Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 7

NEW MONTGOMERY GOVERNMENT UP Plans. for Area Adjacent to Capital to Be Discussed December 28. Plans for a new form of govern- ment for southern Montgoméry Coun- ty, or that part of |it adjacent to, Washington to be included in the re- glonal development area, will be dis- cussed December 28 at a special meeting of the Montgomery County Civic Federation in the Bethesda ifigh School. The demand for some nNew governmental method which wouldy give this lower end of the county an rtunity to progress in the m- ;l;opgemems along with the National Capital has come from a number of different civic organizations in the county. A The question is to be consides the Legislature of Maryland, w convenes at Annapolis on Janua for a period of three months, and jesire of, those fos new government the Legislature just wha 1s there believe the counts d by 1{ t » plan has d this Brooke Jee e to the Leg- Montgomery County. rovides for unty comm nrea, making two distir that part of the county Distriet of Colum! From each of the two districts it is prope a county suburban commissioner, the two to form a Yoard tor handling the affairs for this scetion. This area has increased in taxing value to such an extent, it was pointed out, that it is entitled to special consideration in the expendi- ture of funds for improvements. The plan also provides for the creation of & Montgomery County Planning Com- mission, with a full-time city planner, to co-operate with the National Capi tal Park .and Planning Commission in the development of this area Maj. Lee points out that the in- creased service in local governme can be met in the following w Jegislative Incorporation of large or small towns; by legislative creation of Jarge or small special taxing , or by legislation increasing the powers of the county rernment throughout the suburban s of the county not already in in the incor- porated towns special taxing areas. Maj. Lee said that the most con- structive solution of the problem appears to be the enlargement of powers_of the county government in a suburban zone to include the was prepared by Maj of Silver Spring i from THE ' EVENING . 'Runaway Auto Leads Prospective Groom Into Much Trouble Instead of Matrimony Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Decem- ber 21—Clyde Hines of Keyser, alleged extraordinary breaker of girls’ hearts, was captured here by a train of untoward circumstances that promptly sent him back to Keyser to answer charges there and also placed a later claim on him for ap- pearance here. Hines applied for a marriagé license here, giving his home as Boonsboro, Md., and his flancee as Miss Mabel Rudy, this city. While he was in the office his car drifted from its parking place and smashed into a buggy. The sheriff’s office was called, and while stralght- ening out the tangle they found liquor in the car. Hines, looking for his car, unwittingly asked the sheriff to help him. The sheriff arrested him on the liquor transportation charge When Hines announced his name, the officers remembered he was wanted in Keyser to answer charges preferred by girls, and they held him on that score. On his way to Jail here Hines broke away from a deputy and outran a half-dozen people before he was finally recaptured and taken to Keyser by a member of the State police. West Virginia Coal Miners’ ‘Off> Habit Puzzles Experts By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. V. ~Why West Vir miners are more careles and 10:11 on zs is a ques re secking to an es compiled over s t the com- office Decem- inia coal between Wednes- ion mniine cur at that time than any because of lack of observance of safety precaut For a fuil day Monday > fewest accidents, HYATTSVILLE CHURCHES HOLD YULETIDE SERVICES Christmas Programs Being Given in Sunday Schools of Several Denominations. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, December 21.—Christmas activities in tts- ville will start in earnest tomorrow aiternoon, when the annual enter- tainment for the beginner and pri- mary departments of the Sunday school of the First Baptist Church will be held at 0 o'clock. Exer- cises for the other departments will take place December 28 at 7:30 p.m. Memorial _ Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday school pupils will have their program tomorrow night at_7:30 o'clock. Featuring the entertainment at the Methodist Episcopal Church South Thursday night will be a cantata, “Was It a Dream?” to be presented by the Sunday school pupils under direction of Miss Loulse Wisdom. St. Jerome's Catholic and Pinkney Memorial Episcopal Churches both will hold their celebrations next Tues- day, the former in the afternoon at o'clock and the latter at 7:30 o general territory of the Washing- ton Suburban Sanitary Commission, without ingluding or disturbing the existing incorporated towns and tax- ing areas. A workable method of administration of the suburban zone, which would appear to be through a board of suburban commissioners of Montgomery County, which board would consist of the county commis- sioner elected from the proposed new Bethesda district and the county com- missioner elected from the proposed Wheaton and Colesville district. It 1s proposed that offices be established in the respective districts of these two commissioners and that a county police headquarters be maintained in each building. Under the Lee plan the entire sub- urban zone would be made subject to @n additional tax over and above the general county tax rate, which tax would, be leyied #o cover a part of the cost of street construction and all of the cost of street repair, area-wide lighting and such general improve- meénts as would appear to benefit the entire suburban zone. The general distribution and amounts of county road taxes would remain as they now are. The suburban road zone main- tenance and construction taxes would be levied on the suburban zone over and above the county tax. Road or street construvtion would consist of two types—first, the share of new State roads and roads constructed from county bond issues that should be fairly loca‘ed in the county com- missioner’s Mitrict of the suburban zone; secondly, roads or streets to be built where the suburban zone com- missioners may decide, partly from t™® general suburban zone road or street construction tax and partly as a benefit course to adjacent property. Maj. Lee suggests that the proposed redistricting would eliminate the most immediate and consequently most dangerous’ cause of political friction between the suburban and agricul- tural sections of the county, possible development of which constitutes one of the most potential dangers to the future constructive growth of the en- tire ceunty. Discussing the zoning and planning for the development of the cpunty, Maj. Lee says there is an immediate and vital need of zoning legislation, the creation and maintenance of a park system as well as the study creation and statutory sanction of a permanent street zoning for the area. He adds that unless an agency with Jurisdiction over these functions is created it will be exceedingly difficult for the county to benefit to the fullest possible extent from co-operation and participation in the activities of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The enlargement of the duties of the county commissioners and the creation of a suburban commission is favored on the ground that it will redyce the overhead and permit of improvement contracts being let on a Iarge scale with consequent reduction in cost. To permit the creation of a large number of small incorporated towns and taxing areas, Maj. Lee points out, would be comparable to a large city having a separate govern- ment for every dozen or so city blocks. It would be ~uneconomical, he says, because each would be required to carr” an its improvement scheme in a very small way, and in the end there would be no general scheme of im- provement to tie up with the broad v «n being outlined for the District of Columbia. TWO SAVED FRbM-FIRE. Lynchburg Man and Wife Rescued From Roof in Night Clothing. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 2 John W. Craddock, head of the Crad- dock-Terry Shoe Co.; Mrs. Craadock and a fireman were trapped in the Craddock home here early Sunday morning when they awoke to find their residence on fire. Mr, and Mrs. k could not come out by the vs and were forced to the roof of a porch, where they called for help gor 20 minutes before being rescued in their night clothing. Sewer Contract Awarded. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., December The Clarendon Community Sewerage Corporation has awarded contract for the laying of 25,000 feet of sewer lines to L. Morgan Johnson, according to announcement by Harry C. Saffell, president of the company. M. Mor- gan's bid is said to have been $30,000, Approximately 500 residents will bave modern sewer facllities by rea- ®sop of the extension of the system. .m. ; The First Presbyterian Church had its entertainment Sunday afternoon in the form of a “white gift Christ- mas” service. : Thursday night the ladies’ auxil- fary to Snyder-Farmer Post, No. 3, American Legion, of Hyattsville, in accordance with' its annual custom, will entertain a ward at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington. Members of Ruth Chapter, No. 7, had a Christmas party for the poor children of the community Saturday and are distrib- uting baskets among the needy. The local schools will hold programs Thursday prior to closing that after- noon for the holidays. Studies will be resumed January 3. ROCKVILLE. SR ROCKVILLE, Md., December 21 (Special).—A double wedding was solemnized here yesterday afternoon when John B. Marshall, 23, and Miss Elizabeth R. McGill, 19, both of Chi- cago, 111, and Robert Magnor Hayes, 37, of St. Louls, Mo., and Mrs. Eliza- beth Doak Towle, 22, of San Francis- co, Calif., were married by Rev. Ber- tram M. Osgood, pastor of the Bap- tist Church, at the parsonage. The couples were unaccompanied and left for Washington immediately after- Information has been received here that James William Hull, son of Mrs. Annie P. Hull of this vicinity, was killed Friday night in Detroit, Mich., by an automobile. ¢The body will, it is understood, be brought here for burial. Mr. Hull was forty years old and unmarried. Announcement was made today that State's Attorney Joseph C. Cissel, who retires as the county’s prosecuting at- torney the 1st of January, and Charles W, Woodward, one of the youngest members of the Rockville bar, have formed a partnership and will practice law in Rockville after the first of the year under the firm name of Cissel & ‘Woodward. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Randolph B. Whit- tington, 26. of Washington, and Miss Ridea M. Shellhauser, 32, of Vander- grift, Leo L. Swann, 23, of Mechanicsville, Md., and Miss Emma 8. Reed, 20, of ‘Westmore, Md. Rev. B. W. John, pastor of the Methodist Church, officlated at the marriage here of Roy R. Schlemmer, 32, and Miss Mayme O. Weems, 28, both of Washington. Henry George Roos, and Miss Nettie Adeline Poole, 20, both of Washington, were married in Rock- ville yesterday by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood, pastor of the Baptist Church, as were Roscoe Clinton Croushorn, 21, of Catlett, Va., and Miss Lyla Mabel Sonafrank, 18, also of Virginia. ROADS TO STAY OPEN. Virginia- Makes Plans to Prevent Tie-up in Event of Snow. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December Announcement is made by the State highway department that steps have been taken to provide for the keeping open of the highways in this State in the event of a snowfall of conse- quence. In every part of the State the several crews engaged in keeping the roads in shape have been organ- ized into snow crews and the machin- ery made ready for sweeping off the snow for the entire length of the sys- tem. For several vears, however, the snowfalls have been so light that no demand has been made for the snow crews, save in the Valley and south- West Virginia. It is believed that the crews are large and numerous enough to clean the entire system in the State in 36 hours, the men working in double shifts and going. night and day. 2 AT COLUMBIA LODGE ELECTS. ‘W. L. Golden Named Master at An- nual Meeting in Clarendon. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., December 21.— W. Leonard Golden was elected mas- ter of Columbia Lodge, No. 285, A. F. & A. M., at_the annual meeting of the lodge in,Masonic Temple here Iast night. Other elections resulted as follows: Eugene M. Moreland, senlor warden; Dr. J. A. Whitehead, junior warden; William C. Wibert, treas rer; Jesse W. Rohrback, secre. tary; Freeland F. Chew! senior dea- con: Timothy A. Sullivan, junior dea- con. Officers will be installed at the December 29 meeting. Appointive of- ficers will also be announced at that time, the new master stated. RULE’S NEW TRIAL PLEA REMAINS UNDECIDED Judges Unable to Reach Decision in Request of Washingtonian Convicted of Manslaughter. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 21 After considering for more than four hours the motion for a new trial for Richard Henry Rule, yourg Wash- jan, recently found guilty of s by a jury in the Cir- here in connection with of William J. Barbe ir., of Washington, near Burnt M this. county, the night of October Judges Robert B. Peter and Glenn H. Worthington, who t on the motion in cou day, announced just by ourned at 4 o'cleck yes noon that they had not reached an agreement and would require more time to consult authorities in an ef- fort to clear up the differences of opinion. X Judge Worthington, who lives in | Frederick and who is presiding at the term of court now in session, stated that he would not be able to come to Rockville to resume consideration the motion for some time, but inti- mated it might be convenient for him to do so before the first of the year. Rule was sent back to jail. The motion forva new trial was argued by Attorneys Thomas L. Daw- son and F. Barnard Welsh on behalf of the defendant and by State’s At- torney Joseph C. Cissel for the State. cuit Court ihe shoot WOUNDED MAN LEAPS 3 STORIES FROM HOSPITAL Orchard Manager, Who Slashed Own Throat With Razor, Breaks Leg in Fall From Window. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., December 21. —W. K. Bonham, Round Hill Orchard | €o. manager of Clarke County, who | slashed his throat with a razor at his home at Berryville Saturday morning, eluded nurses and orderlies at a hos- pital here yesterday and leaped from a third story window, fracturing his leg as he feil in a pile of debris. He was found nearly a block away hud- dled in a garage. o Bonham, suddenly hecoming vio- lent, previously had tried to hang himself with a bell cord in a ward, and also endeavored to tear open the throat wounds surgeons had sewed| up. Hospital authorities said he! would be strongly guarded until he is | well enough to be moved to the State | Hospital for the Insane at Staunton. BIG GIFTS ANONYMOUS. Johns Hopkins Gets Greatest Do- nations From Unknown Sources. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 21.—An- nouncement of the $50,000 bequest of the late Julius Levy, Baltimore straw hat manufacturer, to the Johns Hop- kins University has brought out the unusual fact that the largest gifts re- cently received by the institution from private individuals have been anony- mous. s One of these amounted to $250,000 and is said to have put the Harriet Lane Home for Children and the de- partment of pediatrics upon a much firmer foundation. Other anonymous gifts included one for $100,000, one for $50,000 and_several in the neighbor- hood of $25,000, with many smaller denominations. SCHOONER IN DISTRESS. Helpless With Rudder Torn Away, Vessel Asks Assistance. NORFOLK, Va., December 21 (#). —The American schooner Leader is in distress about 105 miles southeast of Diamond Shoals lightship and has asked for assistance. Her signal of_ distress was seen by the steamer Rowan Park, which sent a message for aid to the Norfolk Coast Guard. The schooner’s rudder was torn away and she is helpless. She was bound from New York to Charleston and her present sition was given by the Rowan Park as latitude 344 north and longitude 73.30 west. The Rowan Park was unable to tow the ship because of a shortage of coal. One of the Coast Guard vessels was dispatched today to tow the schooner to the nearest port. SAILORS FREED IN DEATH. Two Acquitted of Charge of Throw- ing Third From Window. NORFOLK, Va., December 21 (#).— Edward L. Bookhardt and Grady L. Newhourne, sallors from the U. 8. 8. Vestal, were acquitted of a charge of murder growing out of the death last month of Joe Menuel, a yeoman on the U. 8. 8. Patoka. Menuel was found dying in an alley beside a hotel in the downtown section. Investiga- tion showed that he with the two men acquitted had had a fight in one of the hotel rooms and it was charged Bookhardt and Newbourne had thrown him out the window. The jury trying the case was out only 32 minutes before bringing in a verdict of not gullty, It was in the evidence they had beaten Menuel, but they denied that they had thrown him out of the window, saying he | must have fallen to his death. | | | Public High School May Charge $20 to Each of Students Spécial Dispatch to The Star. HAMPTON, Va., December 21.— Lack of sufficient school funds has made it necessary for the city council to propose a definite tuition rate for high school students. This county—Elizabeth City—has been ated first among the 100 counties of the State in the efficiency of its school system, but the authorities here are now faced with the alter- native of either lowering the stand- ard of the principal high school in the county or charging $20 tuition for every high school student. Last week the matter was presented to the Woman'’s Club and the Patrons’ Iw by the school board and i 4 mass meeting of all citl- zems will be held, *| their STAR, WASHINGTON, SHOOTS BALTIMORE MAN AND ESCAPES Mysterious Visitor Misses Wife—Victim Says Assail- ant Was “Cat’s-Paw.” . By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 21.—Tal- bott Trusler, 44, a dealer in marine supplies, was shot and seriously wounded in his suburban home last night under* (rh'd;lmmnncl*s which have baffled police. i He was shot, his wife told police, by one of two men who called at their home, ostensibly to inspect the dwell- ing, which was for sale. Two shots directed at her went wild, Mrs. Trus she nor her husband knew Mrs. Trusler serted, and she could ascribe no mo- tive for the attack. Money and jew- ely in the house were left un- touched. The men escaped in an automobile bearing a Ilorida license tag, the number of which could not be dis- cerned. The diana six Truslers came here from ars 4go. il | STUDENTS’ ASSAILANT FEARED FOR OWN LIFE Carolina Man, Who Wounded Two Youths, Says He Believed They Would Kill Him. By the Associated Press. ALBEMARLE .. December 21.—A belief that two Washington and Lee University students planned to kill him caused C. C. Cranfield of Winston-Salem to shoot first and then were p: anation of flight from re the shooting occurred day His wife's explanation of the affair is that Cranfield “has been a little oft for the past two weeks.” Mrs. Cranfield, also a passenger on the train, denied that E. M. Streit or N. Crozier bothered her with atten- her husband charged. shot in the shoulde pital in bury for his home, in Crozier, only his trip to A shooting _Saturd dents denied making any appr to_Cranfield. The shooting occurred in way station at Salisbury. v hurt, continued S after the Thinking Iayover, the vouth train and made a break for a news stand, only to be intercepted by Cran- field gnd felled Ly bullets from his gun. The man then fled. who told police he was commanded at pistol point to furnish an’automo- | bile. liminary hearing. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, December. 21 (Special) —The work of removing part of the fill at the south end of the new concrete bridge being erected over Hunting Creek is now in prog- ress in order to relieve the pressure, this new earth having caused the bridge to “move 5 inches out of plumb Saturday. It is estimated by City Manager Morton that approxi- mately 400 cubic yards will be taken out. An engineer from the State High- way Commission will be here tomor- row to look over the bridge. It is be- leved that the bridge will either go back or else can be shoved back to its original position with the removal of the earth. The bridge is affected at the south pier. Thus far the police have been un- able to find out where the man giving the name of Willlam Casper Craig, 5%, hails from. Cfaig is being held in jail. Today he wrote a letter to Capt. of Police Campbell, saying he came from Bayylew Asylum, outside of Baltl- more. The authorities have ‘been written to at that place, and they re- port no such person missing. ‘A pair of leg irons, used by con- victs, was found in a barrel with a convict’s suit yesterday by Henry Ewell, a city employe. The suit was carried tg the dump and burned and the iron turned over to the police. The police say thelr finding is a mystery. ¥or the thirty-seventh consecutive term James R. Mansfleld has been elected recording secretary of Alex- andria Council, No. 5, Order ¥sa- ternal Americans. He is ' the only man in Alexandria who has served so long as a recording secretary of a friternal organization. Other officers chosen are P. H. Eberhardt, presi- dent; W. H. Radcliffe, vice president; W. N. Crump, assistant recording sec- retary; Frederick W. Ebhardt, finan- cial secretary, eighteenth term: Sam uel T. Park, treasurer; James II Mansfield, father of the secretary, chaplain; 8. S. Williams, marshal; Thomas Simpson, warden; F. J. Penn, inner guard; H. E. Carson, outer guard; E. F. Cornell, trustee for three vears; W. N. Crump and J. Davis, delegate and alternate, respectively, to the Grand Councll for two_years; E. Langley, degree master. Deputy State President A. B. Nicol will install the new officers January 7. The public schools of the city will close for the Christmas holidays Thursday afternoon and will not re- open until January 3 next. At all of the schools special Christmas pro- grams will be given. The Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia and the Episcopal High School, located west of this city, have closed and will reopen for studies January 3. St. Mary's Academy, conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, will close tomorrow afterngon and reopen January 5. The Xaverian Brothers' School for boys will close tomorrow and reopen January 3. St. Mary’s Parochial “School will close tomorrow and reopens January 3. St. Agnes’ Episcopal School for girls will close tomorrow afternoon and reopen January 5. ‘An appeal for funds is made on behalf of Ivakota farm, conducted under the auspices of the National Florence Crittenton Mission. This place houses 150 girls, It is an- nounced that contributions should be sent to Robert S. Barrett, 408 Duke street. The funeral of Mrs. Anne J. War- ing, wife of Francis A. Waring, who died Sunday, took place this after- noon from her late residence, 519 South Alfred street. Services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. S. Ham- mond, pastor of the M. E. Church South, and interment was in the Presbyterian Cemetery. The sum of $200 was. collected at the First Baptist Church Sunday, and also several baskets of groceries. They '"tlh:. distributed to the needy poor In- and jaw, | vesterday | Birmingham, Ala. ! the rail- | to make a purchase during a brief | dropped from the | He was | captured here the next dy by a negro, D. 0., TUESDAY, DECEMBER- 21, 1926. A \ D [ ke 1 ) AR "‘W////fi///f/ylmw ‘ (1 SEL S a ek NS il 7 ) S (S & 15-JEWEL ELGIN iigh-grade guaranteed A beautifully Orlgin: . Sale 14-KT. SOLID GOLD ELGIN In & hand-smgraved octagon or i o The nt is fu'! movemen engraved price, $35. rice ... 59c a Week 222277 fet Creditbe 7 7, LA Diamond Wrist Watch Containing and four sapphir case with guara ment. Original Price $68.00 Sale Price. . . .$50.00 Diamond Wrist Watch Large, brilltant and sapph gold case, movement, Original Price $180.00 Sale Price. ..$110.00 $1.50 a Week Flex.ible Bracelets All bracelets greatly reduced from their original low prices. 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