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FOREST GLEN RAIL SURVEY ORDERED Maryland Commission to Study Transportation Needs of Capital Suburbs. Bpecial Dispatch 1o The Star. BALTIMORE, March 8.—Engineers of the Public Service Commission of Maryland will make a survey hefol the commission decides whether the temporary order allowing the Wash Ington and Rockville Railway Co. to discontinue service from the District Line to Forest Glen will be made permanent in accordance with the ap- plication filed by the company with the commission.” Thix announcement wax made vesterday by Chairman Harold E. West at the conclusion of the public hearing on the application. Residents of the section appear fo be about equally divided-on the ques. ton of whether they want street car or hux service. Those who spoke in favor of continuing the hus service at yesterday's nearing included D. Clark. Charles W Hopkins and Frank L. Hewitt. the latter presenting a etition containing 1,000 names which e said he had secured in one day re- questing the commission to continue y the bus =ervice of the Washington Rapid Transit Co.. in preference to restoring the street car service, which Was very unsatisfactory. Higher Fare Needed. W. . Ham, president of the Wash- Ington Railway & Electric Co., an- nounced that the company hag an in yestmert of hetween $110,000 and $135,000 in the Rockville Railroad. And that it would cost at least $40,000 more to put the property into condi- tion to resume operation He also ®aid that tne company could not re- sume operaiton on the same fa Which was 1n effect when the service wag abandoned, and that the company would prefe: to scrap the entire in- vestment in preference to operating feeder bus lines as suggested by some ©of the residents, George . Shields, attorney for the ‘Washington Rapid Transit Co., de- clared that the company would be compelled to withdraw its service if the commission authorized resump- tion of street car service, Cites Loss on Feeders. He declared that all the feeder bus lines were now operated at a loss, and that the commission should compel the railway company to operate these feeder bus lines if it decided to order resumption of the street car service. Residents of the section favoring restoration of street car service who appeared before the commission in- cluded J. Benedict, E. Benedict, .. Stephen James, John Feast, A. B. Claxton and Mrs. Edson B. Olds. Al of the Iatier delegation were em- in_tneir statements that the v of the residents preferred a resumption of the street car service, and byought out the fact that the lights maintained on the trolley poles along the line were an added protec- tion to the pnm HITES FOR FIRE VICTIM. Dorothy Fletch-r Wagner, 9, to Be Buried This Afternoon. Bpecial Dispatch to The Sta KENSINGTON, Md. Funeral services for Dorothy Fletcher Wagner, 9 vears old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franels “Wagner, held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Baptist Church heres Rev. H. H. Nicols of Cedar Grove will officiate. Burial will be in Rockville Unlon Cemetery. ‘The child died Sunday at Children’s Hospital. Washington, from burns re. ceived Saturday afternoon at her home. Ly THROAT CUT IN CRASH. 40 Stitches Taken to Save Life of Boy, 15, After Auio Wreck. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va.. March $—With his throat cut from ear to ear and his wind pipe almost severed, Ken- neth Gatewood, 15. was brought 12 miles to a local hospital following an automobile accident in which he was thrown through the windshieid. Doctors took 40 stitches boy's throat. He may recover. Woman Admits Slaying. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. SOUTH BOSTON, Va., March 8.— Ma Magruder Wilkerson, colored, has confessed the shooting of Frank Jones, also colored, in Halifax County. At first it was thought Jones had commited suicide, but the woman stated she was responsible for the man's death. She did not know the pistol with which she was plaving was loaded. She is held for the grand jury of the Hall- fax Circuit Court. 2 . Tax Office to Stay Open. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLAREN Va., March & —Har- £y K. Green, county commissioner of revenue, announces that his office will bhe kept apen from 7 to 9 o'clock the evenings of March 10, 11, 14 and 15 for the purpose of assisting county residents in making out their Federal [ncome tax returns. Blue? This candy will change your disposition. ACCIDENT INJURIES Ralph Tritapoe Was Hurt in Col- lision With Carson Frailey’s Car Sunday. Special Dispatch ta The Star. FREDERICK, Md., March 8.--In- Juries received when an automobile he was driving collided with the ma- chine of Carsdn P. Frailey, secretary of the Americar@Drug Manufacturers’ Association, 3704 Livingston street, Chevy Cha: near here, .on Sunday morning, proved fatal to Ralph Trita poe, 21-year-old son of Willlam Trita poe, near Urbana. He died at the Frederick City Hospital last night vithout regaining consciousness. He ined a fractured skull. Eight other persons injured in the accident, including Mr. and Mrs. Car. son P. Frailey and Mr. and Mrs. Wil llam Fratley. all of Washington, were discharged from the hospital yes- terday. 400 MORE MARINES in the | Bobe ARRIVE INMANAGUA 1,200 Others on Transport Henderson to Occupy Other Nicaraguan Posts. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March §.— Four hundred United States Marines from the transport Henderson arvived in Managua last night. The Hender- s0n reached Corinto yesterday with 1.600 Marines. Twelve hundred of them will be stationed at various posts alopg the west coast of Nicara- gua and the interjor to a the Ma- rindg alre aMded in protecting American lives at points where fight- ing i likely to develop hetween the Liberal and Conservative factions. The members of the Liberal Peace Mission. who returned to Managua after peace pourparlers with the chief Liberal military leader, Gen. Moncada, at Muy Muy, have sent a message to the Liberal President at Puerto Ca- bezas, Juan B. Sacasa, asking him for a quick response as soon as he re- cefves a report from the general. Sa- casa also was requested to send more frequent reports to Liberals in the in- terior as to his position. Boy Wounded in Am Special Dispaich to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., March §.—Car- son Ward, 15, sustained a wound in his left arm Sunday night at his home, 520 Federal street, when he tripped over a .22 caliber rifie, which was standing in the corner of a room. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. ort Victoria_—Barmuda tavangertiora—Ouio aTavetio—cweat Tnd Ascanis—Lon llnn!uli.—l‘mdan ; Feb. 2 Feh. 38 Feb. 23 | Feb. 26 28 78 1 ? H 1 e artinique—Puerto Colombia DUE TOMORROW. —_— &'fiu’fi.‘.&”" Oncar * H-—Copentiagen’ EXPECTED ARRIYALS AT NEW YOBK. American Farmer—London - - e ok nu ««m.—— e ”mfllfi‘mm eriise P I 3 ca nil—saulnlm?mn A e A 1 b 9 BREESSRIRIEER OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. Tomalva—Antwern ateau-Thier: i | M!an TOMORROW. Ply- claims that she | President 1—Cob) mouth, Chervours and ’bnmer | Smith, Cemeter: THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, ELECTION GONTES OPENS TOMORROW Upper Marlboro Justlce to Take Mullikin’s Evidence for House of Delegates. Special Dispatch (0. The Stat UPPER MARLBORO. Md., March 8.—Following the decision of the elec- tions committee of the House of Dele- gates that it must have sworn testi mony if it is to consider the petition filed Iry Kent Roberts Mulliken for a recount of the vote in the first pre- cinct of Seat Pleasant district between himeelf and Frank Small, Jr.. in the election for the House of Delegates held In this county November last evdience will be submitted to Justice of the Peace H. W. Gore here tomor- row morning at 10 ‘o'clock. Judge Gore will render no decigion in the case. He will simply receive the tes- timony for submissian to the House. Small Now Has Seat. Small. a Republican, now is occupy- ing a seat in the House, which he re. celved after he had obtained from the Circuit Court of Prince Cicorges County here a writ of mandamus com- pelling the county board of election supervisors to issue him a certificate of election. Petition for the writ of mandamus followed refusal of the election super- to issue Small a certificate be- of doubt as to the number of votes he received in the Seat Pleas- ant district precinct. Totals on differ- ent tally sheets submitted to the su- pervisors by officfals of the precinet differed, A total of 139 was submitted, also one of 144. The larger vote for Small was correct, he contended in his application for the mandamus writ. ‘Would Have Been Tie. Had the lesser vote heen accepted the county totals of Small and Mulli- kin each would have heen 5.275. Of- ficials of the precinct were unable to agree as to which total was correct and the supervicors falled to issue 8mall a certificate when advised hy their counsel that in his opinion the supervisors had no right te recount the ballots and that it was up to the Legislature to decide whether Small should be seated. Among those s®fmmoned to appear before Judge Gore tomorrow are a number of officfals who were in charge of the election in the Seat Pleasant district precinct, and the president of the board of election supervisors. _— LENROOT TO PRACTICE. Former Wisconsin Senator Admit- ted to District Court of Appeals. Irvine L. Lenroot, former Senator from Wisconsin, was admitted to prac- tice before the District Court of Ap- peals today on motion of John Lewis former ‘ president of the Bar Association and law partfier of the Senator. The new law firm is known as Lenroot, Hanson, Smith and Lovett C. Bascom Slemp, former s to President Coolidge, was als. ted to practice before the Appeliate Court. RITES*FOR G. M. HULL. Funeral services for George Miller Hull, 80 years old, 'Civil War veteran and retired Interior Department em- ploye, who died Saturday at his vesi- dence, 1466 Newton street, were con ducted there this afternoon by Dr. G. Johnson of Emmeanuel Baptist Church, followed by interment in Arlington Cemetery. Mr. Hull is survived by two sons, Merlin Hull of Black River Falls, Wis., and Russell L. Hull of Water- loo, Ind., and two daughters, Mrs. Charles M. Jones and Miss Effie B. Hull of this city. Rites lor Dr I.. D. Walter. Funeral services for Leroy Durbin Walter, 70 years old. for many vears prominently identified with civic de velopment of the Capital, who died v. at his residence, 1324 G street northeast, will be conducted to. morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, followed by interment in Glen. l-'unenl of W. L. Gnflth Funeral services for William L. Griffith, 62 years old, for 34 vears a motorman for the Capital Traetion Co., who died Saturday at his resi- dence, 43 T street northeast, were conducted this morning at ‘the home of Rev. Dr. C. 8. Abbott of the Church of the Good Shepherd, fol- lowed by interment in Glenwood h_] Let us help you to get ahead just as we are helping hundreds of Gov- ernment pendence. interest workers to financial inde- We will pay you 4% on your saving compound- ed semi-annually. This is 334% more than you can obtain at most banks. Put aside something regu- larly every pay-day and you will be on Savings at the here. surprised to find how quickly your savings will grow to a sizable sum DEPARTMENTAL BANK “Your Bank” 1714 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Makes Investment Lo REMEMBER always that “Canada Dry”.is a real ginger ale, made from the rade Jamaica at is the reason ans ‘to Gov't Workers | Which landed at New All-Metal Transport Airplane Inspected Here on Way Back to Detroit Air Service officials and Navy pilots today inspacted one of the new Ford- Stout all-metal tri-motor transports, the Naval Air Sta- tion, Anacostia, on its way back to Detroit- from Boston. Under the di- rection of W. B. Stout, the designer, several flights were made. The plane will leave tomorrow afternoon for De- troit. Lieut. Al Williams, crack Navy fly er, piloted the plane on its first flight today. Passengers were Rear Ad miral W. A. Moffett, W. A. Mac. Cracken, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aviation: W. B. Mayo, chief en:lm‘m of the Ford Motor Co. Vaughn of the Wright Aeronautical Co. and several N: fiyers. Several flights were made today and others will he made tomorrow morn- ing. The plane, which was designed for trankport service, flow from De troit to Boston vesterday with a com- plete Ford car. which was assembled | At the landing field in 21 minutes, | il MILLER SENTENCED i T0 18 MONTHS AND TO PAY $5,000 FINE| (« nnlm*lml from First Page.) personally would have been pleased if the evidence had not been suck as to result in conviction. “I hated to believe that men in re- sponsible’ positions might be guilty of such crime as was charged in the in dictment,” he continued. “but T must accept the verdict of the jury. I re- great that you did not take the stand | and tell vour story, and while recog- nizing fully your services to your coun- try in time of war I may add that good citizenship is often strained in | times of peace. It is the duty of those in public office and peculiarly their duty to he steadfast. Ask Suspension of Sentence. “I do not helieve that the imposi- | tion of a prison sentence upon vou, Col. Miller, will add anything to what | you have suffered. But I have duty | to perform toward officers of the Gov- | ernment whose positions are far more humble than was yours.” Immediately after sentence had been imposed Sapiro asked that the part of it relating to imprisonment be sus- pended. He said that he alone was | responsible for Col. Miller not having | taken the stand. “Col. Miller wanted to take the | stand and it was my judgment as an attorney, imposed upon him, that kept him' from it.” said the lawyer. Judge Knox denied the motion. He, however, commented that if the Ap-| pellate Court xhould find a basis in the record of the trial for concluding that the judgment of conviction was not the proper one, he would be most happy. Col.” Miller received the sentence stoically and Mrs. Miller also con- trolled her emotions. . Dies i1:| Columbus, Ohie. Speacial Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, V March 8.—M. H. Hickey, 65 years old. until 10 months ago a resident of this city, died sud- denly Sunday in Coloumbus, Ohio, where he had been living since he left here. He was a native of this city and a member of Holy Cross Cath olic Church of this city. He is survived by his wife, who was with him; a daughter, Mrs. J. J. McKenna of Washington and a son, J. J. Hickey of Columbus, The body will be brought here for hurial. | of his half-brother The plane is built of duralium. metal similar to aluminum. It was built by the Stout Afrplane Co. of De- trolt, and fe the fifth of the type to he constructed. The five planes are all in the commercial service of the Ford Co. The plane has three motors and is capable of carrying 2,500 pounds. The cabin i& equipped to hold 10 passen gers. One of its unique features 1! a device which enables its pilot to! turn it around in its own space. The trip here was made by Mr. Mayo, Mr. Stout, Harry Brooks, pilot, and Harry Russell. mechanic. Lieut. Williams had the plane up about 20 minutes, fiving over Wash- ington and Alexandria. He brought it down smoothly, landing at a speed of 120 miles an hour. The other flights were made by Pilot Brooks. The officials and pilots displayed great interest in the machine subjected it to a critical examination. Mr. Stout “says it's the last word in allmetal plane construction. U. S. FLYERS RESUME FLIGHT TOWARD BRAZIL Italian Aviator, Pinedo, Will Begin Trip to North America To- morrow. By the Associated Prees MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 8. —The*pan-American good will flyers, delayed by a mishap to the San Fran- cisco yesterday, resumed their north- ward flight at 10:15 o'clock this morn- ing. leaving in the direction of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil BUENOS AIR Argentina, March 8 UP).—Comdr. Francescolde Pinedo. Italian aviator, has returned from Mar ‘Del Plata preparatory to resum ing his flight through South America to the United States and back to Ttaly A hanquet tendered him today by President De Alvear was the last of ficlal function scheduled in his honor He plans to leave Thursday for Asun cion, Paraguay. 'HALTERMANS TO MARRY AGAIN TO FIGHT FOR SON Three Yeuu Ago Parents of Man Condemned to Electric Chair ‘Were Divorced. By the Associated Press JACKSON, Ohio, March 8.—Finding once more a common interest in the fight to save their son from the elec- ric chair, James W. Halterman and Mrs. Elizabeth Halterman, are to be remarried. The son, Leo Halterman, was recently convicted of the murder Charles Halter- man and sentenced to death, The parents had been divorced three v %, but when Leo “ggt iffto trouble” both r!l!hfll to his defense. They sat side by side during the trial and wept (ogelhm when court pronounced sen- tence on the youth. Yesterday they obtained a marriage license. Halterman is 75 and Mrs. Hal. terman is b4. [ T Wife Charges Misconduct. Willlam L. Manyette, a hookkeeper for the’ Southern Railway Co.. was sued vesterday for an absolute di- vorce by Josephine M. \lum'el(- They were married December 31, 1920, and have no children. Misconduet 1 alleged and a corespondent named. At torney, David A. Hart appears for the wife. "The only bread we never get tired of” " Made with a double quantity of fresh rich milk. [HAT’S what our customers are saying about our new split-top loaf. “The fresh milk makes 171 flavor so much richer,” they say. | | | i and {the W | 1atest D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, VIRGINIA BUS LINE RESUMES SERVICE. | New Certmcate Permlts Op- | eration Stopped Temporanly [ by “Lee Highway War.” | After being forced to discontinue for | four days its bus service to residents of Arlington County between the Glebe road and Rosslyn, the Washing ton-Virginia Railway (o. announced today receipt of permission from Richmond to resume such sertice. | The anneuncement move in what bus war” an tl ington-Vir efforts of Leon Arnold’s bus line have the State black operation of the competing coaches in its territory, is understood, Crisis Reached Friday. The controverssy reached a crisis l"nda\ when the State Corporation Commission in Richmond issued an order ruling that the Washington-Vir. ginia Co. had no right under its char ter to take on or discharge passeng: ers at points intermediate between the | Glebe or “Cotntry Club” road and the Highway line resisting Key Bridge. even though such passen- | gers were “interstate.” The company had held that passen- gers wishing transportation to or from Washington to Virginia could be transported under its certificate of operation. The restraining order af- fected passengers living in Park Lane, Aurora Heights, Lyon Village and Cherrydale. Gets New Certificate, The company immediate the State Commission f tificate giving it the 1 such interstate passeng request resulted in the fc to Washington today of such a cate Jormer restrictions against earry intrastate passengers hbetween the Virginia end of the Key Bridge and the Glebe road still are in effect, how ever, the new charter merely opening up the affected sectlon for persons traveling between Virginia and the District. The Arnold coaches operate between the Washington Golf” and Country Club and Georgetown, while the other line operates between Fairfax, Falls Church and Twelfth street and Penn sylvania avenue. E. M. JONES BURIED. Retired Civil Engineer of Win- chester Was 64 Years Old. Special Dispatch to The Star NCHESTER. -Va., March &— i ere held yesterday afternoon in Christ Episcopal Church Edward McGuire Jones, 64, retired b engineer and son of the late Beverley Randolph and Rebecca Tid ball Jones. Surviving are one brother, ander’ T. Jones, this city, sisters, Misses Lucy, Elizabeth and Mary Jones, this city, and Mrs. Harry Doll, Martinsburg, W. Va. wplied to a new cer ht to carry and this arding certifi ins Alex. and four Appoint the FEDERAL-AMERICAN as_your Executor and Trustee A Dependable and Responsible Bank for dependable and responsible peopl MRS. MARY PUGH DIES. L Resident of Lynchburg, 57, Sur- LAW 'EFUSEU BY CITY vivid by 8 Brothery and 3 Sisters. | o svion: Wikhi2, 500/ I aai IS Special Dispatch to The Star | in Newport News—Referendum May Be Sought. REPEAL OF ANTI-MASK 2 ugh, had lived here 19 vears, died at her home Saturday night. She had been Spacial Dispatch to The Star Ul for several years. Mrs. Pugh Was | \E\CPORT NEWS, Mare a member of First Baptist Church | T March 5.—The |and is survived by two brothers and | “ity council yesterday afterncon de- two sisters, W L. Green of Campbell | nled the request of about 1500 pati nty, J. B. Green of Lynchburg, | tioners for the repeal of the anti-mask \ o L W. Kyle of Lynchburg and | (. ginance whi . G ch forbid smma F t:uurv:-- of Petersburs. | 1 Jdes in the eity. ids masked | 1t is poasible that recourse will be i R FORD WEDS had to the referendum in order to | have the ordinance repealed Typewriter Firm President Takes | English Girl as Bride. el March & U.— | Mrs. Mary Reinbart. 1 'k Richards Ford |mother of Rev. Thomas I s tor of St. Petar's Catholl Miss | Hancock, Md., died at her home venham, | Mrs. Reinhart was the wi lemnized | Reinhart, Other surviving Pavenham Parish |are Miss Ella M. Reinhart associates of Mr. | land. and John Reinhart ble- | Pa.. and Harvey and Wilit; | hart, Cumberlapd . Pastor's Mother Dies. < Dispateh to The Star, March SYRACUSE, & ¢ here. dran yesterday Church,” busin Ford here w “The Saks” Proves It’s Spring! 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