Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1927, Page 7

HYATTSVILLE BODY FAVORS PARK PLAN Chamber of Commerce Votes Approval of Planning Com- mission Project. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 1.—Ae- ceptance in principle of the proposi-| to create a Maryland National Capital | Park and Planning to have jurisdiction over the planning. parking and zoning of those sections of Prince Georges County and Mont gomery County adjoining the District | of Columbla was voted last night by | the Chamber of Commerce of Hyatts- ville at & meeting held in the Muni- cipsl Building. A copy of the motion will be sent to the Prince Georges County delegation in the House of Delegates and to State Senator Lans- dale G. Sasscer. The proposed bill to create the commission is expected to be introduced this week. An address by Maj. Carey Brown, a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, preceded the vote last night. Maj. Brown said that the national commission needed agencies in Maryland and Virginia to co-operate in carrying out plans for the orderly development of the metro- politan area of the Capital. Maj. Brown stated that commissions in Maryland and Virginia would prove economical, as by their planning and zoning much money would be saved. He pointed out that the principal reason for depreciation of property values was the development of unat- tractive surropndings and that the work of the proposed commission in | zoning would do much in keeping resi- dential values intact, Federal Funds May Aid. Maj. Brown referred to the fact that the proposed bill imposed a tax of 3 cents on each $100 in the planning and parking area, which, roughly, is that section of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties embraced in the Washington suburban sanitary district. In addition a tax of 7 cents on the $100 for Montgomery County 1s provided and a similar tax, the im- position of which would be optional, 1= included for Prince Georges County. Commission To Be Planted as ! Test in Virginia Special Dispatch to The Star LYNCHBURG, Va., March 1 The first experiments In planting California redwood in the East for mmercial purposes will be tried in the Natural Bridge area of the national forest. A small shipment In redwood seedlings will be recelved by H. M. Sears, supervisor of the ar set them on Rlack Run, near Natural Bridge. The work is being done in co-operation with State forestry officials. |BALTIMORE ‘BLUE’ LAW VOTE IS SUGGESTED Head of Maryland Board of (Cen- sors Holds People Should Decide Question. Special Dispatch to The Star. " BALTIMORE, March 1.—To deter- mine whether Baltimoreans are in favor of Sunday motion pictures, Dr. George Heller, chairman of the Mary- land State Board of Censors, has sug- gested that a referendum on the ques- tion be submitted to the people in the city election this Spring. “I do no object to motion pictures on Sunday,” declared Dr. Heller. “To me it seems that a picture people go to see on week days should not have a more harmful effect on Sunday. Pictures are censored to prevent ideas of cirme or immorality from spreading. The people of Baltimore should them- selves decide whether or not they de- sire such entertainment on Sunday.” Sunday base ball and other sports, except prize fighting and horse racing, would be legalized in Baltimore by a bilb to be introduced in the Legislature this week by Delegate Marbury. Marbury’s * bill would permit all sports except racing and prize fighting between 2 and 7 p.m.. whether a charge is made for admission or not. The games, however, would be pro- hibited within 100 feet of any place of worship. or in any other place Asked as to the chance of securing Federal aid for the development of the Capital area in Maryland, Maj. Brown said that no money was now avail- able for expenditures outside the Dis- trict of Columbia. He did not, how- ever, think it reasonable that develop- ment of the Capital would be entirely ‘within District of Columbia. The National Capital Park and Planning | Commission, Maj. Brown said, has the legal authority to acquire lands in Maryland or Virginia in addition to planning and has already mapped out tentatively three main highways lead- ing from the District to Maryland. Maj. Brown, however, did not believe the Federal Government would be anxious to spend money in Maryland unless some plan for development was agreed upon. It was made plain that under the proposed law the Maryland commission cannot obligate the county commissioners to levy any tax unless they so desire for carrying into execu- tion plans of the commission. It was explained that the bill has been <changed so that no provision is made for the commission to issue bonds to acquire lands, but that costs of acquir- ing property and other work shall be met by taxation as the work is done. Would Extend Reclamation. It was suggested by one member of the chamber that the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission take over the work of the proposed Mary- land Park and Planning Commission, but it was stated by T. Howard Duck- ett, chairman of the sanitary commis- sion, and a member of the chamber, that the commission was not in a position to undertake the work. It ‘was explained that the law provided that one member of the commission shall be chairman of the Suburban ‘Sanitary Commission because the com- mission would have to work with the new commission in planning street | grades and their work was corelated along other lines. Upon motion of former Mayor Mat- thew F. Halloran the chamber went on record as recommending the extension of the Anacostia Park reclamation roject from the District line to"Col- lege Park along the Eastern branch of the Anacostia River. Dr. H. T. Willis, president of the chamber, appointed C. L. Aiello, C. B. Linthicum and Henry A. Friday as a committee to work i conjunction with the executive committee in solicitation of funds for the new Casualty Hospi- tal, Washington. g Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, president of the University Maryland, and J. M. Botts of Cottage City were elected to membership. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 1 (Spe- elal).—The legislative program for Montgomery County agreed upon b the county delegation in the Legisla- ture was Indorsed by the annual Montgomery County Farmers’ Con- wvention at Sandy Spring and attended by several hundred farmers and dair: men, after Maj. E. Brooke Lee, spea er of the House of Delegates, had e: plained in detail the provisions of t! varfous county measures. The gath- ering also voted its approval of the project of the Montgomery Connty | Federation of Women's Clubs o tablish a public library in the count The movement was explained by Mrs. Call. Two hundred cottontail rabbits and @ hundred partridges, the former from Kansas and ' the birds from Texas. have been received here bv Depu Game Warden Clyde Harris for liber- ation in various parts of th2 county for propagating purposes. Licenses have been issued hy the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Linwood W. Cuff, 21, and Miss Bauline A. Tuck, 26, both of Richmond, Va.;: Raymond G. Elliott, 4, and Miss Evelyn . Nicewarner, 1, both of shington: William Paul Bogley, and Miss Dor othy M. Small. 18 both of Darns- town, this county: Harry V. Davi and Miss Catherine H. Bradley both of Washington: Giles O. 19. and Miss Florence M. Boswell, 18, both of Capitol Heights, Md., and Chester W. Walter, 22, and Miss Nel- lie 1. Miller, 19, both of Washington, Judge Robert B. Peter today an- nounced the appointment of John Jones of Rockville, as bailiff of the Circuit Court for the county to suc- ceed Thomas C. Keyes, deceased. The Betiiesda Chamber of Com- merce is about to inaugurate a move- ment for the establishment of play- grounds for the children of the Bethes- da and Chevy Chase neighborhoods and is expected to consider the matter this evening. Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church, officiated at the mar- riage here yesterday of George L. Spencer, 24, and Miss Marian R. Davis, 19, both of Charlottesville, Va. Henry R. Wright, of Riverdale, Md., and Miss Lucy Whitmer, 17, Markham, Va., were married in Rock- ville yesterday by Rev. O. of the Presbyterian Church. s . In Palestine the official languages where it would disturb the public peace. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 1 (Spe- cial).—Federal income tax returns are being made unusually slow this year, and only 60 persons have filed re- turns to Deputy Collector J. S. Wiley, with the amounts ranging from 18 cents to $250. 'The last day for mak- ing returns is March 15, and as the local bureau handled more than 900 returns last year, additional help will be added, starting next Monday, in an- ticipation of a last-minute rush. Claude W. Fletcher, president of the Chamber of Commerce, yvesterday an- nounced the appointment of a com- mittee to supervise the election of the directors and officers of the Chamber of Commerce, as follows: John H., Trimyer, chairman; ¥. Clinton Knight, J. Kent White, Edward S. Leadbeater and J. E. Ross. The committee will prepare the ballot, which: will close March 16, and the result is to be announced at the annual meeting March 18. i The committee in charge of arrange- ents for the meeting of the Grand Eodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia, which will be- held here May 22, 23, 24 and 25, will meet tonight at Odd Fellows' Hall at 8 o'clock. The Lenten program in St. Mary’s Catholic Church will begin tomorrow morning, with masses at 6:30 and 7:30 o'clock, Evening services at 7:30 o'clock will consist of instruction on Wednesdays throughout Lent. The same order of masses will prevail daily during the Lenten season, and on Friday evenings at 7:30 o'clock the stations of the cross will be sald. Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of the Cor- poration Court, yesterday announced the collections during February on charges of violation of the prohibition law and intoxication as $1,319.25. The amount was paid by 41 persons and is an increase of $110 over the collec- tions made during January. The charter of the R. E. Lee Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, will close tomorrow, and a meeting will be held in the Lee Camp Hall at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow evening to complete the plans for organization and the election of permanent officers. Fol- lowing this meeting a joint meeting of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confed. eracy will be held. Edgar Warfield, sr., adjutant of R. E. Lee Camp, Con- federate Veterans, will talk on the de- tails incidental to the entertainment of the Grand Camp, Confederate Vet- erans of Virginia, which will be held in this city June 7, 8, 9. A sedan belong to Walter Smith was reported stolen from the 100 block South Pitt street last night. Theophilus Ballenger, 89, died at his home late last night. He was for- mer city market manager and was the oldest living alderman in the city. He is survived by his two daughters, Miss Ada_Ballenger and Mrs. Ruth Grubbs. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Eugene Miles and Albert Broocks were fined $50 and costs in Police Court by Judge Snow on charges of violating the prohibition law. AUTOIST EXONERATED OF KILLING WATCHMAN Rain Prevented Him From Seeing Railroad Crossing Guard at Hagerstown, Man Says. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., March John M. Ripple, Martinsburg, W. Va., last night was exonerated by a coro- ner’s jury of blame for the accident which resulted in the death of Edgar Norfolk & Western Railroad watchman, here about 10 9 ~.nbed statement by Lowe, ex onerating Ripple from all blame, aided the jury in reaching a quick verdict. Ripple, who ran down the watch- man with an automobile, testified he did not see him until he was upon him because of the downpour of rain. POST OFFICE DROPPED. Durmid, Va., Now Part of Lynch- burg, Will Have Branch. Special Dispatch to The Star LYNCHBURG, Va., March 1.—The Durmid post office, which was taken into the city 14 months ago, will be discontinued March 16, when a classi- fled branch of the Lynchburg post office will be established there for South Lynchburg, Durmid and Fair- view Heights. Later on, when the streets are improved and houses are numbered, a mounted service will be glven from that section. Two rural routes will he transferred from the general post office to be operated from the classified offic Since January, 1926, Lynchburg has had three post offic the city. Dur- are Hebrew, English and_Arabic, | ut French, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Gal'-‘ d Rumanian are-alsg-beapds - jd and Reusens. It Is expected that fie Reusens ofice gl ot be. di: turbedy = THE FEVENING BSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927. Calitornia Redwood | COUNTY INDUSTRIAL CRONTHISFAVORE Clarendon Citizens See No Present Objection to Build- ing of Abattoir. Special Dispatch to CLARENDON, The Star Va.. March 1.—Di the proposal of the Auth Provision Co. to establish abbatoir in Arlington County at a meeting of the Clarendon Citizens' Association last night indicated that the organization favors industrial de- velopment of an orderly variety and will not oppose the ahbatoir plans if they come within that category. Following remarks by several mem. bers that they have been assured that the proposed plant will not be ob- jectionable in any way and that noti- Ing should be done to discourage proper industrial development, the meeting adopted the following reso- lution: “Resolved, That the Clarendon Citi- zens’ Association can see no present objection to the proposed establish- ment of an abbatoir by the N. Auth Provision Co. in Arlington County, providing suitable sanitary precau- tions are taken to prevent any ob- noxious odors or noises or other nui- sances.'"” m Committee Is Authorized. Fecling that provision should be made to assure simultaneous installa- tion of fire hydrants and the main trunk lines in establishment of the county’s proposed water system, the meeting authorized the appointment of a committee to ascertain what plan, if any, the Board of Supervisors has for financing the hydrants. It was pointed out that the matter of the hydrants is a tax proposition and can- not come out of the bond money. The meeting went on record approv- ing the proposed levy of 10 cents on the $100 assessed valuations for fire protection. This action was fol- lowed by the adoption of a motion insisting that the funds raised be ex- pended in the district in which it is raised. Distribution Is Unequ: It was sald that the proposed levy would result in about $23,000 being raised for fire protection—$12,000 in Arlington District, $5,000 in Jefferson district and $6,000 in Washington dis- trict—and it would be unfair to the former to have this money placed in a country fund and distributed equal- ly among the district. The motion di- rects the delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation and the Ar- lington District Council of Citizens’ Associations to urge upon those bodies action looking to the creation of separate funds. Declaring that the season for clean- ing up about the home premises and the burning of brush and debris is approaching, Fire Chief Eaton urged upon the citizens the need of extreme care in making outdoor fires. Brush fires in the past, he said, have given the voluteer fire companies consid- erable trouble and this year they are going to make an effort to punish per- sons responsible for the burning of large areas that endanger property. CARRIE LEE STOYLE TO BE BURIED TODAY Widely Known Shakespearean Ac- tress 70 Years on British and American Stage. By the Associated Pre PHILADELPHIA, March 1.—Fu. neral services for Carrie Lee Stoyle, widely known Shakespearean actress of many years ago, who died at the Edwin Forrest Home Saturday, follow- ing a nervous breakdown, will be held today. She was 75 years old and had played ‘the British and American stage for 70 years. Miss Stoyle was born at Southamp- ton, England, the daughter of Henry Lee, an actor of the old school, with whom she made her stage debut at the age of 5. After her divorce from Philip Spiter, her second husband, she assumed her mother’s maiden name of Stoyle. Displaying her sense of the dramat- ic even on her deathbed, Miss Stoyle pinned a rose upon her breast a mo- ment before she died, and sald to friends at her bedsid “I want to die as gallantly as 1 have lived. 7th & EISEMAN’S THREE SCHOOLGIRLS MISSING FROM HOMES Spent Night at Frle_nd's House, Mother of One Says, But Left There This Morning. CLARENDON March 1.— Dorothy Blue and Margaret Cameron of Clarendon, and Doris Shreve of Ballston, three students at the Wash- ington and Lee High School, were reported to the police today as miss- | ing from home. The girls, left school at noon yesterday and did not retu for the afternoon session. When they | falled to make their appearance at thelr respective homes last night, the county and Washington police were asked to institute a search for them. to Mrs. Blue, mother of 1, all of whom are vears of age, are known to ight at the home of inch on Fort avenue - Reservatic 2 this morning, intimation of their plan | = | WED 49 YEARS, DIVORCED. Virginia Woman Charges Husband ‘With Driving Her From Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March 1 mest on the eve of their golden wed- ding anniversary, Augustus D. Orn- dorff and his wife, Mrs. Senora Christina_Orndorff, have severed the marital tle. A decree was entered in Circuit Court giving the wife an abso- lute divorce on the grounds of cruelty and abuse, and that he had driven he from home. A deed was admitted to record in the clerk's office, signed jointly by | the Orndorffs, which conveyed their | home place to a sop. FARMERS MAY LET U. S. STARVE, SAYS LOWDEN Predicts Possible Situation Where They Will Only Enough for Own Needs. By the Assoclated Prese. NEW YORK, March Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, writing in the March issue of the magazine System, predicts the possi- bllity of a situation in which the Nation's farmers will produce only enough for their own needs and allow the rest of the country to starve. Calling attention to the present dis parity between prices of farm products and production costs, Mr. Lowden states the problem most needing solu- tion is the disposition of surplus farm products. These are necessary as in- surance against future crop failures and their cost should be borne by the whole community, he believes. He suggests a Federal farm board with power to inquire into this sur- plus, its effect on prices and the nature of co-operative organization. COLONIAL HOME BURNS. Island View, Facing Shenandoah, Destroyed—Paintings Lost. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March 1.— Fire early Monday destroyed the old colonial mansion, known as ‘“Island View,” owned by J. Ralph Grigsby, fronting on the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, and only a few ar- ticle sof furniture were saved by the tenant, W. W. Murphy, Grigsby's loss was about 35,000, and he had no insurance. The policy expired in December, and he had neglected to renew it. His loss in- cluded a library of 1,000 books, many of them rare volumes; some valuable paintings, antique [furniture and a desk containing valuable papers. FIRE DESTROYS HOME. Firemen at Leeway, Va., Handicap- ped by Lack of Water. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 1.—The home of Edward Butler at Leeway was destroyed by fire yesterday. Damage is estimated at $5.000. The volunteer firemen were handicapped in fighting the blaze by the lack of water. A stream was found a good distance away, but by the time the pumpers had hooked up to it the fire had about finished its work of destruction. Produce | 1.—Former Americans are developing a large drainage and water-supply project in Greece, F Sts. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD AT EISEMAN'S both New Spring SUITS & TOPCOATS 395 ON LIBERAL TERMS We're showing the best looking Spring Suits and Topcoats at $25 that can be found anywhere. grays, tans and breasted models. Open an account on our Liberal Credit Plan. in small weekly or monthly amounts, Nothing extra for these lib- eral terms. Rich blues double in single and Pay easy to meet. Al- | N the day the sum increased by bounds. | Checks mailed last evening and reach ing the office today will be included in the receipts for yesterday There are some 10,500 chartered concerns operating this State, and each year they have to pay a regis tration tax indicating that they are in Sob = busin ties being imposed for | e promise it won't happen again. | tailure to pay. About 1,000 corpora- At Grand and Mulberry streets, one ions chartered in Virginia operate in| block from police headquarters, & ¥ have to pay the| (.o woman cashier was robbed of | $70 and $600 in checks when she was seized from behind and her arms pin- ioned by one man while another seized the envelope. That was five days ago. Sunday another woman cashler was rohbed of a small sum in exactly the same manner at the same spot. DIES IN LYNCHBURG. |VIRGINIA CORPORATION TAX BRINGS $600,000 Mrs. Virginia Wooldridge, 66, Had | Il Two Years. | | 5 b St 110,500 Chartered Concerns in Special Dispateh to The Star ! State Make Returns, Aiding Depleted State Treasury. ROBBED NEAR STATION. Two Held Up Within Block of Po- lice Headquarters. NEW YORK, Maréh 1 (®).—The po- March 1.- znar Wooldridge, vears old, wife of Archie Wooldridge, | died at her home Sunday after two| g, . e vears' illness. She had lived here 50| "t"'*! Dipatch to The Star. years. | RICHMOND, Va, March 1 Mis. Wooldridge is survived by her | depleted State treasury was enriched husband, a brother, John Ba | ¥ and today by receipts of | tar West, and a sister, Mr: more than $600,000 from the corpora- stellow of Cheathaven, Pa tions of the State—registration fees - 5 | and the tax on franchises. The mails | of yesterday brought in large sum London has a new craze for tennis. | and at intervals of two hours during At a haptism in Kilmarnock. 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