, "Eddie" Hill. (Continued from Page 1) clad in the garb of a seaman, was ejected from a Broadway playhouse in New York. The headline on the clipping reads:"Theatre Man Fined $250 for Insult to Flag." Here is the story of a girl trained to capture water championships. There is the account of a daring rescue. On the next page is the picture of a class of children, almost infants, Hill taught to swim. All this is in the past. That is where Hill lives, fhe same people who, a few years ago, courted his favor, today apparently have forgotten him. But he is not entirely alone. There is a brave wife with a comforting hand and a soothing word when the twitching face seeks rest. There are three children whose faces light up with pleasure when "Daddy" arrives. And the children he loved are with him still. Said Hill: "They follow me when I walk the streets. They know I am subject to sudden spells and they hope to catch me before I fall. They can't—I go over too quick—but it makes me feel better just the same." MEN'S BROTHERHOOD TO MEET TONIGHT. The Men's Brotherhood of the Calvary Baptist Church will hold its regular monthly meeting at the church tonight (Saturday), at eight o'clock. The speaker of the evening will be Dr. James Hyatt, secretary of the Maryland Bible Society. He will give an illustrated lecture on "The Bible in Many Lands." . ._..... After the lecture there will be a social hour. Refreshments will be served. All men, whether members of the church or not, are invited to come and hear Dr. Hyatt and remain for refreshments. Members of the Brotherhood are| especially urged to attend this meet ing. ----------o---------- RESIGNS AFTER 40 YEARS' SERVICE. While the Republicans have two aspirants for nomination to Congress from the Second Congressional District, which will be decided by the voters of that Party on Tuesday, the Democratic Party stands solidly behind Millard E. Tydings, the present incumbent. THIRTY-FIVE MILE SPEED LLMIT SIGNS NOT COMPATABLE WITH STATE LAW. Booklet Issued By Auto Commissioner Says No Motor Vehicle Shall Be Operated At Greater Speed Than 25 Miles In Open Country. After nearly 40 years of service as Financial Secretary of Towson Lodge No. 79, I. O. O. F., Mr. George W. Seipp has found it necessary to resign on account of his health Mr. Henry Will was elected to succeed him. Mr. Seipp has been a member of the lodge for over 50 years and was the recipient of a beautiful watch charm when he retired from office, as a token of love and esteem from members. JOHN EDMONDS GRANTED DIVORCE FROM MARIE EDMONDS. Judge Frank I. Duncan signed a decree in the Circuit Court at Towson divorcing John Edmonds from Marie Edmonds absolutely. The divorce was granted upon proof of abandonment and unfaithfullness. The parties reside at Sparrows Point. ----------o---------- ROLAND H. JOHNSON APPOINTED PATROLMAN. The County Commissioners have appointed Roland H. Johnson a patrolman on the county police force, ----------o---------- JUDGE DUNCAN PRESENTED WITH PAST MASTER'S JEWEL BY TOWSON ODD FELLOWS. (Continued from Page 1) upon any public highway of this State at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles an hour in the thickly settled or business part of the cities, towns and villages, or twenty miles per hour in the outlying or not thickly settled parts of cities, towns or villages. If the rate of speed of a motor vehicle operated upon any public highway exceeds twenty-five miles per hour in the open country outside of the limits of cities, towns, or villages, such rate of speed shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating such vehicle is operating same at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, and in violation of the provisions of this section and the burden of proof shall be upon him to show that such rate of speed was not greater than was reasonable and proper, as above set forth. No motor vehicle equipped with a commercial body, the weight of which, including the body and load, •is greater than (3) tons, shall be operated at a rate of speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour under any circumstances. Upon approaching any person walking in the traveled portion of any public highway, or a horse or any animal being led, ridden or driven thereon, or a crossing of intersecting public highways, or a bridge, or a sharp turn, or' a curve or steep descent, and also in passing such persons, or horse or other animal and in traversing such crossing, bridge, turn, curve or descent, the person operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle shall have the same under control and shall reduce its speed to a reasonable and proper rate. If such horse or other animal being so led, ridden or driven shall appear to be frightened, or if the person in charge thereof shall signal so to do by raising his or her hand vertically, the person operating such motor vehicle or motorcycle shall bring same to a stop, and if traveling in the opposite direction shall remain stationary so long as may be reasonable to allow such horse or other animal to pass, or if traveling in the same direction, shall use reasonable caution in thereafter passing such horse or animal. AUTOMOBILES KILLED 17,000 IN ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR. 'Step On Gas" Invitations Of State Roads Commission Will Help Swell Number of Deaths During 1924 And Make It Necessary To Increase Size Of Our Grave Yards. (Continued from Page 1) placed along the highways here, there and everywhere are still very much in evidence and with reckless motorists taking advantage of them. In the past four issues of The Jef-fersonian an explanation has been asked of the State Roads Commission, but to date it has not come—so reckless driving and killings must go on, for as we see it the Commission feels that it is perfectly alright to convert highways which pedestrians must also use into speedways for autoists. Approximately 17,000 lives were lost in motor vehicle accidents in the United States during 1923, an increase of nearly 2000 over the record of the preceeding year. In other words, motor vehicles took an average daily toll of 4 3 lives during 1923 as compared with 38 during 1922. A surrvey made for the National Safety Council by the Automobile Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters shows that the rate of increase in automobile accidents was greater in rural communities than in cities. People throughout Baltimore county are indignant at the placing of these speed limit signs and with the above facts staring the State Roads Commission in the face it looks like impudence—nothing more and nothing less—to allow this orange and black death token to stand. Surely they are not compatable with the law and unless the Highways Commission, in the process of its slow action, sees fit to remove them, we believe, for the safety and welfare of pedestrians and all careful motorists, some action should be taken by the local authorities. The State's Attorney is very quick to have an indictment brought against a reckless motorist when he plows through a group of pedestrians killing and injuring them, and right at this time we might recall to him the old adage: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The prevention in this instance is to see that these "step on the gas" invitations are taken down and sane and sensible ones erected in their place. The cure then is to give all offenders the limit of the law. ----------o---------- G. O. P. STRATEGY—STOP INVESTIGATIONS AND BOOST COOL-IDGE AS BETTER THAN HIS PARTY. Republican Campaign Managers Now Trying "To Sell" President To Country, But Until He Cleans House Job Will Be Difficult. Burglars entered the general store of Harmon Clagett at Randalls-town, smashing the rear door with an axe. The telephone box was torn from the wall and looted, and a number of article carried off. Judge Frank I. Duncan, who retired as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Marylalnd, I. O. O. F., on April 22nd, was the recipient of a beautiful Past Master's jewel, given him by the members of Towson Lodge, of which he is a member. Mr. Ernest C. Hatch, of the Towson Bar, who represented Towson Lodge at the Grand Session, made the presentation. STOP! Them 35 Mile Speed Limit Signs ain't in accordance with the law. (Continued from Page 1) cial interests like Judge Gary of the Steel Trust joins in the chorus. Even the President himself sent a message to Congress which can only be construed as opposing further investigation. While the investigators are being roundly abused and misrepresented, the same spokesmen and writers are, as one writer puts it, "painting Mr. Coolidge as a pure and beautiful lilly blooming alone on the Republican muck heap." The fact is that no Democratic official is involved in any way in any act of mal-administration, wrong-doing or corruption, and the further fact is that every official so involved is a Republican official. The plea in confession and avoid-iance that Mr. Coolidge is better than his party is in itself a shameful con-; fession that his party is bad, but that , the bad record was made under Mr. | Harding, and therefore, the thing for Republicans to do is to follow ' the implied advice of Senator Pepper land "Blame it on Harding." J This may be good strategy from : the standpoint of the New England i Board of Strategy, which seems to be running the Coolidge campaign, but it would seem to be ruinous to those who know the spirit of fair play which actuates the people of the country at large, and especially in view of the known facts that the men who surrounded Forbes in the Veteran's Bureau, those who were "next" to Daugherty in the Department of Justice, together with its secret service, are still holding their jobs and there has been no reorganization of any of the Departments or Bureaus involved. Young Theodore Roosevelt, once associated in oil with Sinclair, who obtained a lucrative position for his brother with one of Sinclair's companies is still Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Slemp, exposed on the floor of the House as a trafficker in offices is still private Secretary to the President. "Ned" McLean, according to last reports, was still persona grata in White House circles. If, therefore, Mr. Coolidge is better than his party, the controverting fact remains that a large, number of the Harding personnel and Harding associates still remain a part of the Coolidge administration and social set. Until President Coolidge cleans house, his campaign managers will find it difficult to impress people with the belief that he is very much better than his party, especially as the same olid reactionary crowd that nom-nated Mr. Harding and himself in 1920 is going to nominate Mr. Coolidge this year. © Maryland State Archives mdsa_sc3410_1_8i-0945.jpg |