Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1927, Page 7

CITIZENS ASSALL PHILLIPS' CRITICS By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 2§.—Mrs. Fanny | Streator, 81 years old, whose desire to | see her three youngest grandchildren Opponents of Arlington Engi-| “uced ner to teave ner tome ac L i Va., on June 15 for the neer Scored in Fight on gt el Reservoir Contract. ksburs, of her of Applegate, Oreg., reached ko yesterda i puffing on an ancient n cob pipe, she told report 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. tur ned down a good m iy CLARENDON, Va., June 2§ fos of Asa B. Phillips, enginec charge of the installation of the « ty's water suppl. tem. on his 1 ommendation regarding the for the reservoir. which w to the Pittsburgh Des Steel Co.. with another bidder b $6.000 lower, were bitterly scored and Mr. Phillips tendered a unanimous vote of confidence in the conduct o his duties at a meeting of the Clar don Citizens' Association last Charges were made at the meeting that several county officlals and Cran dall Mackey, the latter the attorney representing the lowest bidder on the reservolr, who at a recent meeting of the board of supervisors demanded that Mr. Phillips produce concrete e dence to show why his company was not entitled to the contract. were try- | ing “to get” Mr. Phillips Charges Polit Move. Harry C. Saffell, ¢ citizens’ committee that preliminary plans for the sy clared the present Phillips, whicl ing of a public tion Thursday at 5 & at the courthouse, “was another move to destroy confidence in Mr. Philins: STOTT PROMOTED and to put the waterworks into pol | itics.” AS POLICE CAPTAIN Tn making his recommendation | the board Mr. Phillips, Mr. | foll stated, Was favoring @ company OF 14TH PRECINCT| that specializes in the construction i ! of reservoirs and. according to ad- vices, was better qualified to handle i " - i | the work. Phillips Capt con awarded Moin ch ESCAPE STILL PUZZLES Learns One Thing Only. That Ministry Did Not Phone. Government search for an e of how the ward prison was eived Into Daudet, royalist leader Delest, and the Com ird, had mude no than the search { x place. hing that see. eleasing Leon liew t to have that which br three pr from the o Da the teleph: the reln e make the s e difficult t Continuing, he salid: Mr. Stott w is one of the best engineers in this anded ev country and his reputs stake | & nant. in installing th e ¢ r | for the coming works. The reservoir salary for a « of the entire prop. Capt. Stot stand up the count many thousa engineer's efforts and already saved the cc of thousand of dol 10 the people to stand by ment on the reservoir T for s not e, and Ma, the vacancy service with t Auty Hesse Ca De Mr. Saffell stated against Mr. Phillips was appointed when it becan mot be “used.” L. C. McNemar president of the assoclation, dec there is nothing_in the code that makes it co ry the part the board of supervisors to accept lowest b 1 oard wou y self facing a law ed the contract action, was promoted | ait, and {n that | om June 2. 1921 ) @ uter served fr spe signed to_ the ten Ten police priv were promoted to the rank of detective sergeants and assigned to duty at the central detective bureau. They Thompson. L. M. Wilson, H. there had been “a lot of | W. J. DuBusky. Lauritz Christensel propaganda spread about the |J. C. Collins, T. J. Sullivan, F. county, and expressed the view that it | Fitzgerald, John A. Foley, and Jacob | was based on a desire of another WOoIf. X 2 group to put in Arlington| The promotions carry with them an County.” increased compensation of $600 a year. A committee, consisting of J. Thomas | Fitzgerald and Sullivan have been in Manning, Nolan D. Mitchell and J. C.| charge of the Investigations in con- Boss, was appointed to represent the nection with the theft of bicveles, assoclation at the coming hearing | While WoIf for a number of years has and instructed to support the stand | been a chauffeur for the detective bu- | of Mr. Phillips. reau and his work in that connection | Milford Witts, secretary-manager of | has won considerable commendation | the Arlington County Chamber of | from his superiors. Commerce, addressed the meeting. | Foley’s work has been chiefly the | Will Question 3 | superintendence of the second-hand business in Washington and investiga- Speaking on the zoning, he told the | tions in pawnshops in nearby Vir- assoclation that it could do no more | ginia, and through his efforts a large important work than to instst on the |amount of property stolen in Wash- Board of Supervisors appointing the | ington and elsewhere has been recov- zoning commission, authorized for the | erod. Ogle has been a precinct detec- | county by an act of the recent spe- tive in the fourth precinct, and his | cial session of the General Assembly. | activities in connection with the chas- Following his address the secretary | ing of alleged rum runners and en- was instructed by vote to communi- forcement of the prohibition law has cate with the board to ascertain why | gained him considerable notoriety. action has not been taken, looking to| Four privates were detailed as pre- the appointment of the commission. | cinct detectives to replace four pre The motion also provided for the ap- | cinct detectives, who were transferred | pointment of a ¢ommittee of two to| to the central bureau. They are J. W. walt on the board following the send-| Wise, R. L. Jones, J. F. Flaherty and | ing of the letter to insure something | N. S. Hodkineon. Their compensation definite in the matter. will be increased $240 a year. 'DERELICT YA.CHT SOUGHT.f CIGARMAKERS STRIKE. Higher ane:ought by 650 Ma- Partly Submerged Boat Reported | nila Workers, Affecting Industry. Off Cape Henlopen. NORFOLK, Va., June 28 (P).—A| MANILA, June 28 (#).—Cigar makers numbering 650 were on strike Coast Guard patrol boat was sent| from Norfolk yesterday to search for & | today for higher wages, affecting one | | of the principal Industries of the precinct. water a yacht sighted about 10 miles off Cape Henlopen b the American steamer West Katan, which arrived | Public | cuse fust o witthn’ theve is more tirin' than walkin Hor dnughter wrote that poor erops prohibited sending the mother railroad fare to Orvegon, 8o she would have to weoing her threa youngest until next year, sald e up andehildren vehalred woman, how- 1 tore that she “had a W to do anvthing T set my mind to. and so packed a fow gingham aprons and her pipe and home grown tohaceo Into a battered suit o and started on foot N | The t ever, to | he KILLS FIVE CHILDREN FACING ORPHANAGE Widowed Mother, Advised to Place Them in Asylum, Also Ends Own Life. iy the Ase 1 Pross, | NEW YORK, June 28~ The pros pect of having to place her five chil: weing In age from 2 fo 10| \ an orphan asylum prompt- | Mary Froeman, a widow of to turn on as In Whitestone, Long dren vears, od Mrs. oven ealled po “x o we Neighb ce this ¢ gas. nd the re two beds, . neigl trom Chic parents of who April. She them, the nelghbors said, (h parents-indaw had advised her to put | her children in An orphan asylun Mrs, Freeman, the neighbors relate was much upset by this suggestion INCREASED BUS FARE | PUT INTO EFFECT TODAY| New Rl\te’ I:G 10 Cents Cash. | Tokens Remain Good Un- til August 1. The Wi oday put fare gra hington Rapid Transit Co effect the increased vesterday by the ssion, and E. D. lent and general man- | 1 statement promising | proved service. The new rate re is 10 cents cash. Tokens which were sold under the old sehedule of | cents, although withdrawr, | accepted for transportation | until August 1 | “The lower fares which have been | in effect since January 1. 1926, or the last year and one-haif, dicapped~ the company in its ation,” said Mr. Merrill, “but with the encouragement given and the confi.| dence implied by the action of the| Utilities Commsision the corpany’s officers will redouble their | effort to ju-tify the trust imposed in them.” i . AUTOIST FREED ON BOND. | Accused of Reckless Driving After ] Collision on Highway. Special Dispatch to The Star., | FREDERICK, Md.. June 28.—Henry | Ramcburg, near this city, was released $2,000 bond yesterday, reckless driving and neglect, as the rerult of an automobile accident whic M. S. Ridley, 21. of New Mar ket, was serfously hurt. In a collision between the machines of Ramsturg and Ridley, the latter was hurled through the windshield, sustaining a lacerated throat, which was thought to be fatal at first. Hé will recover, physicians at the local hospital stated | today. | MRS. SARAH MILLER DIES. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 28.—Fu-| neral services were held this after. | noon for Mrs. Sarah Louise Miller, | widow of Dudley L. Miller, who died | Sunday at her home, Sunnyside, near | Stephens City. Rev. Robert B. Nel- son, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, of which she was a com- municant, officiated, and interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery here. Mrs. Miller reopened her coun- try home recently, after spending the Winter with her son-n-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Antrim A.| McKay. Baltimore. | Special Dispateh to The St | waia it charged with | 7 THE KVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1 TUESDAY JUNE 28. 192 GOES INTO EFFECT|Saved for Capita” Baltimore Building Trades Get Cut in Hours—Little Change in Final Pay. -A fiveday | Industry went BALTIMORE June week in the bullding nto effect here yesterday Officers of the Bullders' the employing group, said there would be no effort to contest the movement Next Saturday all workers connect. | el with baild teades unions will | idle and from now on will not work on Saturday iy season of the | Exchange, | basis and thus in their pay en ¥ is on an hour the men will get | velopes Edward D, Bieretz, of the Allied Building will not mean u loss except e the very few men who actually have worked every week in the year lly are employed on a fon until it 1s finished, will mean that the man isiness agent rade Couneil he said | gets just as many hours' employment out of a given job. At the Builders' Ixchange officials they did not wish to voice an 1 on the move, but said no em- Wy intention of | w to compel the ! men to work on Saturday who do not want ot The \ this best s uilding industry is even thon and thus none complication ire expected might oceur if contructors were rush ing work in order to get a quicker | start on their n. The unions in the movement include plasterers, electricia painters, sheet metal plumbers, structural iron workers, upholstere steamfitters, ornamental iron and rod £ bestos workers, elevator constr sprinkler fitters, hoilermakers, ¢ ters, cement finishe stonecutter: interior decorators, slate and tile workers. not brisk this is its the such as ison, of BIPLANE OF NEW TYPE IN SUCCESSFUL TEST Machine Designated as Comanche, | Embodying Unusual Design, Ex- hibited The Comanche, embodying an un sign in a biplane of the pur made a_ successful test before naval avia-| making up for the fail-| vious model put out by | its makers, which collapsed in mid-| air, forcing its pilot to land via the| chute route, | The_plane is from the factory the Tberhart Airplane ing Co. of Buffalo, and It Cleburne Eberhart, expri faction at its performance after wit nessing the flight. George E. Pond former Navy flyer, piloted the plane Its lower wings smaller than the upper and are attached to the| fuselage at an angle giving the pilot | an unobstructed view of the terrain. | s v | NORFOLK BANKER DIES. | James Bradshaw Moss, 50, Was Na-| Pa. | to Naval Aviators. | tive of Chester, NORFOLK. Va., June 28 (#).—| “nes Bradshaw Moss, aged 50, presi- | dent of the Seaboard National Bank | and an officer in licd here ves terday. He was a native of Chester, | >n., but had been in the baaking busi-| nesx here 20 years i Make | contract for a monument to b | Fire | be used to maintain the By $100 Arnold Gift| The assortment of \World War trophies, allotted to the District, which have remalined in stora Hoboken for th because of lack of a transp fund, will be shipped to this ¢ in the near future through the generosity of Leon Arnold, former president of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. Mr. Arnold presented a check tor $100 to defray the cost of ship- ping the relics to William F. Franklin, adjutant of the Vincent 3. Costello Post, American I ‘h will have charge Mr Arnold hecamne ) the project after Mr. klin had ascertained that the wrms would vevert to the Govern- ment unless they were claimed be. fore June 20. The collection con- sists of machine guns, rifles, sabers, hand grenades, e their cannons, larceny after 42 years old, was Charged with Joseph D. War rested this afternoon by 1d_Fiaherty and held for n Police Court, alleged that he obtained $470 | M » Schroth, 702 Mar: wvenu irom fand on place Mount Olivet metery to v of her deceased husband, ar charged that Ward failed to comp with the terms of the contract Ward said today that delay in shi ment of the monument, the heen given ahout a wused Mrs, Schroth uneasin declared the monument is being me in the quarr at Dumerston, It is partly finished, and he expec it will be finished in the near futur CARNIVAL IS OPENED. Speclal Dispatch to Th:lm: BERWYN HEI in mema |Woman. 81. 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