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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
CHARGES OF RUM
SALES IN DISTRICT
JAIL ARE PROBED
Taliaferro Issues Orders
After Reports of Smuggling
to Prisoners.
BARNARD INSTITUTES
EXHAUSTIVE INQUIRY
Published Stories Said Whisky and
Narcotics Were Sold at
Exorbitant Prices.

Capt M. M. Barnard, superintendent
Of penal institutions of the District
started an exhaustive investigation to-
day of charges that liquor had been
sold to prisoners in the District jail
The inquiry was ordered by Commits
sioner Sidney F. Taliaferro who has
supervision over the Districts penal ano
welfare institutions. following publica-
ton of stories that whisky and mar
coticS had been Smuggled into the jail
and sold to the prisoners at exhorbit-
ant prices.
Commissioner Ta1iaferro said he had
conferred with Capt. Barnard and di-
rected him to work with the board of
public welfare and check carefully and
fully the reports of the alleged condi-
lions and to report to him the results
of his inquiry. IF anything like that
naturally serious" the Commissioner
declared.
Peak Ridicules Reports.
Reports were characterized as Sab
surd" by Col. William A. Peak, super
intendent.
Peak declared he had made pains
taking investigation, had dismissed w.
I. Malone, a guard. and had obtained
no other information duplicating any
other guard.
'The whole thing is ridiculous and
absurd" Peak charged. What actually
happened was this: A prisoner tipped
me OF Christmas Eve that Malone had
sold bottle of liquor to another Apris-
oner that day and wuold make another
sale to the same man Christmas day.
I Immediately became suspicious be.
cause had heard similar rumorS about
Malone two weeks before and had set
a trap. but failed to catch him.
Half Pint Is Found.
$50 I instructed one Of the captains
to search Malone as soon as he re-
ported for duty Christmas morning.
This was done and a half pint of red
liquor was found on his person. He
claimed he had been to q party the
night before and had forgotten to take
the liquor out of his pocket. He was dis
missed at once. No narcotics were found
on him and the newspaper story was
the first I had ever heard OF dope
traffic here"
Explaining he had questioned numer-
GUS prisoners and others during his
investigation, Peak revealed he had con-
Sidered the whole incident as so trivial
that he had failed to report the dis
misSal of Malone to his superiors. He
concluded that Malone had been en-
pl0yeQ at Cne jail ABOUT 1OuE years, ana
until Christmas had been regarded as
an excellent guard.
Prisoner Just Ordinary"
The prisoner to whom Malone is said
70 have planned to deliver the whisky
Christmas day is serving a short sem
tence. Peak said the man Is lust an
ordinary prisoner" when asked If he
were a millionaire.
Peak asserted the only occasions on
which he had even heard rumors of
narcotics being smuggled into the jail
were esveral years ago. He recalled
that some seven years ago 1t was dis
covered that drugs had been mixed in
cocoa and sent to q prisoner. About
i've years ago q woman was arrested
after two oranges she had brought to a
prisoner had been found to contain n.y.
podermic needles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
PRATT PRAISES POLICE
FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY
Capt. W. E. Sanford and Others of
Fifth Precinct Showed Desire
to Be Helpful.

Capt. w. E. Sanford and other police
men of the fifth precinct were COM
mended by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super
intendent of police, today for giving the
children of the precinct a Christmas
party at the station house on Christmas
morning.
81 consider this wonderful work on
the part of the police" Maj. Pratt
wrote, "as impressions that are made
on children in their youth are everlast-
ing and must convince not only the
child, but its parents as well, Of the
desire on the part of the police to be
friendly and helpful to the community
as is evidenced by their desire to relieve
those distressed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
MIDDLEBURG PLANS
VOLUNTEER FIRE OUTFIT
Preliminary Organization Formed
at Meeting of Citizens in
Bank Quarters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MIDDLEBURG, Va, December 81
Plans were made for a Volunteer Fire
Department here at a meeting of the
citizens of the town and community in
the directors room of the Middleburg
National Bank. Arthur Gartrell was
made president Of the organization, e.
II. Dawson, secretary, and DR.. H. A.
Splitter, treasurer.
The meeting was addressed by Fire
Chiefs Welsh Of Rockville, Md; Beattie
OF Mclean, Va, and Jacobs of Gathers
burg, Md, who pointed out the advan-
tages OF adequate fire protection In
lowered insurance rates and greater Sc
curity to life and property.
Plans are announced by the depart
ment for a mass meeting to be held
January z at pm, at which time a
permanent organization will be formed
and steps taken toward the purchase of
an engine and other necessary equip
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
CAPT. H. A. ANDRES DIES.
Army officer Was on Duty With
Illinois National Guard.

Capt. Henry A. Andres, u. S. Infan-
try, who had been on duty with the
Illinois National Guard for several
months, died at Sycamore, Ill, Wednes-
day, according to War Department adj
vices. He was born at McGregor, Iowa,
July 5, 1879, and served in the 14th
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during
the Spanish American War of 1898. In
october, 1920, he was commissioned
captain of Infantry. Regular Army.
His widow, Mrs. Leah Victoria Andres,
is resident of Sycamore, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
CHARLES SHANNON DIES
IN GAS-FILLED ROOM
Potomac Electric Employe Acciden-
tally Asphyxiated-Lifeless
Form Found on Floor.

Charles Shannon, 81 years old, in the
employ of the Potomac Electric Power
Co., and rooming at 624 I street, was
accidentally asphyxiated by illuminate
ing gas in his room yesterday after
noon. Oscar Snellings, in business at
624 street, detected the odor Of gas
and notified the police.
Pvt Samuel j. Holiday of the sixth
precinct forced an entrance to the room
and found the body Of Shannon on the
floor between the bed and door, 1ndi-
eating he had made an effort to reach
the door when he had been effected by
the gas.
1t is believed Shannon suffered a
heart attack which contributed to his
death. DR.. Joseph D. Rogers, acting
coroner, gave certificate Of accidental
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
ROBERT R. 0DELL NAMED
FOR IMPORTANT POST
Son of Former Governor of New
York Now Manager of Inland
Waterways Division.

Herbert r. Odell Of New York, son of
the late Gov BENJAMIN Odell of New
York, has been appointed operating
manager of the lower Mississippi divi-
sion Of the Inland Waterways Commits
sion OF the War Department to fill a
vacancy in that Office. For several years
ne was general manager of the Central
Hudson Steamboat Co., and in all has
had about rs years experience in oper-
ating freight and passenger steamers on
the Hudson River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
Miss GLADYS Grow WEEDS.

Especially Miss Gladys Genevieye Grow.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Grow
of Yates County, New York, and BaIrca
Chiffon Weaver, son OF Mr.. and Ma
Brooke Weaver of Front ROYAL. werS
married Christmas night at the resi.
dence Of the ofilciating minister. Rev
N, N. Hall. They will make their hons
here. Swans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
EVANS RITES TOMORROW.
Funeral Services Will Be Held at
Residence.

Funeral services for Clarence c.
Evans, 70 years old, will be conducted
his residence, 1862 Second street. Rev.
F. I. A. Bennett, rector of the Calvary
Episcopal Church, will oficiate.
Mr.. Evans died at his home here
Wednesday. He was born in Winches-
ter, Va, March 10, 1856. He was en-
ployed at the Naval Academy at Anna
polls for many years. He is survived
by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Ethel
Evans Holland and Miss Carolyn B.
Randall and four sons, DR.. c. G. Evans,
jr; L. Roscoe, Randall r. and Robert
c. Evans, all of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
MASONS ELECT HEADS.
Fairfax Lodge Selects oakton Man
for Master.
,ec,al D,snatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, December 27.-Irving
L. Kenyon of Oakton was elected wor-
shipfuI master of Henry Masonic Lodge
at the special communication held dur
ing Christmas week. Alexander Haight
of Fairfax was elected senior warden;
F. P. Curtis of Burke, junior warden;
Harvey M. Cross of Fairfax, senior dea-
con; Thomas Adams of Oakton, junior
deacon; Robert D. Graham of Fairfax,
treasurer, and H. Wise Kelley of Fair
fax, secretary.
The new oficers will be installed to-
night by Robert D. Graham, retiring
worshipful master. Past Masters de-
gree will be conferred on F. 2. Curtis
and Alexander Haight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
Staflings Invade
ID. C. Building by
Window Left Open

All windows at the District
Building will be carefully closed
at night hereafter. Somebody
forgot one on the fourth floor
and yesterday a merry time was
had chasing out about SO
starlings who few in to get
warm.
The Commissioners have en-
countered much criticism for not
effectively dispensing the birds on
the outside. This is the first
time, however, that the building
has been attacked from within.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
Lord Byng Is Improved.

LONDON, December 81 (R.-Lord
Byng, former governor general of Can
doctors we're satisfied with his recovery
from the more serious aspects Of the
lung ailment from which nc has suf-
fered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
FIVE-POINT CHILDREN.
Groveton's Two-Room School Has
10 Record Winners.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GROVETON, Va, December a.
Groveton's two-room school in Mount
Vernon district lists q total Of 10 Ave
point children, according to the records
in the Office of the county health unit.
In Miss Ruby Simpsons room they in
clude Stanley Calvert, James Davis,
Joseph Hardbower, Jack King, Eliza
beth Furlow, Jean Davis, Airline Morris,
Louise Strobel and Virginia Smith.
In Miss Ruth Smiths room they in
clude Dallas Calvert, Daniel Smith.
Wallace Smith, Elizabeth Herndon,
Polly King, Rosa Lee Tyler, Peggy King,
Viola Reagan, Betty Tyler and Hollis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
LEFT.TO WATCH TURKEY,
MAN MAPS AS 1T BURNS
Alexandrian Goes Hero One Bet.
ter, Firemen and Family Find
Overdone Fowl.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December a.
They say that Nero fiddled while Rome
burned, but John Pettitt of 1902 North
Columbus street went one better last
night.
His wife and daughter put the re-
mains of the Christmas turkey in the
to watch 1t last night. They returned
and found the house filled with smoke
and called the fire department, think
ing the house was on fire.
The department entered with hose
and chemicals ready and found Pettitt
asleep and the turkey extremely well
done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
MASONS TO MEET.
Rev. Mr.. Councillor of Washington
Will Speak at Clarendon.

Will Speak at Clarendon.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, December 81
rev. Homer j. Councillor, pastor OF the
calvary Baptist Church of Washing
Con' Will deliver an address at spe-
cial meeting of Columbia Lodge, NO
200, "A. F. and A. NJ, to be held In
masonic Temple here tomorrow night.
=. Freeland Chew, master, and other
newly elected officers will be installed
ny Fast Master G. Benjamin Laycock.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23
CountYMust0 Operate
Under Budget Plan

Montana having county budget
law with teeth in it, Is now on a pari-
ty with many other states. At the last
session of the legislature the Mon
tana Taxpayers association proposed
a new county budget law. The sections
were printed side by side for COM
parison with those governing county
budgets in Idaho, Washington and
California. Copies were furnished to
the members Of both the house and
senate. The legislature availed itself
of this opportunity. Having done so,
the proposed Montana law was passed
without any amendment or alteration.
Some of the points in this law
which should not be trifled with and
which may well be especially stressed
are the following, according to re-
sumo issued by the Montana Tax
payers association:
Once adopted county budget can
not be deviated from except in case
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23
SHERIFFS SALE.

United States Building and Loan
Association, a corporation, Plaintiff
Against Thomas r. circuit apd Lii
liam circuit, Defendants.
To be Sold at Sheriffs Sale:
On the 4th day of June, A. D. 1929,
at one o'clock P. NJ, at the front door
of the Court House, in the City OF
Libby, County of Lincoln, State OF
Montana, to the highest and best bid
der for cash in hand, the following
described real estate lying and being
in the County of Lincoln and State
of Montana, to-wit: Lot Three in
Block Twenty-nine Of Second Addi-
ton to Eureka, Montana, according
to plat thereof now on file IN the
office Of County Clerk and Recorder
of Lincoln County, Montana, together
with all and singular the tenements,
hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in anywise ap-
pertaining.
Dated this 7th day Of May, =. d.
---- r. r. BANEYs .s-
fi==S - fheriffff of Lincoln County Montana.
By L. G. SPERRY,
m9-30-4t Under Sheriff.
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of an emergency and then only by the
unanimous vote of the commissioners.
No emergency appropriation may
be made except at q meeting OF which
an commissioners have had due no
tice and after such publicity has been
given as will inform the taxpayers
Of the commissioners intention.
The beard must adont and enter a
resolution in its minutes setting forth
the facts and the amount of money
to be appropriated. The next step is
the publication of this resolution and
notice that public hearing will be
held not less than one week from the
date of publication, at which time
any taxpayer may appear and be
heard for or against the proposed
emergency expenditure.
If the board rules against taxpayer
he canhave recourse to the courts
After such hearing, if the board makes
the emergency appropriation, five
days must elapse before making any
expenditure. During that time any
taxpayer may appeal to the district
court. Such appeal automatically sus-
ponds the boards action until the
court shall have heard and disposed
of the appeal.
There are few exceptions to these
stringent provisions regarding the
authorization Of emergency appropria-
tions and expenditures. II the emer-
gency be caused by fire, or famine,
explosion, storm, earthquake, epidem-
ic, riot, or instruction; or the i'm
mediate preservation of order or of
the public health, or the restoration
to condition of usefulness Of prop
erty that has been destroyed by &C.
cident, or for the relief of stricken
community overtaken by calamity, or
in settlement Of approved claims for
personal injuries or property dam.
ages, exclusive of claims arising from
the operation of any public utility
owned by the county, or to meet man.
datory expenditures required by law, ,
the commissioners may, at q regular
~ called meeting provide for an emer-
gercy appropriation without further
notice or hearing.
Provides Much Publicity.
lone of the weapons in this new
county budget law is publicity. After
= preliminary budget has been adopted
it must be filed with the county clerk,
and q notice must be published stat
ing that it has been SO filed in that
office and is there open to- the in
spection of all taxpayers.
The county clerk, not later than
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23
STATE ROADS WILL
BE MARKED SOON

HELENA, May 17.--With 3,400
highway markers already delivered,
crew under the direction of Ralph P,
Newland, state highway maintenance
engineer, within month will begin
marking three of Montana's trunk
roads Ralph D. RAIDER, chief engineer
of the highway commission, said
Thursday. All main roads in the state,
he said, will bear regulation trunk
line numbers within two years.
Number 10, IL, and 81 of the state
roads will be marked first, as well as
two branches of 81. Highway 10 is
identical to the Yellowstone trail
from Falon in Prairie county west
to the Idaho line. 1t leads through
Miles City, Forsyth, Billings, Butte,
Helena and Missoula, and branches
at Three Forks, with No. 10 north
passing through Helena and No. 10
south through Butte.
Nmber IL comedies with the Vel
lowstone trail from Fallon eastward
to the North Dakota line. Branching
at Arlington, No. 81 goes to Yellow
stone park with it's west branch and
to the Billings territory with its east
route, which passes through Lewis
town ard Roundup and on to Sheri-
dan, Wyoming. Number 81 west from
Great Falls takes in Neihart, White
Sulphur Spring and Livingston. En-
tering the state from Canada at Babb
No. 81 leads south through Shelby to
Great Falls.
Other than trunk highways to be
marked are No. 2, the Roosevelt high
way, passing through Glasgow, Malta,
Hovra and Nalispell, Poison, Missoula.
Hamilton, Darby and into Idaho, and
No. 81 from Great Falls to Helena,
Butte, Dillon and leading into Idaho
Great Falls Tribune.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23

Professor Floyd Field, mathematics
teacher and dean Of men at the George
School Of Technology, has bought a
new Model A Ford automobile after
the exceedingly serviceable career of
his old Model 7. He drove the old car
which he still owns, 100000 miles, a
distance equal to six trips around the
world. He burned 10000 gallons OF
gasoline and wore out II sets of tires.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23

July LIST, must notify all officials,
elective or appointiye, that they must
file, on or before July 10th, an item
lied estimate of probable revenues
from all sources, other than from
property taxes, and Of all expendi-
lures for the current fiscal year. The
county commissioners, Except in Cas-
cade and Silver Bow counties) are re-
quired to file such an estimate for
roads and bridges, such boards haw-
ing charge Of these in all other coun.
ties.
Penalty for Noncompliance
Any officer who fails to make re-
port within the time specified will be
fined $1,000 day, not exceeding
five days, by the simple expedient OF
Withholding the amount from his sal
ary.. The county clerk is required to
do this.
AS soon as these reports are re-
turned the county clerk must pre-
pare a complete tabulation showing
the expenditure program of the county
for the current fiscal year, the actual
receipts for the last fiscal year, the
surplus or unencumbered balance al
the close Of the last fiscal year, the
estimated expenditure of each office
as compared with the expenditures OF
the previous years, all contracts or
obligations that will affect the cur
rent years revenues, and the amount
to be raised during the current year
by property taxation.
The estimated expenditures must be
classified under the head of: Salaries
and Wages; Maintenance and Opera
ton; Capital Outlay; Interest and
Debt Reduction; Miscellaneous, and
expenditures proposed to be made
from bond levies not yet authorized
or from tax levies which are>required
to be submitted to the public Tor
approval at a future election. In pre-
pairing such estimates each salary
must be set out separately with the
title of the office or position to which
it applies, while wages for day labor
may be given in totals. Other pro-
posed expenditures must be set out
under a form prescribed by the state
examiner.
The county clerks ,tabulation must
be ready not later than July Goth for
submission to the county commission
ers. On or before July 25th the board
must act thereon by making such re-
visions, additions and changes as it
deems necessary. Such eabulation then
constitutes the preliminary budget.
Having done this the board of county
commissioners must publish a notice
in the official newspaper stating that
the preliminary budget has been COM
pleted and filed in the office of the
county clerk. where it is open to the
inspection of all taxpayers, and that
the board will meet on "the Wednes
day Immediately preceding the sec
ond Monday in August to fix and
adopt the final budget" and to make
the appropriations.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23
Taxpayers to be Heard.

This notice must designate the place
and hour of such meeting and state
that at such meeting taxpayers will
be heard for or against the budget OF
any appropriation contained therein
During the meeting the commissioners
may call in any officer for examina-
ton concerning the estimate contained
in the preliminary budget, and must
call in any officer for examination
when requested to do so by taxpayer
Upon the conclusion Of the hearing
the commissioners shall fix and de-
termine each item Of the budget sep
arately andepass resolution adopting
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-23

the final budget. During a fiscal year
for which budget has been adopted
there can be no salary increases, nor
transfer Of funds, except in the case
OF road and bridge funds, it being in
tended that the budgets, after being
fixed and adopted. shall not be
changed in any other respect.
Expenditures made. liabilities in
CURED or warrants issued, in excess
of the budget, shall not be liability
on the part of the county but of the
officer approving the claim or issu-
ing the claim or issuing the warrant.
Any county commissioner, or county
auditor or county clerk, approving any
claim, or issuing any warrant in ex-
cess of the budget appropriation, ex-
cept in case of an emergency ap-
preparation shall forfeit to the coun-
ty fourfold the amount of such claim
or warrant which shall be recovered
in an action against the sureties of
his official bond. The county attorney
must prosecute, such actions.
After defining an emergency and
providing the manner in which an ap-
preparation shall be made therefor the
law provides that the county treas
urer must pay all emergency war
rants out such funds as are available
for that purpose. Each year the coun-
ty clerk must show in his report to
the commissioners, for the informa-
ton of those officers and for the pub
lie as we'll, the total amount of emer-
gency warrants issued during the pre-
ceding year and the particular emer-
gencies for which issued.
All unused appropriations lapse at
the end of the fiscal year, and cannot
be carried over into the next year,
except in the case of contracts for
improvements uncompleted at the end
of the fiscal year.
On the first Monday in each month
the county clerk must submit to the
board of county commissioners = re-
port showing the amount Of expendi-
lures and liabilities against each sep
arate budget appropriation at the end
of the previous month, and like infor-
nation at the close Of the fiscal year,
and this report must also show the
receipts for each fund, and generally
the condition of all budget appropria-
tions.
The state examiner has general su-
pervision over and is kept constantly
in touch with the budget activities Of
each county He also prescribes all
forms and all books and accounts. to
be kept in connection Herewith by
county officers.
The Montana Taxpayers Associa
ton, having taken an active interest
in having this law enacted, is ready
to render all possible assistance to
county officers in connection with the
operation of the law. Several hundred
printed copies of the law are on hand
which it will furnish to anyone re-
one atinu q cnnu
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yes, beloved /" New life came to
me when first | met you-even my
watch started running-nfter having
seen still for half year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13

An owls flight is n~oiseless.
All lead compounds are poisonous.