Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1923, Page 10

G0 .. e D CENT CASOLINE s TAXISREPORTED 66,60(),000 and Special Tax { Measures Defeated by i ' Senate Committee. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 13—The privileges.and elections committee iy to meet ngain tonight to discuss the referendum bills, the subcom- mittee 'having been: umable to reach any. agreement. Members aaid today that there was a chance for them to get together, but the posaible basis for this agreement 1s not discloned. Delegate Norvell L. Henley of Willlamsburg is today in a eritl- cal condition, with his death mo- mentarily expected. Br the Assoclated Pre RICHMOND, Va., March 13.—The finance committee of the state senate late.last night voted to report favor- ably today the substitute motor fuell tax bill, imposing a tax of 2 cents per aallon on gasoline for the remainder The two companion bills, authoriz- ng the governor to borrow $6,000,000 {» meet the present cmergency and 1 posing a special tax of 1 cent per sallon on gasoline to fund the debt. were reported unfavorably by the committee. = The subcommittee charged with the v of drafting the compromise ref- endum bill was deadlocked late last iht, but senate leaders were hope- ul that an agreement would be ciched at another meeting of the sudy today. Debate on the highwa. Jegan in the house today, senate took up the co-operati .f 1923 and increasing the levy to 3| g Dbills. —_— ents in 1924, After the ihcrease be-i omes effective, the biil provides one- third of the tax collected shall be epent in the construction and main- i | | tenance of county feeder roads as an auxiliary to the state highway sys- e lexislation Falls Church Council Stands by Present Enforcement | of Speed Laws. ile the e mar- { i { | Special Dispatch 10 The Star. H ALLS CHURCH, Va. March 13.— sre will be no relaxation in enforce- ent of traffic regulations in Falls <hurch and especially in the arrest and punishment of speeders. This was he announcement made last night by \fayor Fellows to a delegation of cit- zens who had presented a petition king for a more “liberal and pop- ar’" policy, and by a unanimous vote ‘he council declared its intention to uphold the mavor and traffic officers. Text of Petition. | he petition, which was signed by ! forty-four citizens. including most of | he business men of the town, was as follows: “We, the undersigned residents of { walls Church. believing that the safe- | iy of pedestrians does not in anywise \varrant or demand so strict and in- discriminate traflic regulations as are now being enforced against so-called speed violators within the corporate imits, and believing further that a continuance of such a policy will greatly Injure the interests of our Town and {ts citizens by causing traf- | flc to be diverted to other highways, | ve most respectfully and urgently | ask that you take such steps as wiil ‘nsure a more liberal and popular | policy in the enforcement of the traf-| Hic regulations ~ithin our village." Criticism Disclaimed. ! Severa] signers of the petition who{ spoke disclaimed any desire to Crill»1 cize the trafiic officers or mayor, but There was a generally expre i on that the speed limit increased to twenty-five miles an hour and that drivers be not molested aven when exceeding that limit on streets not thickly built up. Other| citizens were present and spoke in | favor of the present policy of en- forcement, including a committee | from the Woman's Club headed by Mra. Robert J. Formad, its president. At the conclusion of the discussion which at times was heated and not Jittle acrimonious, Mayor Fellows de- olared it his intention to continue en- forcement of the regulations along the lines he has been pursuing, but with the possibility of more severe penalties if the milder methods are ot effective in breaking up speeding. The traffic officers, he said, are under | nstructions not to make arrests for | speeding unless the offender is ex- ceeding twenty miles an hour, and he} erted that these instructions will be changed. In proof that thel regulations are not being enforced in | a spirit of persecution, he cited that| during the last flve months twenty- | five cases had been brought to trial, with twenty-four convictions, while during the same period sixty-five offenders had been permitted to go with warnings. The records showed, he said, that a considerable number of those eventually convicted and iined had previously been warned one or more times. Petition Rejected. | Upon motion of Mrs. Smythe, by a rising vote, council declared its support )f the mayor, and later the petition of (he forty-four citizens was unanimously rejected. C. E. Rullman, chief of the fire de- partment, asked approval of a plan to vaise $500 by popular subscription for reconditioning fire apparatus now prac- tically useless. Approval was voted and Chief Rullman was authorized to go ahead with the plan. Approval of the plan had previously been voted by the vitizens assoclation, and the mayor, members of council and citizens attend- ing last night's meeting signed up for nbout $100 of the needed amount. Chief Fowler of the Ballston fire de- partment was present and asked a con- 3ribution from Falls Church toward sup- port of the three fire departments in ‘Arlington county, which have several times responded to fires here and done cffective work. No definite action was taken, but members of the council as- ured’ Mr. Fowler that a contribution Lioula bo made. R Monday, April 30, and Tuesday, May 3, ‘were designated 8s ‘clean-up” days. itizens are to get their non-combusti- le refuse ready on those two days and dul the remaining days of the week it be hauled away and dumped at the town's expense. It was emphasized rhat property owners must burn all l:ommbla ‘materials themselves and ot put it out to be hauled away. A vz:du meeting of council was called for next Saturday night, at which time action is to be taken on an agree- ent proposed by the state highway <ol jon for the maintenance of Washington street, which is part of the Lee highway. Italian authorities are considering 4 scheme to link up principal cities of Ttaly by air. Blg two-deck planes will be used if the gcheme takes shape wnd comes into eflecl - and going into Fairfax county. i { Jefferson district going iber of the general assémbly bills were Women Ruled Eligible to Hold License for Ship LONDON, March,13.—Women are eligible for sea' captains’ certifi- cates, 18 the ruling of the board of trade in reply to a question on the _ subject from the Imperial Mer- chant Service Guild. The board says it would not refuse to ex- amine.a candidate for a cértificate of ‘competency -on the ground of sex‘if the conditions as to service and testimonials, laid down' in their ' regulations, were complied ‘with. The question arose through the case of a Miss Drummond, who re- cently went to sea as an engineer, and the guild wished to have it made clear if ‘Wonien could go fur- ther in the profession. “ARLINGTON CITY" | PLAN VOTED DOWN| Alexandria Council Ready to; Fight Bill if Neces- sary. Specfal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, March 13.—The city council, at a meeting held yes-; terday afternoon, went on record as opposed to the proposed incorporation of Arlington county into a city, and it adopted a resolution of Council- man Ticer authorizing the mayor to employ counsel if need be and appoint a committee of rcpresentative citi- | zens to oppose before any committee of the general assembly to whom the bill has been referred and interpose the city’s objections to the bill. This action was taken by the city council at a special meeting which was attended by all of the members and_called_expressly for that purpose by Mayor William A. Smoot. Business Men Present. Attending the meeting were a num- ber of representative business men and a delegation from Arlington county. Most of the last-named dele- gation, however, were from the town of Potomac \ The aims and purposes ol the bill were outlined by . State Delegite Charles Henry Smith. He told council that he was pledged to the introduction and passage of bill_which would make the whole of Arlington county as a city. He, how ever, said that he opposed the incor- poration of any small part of it. After a conference committee from the civ federation of Arlington county called | on him he said he certain came to the conclusion it was impossible to incorporate all of Arlington county and in his opinion it was illegal and probably unconstitutional. County Would Be Divided. As a general proposition, he said. he believed the provisions of the bill divides the county into three zones. Falls Church, he said, is Fiven the privilege of repealing its | charter and coming into the town | and, next, of retaining its charter The southern zone takes in most of Jef- ferson district, he said. Iach of the zones, he declared, i3 given the right to vote separately and about four- fifths of the county is in the central zone, According to Mr. Smith, if the | proposition 1s defeated the county remains where it is. and if it carries in the central zone that part will become Arlington city, irrespective of the other two zones. It the majority cof the frecholders in Potomac refuse to rescind their charter the charter, he said, would Stand and they will cede to Fairfax county. { Plédged to Policy. Continuing, Mr. Smith said: “I am pledged to a certain policy in Ar- lington county. I don’t, however, con- sider the bill presented me is an ex- pression of that policy.” There 1s, he sald, considerable con- | tention over the provisions of the bill, and the residents of Potomac.| he declared, simply want to be left alone. If the bill passes and becomes a law he said it is nothing more than an enabling act. and he told of how it! Will affect the three zones., a part of | to Fairfax | count H Delegate Smith said he thought the | bill would come before a joint meet- | ing of the committee on counties, ! cities and towns. However, he said. | no definite date for hearing the bill | had yet been fixed upon. but he ex-| pected to get the chairman of the house of delegates to fix upon a date and notify all sides_interested ‘Attorney James R. Caton said he had been requested to appear at the meeting by his son, president of the Kiwanis Club, in behalf of that club Mr. Caton, in part, said: “I have de- clded views on the subject. As far back as I can remember while & mem- presented, one from Clarendon and one from Potomac. The bills were unconstitutional and 1 got those be- hind the bill to incorporate Potomac to amend their bill, and it was adopt- ed. The unconstitutional feature! from the bill of Clarendon was not amended and it was defeated. “] regard it a serious blow for Alexandria if the bill goes throuch, for all of that territory lving north of here will virtually become a shoe- string and certain territory west cf Potomac will be placed in Fairfax county. “The time has come when we must necessarily enlarge our corporate limits. I believe it to the Interest of the city to watch the legislature closely. If we are to be hemmed up in narrow lines we are now in we cannot hope to progress. All of the town of Potomac ought to be Alex- andria for the regson that it will be beneficial to both.* Politics ought not | to enter into it. It ought to be a po- sition of progressiveness. 1 cannot see any reason why the county of Arlington should take territory and Say it should be annexed to Fairfaxj county and bottle us up and forever | preclude us from ever moving north- ward or westward. 1 belleve it a matter of such great importance that the bill should be carefully studied.” Those in Attendance. Those in attendance from Arling- ton county were Rev. O. C. Beall, D. C. Chambers, J. R. Harding, P. J. Conlon, C. R. Taylor, S. D. Devaughan, Louis S. Scott, George W. Zachary, Hev. D. E. Day, Wallace N. Lindsey, Archie H. Richards and others. At- tending from this city were R. E. Knpight, president of the chamber of commerce; Capt. George H. Kvans, business manager of the chamber of commerce; James R. Caton, Col. K. W. Ogden, Coi. J. Y. Willlams, F. F. Mar bury, Alfred Thomson, F. F. Marbury, City Engineer E. C. Dunn, City Man- ager W. M. Rich, A. H. Schwarzmann and others. WED THIRD TIME AT 28. Young Washington Man Takes Another Matrimonial Voyage. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 13.—Al- though but_twenty-eight years old. Thompson R. Higgs of Washington | embarked on his third matrimonial voyage here vesterday, when he was married to Miss Jennie Stant, also of Washington, the ceremony being per- formed by Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, pastor of the Baptist Church. The same minister officiated at the marriage here of Miss Isabel C. Les- lie of Atlapta. Gaa and Frank D. M honey of Pitsburil, L THE EVENING Nouz May Hysteria Following Ex- pose Coupled With Real Sickness Serious. Faked Great Temparature By Placing Thermome- ter on Hot Water Bottle By the Associated Press. ESCANABA, Mich, March 13—No longer known as the girl who lived despite the highest temperature re- ported in medical history, but instead s the young woman who perpetrated one of pathologys greatest hoaxes, Miss Evelyn Lyons today Was report- ed actually in a serious condition. For twenty-two days the reciplent of hundreds of telegrams, letters and postal cards from all parts of the country while her fever was reported officially by the attending physiclan as having ranged from 114 degrees upwards, Miss Lyons was said today to have found the excitement which accompanied her three weeks’' treat- ment and the subsequent exposure of her trick of touching the ther- monieter to a_tiny hotwater bottle {too much for her. Temperature Now 104. As a_consequence she was reported hysterical, with an actual tempera- ture of 104, and a possibility that death might follow her protracted faking. ~ Dr. H. J. Defnet, the family physi- cian and also city physician, has been ireating the voung woman for weeks for peritonitis, The score or more friends who dur- ing the height of the alleged fever ved and worked for Miss Lyons very were mot about the home v still was a subject however, as the tale which fooled upper s, brought an army correspondents and photographers here and interested readers throughout the country be- came known generally. No Fever Indicated. Accepting the invitation of Dr. Def- nét to come and gee for themselves and to help him solve the mystery Drs. Morris Fishbein and R. D. Wood- vatt of Chicago, examined the twent-sevel ar-oid former nurse, found her body fluids indicated mno Ithough readings made in th acute of the of | AR, |“High Fever” Girl’s Hoax Result in Death usual manners indicated fever of 114 or more degrees. Leaving the room after having placed a thermometer in Miss Lyon's mouth, the doctors watch, without the patient being aware. From the folds of ‘the bed clothes, they said, she lifted a tiny flesh-colored water bot- tle, touched the bulb of the thermo- meter to it, and then replaced the glass tube in her mouth. ® Seuxht Publicity. then became known that when Dr. Defuet and other physicians had attempted to take her temperature, Miss Lyons previously had writhed in agony, tossed about on the bed, jerked the thermometer from her mouth, and. during those gyrations, had touched it to the rubber bottle of hot water. That great aid to Miss Lyons' temporary Success was sup- pited by her crudulous mother, as Miss Lyons said she needed it to a leviate pains. 11 watched it too ciosely. or if mnot supplied with the necessary acces- sory, it was Miss Lyons habit to the thermometer. Dr. Defnet broke “many of them.” unnatural desire for publicity aid to account for the Young s ide An '20 Children in 19 Y ears, Mother Bears Quadruplets as Latest Special Dispatch to The Star CHARLESTON, W. Va. March 13.—His wife out of danger after having borne him the twentieth child in their nineteen years of married life, Homer McMann of Bellburn, Greenbrier county, today sat down with his Bible and fam- ily album to find names for the three surviving members of the quartet born to Mrs. McMann Thursday night. “It'll be about as hard finding names for them as buying shoes.” he commented as he eliminated th sixteen names he had previously bestowed upon his children. One of Quadruplets Dies. Mrs, McMann has passed the cri- sis, the proud but nonplussed fa- ther was informed this morning by Dr. Guy Lynch, who has been in attendan almost constantly since Thursda The death of one of the quadruplets Saturday seriously af- fected Mrs. M ann’'s chances for recovery for a time, but apparent- ly, Dr. Lynch said, she is now cut of danger. To make it more comfortable for her and to give her all the quiet possible the ten living children of the first sixteen have been quar- tered in a nearby house owned by the mining company for which the father works when he is not en- gaged in his regular occupation of lumber contractor. Although only thirty-seven years of age. Mre. Mann has borne three sets of twins, twice in suc- cessive years and the third time after a lapse of only two years. “The t set was born in 1920. TIn 1921 she gave birth to a Jaughter, the last child until the quadruplets arrived Thursday. Mrs. McMann herself was one of i discussion since Thursday s developed. Neighbors also say that on the night Mrs. Mc- Mann was born twin calves and twin colts were born in her father's barn. Among the super- stitious element of Bellburn the McMann home is shunned because of the belief that has grown up among them that there is really into the the twin before born 1 influenc premises. Mi brother died a few her latest children wer Although the newest infants weighed only five and u quarter pounds_at birth. they were per- fectly formed and the three who are living_apparently are in good health. The little mother—she weighs only 120 pounds and is five feet five inches tall—has been making a heroic fizht so that her thirteen living children might not be left orphans. Officials ‘of the Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Com- pany. by which her husband is employed at present, supplied a nurse for Mrs. McCann and citi- zens of the town have showered every attention upon her. (Copyright. 1923.) Real, full-fruited raisin bread is a favorite with men. \Try it in your home and see. Buy the luscious raisin bread that bakers are making now. No need to bake at home. Just *phone your grocer or a neighborhood bake shop and serve tonight. Delicious when made with Sun-Maid Seeded Raisins the best raisins for bread, and all home cooking uses. Had Your Iron Today? P Put the Spark of Life Food You Eat Most foods are ‘‘dead’’ because in process- ing, boiling and milling we have stripped them of their delicate life-giving elements and minerals needed by the body. That is why we civilized men are so low in endur- ance and vitality. Vegex supplies certain clements that are lacking from other foods. Food vitamins stimulate and keep the life process at its height. Without vi- tamins we cannot live est known food in Vitamin B and supplies Vegex is the rich- all vital mineral salts. Vegex contains no meat, yet it has the ing drink. rich satisfying flavor of choice meats and mushrooms. Its hunger hormone stimulates sppetite and aids digestion. Use Vegex as you would tes or coffee for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Use it to give flavor and bal- ance to other foods. Dissolves instantly in bot water or milk. Makes a delicious, wonderfully stimulat- Vegex is sold in handy jars and convenient cube form. At druggists and grocers. WASHINGTON, D. C. IHOPE FORHARMONY ! { i |ate as a city of the first class, and TUESDAY, MA ON INCORPORATION Arlington County Supervisors| Against Bill in Its Pres- ent Form. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 13.—Fear- ful that the bill now before the state |, RCH WANTD.C. 10 SHARE NATIONAL AFFAIRS Takoma Citizens Advocate Representation in Congress and Electoral College. ! Representation in the Senate and House of Representatives was dis- ssed at a meeting of the Takoma legislature calling for a referendum |pyric Citizens' Assoclation held in the vote on the question of whether or not Arlington county shall incorpor- giving the citizens of the town of Potomac and that part of Falls|up Takoma Public Library, and Cedar night. A resolution covering the sub- ject was introduced by Jesse C. Suter corner 6th streets northwest, last d unanimously adopted. The reso- Church in the county the right toilygion, as adopted, provided for rep- vote separately on the question Jolning" with the ecity or being nexed by Fairfax county, might result | , in the loss to the county of taxable land of high values, the board of su- pervisors at its meeting yesterday at the courthouse made it known in emphatic terms that it was opposed to the proposed measure in its present | form. | Betier Government Desired. ot a The members of the board evidenced | rundq( with which to pay for the serv-. ices fo T'ublic sociation decided to refer the matter to the Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations for solution. a desire for a better form of govern- ment, but stated that they are not willing to favor any movement that will open up a channel for a “single | foot” of territory slipping away from the county. | The appearance of C. R. Taylor, chairman of the Arlington County Civic Federation's Incorporation com- mittee at a crucial moment during the consideration of the bill, is the th, {1a wi only thing that prevented the board stated, from adopting a resolution opposing |9f the bill. Mr. Taylor requested the board to withhold final action on the questoin pending a joint meeting of the board, its committee and the in- corporation committee of the federa- | si tion. This was agreed to and the committee, it was announced, would get together at the courthouse this evening. Meeting Tonight. In view of the fact that there is no fight among county citizens over the incorporation fssue and that the di- vision of opinion is merely over the construction of the proposed enabling act, it is the intention, it is said, of the factions that meet tonight to try to strike a happy medium so that the county can present a solid front at the hearing to be held on the meas- | ure before the committees of the leg- | Charles R. Va mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad passenger burned Saturday night when the boil- recently ad-ier of the locomotive he was driving exploded near Ashland, died in a lo- cal hospital last night. been twenty-eight vears. islature. —_— Miss Jessie Pardoe, mitted to the Oklahoma bar, has served for twenty-two vears as deputy clerk of the supreme court of that state. ciation federation to renewed activity with cei mayor and there was a possibility of a bond is- sue in the event that concrete roads {1in o'clock. resentation in the House and Senate n-land electoral college. The delegates the Federation of Citizens' Asso- were instructed to urge the view to securing enactment of a law providing for an amendment to | trict of Columbia the status of a state. {granting to the citizens of the Dis- itrict of Columbia he status of a state. Referred to Federation. In connection with the lack of for the District the as- an Utili ttorney o es Commission, Walter C. Irey, reporting from the streets and lights committee, stated | at the matter of permanent paving | for those thoroughfares on the Mary- nd side of Takoma Park was re- ng the attention of the Maryland town council and that re constructed. The committee, he had made a complete survey every section of the park and that Report on School Situation. tuation in Takoma Park, stating that the two wings of the Takoma Public & from lighting facilities were all that could be desired. request committee on school betterment for a delegate, President D. N. Shoemaker appointed Mrs. A. W. Miller to repre- sent the association at the next meet- shool were now being heated the new addition, and that the In connection with from the citizens' central that committee at the Frank- chool building March 21 at 8 DIES FROM BURNS. By the Associated Press. D, Va, March 13— engineer of a Rich- RICHMON train, who was Mr. Vass had in the employ of the railroad the | | | following the inspection the matters| before Rhe committee had been taken up with District officials. Jesse C. Suter reported on the school | FARVCREDITSPLAN fat a conference at which a request TAX SALE FOR 2 CENTS THREATENS DIFFICULTY Collector Towers Says Regular Bidders Will Not Likely Bother With It. There is one piece of property to be sold for taxes at the annual auction | sale at the District building this week which Collector Towers probably will have difficulty disposing of. { It is being sold for delinquent taxes | to the outlandish amount of 2 cents, | plus the G0-cent fee for advertising it for sale. < Asked how so small a tax bill could exist, Mr. Towers said it probably was the tax on a small strip of land left over where two or three new streets Intersected. The ecollector of taxes has little hope that any of the regular bid- | ders at the tax sale, which opened at 10 o'clock this morning, will} bother with it and it is likely to re- main on the District’s hands. In “buying” property at the tax sale the purchaser merely pays the tax the rightful owner should have paid, Theso buyers then hold the: property for two years, and if the owner decides to redeem his land he pays the purchaser the tax, with a| Dpenalty of 1 per cent a month. The sale will continue until Satur- day afternoon. There are approxi- mately 1,000 parcels to be auctioned for taxes, amounting to more than| $500,000. i 10 BE UNCHANGED Policy to Continue Along| Lines Limited Only by Pro- i visions of Law. The War Finance Corporation today gave officlal assurance to the farmer that its policies respecting credit to the agricultural industry will be con- tinued along lines which are limited only by the provisions of the law. The purpose of the corporation, to proceed with its agricultural relief program in co-operation with the new agencles of agricultural credit created by the last Congress, was outlined by the corporation directors for the greatest possible extension of farm ald was made by members of .the farm and progressive blocs of Congress and by the heads of a half dozen farm organizations. The delegation which called on the corporation was headed by Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, head of the farm bloc. Previously the ap- peal was laid before various other agencies of the government. i i '( OR CADMAN PEARS ATLENTEN SERVE Midday Exercises at Keith’s Theater Presided Over by Comdr. C. T. Jewell. _Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn. N. Y., was the speaker at the mil- day Lenten service at Keith's Theater today and Commander C. T. Jewel! presided. Previous to the Invocation by Rev. Noble Plerce there was music by the Foundry Methodist Churci choir, composed of Mrs. Anna Brett Summy, Mrs. Jack Bowle, Jack Bowic 4nd Charies Moore, and Prof. Kaspar at the violin. Dr. Cadman took as his topic, “In Him We Live and Move and Have Our Being.” The speaker made a Lenten ad dress on the sermon preached by Paul on Mount Mars. in ancien Greece, explaining that Athens at tha: time was the center of culture and civilization and that this particula: sermon had a greater effect in the dissemination of the Christian rel: gion than any sermon ever preached The speaker sald: “Greece wag n that time failing. as ever: natior must fail which has not been founde solidly on the word of God.” Tomorrow's speaker will be 1n William A. White of St. Elizabetl; - Tospital. Rev. C. A. Shreve will pro nounce the benediction and Dr. 13. A Logie will preside. Incldental music will be a solo by Mr. Lex Sanderson U. S. FLYERS TAKE OFF HAVANA TO CAMAQUEY Night to be Spent There and Flight to Porto Rico Resumed Tomorrow Morning. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, March 13.—Si Army airplanes on a test flight fron San Antonio, Tex.. to Porto Rico, le‘ the camp Columbia flying fleld ne: here at $:20 am. this morning i« Camaguey, Cuba. ‘A stop probabl: will be made at Santa Clara for fue it was announced just before the take-off. It had been arnounced at the flelo this morning by Cuban officers tha the planes were expected to go direc to Guantanamo today, but after the. left the officers said that the avia tors would spend the night at Cama gueyr and probably hop-off to Guan tanamo tomorrow morning. From Guantanamo the airmen wi fy over the historical Windward pa: age to Port Au Prince, about 201 miles. From Port au Prince they wi. go to Santo Domingo, and from th place to San Juan, P. R. From Sa: _— In Missouri a woman is unable to choose legal domicile. 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