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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-15
"STOP" SIGNS INADEQUATE

The time has arrived for either
larger and better stop" signs along
the Maryland highways or for none
at all
If it is the idea that traffic travel
ing certain known routes in the State
have the right-of- way at all times,
it is more necessary that traffic en-
tering these highways should bewarn
ed that it is positively necessary to
come to a complete stop before enter
ing upon these thoroughfares
Little doubt exists that the present
"stop" signs cost the State Roads
Commission land in this case, the peo-
pie Of Maryland plenty of money,
but it is in all probability just an
other incident where the Commission
has fallen down on its job of render
ing the people a service
Little public censure had been eX-
pressed concerning the wholesale ar
rests of motorists at the Weber in
GSISeCllOu VI lllc N1OullCdlII Liant Stl ~
road on Sunday, July 20, until per-
sonal letters were received by those
arrested from the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles when in an impolite
and wholly ungentlemanly manner the
Commissioner told those folks that if
they ever again failed to stop at a
"stop" sign they were "in danger of
having the pleasure of driving a car
revoked" Rather a Czar-like position
to take.
The Republican suggests that the
present signs be replaced with signs
that can be seen and for the sake of
the travelling public have them placed
where they are visible and not hidden
behind a road intersection sign.
Under the present condition the
Commission should be held responsible
for any accidents that might occur
due to the failure of the drivers to
see these absurd signs, and when the
blame for the destruction of life and
property is thus placed, the Commits
sion might realize that it has a re-
sponsibility greater than just spend
ing the public's money.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-15
REGATTA COMMITTEE is
BUSY ON FUTURE RACES
Efforts to be Made to Join
National Association

The Deep Creek Lake Regatta Com
mittee has been busy during the past
few weeks working out the prelimi-
mar details incident to holding a re-
gatta next summer according to E.
Carl Frame, secretary. Owing to the
increased interest manifested by the
lovers of outdoor sports in this COM
munity and the publicity given the
natural beauty spots Of Garrett coun-
ty through the large number of visi
tors who have been with US this seas
on, the committee is greatly encour-
aged and feels justified in arranging
to carry out its rather pretentious
plans.
A member of the committee will Wis
it the regatta to be held at Marietta,
Ohio, on the 23rd of this month, thus
putting it in close touch with the best
of the possible entrants and enable it
to complete its plans early the COM
ing spring. Efforts will be made to
Join the National Regatta Associa-
ton and hold the Deep Greek Lake
Regatta under it's rules and regula-
tions. This will insure entrants of the
very highest type as well, also as put
ting the regatta on the high plane the
committee desires, Mr.. Frame stated
with the Western Maryland Ten
mis- Championship tournament now
successfully established at the Park
and the regatta assured as an annual
event, there would seem to be no
good reason why this should not be
made an outstanding place for sports
along these and similar lines" he con-
tinued. "The benefits to Garrett coun-
ty can hardly be estimated. Events
in water and other sports will draw
to us a class of very desirable peo-
pie and will go a long way towards
developing Western Maryland. 1t will
encourage Garrett county business
and enterprise. There is no reason
why we should go out of our own
county for pleasure and entertain
ment. Every dollar spent out Of Gar
rett, whether for business or pleasure,
saps the capital structure of the
county and every dollar kept here
strengthens it."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-15

Mems Doubles:
Sam Cohn and A. O. Smith, Beck
ley, defeated H. C. Miller and o. W.
Jones, Baltimore, so, 6-1.
D. Snyder, Greensburg, and J. T.
Shields, Winchester, defeated L. Flor
ian and Ad Lane, Washington, Pa,
SO, rs, and 6-3.
w. S. Ramsey, Uniontown, and Ed
gar Hammer, Greensburg, won from
S. Keller and W. Sercick, Pittsburgh,
by default.
NJ. C. Rinehart and G. A. Sawin,
Pittsburgh, defeated L. Bigbee, Ash
vile, and 0. Davis, New York, 6-3,
rs.
B.F. Ankle and F. NJ. Selby, Wheel
ing defeated o. L. Spencer and D.
Murphy, Washington, 60, 6-1.
Women's Singles
The women's singles opened yester-
day morning and by yesterday even
ing the quarter final round was
reached. Seven of the eight matches
were played, one being postponed on
account of rain. The results were as
follows:
Margaret Carspecken, Morgan
town, defeated Virginia Maxwell, 60,
6-1.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-15
DEATH OF A MOUNTAIN
LAKE PARK CENTENARIAN
Mrs. Corille Shearer, Native of
Maryland, Lived Under Admin
istratiOn of 10 Presidents

Born August l, 1880, at Mount Airy,
Maryland, died August II, 1929, at
Mountain Lake Park, Maryland-was
the span of life of Mrs. Corille Shear
er, who died Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. McClelland Clayton,
with whom she had made her home
for the past eight years, being an aunt
of Mrs. Clayton. Interment was made
at Barton, Allegany county, on Tues
day.
Mrs. Shearer was the widow of the
late D. D. Shearer, who in his life
time was prominent coal operator of
the Georges Greek region, and rep
resented Allegany county several
times in the General Assembly of
Maryland.
Of a genial, kindly disposition, I'M
selfish and solicitous of the comfort
and happiness of others, Mrs. Shearer
endeared herself to all with whom she
came in contact. Refined and edu-
Gated, she always took a great interest
in National affairs and to within a
short time of her death called for the
daily papers, which she read without
the aid of glasses.
Mrs. Shearer is survived by two
sisters, Miss Ellen D. Harm, who
passed her one hundredth birthday on
January 18th last, at Kenesaw, Ne
braska, and Mrs. Margaret Jane
Groves, aged 81, the mother Of Mrs.
Clayton, who resides at Fairmont, w.
Va. The combined ages of the sisters
was 296 years. Thus, the circle has
been broken.
Mrs. Shearer's span of life covered
the administration of nineteen pres
idents, Andrew Jackson occupying the
White House the year she was born
She was 50 years old when President
Lincoln was assassinated and the Dec
laration of independence had been
in existence only 81 years at the time
OF her birth. William " was Eng
lands King.
During her life time Mrs. Shearer
witnessed the innovation Of the NOW
ing machine and reaper, the street
railway and telegraph, the friction
match, steam fire engine, the dis
covery of oil and the commercial and
domestic use of petroleum, the sewing
machine, the rotary printing press, the
discovery of gold in the United States,
the building of the Baltimore and Ohio
railway, the use of wood pulp for
paper, the linotype, the air brake, the
photograph and in fact all the inven-
tions of the century closing with her
life, and which to this generation APP
pears commonplace and which is taken
as a matter of course.
Mrs. Shearer had been in failing
health for some weeks, but the end
came suddenly. AS gently as the fall
ing of an autumn leaf she sank to rest
in her native state and at the place
she loved so well. Her appreciation of
life was summed up in the sentiment
she sometimes expressed: That life
was worth living because Of the mu-
sic, the flowers and the poetry along
life's pathway"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-15
Browning Family Reunion.

The Browning family reunion will
be held at the City Park, Terra Alta,
West Va, August 81, 1929. 1t is ear
nestly hoped that all Brownings and
their connections will join US in this
get-together meeting. Come out and
renew old friendships, make new ones:
There are yet Brownings that some of
US have never met.
S. F. KELLY, Secretary.
Advertisement 26-4t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-15
All CLUB MEMBERS MEET
AT MARYLAND UNIVERSITY
500 Boys and Girls Convene at
College Park for Week Session

Members of the local All clubs of
Garrett county, in company with Miss
Elsie Benthien, home demonstration
agent, returned Tuesday evening from
College Park, where five hundred boys
and girls from every county in the
State attended the annual club week
on the campus of the University of
Maryland
Representative from the local
clubs were Misses Dorothy WEIGH,
Frances Thrasher, Mildred Stemple
and Adeline Stuck Miss Benthien
was in charge OF both the Garrett
county and Allegany county dele
gates.
The first important feature of the
week was the assembly hour on Fri
day when President R. A. Pearson
welcomed the club members to the
University. DR.. T. B. Symons, direct
or of the Extension Service of the
University also said few words to
the visitors during the same hour.
Later the young people had the OPP
portunity of hearing from another
distinguished individual Judge Frank
l. Duncan, chairman of the agricul-
tural committee of the State Bankers
Association, who spoke to the club
members during the assembly hour,
Saturday morning 4 few of the other
individuals who assisted in inspiring
the boys and girls through talks and
demonstrations were Miss Fannie
Buchanan, of the Victor Talking Ma
chine company; Mrs. Edith Craig, of
Boston; Miss Ella Gardner, Children's
Bureau, Department Of Labor; and
Miss Elinor Peregoy, Postum COM
panv. The entire weeks program
was under the direct supervision of
Miss Dorothy Emerson, Girls Club
Agent and E. G. jenkins, State Boys
Club Agent.
The instruction and recreation fea-
lures of the week included lectures,
tours of inspection, councils and
games for the boys and judging, eX-
hibits, news writing, talks and recre-
ational programs for the girls. In
all, about thirty specialists, home
and county demonstration agents, and
outside individuals aided in the in
struction Of the visiting club mem
bers.
On Friday and Saturday number
of groups Of club members made
trips to the United States Bureau of
Animal Industry Farm at Beltsville,
Md. and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Farm at Airing
ton, Va. These trips aided greatly in
furnishing a practical side to the
class instruction conducted at the
University during the week. On Mon
day the visitors went on sight
seeing tour to the national Capitol
and in the evening a farewell council
meeting was held on the grounds OF
the Department of Agriculture at
which time awards and cups were
presented to those who had been sue
cessful in the various contests during
the week.
COp DENT Caraoa Anp1v a+ 57
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
KWANIS BACKS
SNYDER

Edgar C. Snyder was indorsed
unanimously for reappointment
as United States marshal at a
business meeting of the Kiwanis
Club yesterday at the Washing
ton Hotel. Copies of the reSolu-
ton were sent to the President
and Attorney Genera i Snyder is
a member of KiwaniS.
James B. Edmunds was nomi-
mated president for 1880 without
opposition. Merritt Q. Chance
was nominated first vice presi-
dent, Eugene r. Woodson second
vice president and Radford Moses
as district trustee. For directors,
seven of which will be chosen at
the election on November 81,
George o. VasS, Earl G. Wilhoite,
Edwin H. Etz, William F.. Smith,
Charles H. Pardoe, Charles H.
Frame, Charles D. Garman, DR..
Edward C. Smith, James B.
Evans, Harry G. Kimbal, Dewey
zirkin, Bruce Baird and Irwin S.
Porter we're named.
The second Christmas party for
underprivileged children will be
given by the KiwaniS Club on
December 70.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
ARSENAL WAGE
CRIT|C|ZED

The Mcpherson Classification
Board of the War Department
was told yesterday by William
Farr that skilled workers who
have the hazardous task of
making explosives at the depart
ment's arsenal at Picatinny, N.
j. receive the pay of common
laborerS.
Much of the work is so harm.
full, said Farr, that workers can
be assigned only ten days at a
time to the handling of poison
Gus chemicals which go into the
making of explosives.
When they are withdrawn from
this work after being poisoned
on duty, Farr said, they are as
signed to other work and receive
q substantial reduction in pay.
This lower pay continues until
they are ready to go back to
their regular work.
Farr was one of several men
who appeared before the board
to appeal for a better personnel
policy in the Government service,
q better promotion system and
better pay. They were introduced
o. Luther C. Steward, president
q the National Federation of
Eederal F-~ployes.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
YORK To At TEND
SCHOOL FETE

Serg. Alvin C. York will particl-
pate in the pre-Arnistice Day
Nrogram tomorrow night at Cen
tRal High School Auditorium,
Under the auspices Of the Com
naunity Institute.
Mai. Gen. w. B. Connor, com
Mandant of the Army War Col
lege, will represent the Secretary
Of War and introduce Sergeant
York. Maj. L. B. Adkins, local
president of the American Legion
will be another honor guest. and
Howard Wade Kimsey, former
Army song leader viii conduct the
music.
Organizations to be represented
in the program are the American
Legion, the D. g. National Guard.
the Boy Scouts, and the Tennes-
see Society
Admission to the celebration is
not included in the season tickets
for the ten regular events.
Tickets are on sale at T. Arthur
Smiths, the New Willard News
stand, A. A, A. headquarters. and
ut the Frank Administration
Building.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
HELD TOR JURY
IN SHOOTING

Edward v. Jones. colored, the
200 block Elm st. N. W., was
held for action of the Grand
Jury at Police Court yesterday by
Judge Isaac r. Hit, on charge
of assault with a dangerous
weapon. Jones pleaded, not guilty
Mrs. Eva Jones. charged that
her husband shot at her. He
threatened to shoot. Climaxing a
family row" and Mrs. Jones
retired to the b bathroom and
locked the door, it was testified
When she refused to come out
Edward fired through the door
and his wife jumped out the
second story window, the cour!
was told.
Detective Sergts. Howard E
Ogle and Charles j. P. Weber
arrested Jones last night when he
returned to the house on Elm
Street after he had gone out
following the alleged shooting
Ogle reported that the house was
upside down" as if there had
been an "argumant." Mrs. Jones
gave the detectives a .25 caliber
automatic which she said he1
husband had left under the bed
when he went out. When she
came back after jumping out tbs
window she found it there she
told them.
Jones had q. doctors certificate
on the wall which gave his de
gree from a Chicago institution
as doctor of bacteriology. He is
believed to have worked at Freed
mans Hospital.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
JUDGE GIVES 81
TO SHOPL|FT TER

Pearl Rodgers. 18, will go back
to her family in Evanston. Ill,
with gratitude in her heart and
determination never again to
stray from the straight and mar
row path. She was arraigned in
Police Court yesterday. before
Judge Isaac r. Hit. on a charge of
shoplifting. He took pity on her,
suspending sentence and giving
her a dollar because she was
penniless.
Pearl pleaded guilty and threw
herself on the mercy of the
court. She said that her hus-
band was an eX-Service man out
of work and that neither Of them
had any money. Jobs are hard
to find in Washington, she said.
She took dress and other less
valuable articles of clothing from
a local department store.
Her husband, she said, had ar
ranged for her to return If the
court suspended sentence. Judge
Hit, who comes from Evanston
himself, listened to the woman'S
story and sentenced her to a $25
fine or rs days in Jail, the execu-
ton of which was suspended.
Pearl was arrested by Mrs.
Cecilia Clark, Of the Woman'S
Bureau, yesterday.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
SITS ON PURSE,
WOMAN FO|LS
BANDIT

Sitting on her pocketbook as
she drove along a road near
Owings, Md. alone late yesterday
saved Mrs. Barbara Wanderer, SO
the loss of $3.50 when attacked
and choked unconscious by a
young man who leaped to the
running-board Of her car, she
said today.
Maryland police are searching
for her .assailant, Of whom she
was able to give a good descrip.
tion.
Mrs. Wanderer is the mother
in-law of Policeman Beverly r,
Campbell, Eighth precinct, to
whom she told the story of her
terrifying experience. The man
was the same one who stood in
line several weeks ago and saw
her withdraw. $7OO from a MARI
boro bank to use in running her
hotel at North Beach, the Little
Wanderer Inn, she believes.
Yesterday, as she drove along
toward Washington after with
drawing another $3.50, the man
passed her and dropped back
several times, she said. Then he
stopped his car some distance
ahead, got out and jumped tc
her running-board as she tried to
pass.
The man grabbed her throat
and choked. until she became un
conscious, she declares. Wher
she came to, her car was against
a telegraph pole and she was
badly bruised. Her assailant had
gone, but her money was still
there.
After spending the night with
her daughter, Mrs. Anna BaStin
900 block Twenty.third st. N. w.
the two women went to North
Beach today.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
PARK
PROJECTS
AIDED

A petition presented by citizens
OF Leland, asking that Elm Street
be extended to Wisconsin Avenue,
vas approved at a meeting of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, held in
the Tower Building last night.
The extension will require a
purchase of part of lot owned
BY w. G. >Counselman, who has
asked permission to erect a
garage on the property. Ap-
proval of the commission will be
communicated to Montgomery
county commissioners for further
action:
Plan to Be Studied
A plan for the development of
Wisconsin Avenue at the District
Line, providing for a circle and
extensive Identification of the
area, was referred to the Mont
gomery county members of the
commission for study. The
county members will probably re-
port at the next meeting. The
plan for the development, pre-
pared by the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
with the assistance of Irving G..
Root, has been approved by the
co-ordinating committee.
The commission approved q
petition presented by Charles w:
BaIenger for the rezoning OF
property at Glen Echo. The
Balenger petition once was re-
fused, but the owner asked for a
Iew hearing which was granted.
mis- time the commission decided
that the : property in question
should be rezoned as commercial,
H1us permitting Ballenger to erect
O store.
A petition was received by the
commission from the Cabin. John
citizens Association asking ap'
proval on the part of the commits
Ian of a plan to purchase land
aisng Cabin John Greek and Con
6At Road for a playground. The
aweciation will be asked to send
d committee to discuss the plan
WaSh the commission.
A petition by the Wardman Cor
noration asking for the reclassifi-
cation of lots in Cheverly, Prince
George County. fronting one block
on Landover Road, was referred to
the Prince Georges County dele,
tion.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Oil Company Acquires
Auth. Tract for $4,000

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Nov. "a deed convey
ing the N. Auth property located
on Columbia Pike containing
2.7051 acres to the National Oil
Company of Richmond was
placed on record yesterday at
the county clerks office. The
property was conveyed by John
N. Auth, treasurer.
The consideration was $4,000
cash.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
EXTENSION OF ELM STREET TO WISCONSIN is APPROVED
Jeweler Asks Receiver
For Creditors Horse

NEW YORK, Nov, 81. Bar
ton Brookov, Broadway jeweler,
has made application in the Su.
preme Court to have a receiver
named for the race horse MY Son,
owned by Harry Segal.
Brookhov procured a judgment
for $l,21S.50 against segal in the
city Court. The jeweler charges
that Segal had the ownership of
My Son placed in the hands OF
his wife, Mollie Segal. for the
purpose Of defrauding creditors.
Justice Peters reserved decision.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Woman, 50, Never Rode
On Train or in Motor

SANTA CRUZ, Calnr NOV o.
FOR a non.nomadic record, Mrs.
isabel pole Thompson has this
70 offer: She has lived all Of
nsr 40 Years within a radius Of
fSl five miles, most of the time in
the old adobe house in which
Sis She has never. she declares,
oscended the steps Of a railroad
coech or ridden in an automobile
and, with one exception-Wnen
she went to school in san jose
has has never visited outside OF santa
Cruz county.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Arlington ZOners Hold
Public Hearing Tonight

CLARENDON, Va. Nov. g.
The Arlington County zoning
Commission will hold a public
hearing tonight on the zoning
ordinance comprising the section
known as the Virginia Highlands
precinct.
The meeting will be held in
the Hume Schoolhouse on Mount
Vernon Avenue, near the Little
Tea House.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Taxes Unpaid by Nov. 30
VIII Bring Sales, Threat

Property owners who have not
raid last years realty taxes and
fail to do so by November 80 will
find their property advertised for
tax sales in the newspapers. The
owners names will also be pub
lished. according to tax collector
Chatham M. Towers.
Owners who come in on ths
last day of the month were
warned that their names may be
published on the list, although
they have actually paid. because
listing delinquentS makes a revi
sion impracticable before the
date Of its publication, which is
set by law.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Richmond Bus Company
Adds Trip to Washington

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. s.-The
Rich m n d-Washington Motor
Coaches, Incorporated, which h
operates a motor bus passenger
service between this city and
Washington, has been authorized
to revise its schedule by the State
corporation commission.
The company is adding one trip
to leave Richmond at 5:45 a. M,
daily, and changing one trip
which formerly left Richmond at
Z p. m, to leave Richmond at
7:45. The changes became effec-
tive November 4.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
1,24O Old Roman Coins
Are Dug Up in Britain

LONDON, Nov. 8 U.S9.-A
hoard of 1,240 coins have been
discovered among some interest.
ing Roman relics in Lydney Park,
Worcestershire the country es
tate Of Lord Bledisloe.
The coins just unearthed be
long to the time of King Arthur
and his knights. They are minia
lures of old Roman coins. On
each Is a rough design, but none
Is larger than a Maundy penny
smaller than the American cop
per.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Civil War Veteran, SS,
Dies at MOundsvilIe

MOUNDSVILLE, w. Va, Nov. 8.
Thomas Snodgrass Bonar, SO,
who served in the Union Army
in the Civil War, died at the home
Of his son. DR.. w. p. Bonar. He
was q son Of Martin and Jane
Porter Bonar, pioneer residents Of
the county. His aged wife, who
survives, was Martina Bowman, of
FroStburg, Md.
OF their ii children there sur
vive DR.. w. p. Bonar, of Mounds
vile, and DR.. Martin L. Bonar, pro
fesSor Of medicine at West Virginia
University; Mrs. Allie Faust and
Mrs. Bertha Kidd, of Clarksburg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

drama, at his castle near Salzburs,
during a dramatic festival, was rich
in colorful detail, with descriptions
and anecdotes of Reinhardt and
Ferene Molaar, the playwright, who
only wore frock coats to his opening
nights, not to his weddings.
Thomas A. Edison, Miss Penny
hacker named as the greatest man
she has ever met, and told of visits
to him, and described the labora-
tory in which he works.
The speaker was presented by
Mrs. v. L. Conrad, president Of the
city federation of women's clubs,
with a clever poetical welcome writ
ten by Mrs. Z. P. Gay, Jr. Pre-
ceding the lecture Miss Annie Tuck
er sang two solos.
Miss Pennybacker was simply
dressed in a sleeveless white frock,
and wore her long, blonde hair
brushed back from her forehead,
with a knot at the back.
Followin her talk she received a
bouquet of gladioli, presented by
Mrs. Conrad, which had been given
by George White.
A large number Of school children
were present for the lecture.
Miss Pennybacker left Tuesday
evening for San Antonio.