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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
County Commissioners Cooperate
With Senator Hilton To Reduce 1883
Tax Rate In Montgomery County
Other County Officials Aid In Working Out Program
For Relief Of Taxpayers Develop All
Economies Not Harmful To Public Good

The first definite step toward the
reduction of taxes in Montgomery
County was indicated this week with
the announcement by the Board of
County Commissioners that compre-
hensive and detailed study of county
expenditures is being conducted by
the commissioners in cooperation with
State Senator Robert C. Hilton and
other county officials.
1t has been pointed out by the COM
missioners that any reduction in the
tax rate should be made with due re-
gard to public improvements and that
the roads and schools, particularly,
should not be sighted in order to
effect temporary economy. On the
other hand the opposition put forth
by Senator Hilton in regard to I'M
necessary expenditure of funds for
school improvements has met with
favor in the rural sections generally.
Sen. Hilton consistently has taken the
attitude that only necessary expendi-
lures should be made at this time.
Delegations from various sections
of the county have appeared before
the county commissioners from time
to time asking that the tax rate be
reduced, but they invariably offered
no definite program by which any log
zeal curtailment of taxes might he ac-
complished, county officials say.
The statement of the commission
ers follows in full.
"The members of the Board of
County Commissioners desire to adj
wise the taxpayers of Montgomery
County that the Board of County
Commissioners and the other admins
trative county officials who participate
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18

Seventy-three years ago the Cir
cult Court convened here on the
same date as occurs this year and
son of a member of the grand
jury of 1859 will serve as a grand
juror for the current term. Ignatius
Fulks, who died about two years ago
at the ripe old age of 80, is sue
ceeded nearly three-quarters of a
century later by his son, Edgar
Fulks.
The charge to the grand jury of
November ID, 1859, was made by
Judge John Brewer and was de-
voted almost in its entirety to a
warning against the possession of
arms by negroes, whether they be
slaves or free. In those days it re-
quired but a short time TO clear the
docket and The SENTINEL of that
date says that court will probably
close with in a week after it con-
vened.
The list of jurors, both grand and
petit, included many names still ia
miliar in Montgomery County current
history. Among the names common
in Rockville were Henry Humphrey,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
2O-Month-O Old Baby
Falls 20 Feet And
Escapes All Harm

Charles Alderton, Jr., 2O-month-
old son of Charles and Virginia
3Alderton, of Olney, plunged from
ia second-story window, distance
of about 20 feet, and escaped
without injury. The child's par
ents hurried the youngster to the
Montgomery County General Hos
Spital where physicians announced
after an examination that it had
suffered no harm. The baby APP
parently fell on his abdomen. The
ground outside the window was
packed hard.
Mrs. Alderton said that the
child was playing with other
youngsters and lost his balance.
The window sill was about two
feet from the floor. Although the
baby was unhurt, the parents are
still trembling from the scare.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
Business Men To
Conduct Survey OF
County Districts
Chamber OF Commerce Will
Present Arguments Why PeO-
pie Should Buy In Rockville

At the regular meeting of the
Rockville Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night plans were outlined
for conducting business survey Of
that territory from which Rockville
merchants expect to draw trade.
The Chamber authorized the expen-
diture of a sum not to exceed $50
to finance a survey of the area ad-
jacent to Rockville and including all
of that section from which the bust
ness may expect trade to develop.
A QUESTIONABLE will be drawn up
by the Better Business Committee,
Morris Stern, chairman, and in this
form people will be asked why they
do not buy in Rockville and what
suggestions they offer for improving
the stores of the county seat.
A resolution was adopted seeking
the widening of the Norbeck- Rockville
pike from the town corporate limits
to Ward Brothers store to conform
with the rest of the highway.
George H. Lama offered resolu-
tiors, which were adopted, upon the
death of his friend, James Brawner
Nicholson. The resolutions read as
follows:
"In the passing of Mr.. James
Brauner Nicholson, a charter men,
Der of the Chamber, Montgomery
County, and especially its County
seat, has sustained an irreparable
loss. Courageous and manly in ad-
herence to his convictions, he was
ever tolerant of the conscientious
views of others. Sturdy and manly
in the discharge of his civic and
business duties, he was as tender
and considerable as a woman in his
daily intercourse with all classes
and conditions of society. A friend
of and active participant in, legiti-
mate business, his altruistic spirit
was ever uppermost.
Therefore Be IT RESOLVED, That in
the demise of Mr.. Nicholson the
Rockville Chamber of Commerce is
bereft of one of its most esteemed
and useful members and that we
cherish his friendship and revere his
memory.
And, further, that this preamble
and resolution be spread upon the
minutes and a copy conveyed to his
family.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
Program Made Up
For POOlesviIle
All Exhibition
Future Farmers Will Conduct
Fair On Tuesday And Wednes-
day, November %, %

The fair to be conducted under the
auspices of the Poolesyille Future
Farmers of America at the Poolesville
High School on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, November % and 90 promises to
be quite an agricultural exhibition, ac.
cording to Albert A. Ady, assistant
county agent.
a program has been prepared by
the committee in charge, which is
headed by Merrick Wilson, agricul-
tural teacher at Poolesville, In the list
o. products to be exhibited are poul
try, eggs, corn, wheat, oats, rye, bar.
ley, millet and soy beans, fruits Of
all kinds, vegetables, canned goods
preserves, jellies, pickles and cakes.
A corn-judging contest open to the
public will be held on Tuesday, at ]
P. M. Everyone is invited to partici-
pate. There will also be Jersey cali
show on Tuesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
How Jurors Are Chosen

In his charge 10 the grand jury
Monday, Judge Charles w. Wood
ward outlined the mechanics of
selecting the names from which
the grand and petit juries are
chosen. Due to the fact that the
average layman may not exactly
understand how this is accom-
plished, THE SENTINEL is roughly
repeating Judge Woodward's re-
marks.
In the first place a long list of
male taxpayers over rs years of
age is furnished by the County
Commissioners. Upon the day Sc
lected for drawing of the jurors
this list is cut down to 200 names,
the members of the bar assisting
in the selection. Then a box is
provided, with Is compartments,
each compartment representing an
election district. From the list of
200 names previously selected,
from three to six names are
drawn, according to the size and
population of the district, by
someone who has not been pres
emit when the prior selections were
made. He is usually a deputy
clerk from the office of the Clerk
to the Circuit Court. These latter
names. totaling 48 in this county
and written on slips of paper are
then placed in their respective
compartments, according to the
district in which they reside. The
box is locked and delivered to the
Clerk to the Circuit Court and
the key is retained by the judge.
On the opening day of court,
the box containing the AZ names
is brought into the courtroom and
the names are placed together in
another box. From this box the
clerk to the Circuit Court draws
out in the presence of the judge
90 names. The judge opens each
slip of paper bearing the name OF
the juror and the clerk reads it
aloud. These first 20 constitute
the grand jury. The judge, how
ever, previously names the fore
man of the grand jury before any
other jurors are drawn. Then the
remaining 25 of the original 4S
jurors drawn constitute the petit
jury. From the petit jury IL men
are selected from time to time to
serve as a panel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18

with the approval of all, The State
rules provide that only single daugh-
tiers or sisters of Farm Bureau mem
bers, sixteen years of age or over, are
eligible.
During the dance there will be a
lucky couple prize given. This will be
for the contestants only.
The winner of the County Contest
will be the guest of the Maryland
Farm Bureau Federation for the
State Contest during their Annual
Convention in Baltimore in January.
Officials of the Farm Bureau urge
members and friends of the bureau to
turn out in force as they believe that
the program will prove both interest.
ing and helpful. Both taxation and
marketing are problems which vitality
affect every Montgomery County
farmer, president Jones points out.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
Miss Montgomery County Farm Bureau
To Be Named AT Gaifhersburg Tonight
Program Will Also Include Addresses By Miles H. Fair.
bank And j. w. JOnes-InfOrmaI Dance At Which
Winner Will Be Named To Be Feature OF Evening

The Montgomery County Farm
Bureau will name its Queen of Beauty
at meeting tonight in the Gathers
burg High School Auditorium. The
program will begin at o'clock.
A short program preceding the con-
ests will include discussion by Miles
H. H. Fairbank, Sec'y-Treas., of the
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation,
on Taxation, and ]. W. Jones, Pres,
Of the Montgomery Co., Farm Blu
reau will talk on the Eastern Live
stock Cooperative Marketing Assn
and its accomplishments. Non-mem.
bers who are interested in these sub
jects will be welcome.
The climax of the evening will be
an informal dance during which Miss
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
will be selected. Last year this con.
test was modestly conducted and met
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
Donald DeLashImutt
New Police Judge
Of Montgomery Co.
Gov. Richie Appoints Rockville
Lawyer And Business Man
To Succeed Woodward

Donald A. DeLashmutt, Rockville
attorney. yesterday was appointed
Judge Of the Montgomery County
Police Court by Governor Albert C.
Richie. Judge DeLashmutt succeeds
Judge Charles w. Woodward, who
was appointed to the Circuit Court
bench to succeed Judge Robert B..
Peter.
Judge DeLashmutt was born in
Frederick, Nd, AZ years ago and had
resided in Rockville for the past
eleven years. He is the son of Elias
E. and Susan Ramsburg DeLashmutt.
He was graduated with the degree
of bachelor of law from Georgetown
Law School in 1910.
The new judge is a member of
the bar of the Supreme Court of the
United States, the District Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals of
Maryland. He has practiced law in
Washington and New York and re-
Gently closed his automobile business
to resume the practice of law in
Rockville. He is married and has
two daughters.
His brother, William R. DeLash-
mutt, of Chevy Chase, is vice pres
ident and cashier of the United
States Savings Bank in Washington
and a sister, Miss Rebecca DeLash-
mutt, resides in Washington. The
Judge is member of the Montgom-
cry Government Club of the Rock
vile district and has been con-
sistent supporter Of the Democratic
organization of the county although
not listed as an active worker.
States Attorney Stedman Prescott
was under consideration for the sp-
pointment but it was discovered that
the appointment of his successor as
States attorney would come within
the jurisdiction of two Republican
judges and he finally decided that he
would remain in his present post.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
Grand Jury List Of 1859 Included
Father Of Juror Chosen On Monday
Ignatius Fulks, Who Died Two Years Ago At His Home
In Gaithersburg, Followed AS Grand Juror By Son,
Edgar 70 Years Later-COurt Convened On
Same Date, Monday, November IA

Samuel V. Veirs, William E. Trail
Luther NJ. Offutt, Thomas Fawcett
and G. M. Watkins.
The following comprised the grand
jury: Edward w. Owen, Samuel c.
Veirs, VIM. C. Soper, Jas. NJ. Etchi-
son, Hez. W. Trundle, Thos. holland
VIM. T. Poole, Lafayette Barnes,
Simon Nichols, Henry Renshaw, VIM.
E. Trail, John W. Horner, VIM. H.
Cuttings, Joshua Dorsey, Basil Beal,
Ignatius Fulks, Richard T. Bentley,
Chas. Saffle, G. NJ. Watkins, Michael
Brown, Henry Humphrey, VIM.
Waters, Lewis W. Williams.
The petit jury was made up of
the following: Leonard Hays, Thorn
as Reid, Jas. G. Howes, Thomas
Rawlings, H. T. Higgins, William
Grant, James Boswell, James Pur-
dunn, Zach. Holland, Jas. NJ. Miles,
Thomas H. Fyfe, Luther NJ. Offutt,
S. P. Thomas, Thomas Young, Isaiah
Shoemaker, Curlite Green, George
Darby, VIM. B. Gather, George
H. Cue, Josiah w. Jones, John B.
Davis, Ebert Beclcwith, Richard Cis-
sci, Thomas Fawcett and Robert
Hutchinson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
PoOIesville Guild Will
Give Thanksgiving Dinner

Ladies of st. Peters Guild of
Poolesville will serve their annua
Thanksgiving dinner Thursday in
Waverly Hall, beginning at IL o'clock
The occasion is a perpetual event
in this community and a large at
tendance is the rule. Everyone is
invited to come out and enjoy the
dinner. A variety of food will be
served and an excellent meal is as
sured.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
5000 Hunt Licenses Are
Issued In This County

Up to this morning about 5000
countrywide hunting licenses were
issued by Deputy Clerk J. w. Wiley
of the office of the Clerk to the
Circuit Court.
Hunters out for the opening of
the season Monday report record
number of rabbits and many birds
taken as a toll. Several reported
seeing pheasants in various sections
of the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-18
Treasurer's Report Is
Made Public This Week

The annual report of County
Treasurer ]. Forest Walker for the
fiscal year from July 1, 1881 to
June 30, 1882 shows total receipts
of $2,783, 693.27. The balance on
hand was $674,580.O6, making a
grand total of $9,45S,27S.SS.
Disbursements totaled SO, ,055.76.
The balance for the year is $780,
217.57.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-14
EASTMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Millionaire Manufacturer, Phil
anthropist, and Hunter
Shoots Himself

Rochester, N. Y, March l4.-(H-
George Eastman. n, million . tr e
manufacturer. philanthropist and big
game hunter, shot himself to death
Monday In his home here, hts ply.
sician announced.
Dr.. Audley D. Stewart. announcing
that Eastman had shot himself after
putting al attendants away from his
bedside, said Eastman left this note:
TO my friends:
my work Is done. Why waltz"
Dr.. Stewart was EaStmanS per-
sonal physician for many years.
Eastman WAS known the world over
- . genius of the Photographic In
dustry, art collector and big gazae
hunter. - well q for his philan-
thropies. HIS benefactions ct the
time Of his death had passed the
so, 900 900 mark.
Dr. Stewart said that while East
man, Ia ii health for many years,
apparently had recovered to . degree
that WAS vogy encouraging q hia
friends. he APPARENTLY wAs II such
. mental state that he ahot himsel1
aftsr sending ~ friends from III
room.
4 moment after thsy Departed
said pr. Stewart thsy hs0sd tn slhol
ana rsturned - ind him Aea6
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-14
WOMAN IS
ATTACKED IN OAHU:
ASK DEATH PENALTY
17-Year-Old Chinese Is Outrag-
ed on Day. investigator
Richardson Leaves

Honolulu, March IA. - up - The
third assault upon a woman on Oahu
Island within two weeks brought de-
nands Monday that the attacker be
hanged under a new law providing
the death penalty for such offenses.
The victim, Bernice Lum. 17-year.
old Chinese girl, identified Joseph
Young, burly Korean-Hawaiian, as
the man who drove away her escort
and assaulted her late SATURDAY night.
Young was arrested early yesterday.
The girls body and throat were
bruised.
Miss Lum said she and Gilbert
Hahn. another Chinese, had left q
private dance near Waikiki and were
sitting on some neighboring steps
when Young approached and ordered
the slightly-built Hahn to "scram.'
When the girls escort obeyed. Miss
Lum told police. Young choked and
assaulted her.
Chief OF Police G. F.. Weber led the
demand for the death penalty.
THE only way to deal with this
situation Is to hang the criminals
guilty Of assaulting women" he said.
John Fernandez, a Portuguese. re-.
Gently was sentenced to life imprison-
ment the same day he assaulted q
Japanese servant woman. Exactly
two weeks before the attack upon
Miss Lum. Mrs. Kathleen Hope. wife
Of q naval man, was assaulted in her
home by masked man she said she
thought was an Oriental.
The latest sex crime occurred the
same day Seth w. Richardson, as
sistant U. S. attorney general (form-
ally Of Fargo, N. d., and corps Of
department Of justice agents sailed
for San Francisco on their way to
Washington, D. c., after investigating
Honolulu's crime wave. Richardson
declined to reveal his findings.
Most notorious of the city's recent
crimes was the assault upon Mrs.
Thomas Massie, wife Of naval lieu
tenant, last September, and the
lynching Of one Of her suspected as
sailants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-14
CHARGE MAN With
ASSAULTING WIFE
AZ Year.Old larimore Resident
Charged With Assault With
intent to Kill
Grand Forks, N. D., March

Grand Forks, N. D., March l4.-(R)
Ray Ferguson, 42-year-old cattle
buyer of Larimore, was arrested there
Sunday by Grand Forks county Of
ficers and charged with assault with
intent to kill. He is accused Of hav-
ing seriously slashed and beaten his
wife, from whom he had been sep
arated.
states attorney H. g. Owen said
Ferguson had carried q knife and q
hand axe when he broke into the
home where his wife was staying.
Mrs. Ferguson's 12-year-old son,
Merton. escaped from the house and
summoned help. Ferguson was ar
rested at Larimore hotel and
brought here.
Mrs. Ferguson's condition is serious,
but she Is expected to recover. She
IS In q Larimore hospital.
She was slashed from mouth to ear
with knife and beaten severely with
a club and q flashlight. Ferguson.
States Attorney H. 8. Owen said, es-
capped but was arrested later.
Brought to Grand Forks b. Sheriff
Ed Hough and Deputy B. F. Benson.
Ferguson was placed N the county
jail.
Questioned by States Attorney
Owen, Ferguson admitted going to the
wife's home and struggling with her
but claimed she took the xnife from
his pocket and he struggled with her
to defend himself from the knife.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-14
Veterans to Make HOurlu
Check on Ball0ti,1g Here
legionnaires Ask Cooperation
OF Citizens in Getting
Votes to Polls

Bismarck will have an hourly check
Tuesday on the number of ballots
which have been cast In the election
to prevent removal Of the state cap
ital from Bismarck to Jamestown.
Members Of the American Legion,
on duty at every polling place, will re-
port at IL q. m, as to the number OF
ballots cast and will report each hour
after ! o'clock in order that men at
headquarters may know at what
points to inject more drive into the
effort.
The fire whistle will blow hourly to
Jog the memories Of the voters and q
check-up to be made by Legionnaires
late In the day will bring the last
stragglerS to the polls, according tn
the plan adopted.
8. 8. Boise and Charles F. Martin,
co-chairmen of the Legion effort to
get the vote out, joined Monday in
appealing to every resident to cast his
ballot early. Businessmen, employees,
housewives and others are asked to
cooperate.
In circular letter sent out to BUSH
ness houses, the Legion asked that
some one be designated to make sure
that all employees have voted by p.
m. at the latest. Business houses are
not asked to close but the request is
made that employers allow employees
to 60 to the polls In shifts on the
firms time II possible. As soon as
every employe has voted, the business
house Is asked to notify the world by
placing its United States flag In the
curb as signal Of the fact.
Scores Of persons cast absent voters
ballots Saturday with the assistance
Of notaries public who were located In
the Legion club rooms at the World
War Memorial building for the pur-
pose. and it Is expected that the num-
Der of absent voters ballots will be the
largest In Bismarck history.
Boise and Martin particularly asked
for the cooperation Of housewives,
pointing out that this election is Of
vast Importance to them. Indications
are that Mrs. Bismarck will be just as
enthusiastic about registering her OPP
position to capital removal as her
husband will be. !.
Each edition Of The Tribune will
carry an account Of the number Of
votes cast In the city.
Election headquarters will be main
tanned by the Legion at its clubrooms
all day Tuesday and persons seeking
to get in touch with 1t are asked 70
call 100.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-14
HEAD OF SWEDISH
MATCH SYNDICATE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Leading World Financial Mar
kets Bear Up Well After
lvar Kreuger's Death

New York. March 14.-(R)HLeading
world financial markets bore up well
Monday under the shock of the sui
eide Of War Kreuger, Swedish match
king and one Of the worlds leading
capitalists.
Prices of the Kreuger issues in New
York, London, Paris and other mar
kets declined drastically, selling in
some instances at less than half of
the final prices on Saturday, for news
of Kreuger's death was withheld UNI
til after close of trading in world
markets last week.
Despite the severe breaks In the
Kreuger issues, however, 1t was not
able that other securities in the main
held up well. In New York, Kreuger
g. Toll company American certificates
opened with transfer of 10000 GER
tificates at $1.87, in contrast to Sat-
urday's final price of IS.
Incidentally, this was the largest
opening, in point Of number Of shares,
in any issue in the history of the New
York stock exchange. But domestic
issues sold off only about 81 to 81
here and there at the start, then
turned upward, regaining much of
their declines by midday In quiet
trading.
In Paris, Kreuger's death was said
to have had a somewhat more de-
pressing effect upon the bourse than
expected. Traders in London, how
ever, adopted a watchful waiting
policy, and activity in the stock ex-
change was restricted. In Amster-
dam. breaks in the Kreuger issues had
a somewhat unsettling effect upon the
rest Of the market. Prices in Berlin
were somewhat lower, but in that
market particularly, as well as in 9TH
er markets, the heavy vote polled by
President Won Hindenburg in Sum
days election seemed to have buoy
ing effect.
Stockholm, as the headquarters Of
the Kreuger interests, was principal
ly affected. The stock exchange was
closed, and the Kreuger companies
were granted 30-day moratorium to
prevent an excited rush of creditors.
But such nearby centers as Oslo and
Copenhagen were reported fairly
placid.