The Washington times., 1924-01-31
MONT COME RY
VETS PLAN
BANQUET
County Legion Council Meets
In Rockville and Elects
Officers.

Officers.
ROCKVILLE. Ma, Jan. 01s--The
Montgomery County Council Of the
American Legion. which Is a feder.
alton. Of the posts at Rockville, Sil.
yer Spring, Sandy Spring and Ken.
sington, held It's annual meeting
here last night and elected officers
as follows: President. Robert l.. Toll
son: vice.president, James Rodder;
secretary-treasurer, r. Brigham.
It was decided to hold q banquet
at Silver Spring the night OF Feb
ruary IL and the arrangements
were placed in charge Of Q commit
tee consisting Of Joseph c. Cissel,
chairman; Alexander F. Prescott,
| IT., James Boeder and Lawrence
Faulconer. Colonel Markley, de-
partmental commander for Mary
land, viii be the guest Of honor.
Senator Magnus johnson Of Min
nesota, will be the principal speaker
at q public meeting to be held at
Rockville February Is, 1t was an
|nounced. Edmund s. Prescott, chair.
man; Joseph c. Cissel, J. Wilson
Townsend, Ira Darby and e. Snow
den were named q committee to
make the necessary arrangements.
Tho county board Of education
will be requested, 90 1t was decided.
to keep the public schools Of the
county closed on Memorial Day, and
the officials of the Montgomery
County Baseball League will be
asked to schedule no ball games for
the morning Of that day. Elaborate
memorial exercises will be held un.
der the auspices Of the Montgomery
County Council.
Learning that some bootleg liquor
was on Its way out from Washing.
ton to be delivered to q merchant
Of the vicinity Of -Four Corners, this
county, Chief Of Police Charles T.
Cooley and Policemen Earl Burdine
and Guy Jones went to the store to
watch developments. While no one
was looking, Chief Cooley hid under
the counter, while Officers Burdine
and Jones stationed themselves on
the outside Of the building. They
had not been there very long. 80 the
officers state, before Benjamin Mag.
Hler, Of Washington, drove up and
entered the store.
It is charged he placed three
pints Of liquor on the counter Az
he was about to leave the store, OF.
ficers Burdine and Jones placed him
Under arrest on q charge Of violat.
ing the local option law Of the
county. He was brought to Rock
Vile, and, being unable to furnish
bail in the amount Of $1,000, was
committed to Jail to await trial in
the police court here.
Mrs. Joseph o. Matthews has re
signed as assistant to the super
visor OF assessments for the county
years, and will, 1t is stated. sever
her connection with the office
March 1.
Mrs. Hazel H. Wilson, Of Chevy
Chase, this county, Is the plaintiff
in a suit for a limited divorce filed
In the circuit court here against
John Raymond Wilson, an enploSe
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
at Qaithersburg. She charges hin
with having deserted her on Sep
tember IA, 1928. after they haC
lived together at different places ir
this county since the day Of theil
marriage, June II, 1914. She also
asks the court to award the custody
OF the two children, James Raymond
and Doris Louise Wilson, aged eight
and three years, respectively, anC
to allow her counsel fees and per
manent alimony. Mrs. Wilson wal
before her marriage Miss Holland
She is represented by Dawson, Daw
son q Walsh, Of Rockville.
When Charles E. Marston, TWEEN
ty-three years old, Of Baltimore, de
serted his bride, formerly Mis-
Ethel L. Smith, daughter Of Ton,
Smith, of this vicinity, two day
after his marriage to her on Janu
airy II, he did q bad days worl
for himself, 80 II was demonstrate
In the police court here yesterday
Not only was he found guilty o
desertion and non-support and ser
fenced by Judge Samuel Riggs I
the House Of Correction for twelv
months, but Judge Riggs announce
his purpose to see that whateve
the young man earns while 1
prison is turned over to the wifi
he 30 badly mistreated.
When Marston married the youn
girl he was temporarily making hi
home at Cabin John, this county
, The only reason he assigned o
, the witness stand for his act wa
that he felt he was mot wanted.
According to the young wife, whe
Marston left her he took with hir
her gold watch.