Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1926, Page 4

5 I ) COST OF ARPORT PUT AT S0 U. S. Engineer Makes Surveyj of Hunter Point Project for Aero Chapter. { Tha District Chapter of the tinpal Aeronautic Association today was informed hv the office of Mal. | Brehnn Somarvell. U'nited States en cinear for this district. that the cost of filling in » proposed «ite for a munic- | Ipal airport hetwsen Gravelly and Hunter peints. on the Virginia side of ould be $350.000 | was worked Merrick, ir. an engineer | Somervell'a office calla for retion of A wall & feei aloce ne At low tide. The ground which also would he this high abéve the water. would he in danger af flopds anlv In extrems cases. which It is eatimared. da not ocenr mors than Ance 'n a decade or twn that \'a—’ wou'd be onethird mora ] war explained o 000 Fool Wall Needed. {NEW PAIR TO TELL he work of filling in the area. «hieh | OF HALL.MILLS cAsEy wanld number 210 acres and hs 3.000 | fonr annare onld necess; the | Aredgirg of 1.500.000 cubic My, Marrick a-timatad. There would hava ta ha 3500 feet of rin-rap <tone p: taction 2lonz the river fron: and the | =all inclosing 1t on three sides would | Be 2000 feet In langih. The tr ~ould adioin the Virginia shore the fourth side I* the nroject «ontinued by blood the rector certained avidences pund that i* undertaken. tha Aanth of rthe water right up acainet | the river wall 4 be 24 feat waa | anid. Sheauld the Distriet of Columbis | afrpert he erected on this ground. it wauld ha ahout 3 White House or re the bodies were discovered fense did not severely eross Dr. Anderson vefense counsel would comb: mony that would establich tha crab Apple tree as the murder spot miles from the through highwa- and which wold be equivalent tn! about the ame Aistance from Business. covernmenta! and hiftel « Hon of Washington. This featura {s sxcentionallv good in the o aeronautical officlals. who fng throughout the countr: lish ports within tha closest possible | Aistance of the husiness sections to| avold loss of time zained by atrplane travel. {in the Phillips farmhouse and other places had been advanced by other Investigators Saw Slain Pair on Way. Miss Almeda Havkins. a member of Dr. Hall's choir at the time of the murdecs, testified today that she saw Di. Hall and Mre. Mills going to keep their tryst. The District chaniar also received | Mrs Mils, Miss H today from the Kenilworth Citizens |wafking rapidlr 1o Assoclation an estimate of cost of ac. lane carrving a sma Auiring and ciearing the 0'd Washing. | Vas shown the to Jockevr Club propertv a' Renning, ' found between which was nlaced at $500 600 this might have bheen ihe package. About 13 minutes afier Mrs. Mills passed Miss Harkins saw the rector hurrying toward the lane. d package package of the bodies and said John 8. Driggers. president of the mssociation. wrote that the p:operty ~omorising 188 acres. couid be housht for $378.000. and 2 make it uitable for an 'd not he more than $300.000, Must W Pair of pruning shears slash Mrs. Mills' rhr wias disposed of when Petar Tumulty, former gardener-chauffeur for Dr. Hall. testified he had broken & pair for which the State had been search ing Counsei fcr defense produced twn puirs of shears belonging to Mra. Hall and these were admitted as avidence. Heard Woman Scream. Senator Simpson informed the court note had heen found in the late Five Vears. The association. togethar with the Renning Citizens' Association. is fng the loeation of the proposed n terminal in that section The main dificulty confronting the National Aeronautic Assocition’s | chapter hara was the selaction nf a | suitable site. within the hounda-v of | the District and in elose proximity to ! the center of the city. While the | ? ~hapter has made no decision hetween | Drosecutor Azirish Reekman's offects | the two sites. it I« inclined to look with a little more favor nn the Gra. ellv-Hunter Points project The fact. however, tha! enginecrs entimated five years must elanse he. fare the ground would be ready for nrcupancy has given the members some concern. However, they are de termined to <o their hest for a Dis. trict air port. no matter where it is| located eventually. | Congress would have to he .sked | tar the money to Alll in the ona project | or purchase the Benning sfie. Inas | much as the matter h: narrowed down to these two places it is under #tood the naxt developmeants will come | with the convening of Congress. FIFTY HORSF:IS ENTERED FOR BERRYVILLE SHOW/! Oup Given by Mrs. Carter M. Hoe- | ber of Washington 2 Feature { which safd ‘L.ook for 4 pair of pruning shears. Harry McCabe, tender at a canal bridge ahout haif a mile from the Abapple tree. iold of hearing sereams Ask for Department X TRADE YOUR REAL ESTATE Why hold on to unprofitable real estate. when this office is prepared to make you an ad- vantageous exchange. Our ax- change department is always active. Wa specialize ex- changing ecity, suburban and country real estate. Scores of clienis have profited through this irm. Call Main 4884, Ask for department X. Gardiner & Dent Inc. 1409 L treet N.W. in of Annual Event Sraria) Disnatch in The Sta BERRYVILLE. Va iznst 18, The Berrvville horse show will apen | fta twenty fifth annual exhibition to- | morrow. | The ‘classes ‘ace alll well iled ndl| many hunters are heing brought from | A distance The racea wii lar. there being no entra ahout 30 horses are entered fo various avants of the {we davs annual mile flat” with $50A. ia to be run tomo 5 There i3 but one silver competition | this vear, that being for the “Charles | Mulliken Memorial Cup™ tn the Corin hian class. The cup Is glvan by Mrs. | Carter Mulllken Hoeber of Washing ten in homor of her father. who was | Ane of the chisf promoters of the show in ite early dave. It 18 given 10 the winner for two vears and has heen won sinee offered one vear each by Lisut. M. E. Tones. 1923: 1. M. Trup mell 1924, and Waugh Glasseock, 197 There will ba # carnival at the borse show grounds Thursday. Fri day and Saturdny, with fire works on Saturdar night 48R4 FRENEREN STOP Here's a Saving Leather Half Soles and Guaranteed Rubber Heels Attached for. . Special Thursday, Friday and Saturday National Shoe Repair Factory 11th St N.W. | 23RS SN SRNRE RS SN SRS RSN RS S SARS CITY NEWS IN B’RIEF‘ Woman's Home and Foreign Mis 1s will | et hald its firs Brentwand, Md Zion Churches. quarterly meeting tomorrow ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT Ross Humble of Laos w.l lecture in the Unity Aundi 1326 1 atreet. on “Mystery. Mysticlsm and Pevehic Phenomena.” at § o'clock Ay Severs cansed il Por each 350 or: fractionborrowed you agree to de- posit 31 per week in an Account, the proceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits may be made on e weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. MORRIS PLAN Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. Character \ ond Barning Power Are the Basis of Credit" rainstorms in Anstria have damage 1o crops this seasor The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair - it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. Loans are pass- ed within a day or two after filing ;.f,i”r" n- Jew escep- tions. Easy to Pay MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made 1 year. though they may ALASAARARLALALAR AR AR AR AR AR R AR AR RN CH R RN barricade shutting off the old worn-out bridge. SAYS PROSECUTOR | moans. he | and chorister | e slain within a foo! or (w0 of | prate Sends Book Found Here to New Senator Simpson had expected that | test:- | Relief that the murders occurred |Jers iny said. was | Dernssevs | She | letters | ‘The State’s attempt to prove that a | was used to | at apparently | L THE EVENING STAF THIS NEW BRIDGE TO REPLACE UNUSED STRUCTURE ROCK CREEK | Top: Plans (only tentative and awalting approval of the Fine Arts Commission) for the new M Street Bridge, { closing of which has been a source of annoyance and trouble for Georgetown. The lower is a view of the Estimates for construction of the new bridge are going to Ilbout midnight September 14 1922. |40 Arer it was the women he heard screaming. Then he heard only one. Finally, he sald, the screams of this one woman changed Into “pitiful The first screams, he said. from near the Phillips’ farm | house. The last moans came from the vicinity of the crabapple tree. DOUBTS DIARY VAL Jersey Police. Far from convinced that it wiil prove of anv valus, Inspector Henry G. Pratt. chief of detectives. never theless has forwarded to the New detectives working on the flls murder case remnants of might have been a dlary which were found by a child Monday in a | nearby Maryland suburb. Inspector Pratt is shielding the name of the chi'd's mother. who turned the diarv over to him yesterday. |, While the sheets. badly decomposed | by the slements, make cryptic refer all ) | what band i« supposed to have had posses. sion of the gun used in the murder and sold it for a large aum. Inspector Pratt said todav he can see whera it easily can be a hoax. The pages pre sumably are written by a wife whose husband. according to her statements, {lived near the scene of the tragedy | and later moved to this city. It is admitted that the contents of at your dealer every day - The Key At a Saving of $12.50 And on Special Terms to Suit Your Convenience An orator could talk for two hours on the subject of Loyalty and not say much as you'll find in th one short paragraph. writ- ten by a prominent member of the gas industry: “From the very mo- ment a man enters into public utility service the fact is impressed upon * him that under no eir- must their can be accepted: so that when his time comes to Meep ¢was flowing through the town that its inhabitants may be fed. or to repair a tele- phone line that com- munication may be maintained tc & strick- en city, or to restore electric ligk* or power service that the com- munity mav be lighted and its industries re- vived. all of the in- stincts of his nature which bave been strengthened ana stim- ulated by the traditions of the serviee and association with his fel- low emvloves. urge him en, even at the risk of M life.” ence fo the fact that the writer's hus- | WASHINGTON, D. 0. WEDNESDAY, PRUNING OF BUDGET BY COMMISSIONERS IS PUSHED RAPIDLY _ (Continued from First Page) street_and road improvement, $3.900.- 000; bridges (maintenances). $70.000 replacement of the M Street Bridge | across Rock Creek, §250.000; trees and | parkings, $90,000; public convenience | stations (maintenance). - $33,250; sew- ers, $200.000: refuse, $1,500,000; pub. lic playgrounds, $170,000: electrical de- partment, $950,000; public schools, $12.- 000.000: police, $3,100,000; policemen's and firemen's relief fund. $500,000; Fire Department, $2,100,000: Health Department, $350,000; cqurts and pris- ons, $750.000; charities and corrections, $3.600,000; militia, $50.000; Anacostia River and flats. $200.000; public build Ings and grounds. $815,000 ruc tion of two bathing pools, $2 National Capital Park Commission, to extend park system, $600,000; tional Zoological Park, $175.000; with an ad- ditional $55,000 for completion of the bird house; increased water supply. $127,000; Washington aqueduct, $202,- 210; Water Department, $1,200,000; in definite appropriations. $200,000; re- corder of deeds’ office, salary and ex- penses, $165,000. with $14,400 adai- tional for rent: building for recorder of deeds, $400,000, and register of wills' office. $80.000. Of the $12,000,000 for public schools the council urged that not less than affair and the mention of the Hall. 53.50 Plliladelpl!ia $3.25 Chester Mills incident .is secondary. Nick $3.00 Wilmington names and Christian names are used And Return in the diary. It was pointed out from the handwriting it easily could have | Sunday, Aug. 22 Simflar Excursion {been written by a child. Sept. 5 1 SPECIAL TRAIN i INMATE SEEKS RELEASE. Lv. Washington | Alfred C. Kolls, in St. Elizabeth's, Standard Time Returning | Philadelphia. | Wins Plea for Hearing. Justice Bailey of the District ! preme Court today directed Dr. : liam A. White. superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, to have in court | tomorrow 1 Alfred C. Kolls, a_patient. Kolls resigned as a commissioned of- ficer April 1, 1918. He has filed a pe. | titlon claiming that his further de tention fe illsgal. He has been in the hospital aince last November under an order of commitment from the War Department. Attorney George F. | Curtis appears for the petitioner. Ireland has an an! 0 a.m. 7:30 p.m. % 7:50 p.m. Wilmington . £:10 p.m. Consult Ticket Agents Baltimore & Ohio R. R. speed campaign. vacation a success —is to arrange before you leave to have The Star—Eve- ning and Sunday—mailed to vou while vou are away. No matter where yvou are so- journing, if the mail reaches vou, so will The Star— promptly. The address can i ATGUST 18, 1928 $1,168,000 be allocated for the purchase of sites and not less than $2,500,000 for new buildings. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty ‘who has not yet submitted his resign: tion as a member of the advisory council will ait in on the conference tonight in the capacity of a Com- miesioner and not as a councilman. Mr. Dougherty, however, plans to re- sign from the council just as soon as arrangements can beé made for a special meeting of the Federation of Citizens’ Aseociations to re-elect his successor. % URGES TWO NOMINEES. Man is Worthy of Election. 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