Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1924, Page 12

3 12 SCHooL PLAN FOR COUNTY: el | Montgomery to Ask Legislature to Authorize Substan- tial Sum. NEEDS TO BE LISTED Overcrowding Plea of Citizens at Many Hearings. al Dispateh to The Star, M., now ion sked to afithorize issue for public in Montgomery at Edmonds, who repre- house of dele- x5 and is @ member of the county board of education. will prepare a bill and introduce it in the lower house s svon as the public school of. ot county definitely termine the am ually needed | Prof. Edwin W. yerintendent of superint wnd Dr mittes How educ approxim et new buil needed, en- others and provide Citizens. Prominent citiz ime, been appear- ard of educatiom in chool facilities | localities. They inly cmphasized members of the what tlre wded | un- bordering ¢ hfa, such o Columi- lily and Senoot feel that | t purposes indieated Iayed, and that g unty is 000000 and the W citizens is rapid- county’s bond eth out or beeanse ling fndebtedn 000 and ¢ arded cket” and ger -ver ity bonds whe arke It is ¢ fehtedness of doubled, or ev roving & hards h cone E 1 and locality is gent. The s stood to be co; ity of closing th and Aspen and near Wheaton, ldren That Teprese Mor cded at ex » said to Le en- ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILI 4:;rJ-_m;flr}' Dircetors of the Maon cultural Society (Spe- Ll August 1 directors have committee: and J. rence L. arles r:.‘ . the follow privile Holland and F ketts; print- John E. Muncaster, James C. Christopher nd Thom 1. Fulk grounds, Charles G. Holland, Lew W. Barns d Luther Hoel! man; premium | John B. Dia R. King and William J. i tickets and_posters, Willlam Thonias, James C. Christopher, J nd John Diamond, jr. s G, Hand, Willtam { iristopher and { s and Henry | Emiory Rieket cattle, | - nd and nry J. ¢ ers; ma . Charles G. Hollund and Lew ain exhibition hall, . Hun stablin R. King;( Hoellman Themas T A clectric ligh Luther A U Harnsley, It of the campaign sWs and “straight ided Lo i the grounds her Jot_approved by the | mmittee. | unts ha i an expen Tudget for - air, usin enclation of Fairs a fng of that organ The - Countess Von ! Washington, was the week-end gyest of Mrs. Charles A. Beard here. The | countess, who before her marriage to n of the former German am- dor. was Miss Vivian_Barton, cas a schoolmate of Mrs, Beard at Nount_De Sales Academy, Catons- Sille, Md. The funeral long time.and well Kensington, this home here of John M. S. Bowie. known resident county, who died Friday, aged fifty- en -years, took place vesterday noon from the family residence. « in Rockville Union Cem- made_of y of Miss daughter of Mrs. of Hagersto form- nd one rmers and marriage Fech ou Fechtie, i Jumes P. B. Veirs, 1§ postmaste of this county’s le duirymen. FOiiER MAYOR DIES. H Fpecial Dispatch to The Star. - HARRISONBURG, Va., January 21. Orville A. Layman, prominent farmer, yor two terng mayor of Mount Craw- ‘ord, this county, died at his home ihero yesterday after a brief illness. Ho was fifty yegrs olde o N Now Hospital, 2 . THE EVENING STAR, “'A‘SHINGTON. D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 21, BOND ISSUE Old Home of “Stonewall” Jackson, Birthday Fete Scene |EX-QUEEN PEDDLES EMBROIDERY TO LIVE Free Clinic for Countryside and Memorial Services |1ouise of sazony, Separated From In Lexington, Va., Churches Feature b Passing of Anniversary Event. Special Dispatel to The Star. LD 0! Va Touching ceremonies vrogress here in Stonewall Jack old home, which was acquired years ago by the loeal chapte aghters of (he Confederacy avd turned into a memorial hospital. His birthday is celebrated with w frec clinfe for the countryside, for the great southerner was more at heart a philanthropist and lover of the poor and ignorant than he was the mighty warrior. Jackson w: born in Clarks- burg, W. V though he lived all his life ar Lexington. ecial were held yester- day in the little Lexington church where the hero and victim of Ch cellorsville conducted i Sunda: # ¢ the children of the slaves, his and those of his neirhbors, Had 100 in He began with four e I\"lil":!h \':ali\t\ il l{ . ;n “l\fil his puplls ha Aniost a hun puphe e TWO GIRLS DROWN WHEN ICE BREAKS Father Saves Third and Recovers Body of One, Also Daughter, by Diving. January 21— have been in son's ome services Hin Class. titths CUMBERLAND, 3 Luzier, old, - of John Luzi 1 Ruby George were, years Parsons, pulp mill pond near avtempting to word received here to- was too thin to bear broke, PlUnging ter beneath. A third ier, was rescued by er dived in the water red the body of his daugh- Sftorts to resuscitate victims were futile. LEE MEMORIAL CHAPEL CHANGES ABANDONED Trustees of Un ton Take Action Follow- ing Long Discussion. drowned in the to ceording day. The their welght them into the w ter, the ted Press. Va, their spes jo'nt afternoon with “the pointed to discuss propo: tions of Lee Memoria national division of iters of the Confederacy tees of Washington and Lee Uni- v definftely abandoned for the it all contemplated changes af- this quaint, historlc shrine eouth. At the close o President Henry L versity and members of the commiiteo expressed “cntire sction” wlith the results ob- By the January meeting th committen ap- altera- the f the tru comi £ a lengthy d in_which fo dent row Wilson r persons of prominence , means that the little brick built by Gen. Lee himself president of Washington Col- eze and containing his remains and those of the Leo family, will remain unchanged, just as the great south- crn general planned and built it. The little chapel I8 regarded as one of the south's most gacred shrines PR D. C. CAR TOKENS USED ON BALTIMORE LINES Practice Scored by Railway Official as TFraudulent Despite Small Saving. <pacial Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, January many Bultimoreans are defrauding the "United Rallways and Electric Sumpany by purchasing Washington street railway checks at a lower wrice and using them in Baltimore Is the bellef of Luke Ellis, service en- sineer of the public service commis- sion. Mr. Ellis said he had received Te- »orts showing the number of Wash- ngton car checks in use in Baltimore ng daily. The other day i received Washington car checks pstead of Baltimore chec conduc argued that the were sold in for 40 cents, timore they were pro on, for, 1 believe, people get th checks in Was f hem over. A pe Jarge number of the; ppreciable sum.” HUSBAND GONE 7 YEARS GIVEN UP AS DEAD Maryland Wife Asks for Letters of Administration on Estate of Herman A. Pafel. Special Dispateh to The Star. ‘UMBERLAND, Md., January 21— Mrs. Pearl E. Pafel has applied for letters of administration on the estate of her husband, Herman A. Pafel, who is supposed to' be dead. He left the state September 10, 1916, and was last heard from in Atlantic City, eptember 14, 1916. He has been absent for more than seven years, al- though diligent search has been made for him. There are no children, and It is not known whether his = parents are living. ——— VIRGINIA BILL AIMED AT PROFESSIONAL-JUROR Norfolk Senator to Introduce Meas- ure “Giving All Good Men a Chance.” Special Diepateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va.. January 21.—Sen ator Alfred C.'Smith of Norfolk coun- ty has his bill on the calendar, the one providing for one man serving not more than a week in any one Year on a jury. He savs that the idea is to let all zood men have a bit of jury service, and he does this with” a’ view to having the courts ridded of the' pro- fessional juror, which has heen at- tempted many times. He says there ars many persons in the state who hang around the courts and whose only source of income is from their jury service. Senator Mills has of- fered an amendment to exempt the city of Richmond from its provisions. The bill came to the senate with an adverse recommendation, 4 skate, | o versity at Lexing- and | valley who oacasionally appear at the hospital for treatment and proclaim, “Massa Jackson, he taught me befo’ | do wah.” All of the Shenandoah valley re- | members 1ts' hero, second in southern ard only to Lee, and whose fame obtained on its fertile rol The military genius of Thon now universally nowhere with me England, wh knowle enthusiasm in . Stephenson's monumental life the “Stonew: of the Confed- it the first battle of Manassas | remains “the masterpiece of mili | bi« phy. ces are & held in the 1 white cottage, re | erently pre: ed, which stands on | the road beiween, 'a few miles beyond edericksburg, and to the | mortally wourided chieftain was borne | by his sorrowing men and where after a His last words 3 i for it was toward d_about and said - shall paxs over the st under the shade of the 1" Jackson v monument in the c and his life and de ve in his own country a @ power for good in his deeply religious man in pract was the | £ his existe |LICENSES OF 6 D. C. ‘ AUTOISTS HELD UP Baltimore Court Penalizes Num- ber for Variety of Alleged Violations. sleeps under emetery | Specinl Dispateh to Tic Star. BALTIMC rames of in the list of violators motor veliclo week, ans wppe tho state | laws during tie past ording 10 a report of the automobile comm John ¥, Rowland, 458 K street northwest, and Arthur Tomlin, $04 10th street north- cast, both had their licenses revoked, the fermer for “operating a car while intoxi; 1" and the latter for “fail- irg to zive right of way and failure to comyp k directic commission,” while August Ketch. #1 Trving street northwest, had his| nse suspended 1vesti tion of a fatal James Aubrey t, s driving, wh 3004 M street i a “fifteen-day j tho same offense. northwest, suspension for FUNDS BEING RAISED | FOR BURNED HOSPITAL | R Question of Restoring Winchester Institution or Building Anew in Balance. Special Dispatch to The 8 WINCHESTER, Regardless Memo; Hospital, serfously uan.,gcrilh?(nfl Friday night, is” repaired ana larged or another site chose entirely new b fu has Leen star A number of Mg benefit en ments have been planned. + Dr. Hunter H. MeGuir, of the institution, said ecutive committe tic until after it had receive @ re- | port from experts who have searir | and inspected the plant and the loss has been adjusted. It was at nret llmugt’.‘hl the loss would reach eclose 10,5100,000, but since the Inspection vas made ‘the figures have been o about to half, = e e While most of the superstructure | above the square was burned on the north side of the malin building, the Ereatest damage was by water. The | fire was almost inaccessible, and fire. men were compelled to fight it from. l a considerable distance. PASTORS ASKED T0 BAR i ANTI-CATHOLIC SPEAKER| Woman’s Campaign Results in Ap- peal to Fairmont, W. Va., | Ministerial Association. Special Dispateh to The Star. FAIRMONT, W. Va., January 21.— The Fairmont Ministerial Assoclation recelved a communication from the local council of the Knights of Colum- bus asking the assoclation to refuse the uge of churches of the city to Dorothy Nichols, alleged former in- mato of ‘a home conducted by the isters of the Good Shepherd, who has been making anti-Catholic addresses in nei boring towns. ] The a cPation was unable to take | any direct action on thls, inasmuch as each minister extends or refuses the | use of his own church to speakers. | ATTEND POULTRY SHOW. | Four Youthful Virginians Go to! New York. Special Diepateh to The i HARRISONBURG, Va., January 21. —Three girls and one boy, members of the Rockingham poultry judging team, which will repregent Virginia in the national contest at Madison Square Garden poultry show next Friday, have gona to New York city to spend thy Wekk as guests of W. E. D. Stokes, millionalre president of the Chesapeake-Western railway. Those in the party are: Fannie Garber, Linville, Edom club; Sarah Milnes, 'McCaheysville club} Stella Miller, Bridgewater club, and Clifford Bowman, Dayton club, to- gether with their coach, County Agent Charles W. Wampler, and Mrs. Wampler. | N ROBRERY 3 SIX IN ROBBERY ‘NET. . Richmond Police Seek Solution of Many Crimes. Special Dispatch to The Star. | RICHMOND, Va., January 21.—Wil- llam Montague, = James = Robinson, Aubrey Bolling, Frank Ball, William Patterson and John Pitts, negroes, | are prisoners in the probe of many housebreakings and robberfes. In the last six weeks stores have been entered and goods valued at $5,000 taken. - Detectives have gone to certain “fences.” and found stolen goods, then obtained names of those suspected of the thefts. Several forelgners charged, with recéiving stolen goods are to answer in court. The detectives raided the homes of the six negroes a found much loot, they say. e detertives are beginning to pay a little attention to loafers. e A TRAIN KILLS MAN OF 65 Special Dispatch to The Star. 2 MARTINSBURG, W. Va., January 21.—Matt Crim; aged sixty-five, ma- son by trade and without relatives, was killed by a westbound Baltimore and Ohio train east of this city yes- terday evening. The engineer said he did not see the man until almost upon hime ~ * under the namo of Countess Dysette, » for twelve years in a state border- {the soviet government are glving an I japartment, with another room a short | § Special D Second Husband, In Dire Straits in Brussels. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, Januaty 21.—Thé plight to which former Queen Louise of Saxony has been reduced {s revealed fn an interview with her by a rep- resentative of the Brussels Vingtieme Siecle. The former queen, who goes has been living in a Brussels suburb tng on destitution. of age. The countess, separated from her husband, Toseelli, a noted violinist with whom she eloped some twenty yeurs ag aid that she depends for- a living on the charitable help of a few generous Belglan women, the sale of her own embroidery work which sho peddles from door to door, and a small penslon from her former husband, Ex-King FPrederick of Sax- ony, which, payab'e in marks, amounts to only a few sous Gradually she was sold her valu- ble possesslons, so that she has only u few small pleces of furniture. i o OFFICIALS OF SOVIET ARE RIGID IN ECONOMY | ! Less Than $70 Per Month Is Paid to Highest Government Officer. By Cable to The Star and tie Chicago Dails | News. Copyright, 1024 MOSCOW, 21.—Leaders of She is fifty years Janu ample of great simplieity of lving. Kaminev, who is the chief figure in the government today, lives ith s wife and two boys in a two-reom the bovs' chamber. | being paid to ] government 1isi iitz, which is equiva- a month. They | in_addi « or Toom | here necessary, conveyances, and have articipate in c operative f which officlals sthers ¢ ain clothes on_the time payvment svstem Soviet officials living abroad recelve llowances Imore commensurate with he requirements in other countries. WEDS BRIDE IN MOSCOW. E. G. Burland, U. S. Relief WDrker‘! Marries Russian Woman. MOSCOW, January 21L—E. G. Bur-| tand, Berkel lit., one of the chief | aides of Herbert Hoover and Col. Wil- | ;. Haskell in American_rellef il Lo ¥ to Ekater- | Dobrushina of and s in Russia o WINS $3,500 VERDICT. | Sister-in-Law Sues Maryland Man‘ After Auto Accident. i listance The hig v member irtecn it to 1 G a business trip. pateh to The Star. : CUMBERLAND, Md, January 21—| A jury in the circuit court awarded Mre. Sallie Rawlings, a widow, 33,500 | in a sult for $10,000 damages against | her brother-in-law, Louls Kintz, a! ling shoe =: nan of this efty.{ wwlings' ankle was broken automobile woccldent. Kintz achinc. Prior to s employed as a ister. wite of the hal mot been | geamstre defendant. sinco ablo to worl: 3 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE. West Virginia Home Destroyed During Parents’ Absence. CHARLESTON, W. V., January 21. —While both the mother and father were away _three children of Mr. and Mre. Earl Stone of Boomer, near here, | were burned to death Saturd night in a fire that destroyed the home. | The dead are: Mabel aged two:, Sterling, aged four, and Haynes, aged six year: s FIRE DAMAGES CHURCH | Hot-Air Causes Slight Fredericksburg Loss. Furnace Pipe FREDERICKSBURG, Va., January 21.—Fire broke out in Trinity Episcopal Church yesterday. Smoke filled the base- ment and every room. Two lines of hose were turned upon a blaze in the cellar. The fire originated from a defective pipe leading from a hot-air furnace, { which had dropped and allowed the | flames to ignite wood flooring and sup- | ports. In addition to soiled walls the principal damage was in the busem(nll i { Special Dispatch to The Star. i of the church. HONORED 28 TIMES. Confederate Camp Commander Be-f Elected Despite Protest. Special Dispateh to The Star. | HARRISONBURG, Va., January 2l —For_the twenty-eighth successive time Edward C. Martz, after whose | futher the camp was named, has been re-elected . commander of D. H. Leoe Martz Camp, Sons of Confederate Vet- erans. He deolined the nomination, but was velled down by his comrades and re-clected anyway. . RITES FOR J. M. S. BOWIE. Funeral services for John Montague S. Bowie, who died January 18, wero { held vesferday at his late residence, | Kensington, Md., conducted by Rev. | T. D. Windiate, rector of Christ Church, { Kensington. _Pallbearers werc _Tel- | fair R. Bowle, Charles.Bowie, R. §.| Bowle and Willlam Dorsett of Wash- | ington, D. C., and William _O. Head and Caleb Richardson of Baltimore, | Md., brothers_and cousins of the de- ! ceased. Mr. Bowie was a son of the late Charles and Isabella Richardson Bowle. His widow, son, two daugh- ters, three sisters and three brothers survive. Burial was in Rockville cemetery. — TAX LOAN REPEAL URGED. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., January 21— After a lengthy discussion, the Fred- erick County Farmers' Assoclation on Saturday recommended repeal of the tax on mortgages in this county, the only county In the state in which the law is in force. —_— ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 21 (Special).—Damage estimated at more, than $5,000 was caused this morning _ when fire destroyed _the roof on the homo of Edward H. Kem- per, 201 Rosemont avenue. Water used by the fire department caused much other damage to furnishings. The fire is belleved to have start- ed when sparks from the chimney ignited the shingles. The wind fanned the flames and the entire roof was ablaze before the fire companies arrived. The loss was covered par- tially by insurance, it was sald.. * David J. Lewis former congress- man, speaking before a mass meet- ing In the Ingomar Theater yester- |day, deslared that world peace could § never be established untll the United States, with the rest of the civi lized world, entered some pact simil to the proposed world court. He said that peace was the same, fun mentally, whether it concerned tions or individuals. This was tk third meeting under auspices of the Alexandria Trades Councll. Howard T. Colvin presided. Willlam Thurstbn, Charles Gray, colored, and T. J. Murray were held 1924, as the result of the week end |the bond, police say. ing will b cQndu Funeral servic morning for Miss Al mornin rum ralds conducted by the police de- | partment. Several other ralds were made. Sergt. George Knablin, Fort Humph- reys, under $2,000 bond from the police court in connection with a bat- tle in which Eugene W. Corbin was | Church, were held at infured, was picked up by the police Satupday night and fined $10 in police court today for drunkennese. His ero Services, conducted South Washington street. I in 8t Paul's cemetery. this | Representat by Rev. Confederate veterans of R. E. Lee —eeeeee e | tor ion of the grand Jjury this|bondsman turned him in &nd voided The other hear- ted Wednesday. held Thomas, who was found dead at her home Friday.| tucky will make Edgar | William 8. Carpenter, rector of Grace Eplscopal | Southern Methodist Chu the _home, 311! on mp will honop Gen. Lee's tonight at 8 o'clock with the bunquet. postponed from Satur ® 1. B. Stengall of Alu D. Kinchelos of K addrcesses. Rev. De Hammond, pastor of the b, will talf. of Stonewall Jackeor nemor. anny bamw and H. the I Burial was‘ whose birth date xlso this happens to be. Col. 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