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Backs Civic Groups Stand.

The declaration of Commissioner
Taliaferro is in support of the plans
Of the Washington Board of Trade
and other organizations for readjust.
ment of the local tax situation and
for establishment Of q definite fixed
proportion OF the cost Of National
Capital.
Leaders in this movement point out
that the present practice of Congress
in making a lump appropriation il
especially unfair to local taxpayers N
that as the local budget mounts form
year TO Year, the - ,O0O, 900 lump APP
preparation becomes increa sinEly
smaller and smaller. Whereas it ap.
proXimatcd the 6O-40 division of costs
back III 1922 when it was inauguratpd
1t is pointed out, during the present
fiscal year. it amounts to but about
% per cent of the local tax burden.
In support of this contention. the
Board of Trade now is completing a
national tax survey showing that
Washington stands second in the list
Of the largest cities of the United
States for the per capita assessments S
and fourteenth in the list for per cap
ita tax paid. l.. G. Graham, presi.
dent of the Board Of Trade; Joshua
Evans, jr., chairman of it's committee
oii iiitiiitiI'di iili'ii''f anu INopcIA J.
Cottrell, assistant secretary. this week
Will go to Detroit to check these fig
ures and other tax data against the
| findings of the Detroit Research Blu
reau, a fnct-fnding body Of experts.
The address by Commission Talia.
| ferro preceded an addi tss on building
conditions and coming matters by Ru-
tus :. Lusk, president Of the Opera.
tive Builders Association, in which he
| described the effects Of zoning on hous-
| ing in the District and urged the real
tors To strive TO extend the market
here for home buyers. He declared
that there is great and as yet little
/ touched field for real estate statesmen
in the housing field and stated that
while in general market conditions
were good the prospects for the future
| we're brig hter
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Changes Under ZOning Law.

Reviewing the effect Of Zoning on
housing, Mr.. L.usk stated that since
the advent of Zoning regulations in
Washington row house construction
had been greatly reduced, that the
number of detached houses has been
virtually quadrupled, that the number
Of semi.detached houses had been dou.
blcd and that apartment units had
been practically quadrupled.
Whereas only about 80 per cent Of
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S22, 900, 900 VALUE
SET BY ASSESSOR
ON WHITE HOUSE

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who believe firmly that 1t would be
right to have our appropriations made
on the basis of G0-40, the substantive
law. now in force. I hope that Con
gress will appropriate on that basis
for the next fiscal year"
In describing the extra burdens Of
taxation that are placed on the tax
payers of the District by reason of
the great development plans for the
National Capital. Commissioner Thlia-
ferro pointed to the fact that under
the last assessment the value Of all
taxable real estate in the District
amounted to $1,000 900 900 in round
figures. At tax of $40, now in
force, this produces more than Sl9,.
900. 900, or a little more than half the
local revenue, he stated.
Other points brought out by the
commissioner as affecting the local
tax burden were that the District Of
Columbia owns real estate valued at
$50. 900, 900. which is exempt from
taxation; that charitable. educational
and religious organizations own prop
erty here valued at $I0.000 600
exempt from taxation: that foreign
governments own in the District o1
Columbia real estate valued at $4,000,
600 which is exempt from taxation
and that the United States owns real
property here Valned ut $40 900 ,00t
which also is exempt from taxation
This later figure was exclusive of the
great triangular property soon to be
acquired for federal uses.
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FARM AID PLANS
STILL UNSETTLED
AS CONGRESS NEARS

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White House is the principal problem
10 be considered.
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BOWIE ENTRIES
FOR TOMORROW

FIRST RACE-Purse. 81 800: claiming
y 2-yaar-olds: ) II furlongs
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A. F. OF |. HEADS
PROTEST TO FISHER
IN MINE DISPUTE

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MISSING WITNESS
IN OIL CASE FACES
PROPERTY SEIZURE

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SIXTH RACE-Pursr. 81. 300. claiming
q ,.nr-,lIA .nI -. 4 rnI "a .a ..iai'"e
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. SI3OO:, claim.
ing: 3year-Olds and up: l Il miles

.Apprentice allowance Claimcd
Weather clear. track fast
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Supervisor of County Agents tC
Visit Garrett Friday and
Saturday.

E. l. Oswald, recently appointed as
sistant director of County Agents in
Maryland, will visit Garrett county
tomorrow and Saturday on his initial
trip following his appointment.
Mr.. Oswald will devote his entire
time while here discussing the plant
ing and care of potatoes, which will
be of interest and value to the farm
ers of the county. On Friday he will
stay in the office of County Agent ].
L. McGlone where he will be pleased
to meet and discuss his subject with
anyone who wishes to call at the Of
flee.
On Saturday, accompanied by Mr..
McGlone, he will inspect number of
potato fields in the county and at one
o'clock that afternoon will address
the farmers at the warehouses of the
Grange Milling & Supply Company at
Loeb Lynn Heights. His address will
follow Immediately after a basket pic
mic in a grove near the company's
plant, to which all of the farmers of
the county are invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
TIBBETTS HAS HEARING;
HELD UNDER $500 BOND
Man Charged With Non-SuppOrt
of Family Must Appear at
December Term of Court

George Tibbetts, who was brougt to
Oakland on Tuesday, June 26th, from
Washington, D. C., by Deputy Sheriff
Joy Griffith, was given a preliminary
hearing on the charge of non-support,
preferred by his wife, Thursday af-
ternoon, by Justice W. A. Gender, who
held Tibbetts under bond of 5000 for
his appearance at the December Term
of the Garrett County Circuit Court.
Thus far, Tibbetts has been unable to
secure the necessary bail and he is
remaining in the Garrett County Jail
and will be held there until the bond
for his appearance is forthcoming.
Tibbetts was apprehended by the
Washington authorities upon infor-
nation transmitted to them from
Oakland charging him with non-sup-
port of his wife and child. He had
been in Oakland for several weeks
prior to his arrest, leaving here on
Friday, June %, taking with him his
son Robert, aged about six years.
The boys uncles, Singleton and Err
nest Townshend, Jr., followed Tibbetts
and the boy to Washington, returning
later in the week, bringing the child
back with them. He is now with his
mother, a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Townshend, residing on Water
street in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
ESCAPED NEGRO CONVICT
BEING HELD In LOCAL JAIL
On Disorderly Conduct Charge
Alleged To Be Wanted by
Virginia Authorities

William Evans, alias Clifford, a col
ored boy about 20 years of age, was
apprehended Sunday morning about
800 o'clock by Sheriff William D.
Casteel at Mountain Lake Park on a
disorderly charge, the officer making
the arrest stating that Evans was
raising quite a disturbance when he
was rounded up, one report being to
the effect that he had been impudent
and had molested several white wo-
men at the Park.
He is now being held in the Gar
rett County Jail on charge of dis
orderly conduct. 1t was learned on
Tuesday by Jail attendants from the
prisoner that he was an escaped con-
vict from the reform school for ne
groes at Woodstock, Va, and it is now
being planned to send him back to his
previous place of detention.
He stated that he had been sent to
the Virginia institution on a charge
of theft.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
ONE INJURED AS BUS is
FORCED AGAINST GUARD
Harry Wolfe, Kempton, Strains
Back and Hip as Bus is Hit

One man was slightly injured last
Sunday afternoon when the Kingwood
bus was run into a guard rail along
Cadet Mountain between Cheat River
and Terra Alta, by another car which
attempted to pass it as car was ap-
preaching from the opposite direction.
The injured man, who suffered a
strained back and hip, was Harry
Wolfe, of Kempton, Md.
He was taken to the Office of DR.. M.
C. limbaugh upon arrival of the bus
in Oakland and was later sent to his
home in Kempton by Walter Smith,
driver of the bus.
The accident occurred as the bus
was making its afternoon trip to Mt.
Lake Park from Kingwood. According
to Mr.. Smith he was ascending the
mountain in second gear when the car,
a Chevrolet roadster, driven by A. w.
,Sines, of Booth, West Va, attempted
to pass. The rear fender of the Chew
rolet struck the front wheel of the
bus, turning the larger machine into
the guard rail built along the high
way. Wolfe was injured by being
thrown from his seat into the door
way of the bus.
Mr.. Sines was accompanied by his
wife and little daughter and was on
his way to visit his parents, who re-
side near Deep Creek dam, about nine
miles north of Oakland.
Other occupants of the bus at the
time of the accident were Frank Will
burn, Julius Miller and James o.
Boyle, none of whom were injured.
Slight damage resulted to the bus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
EXHIBIT TO CLOSE THE
BIBLE SCHOOL TOMORROW
Daily instruction, Conducted BY
Lutheran Church, to End
Friday Evening.

The Daily Vacation Bible School,
conducted in st. Marks Lutheran
church in Oakland during the past
two weeks, will close Friday evening,
July 9Th, with a service at 500 o'clock
to which the general public is invited.
1t will be held in the auditorium of
the church.
The work done by the various
groups will be exhibited at this SER
vice and a part of the performance Of
the evening will be to explain and
dramatic the work which has been
taught the children.
A total number of "a students was
registered. The school opened Mon
day morning, June 26, with 81, but
was increased each day to the above
figure. The average attendance was
about 70.
Miss Marion Leary, principal of the
Oakland Grammar school, was also
principal of the Bible school. Rev.
Charles A. Shilke, pastor of the Luth-
eran church, is the director.
Wednesday afternoon was spent by
the group at Ferndale church where
picnic was held and where games and
other forms of amusement were en-
joyed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
CITY MAY HAVE WHITE
LIGHT" SECTION SHORTLY
West Penn Representative Has
Promised Erection of Poles and
Equipment Free of Charge

The probability of having "Great
White Way" for the business section
of Oakland was discussed by members
of the City Council at their monthly
meeting held on Tuesday evening at
the Town Hall.
Charles Snyder, representative of
the West Penn system, was present
and discussed the matter pretty gen.
orally with Oakland's governing body
but no definite arrangement was ar
rived at, although it was stated that
members of the body were favorably
impressed with the proposition made
by the representative of the power
company.
If the Town Council decides favor
ably and authorizes the installation
of the new lighting system, work will
be Immediately begun by the electric
company.
Mr.. Snyder offered to supply the
equipment free of charge, the only ex-
pense that the town need bear being
the monthly lighting bill, which May
or Fraley has stated will probably be
about $50 per month in excess of the
amount now paid the company.
Licensing Ordinance Deferred.
The ordinance relating to licensing
people for soliciting and selling goods
from house to house, which was to be
rewritten and either passed or reject
ed at the July meeting of Council, was
deferred until the August meeting, as
members of Council were unable to
agree upon certain phases of the pro-
posed ordinance.
The transaction of routine business
occupied the rest of the session.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
AUTOMOBILE is DAMAGED
BY EXPLOSION OF FUMES
Slight Fire Resulted by Ignition
of Gasoline by Welding Torch

Gasoline exploding in the mechani-
cal department of Evans Garage on
Saturday afternoon set fire to a Chew
rolet car under repair and resulted in
a loss estimated at $50. No damage,
however, was done to the building in
which the fire originated.
Preparations for welding the frame
of the car damaged as a result of the
explosion with an acetylene torch
were in progress when the gasoline
fumes thrown off from the tank of the
car exploded, scorching the paint and
setting fire to the front seat of the
car. The blaze was quickly extin-
guished and the call to the local fire
company countermanded. No one was
injured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Department Store To Move Into
Miller Building Soon.

Remodeling of the room in the
building owned by Harry L. Miller,
corner of Second and Liberty streets,
is in progress and when the altera-
tons are completed will house the
Coffman-Fisher Company's store, now
located in the Gender building on Sec
ond street.
The room will be fitted up as a
complete department store and will be
ready for occupancy about August l,
according to Mr.. Rudy, manager for
the lessees in Oakland. The room was
formerly occupied by billiard and
pool parlor but has been vacant for
some time. The other room in the
structure is occupied by Miller's meat
and grocery store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
'sSPARKY" CASTEEL WINS
FIRST PLACE AND BICYCLE
Other Prizes Awarded at Con
der's Pharmacy on July 4

Carroll "Sparky" Casteel, Oakland,
won first place and a bicycle in the
'trade-getting contest which has
been carried on at the Gender Phar-
macy for the past sixteen weeks. He
had the highest total number of votes
and the highest number each week of
the contest.
Other prize winners and what they
won were: Donald Stemple, second, a
$35 wrist watch; Elogeanne Aronhalt,
third, a scooter; Humbird Offutt,
fourth, a coaster wagon; Wendell
"Pat" Turney, fifth, basketball out
fit.
A total of seventy prizes were CIV
en- away during the sixteen weeks of
the contest, four being awarded each
week. "Sparky" was the only con-
testant to win a prize each week, get
ting sixteen awards besides the bicy-
Gle.
The contest came to close on July
4th, and the final prizes were awarded
at ten o'clock on that day. Approx
mately $500 was the value of the var
ious awards, it was estimated.
"Sparky's" Card of Thanks.
The Republican was in receipt of
the following card of thanks from
"Sparky", which is found below:
Card of Thanks from "Sparky" Cas-
teeI.
I desire in this manner to thank
my many friends for their kindness in
aiding me to win the bicycle with
their votes in the contest recently
concluded at Gonder's Pharmacy.
CARROLL ("Sparky") CASTEEL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Thousand Attend Picnic Held
At Accident.

The number of people attending the
picnic held at Accident on Monday in
the oak grove belonging to Harvey j..
Speicher, for the benefit of the Eng
lish Lutheran church of Accident, was
conservatively estimated to be over a
thousand.
The Friendsville Military Band, I'M
der the direction of Mr.. Fred G. Fox,
furnished the music throughout the
day. The afternoon was given over
to a program, followed by athletic
games, made up of races, volley ball
and baseball. Friendsville won the
baseball game, while the girls won
over the boys in the volley ball con-
test. Attorney A. T. Matthews of
Oakland, was the orator upon the oc-
casion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Automobile Overturned Near
GOrtner, Saturday.

A collision near the school house
at Gortner on Saturday evening at
$50 o'clock, in which the automobiles
driven by Jonas Grove, R. F. D. No.
2, and G. w. Graham, Fairmont, upset
the Studebaker coupe which Mr.. Ora
ham was driving, and caused slight
injury to one woman who was in the
car with him.
Sheriff w. d. Casteel was notified
of the accident and made an investi-
cation. The woman was taken to the
Office of DR.. N. l. Broadwater where
she had her wounds dressed. She re-
ceived slight bruises and scratches.
No one else was injured.
Mr.. Grove, driving an Oldsmobile,
was coming out of blind road when
the accident happened.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Aged Orator to Take Part In Gel
ebratiOn.

David Dosh Broadwater, rs years
of age, who resides with his son AL
fred Broadwater at New Germany,
Garrett county, and who is proclaim
ed by many to be an orator of some
note, will be one of the chief speakers
at the Old Home Week celebration,
August IA to 81, in Homecoming, AL
legany county.
Mr.. Broadwater is said to be able to
make more speeches and deliver more
readings than any other man east of
the Mississippi, his list including Pres
ident Washington's last address to the
Congress of the United States, ad-
dresses on numerous ancient and mod
ern topics, the speech that Columbus
is supposed to have delivered when he
landed in America in 1892, and on
many other topics of like character.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
EIGHT HUNDRED ATTEND
PICNIC AT CRELLIN JULY 2
Variety of Events Held During
the Day-Speeches Delivered

Speeches by Walter w. Dawson,
cashier of the First National Bank,
and Ernest R. Jones, lawyer, both of
Oakland, the concerts by the Terra
Alta and Crellin bands, violin selec-
ton by the Browning Brothers, races
and games of various kinds, were the
main events at the all-day picnic and
independence Day celebration which
was held Saturday, July 2, in Ream's
Grove at Crellin under the auspices
of the Crellin Boys Band. More than
eight hundred people attended the af-
fair and most delightful day was
enjoyed by every individual there.
The rifle match between the Yough-
iogheny Rife and Revolver Associa-
ton and a picked team from Oakland
was won by Crellin with a score of
80 to $50. Those firing were: Crel-
lin-Lester Yutzy, high man; Ray
Welch, Ray Ashby, DELPHI Uphold,
Bob Ford and w. H. Hoover. The
odhlduu ledlu was SOll pOoCu VI isuo-
sell Beckman, high man; Will Brown
ing, George D. Browning, James P.
Treacy, Al Fulk and John Morgan.
The total receipts amounted to
more than 5000, 5000 of which will
go to the treasurer of the Crellin
Boys Band The expenses of the pic
mic amounted to $500.
The baseball game in the afternoon
between the Addison (Pa.) and Crellin
teams was won by Crellin, 81.
Winners in other events were:
Nail drawing contest-Mrs. Harry
Mickey, first; Mrs. M. E. Lee, second.
Cack race, won by Burton Ashby.
Wheelbarrow race, won by Theo-
dore Wilson and Harley Dawson.
Three-legged race, won by Elwood
Adams and Cecil Ashby.
The committee in charge considered
the picnic so much of a success that
the date has already been set for next
year. 1t will be held in Ream's Grove
on June 80, 1928.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
To Solicit For Scout Fund.

On account of the very small
amount of donations that have been
turned into the three banks and paid
to members of the committee hav-
ing charge of soliciting funds for the
erection of permanent barracks and
dining hall for the local troop of Boy
Scouts, personal solicitation will be
made soon by DR.. w. w. Grant and
other members of the committee, it
was learned this morning.
The land upon which it is hoped to
build these two structures is the same
upon which the Scouts camped last
summer and lies along the shore Of
Deep Creek Lake about twenty-five
minutes drive from Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
BishOff Family Reunion.

The sons and daughters of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Bishoff, of
Hoyes and later of Oakland, assem-
bled in reunion at Wildman's grove,
north of Oakland, last Sunday. Those
present with their families included
Mr.. and Mrs. H. p. Miller, Grants
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. George Custer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Casteel, Graf
ton, w. Va; Mrs. George Kemp, Prin-
cess Anne, Md; Mrs. Mollie Bishoff,
Piedmont, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
E. Mitchell and Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
E. Bishoff, Oakland. The family, who
were joined by relatives and friends,
enjoyed most pleasant day together.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Accident Victims Recover

Mrs. R. P. Maloney, who received
a very slight conclusion Sunday,
June 26, when the car in which she
was riding was struck by a Chevro-
let touring on the Thomas road, is
reported as entirely recovered from
the injury by DR.. N. l. Broadwater,
the attending physician.
John o. Whetsell, Jr., an occupant
of the Chevrolet, who received a
fracture of the skull and who later
underwent a trephining operation at
the hospital in Davis, West Va, is
reported as improving, and will I'M
doubtedly recover.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
A. & p. PICNIC ATTRACTS
MANY; RACES ARE HELD
More than 500 Employees Gather
From All Parts of this District

More than five hundred people were
in attendance at the Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Company's picnic held Mon
day at the Fair grounds in Oakland.
They represented forty-three stores in
parts of Maryland and West Virginia.
Watermelons, pop, ice cream, balloons,
etc., were furnished by the stores
company and were distributed to
those in attendance upon the picnic.
The men, women and children COM
posing the picnic party came to Oak
land in automobiles, in trucks and by
train.
Races and a ball game We're the
chief modes of entertainment, the
stores company awarding prizes to the
winners in the various events.
Mayor Lawrence M. Fraley of Oak
land, welcomed the gathering to the
town and in his short address express
ed the wish that they return again
next year. Many responded that they
would like to do so, according to Man.
ager "Bill" Parks of the Oakland
branch store.
\ The stores represented at the picnic
were Cumberland, 8; Clarksburg, 8;
Fairmont, Grafton, Morgantown, 8
each; Keyser, Frostburg, Homecoming
and Piedmont, 2 each; Mt. Savage,
Shinnston, Terra Alta, Masontown,
Pennington, Westernport, Petersburg,
Rowlesburg, Kingwood and Oakland,
/ each.
The picnic was given by the Allan
tic and Pacific Tea Company for the
superintendent, managers, clerks and
their families, and included the dis
trict from Cumberland, Nd, to Fair
mont and Clarksburg, W. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07

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