Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1923, Page 4

! VIRGINIA HONORS FAMED SCIENTIST Monument to Maury Unveiled Amid Laurels of Blue Ridge Pass. | R the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Va., June pinia today paid tribute to Jer most distinguished sons Gov. Trinkle and other state rational notables witnessed the un- veiling, at Goshen Pass, near here, of a monument to the memory of €om- Matthew Fontaine Maury, scientist and naval 9.—-Vir- one of when and modore hydrographer. officer. The pass was selected in accordance with a dying wish of the scientist that his body remain in Goshen until the mountain laurel bloomed and that it then be carried through the pass tor bur in Richmond, where his grave now is. He died in 1873 Mrs. fames R. Werth of Richmond, his aughter, unveiled a bronze tablet et in a granite shaft in the gorge. Mrs. E. Moffitt, president of the Maury Association of Virginia, pre- sided. Addresses Made. sses were made by Gov. Trin- Yae e Ain Smith, head of the English department at the U nited s Naval Academy, and Col. Jones, director of the Uniis@ coast and geodetic SuSvey. of the Virginia Military In- Where Maury was an_in- structor, acted as guard of honor. Maury was credited with bein of the foremost hydrograph tsts of the country. During th r he aided in fitting out the iron- lad Merrimac. He was born in Vir- sinia in 1806, educated in Tennessee. from which state he was appointed to the United States ) That wus hefore the time of Acad- “my and his later reforms. and writ- ings were declared irstrumental in the foundation of that Institution. Served Seventeen Years. rved seventeen years in the Navy, attaining the rank of lieuten- ant, and retired from sea duty when incapacitated by an injury. In 1834 he had published his first work on navigation, which v sed as a Navy text book. He Instituted the first series of observations of the Miesissipp! river. In 1542 he was ap- Dointed superintendent of the depot of charts and instruments. the fore- runner of the Nuvy hydrographic of- fice, and devoted his time to study of winds, currents, decp sea measure- ments and marine and meteorological subjects. For his efforts in the addi- tion to the knowledge of the seas he was decorated by several foreign rulers and governments. Advanced Science. { he was retired, but such a disapproval arose that he was soon reinstated with increased rank, and devoted his time to deep | sea sounding. making advances in| that science whick led to cable com- | munication between continents. It was said of Cyrus W. Field that| when asked concernir In 1 atorm of g the laying of | the first submarine cable, he replied: “Maury furnished the brains; Eng- | land gave the money and 1 did the | worl Maury joined the southern forces at the opening of the civil war. was later sent to I id as a special Confederacy, n_joined the govern: ximilian of Mex- r of immigration. :d an ofier to be- t of the Imperial Observatory o take the chair of physics at Virginia Military Institute. which he occupied until his death in 1873 OCKVILLE. ‘ Special Disp L i ROCKVILLE, Md.. June $.—Rev. P.| Rowland Wagner. pastor of the Bap. tlat Church. officiated at a doubl wedding at his home here ves morning. The couples were Dorothy Berg, elghteen yeary old Washington, and Veryl E. Miley. twenty-four. of Woodstock, Va.. and| Miss Eleanor E. Bourdene. eighteen | vears old., of Washington, and Albert | C. Erxleben, twenty-one years old, of | Peoria, 111 | The couples arrived in Rockville by automobile shortl ter daybreak. but were unable to induce the license clerk to visit the courthouse and is- sue the licenses at such an early hour, g0 they had to hang around until shortly before 9 o'clock, when the of- fice opened for the day. Immediately after the ceremony they returned to Washington. Asks $300 Damages. J. Wilson I of Talkoma Park, this coun ted suit in the civcuit cou ainst the mayor and council of Ta i ing damages in the amount of $500. }i6 represents that by changing the grade in front of his property and the frstallation _of an inadequate drain pipe the Takoma authorities were responsible for surf water col- leeting on the plantiff's propertv and injuring it. Attorneys P. V. Rogers and L. G, Sasscer of Marlboro repre- seht the plaintiff. A suit, in which $5000 is claimed, was filed here a day or two ago by Perry Walker of Takoma. g The vested choir of St Alban's Washington, will Episcopal Church sing in Christ Episcopal Church here tomorrow afternoon and Rev. Charl T..Warner, rector of St. Alban's, Wi préach. commissi Tn 1868 he d come superin te star. i of i #3828 Contributed. Kocording to the monthly report of Mrs. Milton Bancroft, secretary, | 3828.20 was contributed toward the support of the Montgomery County Social Service League during May. The largest donation— $315— came frm the Kensington Woman's Club. At a meeting of the Newcomb Club | of, the Bethesda neighborhood, held at'the home of Mrs. J. Henry Brown, a lbranch of the Needlework Guild of’ America was organized, with Mrs. Wjlliam_T. Owens chairman, Mrs. nie Hoyt, formerly leading lady fop Robert Mantell, gave several roadings from Shakespeare and Miss Ddwson contributed several plano selections. orge F. Pollock of Boyds, Robert Byrdette of Gafthersburg, Kenneth CHappell of Kensington and Leland E.! Brown of Chevy Chase are the Montgomery county boys who are mqmbers of this year's graduating cigss of the University of Maryland. 820,000 Fines and Cowtw. he first year of the police court , operating under a law passed the last legislature, ended May 31. rding to the court records 1,908 inal cases were disposed of dur- the year and fines and costs ag- gating about $29,000 were col- ed. The fines and costs amounted ery much more than necessary to port the county’s police system. onsville Camp of the Modern odmen of America will soon have . modern hall at Laytonsville. A site was recently acauired and the actual oconstructiem work is under way. It will be a two-story building, the upper floor tocbe used for lodge pur- poses and the lower floor for public gatherings. The building committee is composed of Howard A. Plummer, Loufs D. Bell and J. Ernest Hawkins. Clarence Cyrus Keiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Keiser of Bethesda, this county, was among this years graduates of George Washington University Law School. He has re- signed a position with the Bethesda Bank to begin the practice of his profession. The Quebec zovernment has under consideration at the present time a project for the establishment of a 2IRo0T for the temching of Puip and h by Al or 3‘ Pager making,. {a | the f. }iature {he was confident the bills would be MAN DIES IN FIRE, WHICH BURNS BARN Goes Back Into Blaze for Shoes and Fails to Appear Again. Special Dispatchi to The Star. BEMIS, W. Va., June 9.—A large barn belonging to the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, caught fire | entirely about midnight, and was consumed with one of the stable men in it There were two men who slept the barn and when they were awaken- | ed by the fire, they both grabbed their clothes and got out. One man named Eastman Roy, agend twenty-four, and single, from Whitmer. went back into the barn to get his shoes and failed to get out. Three carloads of oats, bailed hay and straw were destroyed besides much other valuable property. Ten big teams are kept in the barn, but happened to be up in the woods. DRY PARLEY WATS BUSY GOVERNORS Autumn to See Test of Fed- eral and State Co-Operation for Enforcement. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Hardings conference the governors of the several with respect to co-operation forcing prohibition will be postponed until next autumn. So many of the state legislatures have remained in session during the presence of the governors to sign bills and attend to other executive duties and Mr. Harding himself scheduled to leave here in fortnight for h western trip, that it is impracticable to hold the con- ference until after returns from Alaska. Several of the governors who are anxious to attend the conference have indicated that if it is held now they will be unable to atiend. The Presi- dent Is desirous of having as full an attendance as possible, Only one or two governors showed an indifference to the purposes of the conference when the first session wa Leld several months ago, and there may, of course, be some others who will feel as does Al Smith of New York, that the federal govern- ment is stepping beyond the bounds by seeking to impose obligations of enforcement on the states, but on the whole the spirit of the replies thus tar received has been ome of co- operation Surface Hardly Scratched. The last conference hardly seratc the surface of the probiem. Besides the President, the Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, commis- sioner of internal revenue and Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes en- re n informal discussion of question with the governor: many of whom related the exper! ence of their states with prohibition enforcement but it was evident that more detalled and practical pro- gram of co-operation would have to by worked out before the *pl ncurrent jurisdiction™ as used in eighteenth amendment would get tangible results. The federal government, of course, has a double object in securing the o-operation of the states. Prohibi- ion enforcement is a duty naturally luid down by the Volstead law and the eighteenth amendment, but with states in en- he so that from the outset they have jbeen counting upon the states to bear | eral children of the family that at- the real burden of policing the coun- ry. The expense to the federal gov- ernment has been large, but it would ontinue to grow to cnormous pro- portions if the states left the job to the federal government altogether. Many of the states have passed stronger prohibition laws than the Volstead act. In last three months twenty-four s added more legislation. In tates the enforcement now is so effective that the federal government would like to let down somewhat and divert its agents to other parts of the country where the state authorities are lax. Already the federal officers have be- gun to turn over to state courts for { prosecution numerous cases in state§ where the judiciary is earnestly en- deavoring to enforce the law, and where substantial fines and prison sentences can be expected If the cases against the offenders are well con- structed. As a rule, s only where the federal agents have no confidence in the state courts that they are iteering the prosecutions through federal courts. New York's repeal of the Mullan- Gage enforcement act is the out- standing exception to the course of the states in the last few months, and the Anti-Saloon League is not wor- ried over the possiblility that other states, like Wisconsin, Tllinois or Rhode Island, may do the same. Wayne Wheeler, head of the Anti- Saloon League, said today, for in- stance, that, while repeal bills might pass through onc house of the legis- in lllinois and Rhode Island, killed by a sufficlent number of “dry" votes in the other houses in those two states, as he confidently expects will be the case in the senate in Wis- consin. Maryland has no enforcement. law, and Massachusetts’ new law is held in abeyance pending a referen- dum to be held next vear. n view of his action in signin repeal bill, together with the ples foe state rights, it is not expected that Gov. Al 8mith will attend the confer- ence of governors. It is the hope of the President, however, that enough governors will attend as to make sub- stantial progress in enforcing prohi- bition in the many states where leg- islation concurrent with the Volstead law has_been passed and now fis in cffect. Tt will furnish an Interesting ¢xporiment In federal and state com- nation in wielding the poli v of the nation. EVR oltemones (Copyright, 1928.) $50,000.00 in ! is i another the | ampions of prohibition frankly con- | | | BECOMES DT }American Minister Grew’s Task of Saving Day at Lau- sanne Harder. Dy the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, June 8.—The crisis in jthe near east peace conference over the question of the Ottoman debt has reached an acute stage, the allied | delegations receiving instructions to remain firm in their position, while |similar instructions to the Turks ame from Angora I night. The task of American Minister Grew, who was invited to tender his good offices, thus becomes more difficult, and in | many quarters, it is declared the cous= | ference must cither adjourn or cole lapse Deny Separate Peace Aim. The situation has reached such a delicate stage that the Turkish dele- gation today deemed it necessary to ssue denial of any intention to con- clude a separate with England, | characterizing rumors to that effect | {as “fantastic inventions." The nd veac Turks ] pay Inter den the right st on the debt in their I preciated paper currency, whereas bonds stipulate that it shall b in the currency specified by the holders. The contention of the gora delega is that {f Turkey to sign a treaty containing affirmation of her debt obliga Ve provided with o regarding the Chester con- cession has been renewed, but the maost reliable information obtainable is that the main interest of the Unit ed States in this matter Is the estab- |lishment of broad underlying princi- iples, like the open door and recog- nition of the concessions in treatics only when their validity is undis- puted. This doctrine may affect the 2 railroad contrac which the Turks assert is invalid because the Angora government has not ratified it IFALLS CHURCH ROAD CONTRACT HELD UP Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 9% —The high- way commission again today held up the bid of l.ane & Co, low bidders for a piece of road work, holding that a member of the legivlature is a member of the firm and that the com mission will not make award of any | contract to such firm. ; \ | The commission to its! {ruling and will not take ; in the matter until there test in the courts. This particular piece of r tween Falls Church and Fair this is the second time that t have been asked. It is believed th Ithe commission wiil stand pat a ait the invoking of court pro Lane & Co. h is adherin ny steps a |6-YEAR-OLD BOY MISSING | SINCE LAST THURSDAY Son of Walter Potts, Who Resides at Claggett, Md., Mysteriously Disappears. | Special Dispateh to The Star. | CLAGGETT, Md.. ne 9.—The si | year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter | Potts, residing at this station, on the | Che peake Beach has been { missing from his home since last | { Thursday. He is the youngest of sav- tend district school at Marlbore, and he was seen <t on_his way home, | from “school there Thurs afte | noon. i On account of his age he had here- | tofore always been accompanied to | 1 8chool by brother or sister, but { Thursda; was permitted to go to Marlboro School unattended. Tt feared that he may have venture into one of the swimming holes along the branch that flows toward Marl- boro and empties into the Patuxent A large posse of officers and nelgh- | | bors is scouting the territory between Claggett and Marlboro, along the county road the children were wont to take In going to and from school, in search of the boy. B FATHER BRINGS SUIT i FOR DEATH OF SON i Star. W. Va, June 9.— Kneisley of this city, | seven-year-old Kenneth who was killed May 2% when run down just outsid the jcity by a car driven by William R. Brightwell, of Frederick, Md., has filed notice of suit for $10,000 against {Brightwell. The case will normally !'mature for trial at the October term of court here. Brightwell is at present out under $5,000 bond to answer a charge of murder before the grand jury next October and also under $3.000 bond pending an appeal of misdemeanor cases in which he was found guilty by a justice of the peace and for vhich he was fined a total of $3,000 fand sentenced to two years in jail. I | HORSE SHOW DATES. Special Dispatch to The Sta { _MARTINSBURG, W | The Virginia Horse Show Associa: has announced the dates for the ho: show at Upperville, Va., as June 13 and 14. Other shows for the summer season are: Culpeper, Va., July 4 and 5;! Keswick, Va., July 26; Orange, August ‘1 and 2; Berryville, August 8 and 9; Charles Town, W. Va. August 15 and _16; Marshall, August 22 and_23; Warrenton, August 29 and 30, Established &pecial Disp MARTINSBURG, James F. father of Kneisley. Taxi Business The Brown and White and Checker Cabs For Sale on 10 Dodge Cabs, Easy Terms 4 Packards and 1 Pierce Touring Car The business and part or ill help finance responsible all of the cars can be bought. party. 500-Room Hotel and Other Valuable Concessions Business can be easily Burlington Hotel. doubled, See Mr, Holland {ot TON, SEEK MISSING BOY, GONE SINCE MAY 29 Twelve-Year-0ld Son of Retired Naval Officer Fails to Return Home From School. BENNERS 8. MILLIGAN, e of this and other cities are making a search for Benners S. Mil ligan, twelve years old, of apartment 24, 1475 Columbia road, missing from his home since M The boy father, John D. Milligan, 2 retired naval officer, today said he s last seen Tuesd; morning, May when he 1eft the house for Junior High' School on his bicvele. Inquiry his teacher the following day showed that he had spent the day at school, but from th P e it is not known where he w Benners was dre cout and knic nt sed in a d & black stockings and black shoes. On the lapel of his coat he wore two Boy Scout pins and » emblem of the United States ine Corps, the globe, anchor and ale The only intimatic had that hie would be at least one n him the day be when hé s was to go ha Benners fai night. the on a hike ers ) the boy's family way from home ht was received from ore his disappearanc hike on which h, n postponed. Whe to return Tuesda, v thought he had gone > next day Mr. Mill gan tramued four miles out into th untry in search of his at a Bc Scout camp. to find him with f s and re fuiled, and then the police w. The anxious ful if call at their Columbia 10263 irents would be grate- ¥ would telephone addresy or \Fatal Crash at Ford Theater 30 Years Ago Today More than twenty persons lost their lives and a score of others were injured, thirty vears ago to- day at Ford's Th on 10th street between E and F streets northwest, when three floors of the struc fell in. carrying with them about 150 emploves of the surgeon general’s office The disaster occurred hefore 10 o'clock in the The upper floor fell first, with it two lower floors. to have been caused by the w »f the walls from the f a cellar under the shortly me \ % \ CITY COUNCIL QUIZ AIMS BLOW AT EVILS Inquisitorial Session at Mar- tinsburg in Absence of Presiding Qfficer. Special Dispateh to The Star., MARTINSBURG, W. Va. June 9.— The ecity council here, with the mayor absent and his delegated chairman- councilman also absent, had on its inquisitorial clothes at a monthly mecting Thursday night and in three hours of deliberations recorded the following decisions and questions: What has become of moneys alleged to have been seized from the tables in a raid on gambling dens In the city, the rald being launched and di- rected by the mayor. fines and forfeits collected during the month in question showed, the coun- cil thought, a wide variance h what was® understood to have been seized, and the council demanded full accounting. To ket the latter i was arranged to have the mayo { questioned on the subject. The coun- 1cil was unable to find the chief of police when it wanted him during its inquiry, and one other officer called in said he knew nothing of the n ter. enlth Lows Stressed. ition of the health depart- to apparent laxity laws against open The att ment was called in enforcing the closets. Failure to corral those city water Improperly w | the attentlon of the police, and the council added that it could not un- derstand how the police could pers mit such operations to go on with- out reporting s srrecting them The failure 't of the clty executives v out enacted or- as regards re- laying of side- and other corrective measures, mysterious disappearance of an introduced liquor ordinance which had progressed to the second read- ing and was wanted for further con- sideration Thursday. but could not be taken up because the copy could not be located. City Attorney J. O. Hen- £on promised. to prepare another and similar one. but in the meantime the council will try to inal using called council showed some feeling cussion of some of the ques- particularly those regarding )sition and accounting on and forfeits, the representa- tives declaring theyv had been sub- jected to rigid questioning on the matter by their constituentsand they wanted the records to give an intel ligent answer. TWO MORE ANNAPOLIS GRADUATES ARE WED By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md. June 9.—Two more members of this years gradu- ating class at the Naval Academy vesterday, making since the commence ses Thursday. They ar Robert K. Walker, Toledo, Ohjo, a Miss Margery W. Lockman, ington, I. C., and Merlin F. Schneider, Clatskanie, Ore d Miss Catherine H. Rhoads. Reading, Pa. en ment exercise: Chaplain Evans officiating. BONIFANT TO PROSECUTE By the Associated Press. RICHMOND. Va., June 9—Com- monwealth’'s Attorney Milton P. Boni- fant of Powhatan county announced last night he had accepted the ap- pointment as special prosecutor in the case of R. O. and L. C. Garrett, prominent Cumberland county cials, charged with the killing of Rev. E. S. Pierce, a Baptist minister, courthouse Tuesday. The appointment of Mr. was announced vesterday by Judge George J. Hundley of the Cumber- land county circuit court, after Com- monwealth’s Attorney Dave E. Sat- terfield of Henrico county had de- clined to serve because of a congest- ed docket in hustings court here. The case is scheduled for presenta- tion to the Cumberland county grand Jury June 26 D. C, SATURDAY, —_—— The report on ! JUNE 9, 1923. MAN LOCKED IN BANK RESCUED BY POLICEMAN Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 9.—Police | responded to calls of a man in the | Central National Bank here, who was | locked In the bank and all had gone | ome. i LIGHTNING TAKES ho' had been Tocked in while at work | sperinl Dispatch to The star. n 8 office in the ban! u ng, and KSR = in his ofoce 1y the bank bullding, and | FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 9. e o o ! |Jullan Turnley, a young married The cfficar finally located a logk- |farmer of Spotsylvania county, was in- sm and had e door opened, the | v P prisoner explaining that he wanted | oontly Killed by lightning near Post o Get home to supper and. ther o | Oak, during an electrical storm, when wife expected him. The man is em. | a bolt struck a shed under which he ployed by an oil concern here and | shelte: v was | his efforts to attract attention col- | "0 taken shelter. Mr. Turnley was Tostel o o rron oy paention | engaged in replanting corn in a field on’the Robert Turnley farm, former- n —_— |1y known as the old Towles place, You never can tell. Those who at- | when the storm came up, and he tain the heights of folly may be the | stopped under a shed until it abated. ones most apt to look down on the rest The lightning set the young farmer's of us. clothing on fie, and much of it had | Number 7—Series to Follow locate the orig- | Wash- the | 1o R 72227 N THE INTOWN SUBURB : ning and construction. 1 Beautiful even beyond our own expectations. Both cere- | jmonies took place in the naval chapel, Every one of over 200 Homes Built and Sold |a single bolt 7777777777777 THE NEWEST HOME SHANNON AND LUCHS ned when passerby saw the es and extinguished them. Turnley was twenty-eight years and was a son of Jhmes P, Turn- formerly of Spotsylvania county now of North Carolina. The deceaser is survived his widow and two young children By the Associated Press. CRISFIELD, Md.. June 9.—Three ne groe: nan, a woman, and a child— were killed at Marion. ncar here, by of lightning. The vic- sought shelter in a shack tims had | when the storm broke. A baby which the girl was holding was unharmed and the building also was left nn damaged b the lightning. COLLEGE HEAD RESIGNS. HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Frederick R. Hamilton, for fou years president of Marshall Colleg: he nnounced that he had resign ed. effective September 1. when bs will become ed with the Teach ers’ College mbia Universit New York June 9 Col N T 220 77777727227 14th STREET TERRACE A HOME said by authorities to set a new standard of Home Plan- by us in this Suburb stands out pre-eminently, head and shoulders, o to speak, above-the commonplace house. They are Refined, Dignified Ho.mes. AND THEY COST LESS WHY PAY MORE? TO INSPECT Zake any 1l4th Street car (finest service in Washington) to Ingraham Street, or drive out . 16th Street and through Celorado Avenue. 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