Evening star., 1922-09-17
CITIZENS AROUSED
OVER ROAD PLANS
Injunction Asked at Fred
erick Against Maryland
Road Commission Head.
NEW LEGION CHIEF NAMED
Motor Machine Company Is Reor-
ganized-Civil War Vet
eran Dead.
NEW LEGION CHIEF NAMED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
FREDERICK. Md. September 16.-
Petition for an injunction against
John n Mackall, chairman of the
state roads commission, to restrain
the commission from improving and
relocating link of highway in Jack.
son district. near Myersville, was
filed in court here on Thursday. The
litigation follows longdrawn-out
controversy over the proposed i'm
provement of roads " Jackson dis
srict by the state body.
The road III>uIN-,. : about Two
miles in length and connects by
new route Il highway near Mid e.
town with Il point near MyerSVille
The residents desired the road TO
pass over what is known as the
'ilagerStOwn pike.
The petitioners. John II. HORNE, l.
Station Smith, Wheeler A. Smith, G.
Carlton I.eatherman, Claude +. Toms,
Columbus E. IIoupe, j. Wesley Cline,
W. Harvey Long, Jacob L. Routzahn'
Oscar l.. Flood, Fenton l.. Gaver,
Charles W. Harp. Noah p. Garnand.
TilGhman +. Grossnickle. James X;
Leatherman, Elmer ii. Shank, Annie
NJ Shank. Ira IL. Shafer, Guy p.
Waters. Elmer II. Doub. John ID. ke-
fauver. ". Florence kefauver, Mar
ltU Il. St3nE, i'dnlel I. btTF anu
Charles {. Eiser.
Condemn Route Chosen.
The petitioners claim that the state
roads commission has contracted to
construct the road over a route
which involves a greater amount OF
excavation at much additional ex-
pense, that the relocation of the
route will require the condemnation
OF certain blocks of land. and that 1t
does not serve as large community
as the .old Hogerstown road route
The petitioners likewise say that the
Hagerstown road route gives access
10 the villagers of Myersville. Pleas
ant Walk. Ellerton. WoifsvilIe and
adjacent villages. whereas the pro-
posed route does not serve these viii
lagos.
The petitioners likewise charge
misappropriation of funds, and that
the action of the commission lis un-
reasonable and illegal; that the
fteucrlck county commissioners Will
still be at the expense of maintain
ing the present unimproved old
HaGerstown road" as it is the only
outlet for that section. |
Found Dying in Graveyard.
Sumpter Heard, sixty years old. son
of the late J. Wilson Heard, was found
dying Ihursdiy afternoon at 2 o'clock
in an old abandoned graveyard on
East All Saints street, this city.
iItdlH was uue 10 dlcOnOtlC x.
Justice J. Grahame Johnson deemed
AN inquest unnecessary.
The body was found by two boys
gathering up ice ere an containers in
the vicinity of church nearby. While
Heard was alive. he died before ply
sician could arrive. A slight bruise on
the forehead at first spread the i'm
preston that he had been killed. He
Is survived by two sisters. Mrs George !
Mitchell, Ohio, and Mrs. Charles |
Baughran, Frederick: one brother, !
Br'd a. T Heard. Pittsburgh. He was |
. member Of one of Maryland's oldest !
ana pro. inent families.
Wider Street Favored.
Proposed widening of the entire |
length of Market and Patrick streets, !
Frederick. has been broached by the ,
Lions Club of this city in connection
with the repaving of these streets,
the combined length of which is two I
miles and h If. The club is also in
favor of establishing a double-track
trolley system in this city.
ID. Ralph Zimmerman of the Citi-
zens' National Bank staff. was this
week elected post commander OF the
g5fdg Rowi1s Lss91 %ber
+. Lester Smith; adjutant. c. Kemp
'ashour; past treasurer, Lewis Spon-
seller: past historian. Miss Miriam
Apple; chaplain, Daniel E. Leather
man Executive committee-Roger r.
Rice. Elmer F.. Munshower. DIR. C, E.
clay, Dr. G. b. Crist and Herbert S.
Schroeder.
John McAbee. fifty-hve. Thurmont, a
farmer. was arrested this week on a
charge of threatening to shoot his
wife and daughter and John Frieze,
a neghbor. McAbee charged undue
familiarity between his neighbor and
his wife and daughter Recently the
when he picked up a loaded shotgun
with the intention. they say, of shoot
ling them. He repeated his threats
and charges to Sheriff James A.
Jones.
Motor Company Omcers.
Charles H. Kehne was reelected
president of the Maryland Motor Ma.
chine Company. which has been reor-
ganized according to plan approved
by the Frederick county circuit court.
Other officers are: William Cadle. |
vice president; Harry J. Miller. Sec
retary,, and David F; Davis. treasurer.
The directors: William Cadle and
William McRoderick, Urbana: Milton
f. Staley. Yellow Springs: Frank H.
Orndorft. Motters; Edgar !. Thomas,
r. D. Zimmerman, Russell C. Thomas,
David F. Davis. Charles H. Thomas
and Charles II. Kehne. this city.
George A. Dean. veteran of the civil
war. Union Army. and prominent in
the merchant marine service during
the LATTER part of the nineteenth CEN
tury, died on Monday afternoon at
his Rockwell terrace home, this city.
He was eighty years old. He served
one term as a member Of the board
of county commissioners, was a re-
publican, and member of local Ma
sonic bodies. He was twice married,
his first wife. who was Miss Emma v.
Gorton, Baltimore, died in 1901. His
second wire. who survives, was Miss
Alice r. Dean. They have three
children: Alice Catherine Dean, James
II. Dean, and Mary Margaret Dean.
There were five children by the first
marriage, four of whom survive:
William G.. Dean. Baltimore; Mrs.
Frank n. Mainfart, New York; Mrs,
George T. Ness. Baltimore and George