Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-13
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bonds will be redeemed with money
raised by assessing abutting prop
erty owners.
Baltimore.-Annual encampment of
the Maryland Department, Veterans
Of Foreign Wars, will be held at An
napolis Sunday and Monday. Me
mortal services will be held by the
veterans on the first day Of their en-
campment and business will be trans
acted on the second During their
stay at Annapolis the Naval Academy
grounds will be thrown open to them
Baltimore.-Autot thefts are increas
ing in Baltimore, figures just issued
by the police department showed. For
the first five months of this year 219
more cars were stolen than during
like period in 1928. The figures are:
1924, 1913 stolen. 692 recovered; 1928
514 stolen, asa recovered Most Of the
cars were borrowed by joy riders
and bootleggers and abandoned short
Iy afterward. the report said.
Cumberland. - Cumberland Local
No. 244, International typographical
Union, held its annual meeting and
elected officers. They are; Presi-
dent, T. Raymond Peterman; Vice
President, George D. Kline; Secre-
tary-Treasurer, Charles A. Barringer;
Corresponding Secretary, w. II
Frazier; Sergeaht-at-arms, Benjamin
F. Walters; journal Correspondent,
w. H. Frazier; Auditors, James Orr,
Mary Luteman and j. W. Taylor.
Baltimore. - Automobile Commits
sioner E. Austin Baughman sent let
ters to the automobile commissioners
Of Indiana. Ohio and West Virginia
asking their co operation in Mary
lands drive to do away with obscure
markers on automobiles, In his letter
Commissioner Baughman explained to
the other automobile commissioners
that he is desirous of protecting the
automobile drivers OF other States
from arrest for carrying obscure
markers when they reach Maryland,
Baltimore. - Maryland's newest
bridge will be opened with elaborate
ceremonies June IA Leading a
pageant which will depict the history
of Maryland, Governor Ritchie and
his mother will be in the first auto
TO cross the new structure which
spans the Severn River, just outside
of Annapolis. Residents of Anne
Arundel county will show THE Spirit
of Transportation" in a pageant. Row
ing, padding and swimming contests
have been arranged
Hagerstown A two-year-old child
was rescued from drowning by
Hagerstown police after the mother.
Mrs. William Baker, had thrown it
into stream east of the city. Chief
of Police Barber and Patrolman
Brown, who rescued the child, found
the mother on the bank Of the
stream. wringiRg her hands and
weeping She Is believed to be men
tally deranged and is under observa-
tion at Bellevue. The child. suffer
ing from exposure, was taken to
local hospital Physicians believe it
will ~ecoyer. Authorities are unable
to assign any motive for the
mothers act. It is believed that she
meant to drown both the child and
herself.
Baltimore.-Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles E. Austin Baughman received
a letter from Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover asking him to serve
on committee to study automobile
accidents The committee will meet
in Secretary Hoover's office at Wash
ington in the fall. it was said. Secre-
tary Hoover. it was learned, regards
the automobile laws Of Maryland high
ly, He was especially impressed with
the examination given automobile op-
orators. In many states, the Commits
sioner said, no license is required to
operate an automobile He is Of the
opinion that uniform automobile laws
and regulations for every state afford
the only solution OF the motor vehicle
accident problem,
Rockville. - The annual banquet
in honor of the senior class Of the
Sandy Spring High School was held
in the auditorium at the school Sat
urday evening. 1t was given by the
junior class of the institution and
was attended by about 100 guests.
including members of the two
classes, the faculty. county school
officials, representatives Of various
organizations of Sandy Spring neigh
borhood and others Prof. J. NJ
Bishop. principal of the school, was
POSTMASTER and toasts were re-
sponded to by Thomas Bowie, Jr., OF
the junior class; Miss Lucille Bond,
of the senior class; Miss Katherine
Hodson. Of the faculty; DR.. George
f. Lewis supervisor of school prop
erty: Joseph E. Janney, of the county
board of education; Mrs. Fred.
Thomas, trustee. and DR.. Jacob W.
blTu- ne ldiA Ndo dtSuARASu VAN
the class colors.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are be-
ing made by the Board of County
Commissioners and the tax officials
of Washington county for making
the annual levy and fixing the tax
rate for the year The taxable basis
is expected to reach s6S 100000, a
marked increase over last year. The
tax rate, 1t is predicted, may be a
few cents higher to meet road fund
deheit of $4,000 of last year and
$4,000 improvements at Bellevue,
th9 sounty home.