Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1927, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, b 3 A, 2 ANNEXATIONHIT BY SENATOR BALL False Construction Put on| Alexandria Conversations, He Declares. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON , September 26.— Claimi e construction has with citizens of Alexandria, plans of that oity for annexin of Ariington Cc ported by a comn ton County Better nment Cc mission, State Senator Frank L. Ball stated today that he is unequivocally opposed to the »xation propesal and has never suggested a compro mise. “I have never proposed a compro » annexation fight between Ale Arlington County any city official or any one else ator Ball declared. “I have s the public platform in lish language, both in Alexandri d this county, as well | Fairfax and Prince William, my oppo sition 1o any further enc chment by the city on county territory and no | one knew this better than the chair- | man of the Better Government Com: missfon Conversation Is Recalled. he refers to came June 1 was in “The incident . Callahan, commis ue for the city, | ssing with him the s sioner of re and was disc taticn then the city because of my enabling act which 1 the last session of the General bly. During the conversat my attention to the present boundary line between city and county runs across lot and through one or two hou it his conviction that it b tened out so that the boundary would accord either with a street line or with property bounda i It is obvious that this is de: for city and county, and I told him that I agreed with him. About that time Mr. Timberman, who is now president of the Chamber of Com merce, came in and Mr. Callahan told him what I had said. He asked me how 1 thought it could be brought about, and I told him that the best way was to have a conference between responsible’ bodies of the two jurisdic- tions, such as the Chamber of Com merce, to see if an agreement on such a line could be reached that would| be satisfactory. The whole conversa- | tipn was merely a casual one and Mr. | Timberman was only in the room for | a few minutes. “The only mention made of Four-| Mile Run was by Mr. Timberman, | who said that the city would like to | go to that boundary, as the Four Mile | Run Valley was a natural barrier. T| told him that it might appear so at its mouth, but that an examination of ita course would show that it did not hold good inland and that I did not believe any court would hold that it was the natural boundary line any more than th Hoof's Run was a natural boundary line for Alexandria on the west. | “I thought no more of the matter | until I received a letter from Mr. | Timberman a_few days ago stati that a committee of the Alexandria Chamber had been appointed and that he had asked for a like committee | from our local chamber. | Fought Because of Stand. “Every one who has any knowledge of local affairs knows that the officials of Alexandria, from the mayor down, fought me very hard because I was opposed to any further annexation and because I stood for the enabling My position is the same now. as | always heretofore. My conviction is | that Alexandria cannot win its suit and that the filing of the:annexation petition will be a vain thing which can only result in arousing bitter sec- tional feeling without making any material change in present boundaries. The petition will be contested by the Board of Supervisors with all of the force at its command. The Timid Soul. T 177 177, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927 By WEBSTER. \ Coyng PUblihisg Co (New York Wodd) 1927 — | to Alexandria, as reported by Mr. Mc- Nemz 3 It learned today that the Board of Super is ui imously opposed | to ‘Alexandria acquiring any more of Arlington County territory and will ke the necessary legal steps to hiock the propesed move. Supervisor E ard Duncan, in whose district ad- ditional land is sought by Alexandria, stated today that he would ask the board at its next’ meeting to make an appropriation of a sufficient amount to provide for employment of | the best legal talent to protect the county from the invasion. 300 PYTHIA?JS CONVENE. 58th Annual Grand Lodge Session of Virginia Held at Martinsville. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSVILLE, Va September | 26.—Pythians from all over Virginia assembled here today for the ffty. eighth annual session of the Grand Lodge, meeting here for the first time since 1912. The session will last through Thursday evening, about 300 delegates attending. VSIS LN Bishop Confirms Class. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 26.—Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington, admin- istered confirmation at Trinity Prot- estant Episcopal Church here yester- day morning. He also dedicated the new “Resurrection” memorial window COUNTY GRANGE FORMED | AT GREAT FALLS, VA. Fairfax Pomona Has 67 Charter Members and Forestville Man, Mark Turner, Is Master. Special Dispatch to The Star. . September nge of Forest- y to 150 guests the annual picnic at Great Falls. ors were present from Potomac “hapter in Washington, from the Na- tional Grange headquarters in Wash- ington and from the granges at An- nandale, Centerville, Floris and Forest- ville, Following a basket lunch, a pomona o1 county grange was formed, with 67 charter members, for F; Coun- ty. Several Washington grangers from Potomac Chapter received spe: cial dispensation from national head- quarters to join the Virginia chapter. The following officers for the Pomona Grange were elected: Master, Mark Turner of Forestville: overseer, Wil- son D. McNair of Floris: lecturer, R. Colton Lewis of Centerville; steward, S. M. Follin of Forestville; chaplain, H. B. Derr of Annandale; treasurer, R ickell of Floris: secretary, Mies h Rogers of Floris: gatekeeper, A. C. Speight of Forestville; Veres, Miss Zella Cox of Floris; Pomona, Mrs. B. A. Johnson of Annandale; Flora, Mrs. A. C. Speight of Forestville; lady as- sistant steward, Miss Annie Cornwell of Forestvill Falls G S. M. Follin and John W. Preston pulled a tug-of-war, the former team by Mr. Phillips of Broadway. Frederic Brenckman of national headquarters made a speech, as did Charles I. Stengle, editor of the National Farm News, winning, The pacing contest was won | - Puts you on your toes SHREDDED Ideal for chilly mornings Protects you against stormy weather Make it a daily habit KOENNECKE SHIP AR HOURS MISSING German Flyer and Party Not Heard From Since Hop- Off From Angora. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Scptember 26.—More | toan 48 honrs had passed this morn- | ing without word of Lieut. Otto Koen- | necke, German long-distance fiyer, and his companions I the biplane Ger- a, who left Angora, Turkey, for Basra, at the head of the rsian Guif. Koennecke, accompanied by hannes Hermann. radio operatd Count George Cedric Solms-Laul financial backer of ths expeditio attempting a flight from Cologne, Ger many, to America by way of the Orient. The distance between Angora and Bas by airplane is approximately 50 miles, and Lieut. Koennecke's estimate when he siarted was that {he would make the Mesopotamian | port the same evening. This was not thought oversanguine in view of the tme in which he made the first hop. as he covered the 1,875 miles from Cologne to Angora in something less than 18 hour: Iasra has radio communication with Great Britain and Germany by way of Beirut and Cairo as well as tele: | graphic connections, and the fact that | the German airmen have not been | orted has given rise to some un- ines: There are many miles of desert be- | tween Angora and Basra as well as much sparsely seftled country, and if the airmen have been forced to allght | there they might be some time in | | reaching a point from which to report. | $5.000 GOLF MATCH' PLANS ARE CHANGED Jo- | ind | ch, | i Plans for the $5,000 match, with Tommy Armour of the Congressional Country Club and Johnny Farrell of New_ York paired against MacDon- ald Smith and Gene Sarazen of New York, have been changed. Instead of playing the last part of the match at Congressional next Sun- day, the first part of the match will he played at Congressional next Sat- urday, with the_ players scheduled to leave for New York Saturday night in time to play the final 36 holes of the match at the Lakeville Golf and Country Club next Sunday. In | addition to the §5.000 purse for which . side bets ap- reral thousand dollars | have been placed on the match. The morning rvound will start at 10 o'clock, with the afternoon round | scheduled to get under way at 2 lock | morelta SNOW COVERS PARTS 1 OF NORTHERN ENGLAND | Abnormal Drop in Temperature | Accompanies an Unusually Heavy Fall. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 26.—Snow to the depth of two inches covers parts of the north of England and there has been an abnormal drop in the temperature along with the unusual sno Shepherds in the West- A hills predict an unusually severe Winter. 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