The Washington times., 1922-09-11
CLUbWOMENO Of
MD. COUN7 7Y
ATTACK POLICE
enforcement Of Dry Law
Sighted, Mrs. Gordon
Bailey Alleges.

HYATTSVILLE. Nd. Sept. IL
A woman who gave her name as
Mrs. George Taylor was arrested
early yesterday morning when u
squad of Prince George county Off
GERS, headed by Constable Thomas IL.
Garrison and including also Con-
stables White and Edward Mark
ward, swooped down upon the
premises at Thirty-fourth street and
Bunker Hill road, Mt. Rainier She
was charged with keeping q dis
orderly house and with having in
her possession more than one quart
Of whiskey in violation Of the Prince
Georges county law. Taken before
Justice of the Peace Robert +, Joyce
she was fined $40 on the disorderly
house charge.
\ Also taken in the raid were persons
who described themselves as Ger
trude NJ. johnson, 766 Hobart street!
Ruth Elliott. 1873 X street north
east; Elsie Smith. 1905 Irving street
northwest; Thomas A. Anderson, 1856
Emerson street, and q. w. Hender-
son, said to be a taXiCab driver. all
of Washington. They were all
charged with disturbing the public
peace, and each was fined Sl0 and
costs.
None Of the parties arrested would
acknowledge ownership Of the whis-
key, and Judge Joyce dismissed this
charge, emptying the liquor In a
sink in the courtroom.
Judge Joyce gave Mrs. Taylor Until
September Is to move out of Mt.
Rainier.
The State roads commission soon
will begin construction of four
miles of concrete road along the
southern Maryland boulevard south
of Upper Marlboro. Construction
of two miles of gravel highway
from Forestville toward Richie
also Is soon to be started by the
commission.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage Of Miss Blanche Ce-
ella Carr, of Washington, and Her.
bert F. Mccall, son Of DR.. and Mrs.
A. G. Mccall. of College Park, Sep
tember 2. in Washington. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mccall are now on their
return will make their home in
Washington.
The marriage, September l, is an.
nounced Of Miss Lucy Duley. OF
Bowie, and Earl Baldwin, of Ian.
ham.
A sister, Miss Olive Duley, and
Walter Rush are to be married in
the Methodist Church in Bowie
September 16.
Persons Of the Tuxedo vicinity
who commute to Washington are
finding the bus line just establish.
ed between Cheverly and Kenil.
worth and which travels via Tux.
edo a great convenience. A half.
hour schedule Is being maintained.
Clubwomen of Prince Georges
county are up in arms over the al
legged inefficiency Of the police of the
county. In n signed statement, Mrs.
Mary Gordon Bailey, chairman of
the law enforcement committee Of
the county federation of women 8
clubs, says:
I'VE have never had the courtesy
Of even an unsigned reply to any of
our communications to the sheriff.
and II seems quite impossible to get
the gentleman on the phone.
Under the present custodians of
the law. Prince Georges county is
disgracing itself. 1t Is time we de.
manded better police protection.
People say Prohibition is a failure.
Prohibition has not failed. The of.
ticers Of the law have failed, failed
their county, failed their country.
failed their God, with that shattered
oath Of allegiance.
Surely II we take the trouble we
can have law and order in our coun-
ty, and 1t is the cheapest and most
valuable thing on the earthn