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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. XII—No. 20 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew" ^TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1924. BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. John N. Mackall, Omar D. Crothers And D. C. Winebrener Upon You Rests Responsibility For Killed And Injured Pedestrians On State Highways During 1924. STATE ROADS COMMISSION NOT GIVING PUBLIC SQUARE DEAL INTEREST IN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OVER- SHADOWS G. 0. P. OFFICE HOLDER'S SIDE SHOW. Present Had— Point To Biggest "Pow-wow" Democrats Have Ever Square Garden, New York, Is Where "Next President" Will Be Nominated. a*++++4#+++*&++m++pm* INVESTIGATIONS NECESSARY AND SALUTARY, SAYS JURIST. Almost simultaneously with the attempt of the Republican Administration to obstruct or prevent the Senate's investigations of official derelictions and corruption in Washington, Justice James C. Oropsey of the Supreme Court of New York was telling members of-jthe Republican Young Men's Club of Brooklyn that these inquiries are necessary and salutary. "I am not one of those who are opposed to investigations," said Justice Cropsey. "The methods pursued in some may not appeal to our sense of decency, but investigations that are conducted properly are, in my belief, wholesome. If the inquiry is made honestly and no corruption is shown to exist, the public confidence is restored. If dishonesty is shown, then the corrupt official no longer remains in office." Justice Cropsey said there is a feeling of distrust in a number of those holding public office, and "that there is some justification for it." He favored investigations, he said, whether the charges brought against public officials were unfounded or not. Such investigations were restoratives, he continued -------o------- "CAREFUL CAL." Every ballot cast in the recent Republican Primary will cost Baltimore county taxpayers between three and four dollars each. This expense could have been practically eliminated if President Coolidge had consented to withdrawal of his name as a Republican candidate, since he had no opposition and Lloyd Wilinson, a renegrade Democrat, had not been so anxious to see how many Republican admirers he didn't have. In Coolidge's case some of his political admirers were afraid Hiram Johnson orsome other candidate might sneak in at the last hour and grab Maryland's delegates. So Cal's • carefulness and Wilkinson's conceit will cost us many thousands of dollars. I (From the Washinggton Correspondent of The Jeffersonian) With the Democratic National I Convention still six weeks distant, | interest in the big gathering has grown to large proportions and the outlook is for the largest attendance and the greatest enthusiasm in the history of the party. Thousands of Democrats in all parts of the country are indicating their intention of going to New York to be in the city if not within Madison Square Garden when the "next President of the United States is nominated." Information coming to Democratic headquarters in Washington is. that the attendance of many women as delegates to the convention will have the effect of prompting the presence of large numbers of women as visitors. Newspapers of all kinds— dailies and weeklies metropolitan and others of relative importance— are at once gratifying and stimulating interest in the convention by publishing the news of the preparations for the big assemblage of Democrats. Requests for accommodations for newspapers in all sections of the country are coming by hundreds to the ^committee in charge. It is already known that the number of (Continued on Page 8—Col 5.) --------------?-------------- PREPARING SCHEDULE C. & P. Will Present Same To P. S. C. In About A Week. Following close on the heels of the application of the United Railways for an increase in fare, hearings upon which have been concluded, the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company is about to step up before the Public Service Commission. The company is preparing its new schedule of rates. This schedule will be presented to the commission in about a week, and it is expected the company will ask that the present telephone rates be aised. A. B. Berry, president of the company, declared it is now allowed to earn returns on only 80 per cent, of (Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) OCCUPYING LONG GREEN PROPERTY. Mr. John Neuhauser and family, of Glen Arm, are now occupying a house on the Smith property, at Long Green. \Fails To Realize Its Job Is Not To Fix Speed Laws—Five Accidents In Three Hours On York Road, Record For Stretch Between Towson And Cockeysville. SINCE JANOARY FIRST, SIXTY-FOOR PERSONS MET DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. CLUB TAKES PROPERTY Olivier Estate, "Five Farms," Near Lutherville, Acquired For $110,000. Officials of the Baltimore Country Club have acquired title to the Olivier property near Lutherville through the Maryland Title Guarantee Company. The consideration is $110,-000. The property is known ?.s Five Farms and comprises about 400 acres of land. It is improved by a large mansion, five tenant houses and many outbuildings. Two 18-hole gold coures are planned for the tract. The present Roland Park Clubhouse and links will be retained by the Baltimore Country Club. RAL PARR ILL Resident Of Valley And Owner Of Thoroughbreds Suffer Attacr Of Pneumonia. Ral Parr, noted Maryland sportsman and clubman, and a resident of the Green Spring Valley, is on the road to recovery from a serious attack of pneumonia with which he has been suffering for two weeks. Mr. Parr contracted a heavy cold after leaving the insurance offices of Maury, Donnelly, Williams and Parr, of which firm he is a member. The cold developed into penumonia and he was removed to the Bon Secours Hospital, where his illness passed its crisis a few days ago. Mr. Parr's colors are among the most conspicuous on the turf of Maryland and other States where racing is conducted. For a number of years he has raced some of the best thoroughbreds in training. During the present Pimlico meeting his stable has annexed soverr.I purser;. Among the noted horses sent to the post by Mr. Parr and J. S. Cos-den, formerly associated with him in racing, were Paul Jones, which gal- (Continued on Page 8—Col 2) TWO FAMILIES FLEE WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST' Clad Only In Night Clothing, Alberton Folks Escape From Burning Building. Two fires forced two county families to flee to the open in their night clothes. Awakened by smoke, Charles W. Baldwin, Alberton, Md., aroused his wife and brother, William Baldwin, in time to get from the burning building. The structure, a log cabin, erected over 100 years ago, was destroyed. LOCAL POLICE & AUTO COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCE DIRTY TAGS MUST GO. Many Car Owners Purposely Permit License Plates To Become Coated So As To Make Detection In Case Of Accidents Impossible. The local police and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles have announced that dirty auto tags must go, and will unite in a drive against owners of unclean and obscure license plates as well as reckless drivers, who menace the lives of Baltimore county school children. To a representative of The Jeffer- IMP. ASSOCIATION TO MEET Cockeysville Organization Will Take Up 35-Mile Speed Limit Signs. On Thursday evening a meeting of the Cockeysville Improvement Association will be held, and among the subjects to be taken up are the 35-mile speed limit signs erected by the State Road's Commission. The proposed closing of Calvert Station, Baltimore city; new post-office location and the Metropolitan sewerage question will also come in for discussion. It has been announced that in June steps will be taken to form an amalgamated body of all improvement associations in the county. sonian, Austin E. Baughman, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, said: "Many car owners purposely permit their tags to become coated with dust. Others so place bumpers and other accessories so as to make detection of the license numbers in case of an accident difficult. This condition must be eliminated. We will arrest all offenders." Carroll E. Stansbury, head of the Baltimore County Police Department said that after May 15th arrests will be made and in the meantime garages will be asked to cooperate by advising patrons when filling up with gas. In some recent accidents in the county investigation showed tags not legible except at close range. OFFICIAL COUNT SHOWS 768 VOTES CAST IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. The Baltimore County Board of Election Supervisors on. Thursday canvassed the votes of the Republican promary election. There were 7 68 votes cast. Coolidge received 6 50, and uninstructed 35. For the Congressional nomination Simpsin received 555 and Wilkinson 115. VOLUMINOUS COPIES OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HAVE USED UP 10,000 ACRES OF PULPWOOD. Yetjo Legislation Of The"(Republican Congress Has Reached Presi-_ dent JhichJHaspet His Approval, Excepting Franking Privilege To Widow Of Woodrow Wilson. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian) This Republican Congress is going into its sixth month of unlimited forensic oratory, the voluminous copies of the Congressional Record have used up approximately 10,000 acres of pulpwood for the manufacture of the paper alone, while scores of extra printers edge-up the type every night at the big Government WANTS TO CLOSE CALVERT STATION. Permission for and co-operation in abandonment of Calvert Station, Baltimore city, as a passenger terminal was requested of the Public Service Commission in a letter from George M. Smith, superintendent of the Baltimore division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Smith said there seemed to be no further demand for the Calvert terminal as a passenger station and declared its use was very expensive. In years gone by the station was used by hundreds of Baltimore coun-tians who commuted between their homes here and the city. Printing Office, yet no legislation has reached the President which has met with his approval excepting the little bill allowing the franking privilege to the widow of President Wilson. The large bills have reach-him; one of thesefi the Bursum Bill, providing additional relief for soldiers and widows of the Spanish and other wars, has bee nvetoed, and as this is written there is every prospect that the Soldiers' Bonus Bill share the same fate. In nothing has the President shown so clearly haw deep and absolute is the influence which the great New York financial district has at the White House. Among the general run of taxpayers all over the country there exists the feeling that the Bonus Bill would make it more difficult to secure the occasional reductions in taxes, which would be desired, but the average man is willing to cps-tribute a little more for such a cause. Not so, however, in Wall (Continued on Page 4—Col. 5) SHAWAN STRAWRERRY FESTIVAL MAY 16 AND 17. On May 16 and 17 the Shawan Patrons' Club will hold its annual strawberry festival on the school lawn. UNCLE SAM BIGGEST BOSS IN THE WORLD—HIS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LOCATED AT WASHINGTON Since 1883 Approximately 5,000,000 Applicants For Government Positions Have Been Examined. Of This Number 1,500,000 Were Accepted Epitomizing the activities of the United States Civil Service since it was organized in 188 3, the following facts, supplied by the Commission, afforded a comprehensive grasp of the work of the greatest employment agency of the world, located at Washington. Since 1883 approximately 5,000,-000 applicants for Government positions have been examined. Of this number about 1,500,000 were accepted and placed in Government positions. This is declared to be the And Given Jobs. employment record held by any selecting agency in the world. During the 17 months when the United States was engaged in the World War the Commission gave examinations to almost a million applicants, while it furnished almost 400,000 new employees from its registers. At present there are approximately 450,000 persons employed under civil service regulation in Government positions At the peak of the war expansion the number was 917,- (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3) Commissioner Of Motor Vehicles Reports Steady Increase In Fatalities Since 1920, Yet "Step On Gas" Invitations Are Permitted To According to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Austin E. Baughman, automobiles killed 976 persons in Maryland during the past five years. Since January 1st 64 met deaths in motor accidents, bringing (Continued on Page 12—Col 1) DR. ROWEN NAMED inted Ry Commissioners To Full Time Health Office Job. Dr. Josiah S. Bowen was appointed Health Officer for Baltimore County by the County Commissioners and will devote his entire time to the duties of that office, his appointment being recommended by the County Medical Association. District Health Officers were named as follows: 1st District—Dr. Chas. L. Matt-feldt. 2nd District—Dr. H. F. Shipley. 3rd District—Dr. Henry A. Naylor 4th District—Dr. H. M. Slade. 5th District—Dr. James H. Wilson. 6th District—Dr. E. W. Wade. 7th District—Dr. Milner Bortner. 8th District—Dr. J. H. Drach. 9th District—Dr. A. M. Bacon. 10th District—Dr. R. H. Sherman tine. 11th District—Dr. J. F. H. Gor-such. (Continued on Page 8—'Col .1) MRS. RITCHIE, JUDGE DOLLAR GAINS HALF CENT IN VALUE; NOW WORTH 68.7 CENTS. Five-tenths of a cent was added to the value of the average man's dollar, according to computations made by Professor Irving Fisher, economist. The dollar is worth 68.7 cents, compared with 100 pre-war cents, Professor Fisher reports. This increase in the value of the dollar corresponded with a decline in prices. While Professor Fisher did not explain the decrease in prices, the de" preciation of agricultural products—meats, vegetables, and grain—is one way of accounting for it.. . The farmer will not profit materially by this rise in the dollar's value, because he is the seller and not the buyer of most articles which have fallen in price. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE Toonerville Trolley Will Be Sold "Under Hammer" June 4th. Mother Of Governor To Act With Others In National Prize Essay Contest. Announcement has been made by the Officer in Charge CMTC Affairs, Third Corps Area, that a Board of Judges had been nominated for the State of Maryland in the National Prize Essay Contest on the subject: "Why a Young Man I Know Should Attend a Citizen's Military Training Camp." The board will consist of Mrs. Ritchie, the mother of Governor Ritchie, of Maryland. The "Toonerville Line" that plied between Towson and Timonium will be sold "under .the hammer" on June 4th, at the Court House docr,-according to an advertisement published elsewhere in this issue of The Jeffersonian by Edward Guest Gibson, assignee. ~ The property includes the right of way of 'Old Pumpkin," the lone and lonesome storage battery car that since its retirement several weeks ago reposes peacefully in the car barn at Towson; also its predecessor, which stands weather-beaten at Ti- (Continued on Page 4—Col. 5) ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT WAUGH M. E. CHURCH TOMORROW. At Waugh M. E. Church tomorrow (Sunday) evening an illustrated lecture will be given. OFF WITH THE OLD, ON WITH THE NEW, AND OF COURSE IT MUST BE STRA W. Fashion Decrees Thursday Next Day To Hurl Derbies And Felts Away—Season Of 1924 Brings New One, The Cork Hat. Those men in Baltimore county who did not crush their last season's old straw hat up for shredded wheat will on Thursday next hurl their old derbys and felts away and don their with same. Those who did not have forethought enough to salvage the "old straw" will be compelled to pay the price of a new one. Dealers in "gent's furnishinggs," like Finkelstein, who operates The Towson Bargain Store, are the prophets in the case—they are looking forward to May 15th with enthusiasm and naturally have their shelves stocked with "straws" and the new piece of headgear for man, "the cub hat." "No matter how independent a man may be of the whims of fashion, between now and May 15th," says Finkelstein, " he will be wear- BIDS FOR TWO STATE ROADS IN COUNTY RECEIVED AND TABULATED. Bids for the construction of State roads in Baltimore county were received and tabulated at the office of the State Roads Commission. The roads to be built are the Baldwin-Sweet air Road and Falls Road from Shawan north. ing a new straw or one of these cub hats. With Thursday next as "official straw hat day" throughout Baltimore county Walter Turnbaugh, the ancient and honorable school teacher-auctioneer, who hails from up around Butler, has the distinction of being the first man in this community to venture out with his "straw," for he has been wearing it (Continued on Page 8—Col. 3) DEATH CLAIMS F. PARLETT Served As First Treasurer Of Howard County. End Comes At Granite Home. Frank Parlett, aged 71 years, died on Tuesday at his home at Granite. He is survived by a widow. Mr. Parlett served as the first treasurer of Howard county, and later removed to Baltimore county. He also served as a member of the House of Delegates. Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock on Friday morning at St. Alphonsus' Catholic Church, at Woodstock. Burial was in Loudon Park Cemetery. Yea, Early Ambition Counts-Many A Youngstet Who Longed To Be A Pirate In 1890 Now Has A Look-in At Washington.