Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17
WHO'S It ON Conduit
Deputy U. S. MarshaIs May
Supersede Collins on Road.
QUESTION UP TO Mr.. TAFT
Secretary Will Settle Dictatorship
This Afternoon.
STATES ATTORNEY DROPS IN
Mr.. Peter Sees Head of War Depart
ment to Put Glen Echo
Side to Fore.
QUESTION UP TO Mr.. TAFT
STATES ATTORNEY DROPS IN

Will Marshal Collins and Mayor Garrett
of Glen Echo cease to be dictators of the
Conduit road?
And only echo" answers. because the
question whether the War Department, the
military arm of the United States govern
ment, shall step in with the aid of deputy
marshals and take charge of the admins
tration of justice in the Maryland suburb.
just across the District line, has gone over
for consideration by Secretary Taft late
this afternoon Meantime the Conduit
road is still there, in fact very still, be-
cause Marshal Collins is on the job and the
speed regulations are in force.
The all-important question of jurisdiction
over the Conduit road. upon which Attorney
General Bonaparte recently delivered an
opinion, has been brought up at this time
by Secretary Taft and he ordered yester-
day that all papers in the case be on his
desk today
Differences Of Opinion.
The Attorney General declared the Con-
duit road was under exclusive control of the
War Department. Mayor Garrett. chief ex-
tanned the opposite ground and back of
him, he has said, stand States Attorney
Peter of Montgomery county, and, if neces-
sary the whole state of Maryland Mr.. Car
rett has declared that a test case will be
made upon the first indication that the War
Department intends to usurp Glen Echo's
police power. over its principal thorough
fare, and no time will be lost in carrying 1t
straight to the Supreme Court of the United
States, where the Glen Echoites are conf
dent of victory. Marshal Collins was on
the qui vive from sun-up this morning
through all the blstering hours, knowing
not whether to expect the unexpected or
not.
In the midst of the excitement States
Attorney Robert B. Peter came to Wash
ington this morning and had an inter-
view with Secretary Taft in the Secre-
tary's office. Afterward he would not
enter into discussion of the details of the
conversation, but he contented himself
with saying that everything SO far was
satisfactory to Glen Echo.
This afternoon Secretary Taft had a con-
ference with Maj. Cosby, the engineer Of
ficer in charge of the Washington Aque-
duct, in regard to the best method of en-
forcing the Jurisdiction of the United
states over the ROAD.
Two Sets of Deputies.
If Secretary Taft does issue order
placing the Conduit road under jurisdic
ton of the War Department and provid-
ing that it be policed by deputy United
States marshals it will be necessary to
appoint two sets of officers one set to
come under control of Marshal Palmer
OF Washington and to do duty on the
road within the District of Columbia, and
the other to be attached to the office of
Marshal John F. Langhammer, and to po-
lice the thoroughfare in and beyond Glen
Echo.
Inspector Boardman, acting superintend-
ent of police says he thinks the proposed
change will make no difference whatever,
so far as the police authorities are con-
cerned. He thinks the deputy marshals
and the police will work together. The
placing of the marshals along the road for
duty, INSPECTOR Boardman says will not
give the police department an opportunity
to withdraw any of the mounted men from
that section to be sent elsewhere. The
mounted men and footmen who are doing
amount of territory they have heretofore
covered, and II will also be necessary for
them to use the Conduit road in going
from one part of their beat to another
People living along the line of the Conduit
road Will need just much police protec-
ton as heretofore, Inspector Boardman
thihhS as the marshals will PROBABLY do
nothing but patrol the road