The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
GAIT HERSBURG
TO GET WATER
AND SEWERS
Suburban Commission Plans
To Select Work Soon and
Finish Next Year

ROCKVILLE, Nd. June 1s.-The
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission of MARYLAND is arrang.
ing to have a survey made at
Gaithersburg, this county, as a
preliminary to installing there a
water and sewerage system to cost
approximately $175,O0O The work
Will start probably around July /,
but the work Of installation will, it
Is understood, not be commenced un-
til january 1. 1t is planned to have
the system in operation by the fall
OF next year,
At a meeting Of the executive
board of the United Democratic
Women Of Maryland, held at the
home Of Mrs. Howard Bryant, Bal
timore, and conducted by Mrs. Jesse
w. Nicholson, of Cnevy Chase, this
county,, who is president of the
state organization and also presi-
dent of the, Women's Democratic
Cup OF Montgomery county, 1t was
decided to hold the semi-annual
meeting of the organization at Fred
er1ck on October /.
Because OF a discrepancy be-
tween the constitution as adopted
at the convention in Baltimore last
March and a copy thereof furnished
the executive board, it was decided
TO Ignore both, and a committee,
consisting of Mrs. Wilbur, w. Hub.
pard, of Kent county; Mrs. Eliza
beth r. Menefee, of Cumberland
ana Mrs. George M. Gather and
MRS. Bryant, was named to prepare
new draft for the consideration of
the frederick meeting. 1t was also
decided to invite the delegates and
alternates, four each, from each of
the counties of the State, who at.
tended the Baltimore convention 10
De present at the Frederick meeting
IN like capacity.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk or the circuit court here for
the marriage of the following: Syl.
vester r. Ramsey, aged thirty.one,
ano MISS Agnes E. Huston. twenty.
Two both of Washington; Gilbert
w; Barber. twenty.four, of Linden.
ND, and Miss Ruth w. Hickman.
nlneteen, of Washington; Thomas ].
a. murray, thirty.two, of PhiladeI.
pnla' and Miss Mary A. Kelley.
ITwenty,six, of Jersey City, and
games ~. Brown, twenty.seven. and
MISS MILAN D. Lewis, twenty.three
Ootn OF this county.
Within a stones throw Of The
nome OF a county officer and sur.
rounoed by luxurious homes, the
RLeMlses at lO1 Kenilworth avenue,
worth CHEVY Chase. this county
were raided Monday night by Chief
OF Police Charles T. Cooley and
Tollcemen Leroy Rodgers and Guy
Jones; who state they found there
= weil'equipped whisky still of a
oaiiy capacity of around twenty.
gallons; about twelve gallons of the
Ilnlsned product and a quantity of
mash. The dwelling was very
handsomely furnished, the officers
state, ana everything in connection
with the still, which was located IN
the cellar, was above criticism 40
rar as cleanliness was concerned.
NO one was at home when the
OFFICERS arrived, so Chief Cooley and
MS men decided to stand guard un.
I'll some one Showed up." II
proved an all-night vigil, but about
y o'clock the following morning an
automobile containing a man. wom-
an and child drove up. Seeing the
officers, the man who was driving
the car and who later represented
himself to be Joseph w. Hunt, for.
merly Of Norfolk. Va, stepped on
the gas" and whirled away in the
direction of Chevy Chase. Two of
the officers followed and after a
two'mile chase the fugitive car was
overtaken and the man who claimed
to be Hunt was placed under ar.
rest. He was brought to Rockville
and required to furnish 1000 bail
for his appearance in the police
court here for trial.