Evening star., 1927-11-24
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, November "a
1tSpeciaD.- of which he
had been ill but a few days, caused
the death at his home on the Rock.
vile pike, near Garrett Park. Tues
day afternoon, of Daniel Kraft, aged
So years. He is survived by a son
and a daughter, Harry Kraft and Mrs.
David Rabbit, both of this vicinity.
The funeral took place at 10 O'Clock
this morning from st. Johns Catholic
Church, Forest Glen, burial being in
St. Johns Cemetery. Mr.. Kraft was
a native of Pennsylvania, lived in
Frederick County a number Of years
and had been a resident of this county
So years.
In preparation for the National Con.
ference on the Cause and Cure of
War, to be held in Washington in
January, and under auspices of the
Montgomery and Prince Georges
County branches of the Maryland
League of Women Voters, meetings
will be held at the Woman's Uni
Fersity Club, 1884 l street northwest,
Washington, the mornings Of Novem-
her %, December and December 9,
according to announcement by Mrs.
3. Ashby Leavell Of Chevy Chase,
chairman for the sixth congressional
district Of the League of Voters. At
the opening meeting the speaker will
be John 7. Gregg, manager Of the
American section of the international
Chamber of Commerce, who will talk
on Foreign Investments and Inter.
national Peace: on December DR..
= Harold G. Moulton, president of the
Brookings Institute of Economics, will
talk on debt Settlement" and the
speaker for the third meeting is yet
to be selected.
Arrangements for the meetings are
In charge of Mrs. B. Ashby Leavell
and Miss Lavinia Engle Of this county
and Mrs. B. F. Wade of Prince
Georges County.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
- Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the Circuit Court here for the
marriage of Muriel Morningstar, A.,
and Mrs. Emma j. Hall, 80, both Of
Poolesville, Md; Lewis F. Gather, "a,
land Miss May Eta Poole, "a, both of
Colesville, Nd, and Lester r. Smith.
21, OF Gaithersburg and Miss Mildred
:. M. Poole, 10, of Poolesville.
To give the taxpayers of Laytons-
vile and Clarksburg districts oppor.
tunity to protest against valuations of
&their property by the assessors, who
recently conducted a reassessment of
Iall property in those districts, the
county commissioners will, it has been
announced. hold a special session in
sztheir Office at Rockville on Tuesday,
December 6. and to give the taxpayers
s@of Poolesville and Barnesville districts
q like opportunity they will be in ses.
s=sion December 13. Such hearings will
he held from time to time until the
entire county is covered. The reas
aessment work has been completed in
zsgmost of the districts, and is rapidly
drawing to a close in the others.
Crossings to Be Improved.
DR.. Benjamin c. Perry, president
4sof the Board of County Commission
4ers, has been advised by the Wash
ington e. Rockville Electric Co. Of
its purpose to place promptly in
proper condition all road crossings on
the electric car line on Wisconsin ave
= nue. from the District of Columbia line
: to the Bank of Bethesda. The con
struction of a concrete roadway along
the south side of Wisconsin avenue
X made these crossings, of which there
are seven or eight, very rough and
uneven.
<. Mitchell Chambers and wife, col.
ored, the former nearly blind and his
s mate a paralytic. were alone in their
home, near Mddlebrooke, when it
caught fire yesterday and had to be
carried from the building by neigh
J; bors. The building and contents were
destroyed. What caused the fire is
not known.
Rev. Byron w John of the Meth
odist Church delivered the sermon at
i the union Thanksgiving day services
L in the Baptist Church here this morn
ling. Many members of the congrega-
3tions of Baptist. Christian. Methodist
( and Presbyterian Churches of Rock
r vile attended. The combined choirs
Of the four churches furnished the
music