Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1928, Page 23

- TERNESTOND | ON ASSESSMENTS Prince Gecrges Commission, Soon to Announce Re- sults of Protests. Bprcial Dispateh to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 3./ —Hearings on the recently completed | Teassassmant of real and parsonal prop- | erty in Prince Georges County, which have been in progress before the coun- | ty commissioners here two months, will be concluded next week when taxpayers | of Chillum and Hyattsville election dis- tricts will be given opportunity of pro- testing. The following week will be de- voted by the commissioners to reviewing assessments and notifying property owners of any changes in their assess-! ment. Tabulation of the new valua tions will not be made until the amounts are tansferred from the assessor's cards to the county books. .000,000 Likely Basis. rated, however, that the new will add about $10.000.000 to ¢ assossable basis making it around $£53.000.000. If it goes over $54,000.000 th county will stand to lose | about $40.000, which it gets annually for its schools from the State equali zation fund. The new a nents will | be transferred from the cards to the county books in time for tnclusion in the county tax levy to be made the f month | ts have been made at ! property owners fron: v, and in cases where the commissioners felt such action justi- | noderate decreases have been made | sments. It has been pointed out. , however. by the con ioners that the | object of the reassessment. which w. ordered by the State Tax Commission | for the whole of Maryland, was to €qualize assessments and that much of { of this county has never sed at anywhere near its actual worth.. True Value Assessment. The assessors were instructed to value Property on a 100 per cent basi: Property o! rs trom University Park wvigorously protested their new valu- ations before the board vesterday. but 1t is not expected that th> commission- ers will ke many or large reductions for this section. Chillum district tax- payers are to be heard by the commis- sioners Monday and Wednesday and those of Hyattsville district Wednesday and Thursda: SEWER CHARGES SUIT | ARGUMENTS HEARD Briefs to Be Submitted to Court in Prince Gsorges Sanitary Commission Cese. i atch 10 The Star MARLBORO. Md., March 3. e being ~repared for submis- ociate Justice Joseph C. Mat- singly in the Prince Georges County Cir- enit Court following arguments yester- | 0 the suit of James E. Steele and against increased water and ges by Washington Suburban | y Commission. plaintiffs contended at hearinge vesterday on the demurrer of the com mission that the act of the logislative s2ssion of 1927 amendatory of the origi- was unconstitutional in that it ed with the judiciary branch. zrylend Court of Appeals decided that the sanitary commission had no zuthority to increase the assessments in & decision rendered in the case of Jack Serivener of Kensington, which was ap- pealed from the Montgomery County Circuit Court by the commission. Steele znd others also seek to compel the county treasurer to receive assessmente of the sanitary commission on the old zuu in accepting State and county xes It was argued by the sanitary com- mission counsel that the Legislature was within its rights in legalizing the in- creases and that being a legislative a: r t it must be proved confiscatory invalid. The com- ed that assessments and conditions at construction work | character of the, n the various sections of the | district, were substantially uni- | form and that the benefits are in excess ©f the assessments. L. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. One of the steeplejacks engaged in taking down one of the hands of the huge clock on the Paramount Building, 30 stories above Broadway and Forty- | third street, New York, in order to correct defect that illuminate the face. tive wiring of the electric bulbs FROZEN ENGINE DELAYS AVIATORS Costes and Lebrix Work Sev- eral Hours in Vain to Start Motor. By the Associated Press SHARON, Pa., March 3.—A frozen motor today prevented udonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, French air- men and congerors of the air over four continents, from continuing their flight from Mitchel Field, N. Y., to Detroit. The fiyers, who were forced down in & SnOWStorm on & farm near here yes- terday, worked several hours today carrying bolling water from a farm house to the “Nungesser-Coli,” but the | engine would not function properly. The aviators this afternoon returned to Sharon from the farm, some three miles distant, after Costes had suf- fered strained ligaments in one leg | when he stepped into a rut. Fearing they might not be succ ful in the attempt to place th> motor in satisfactory running condition, the fiyers w York asking that an expert mechanic be sent to aid them. ‘The temperature at the farm was 15 degrees above zero early today. 5 ed the French consul in New ‘The iello represented Steele, with @ “Nungesser-Coll” was lashed fast after Charies W. Clagett and T. Howard|the forced landing to prevent a high Duckett appearing for the commission. | QUITS WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNORSHIP RACE. | i Vernon E. Johnson, Republican | Candidate, to Issue Statement Later, He Bays. Epecisl Dnapateh to The Star | BERKELEY EPRINGS, W. Va.| March % —Vernon E. Johnson, speaker of the West Virginia House of Dele- gates during the 1927 session, who has been an wed candidate for the Re- publican nomination for governor at the May primary, tday anounced from hix home here his withdrawal from the romised a etatement later. Ten Gays agn he publicly indorsed the candi- 2 former Gov. Henry T. Hatfield | Repub nomination for | can ator Breaks Own 100-Mile Record. 300 miles i 14 hours 22 min- . Arthur Newton, a Bu- broke bis own record Y maore than 20 minutes in tiie event neld bevieen Box wnd Hyde Park Cor- | ntly. The Bouth Af- a full moon shining | ) 5 the morning. No man Fisd ever run for 4o great a distance on tne road betore Statues to Beotch Heroes. otland, 18 ) have stat- [ oreh | | | | | wnd §1700 & year hias heen set aside for thels upkeep A statue of each hero will be pleced on the castle wall on the pige of the yatews, ng down the | Feplanade The Wallace figure wa veslgiea by Alexsnoer Carnic, A R B | A, Ediniurgh, sud that of Bruce by | ‘Themes J. Cappervon of London. { Staunton Womsn Dies v Tue S BTAUNTON, Ve March 3 -Mis Crnee N Eott dsughter of the Jate | Yoy L. Volem N Scott of this city, | Gied ot morning st Howardsville, | Aler e County, Ve Bhe had heen 1 wone tme Funeral services will be beld w1 Howsrdeniie morrow st 3 pm, with burial i Richmond, Va Muonce y Mise Boott wae & netive of Galve Ter wud Cane ' Blaunton with bier perents when In. Beott aee cepled the Becoud Preshy ferian Jwre in 1901 Bhe wes “ne of her immediste Bye n wil 10 burch membei { Mrs. Waiteman H. Conaway Secks | ente | water when he was kicked wind from moving it about From Detroit the airmen plan to con- tinue their flight to San Prancisco, where they will hoard ship for Tokio From Tokio they expect to fly to Paris, from which city they set out severai months 2go. WEST VIRGINIA WOMAN T0 BE D. A. R. CANDIDATE One of Seven Vice President General Honors. Bpecial Dispatch W The Star, 1 FAIRMONT, W. Va., March 3.--In the Continental Congress of the Daughters of American Revolution, to be held in Washington, D. C., in April Mrs. Waiteman H. Conaway of West Virginia will run for vice president general. Bhe is a resident of Fair- | mont, the wife of Col. W. H. Conaway, | lawyer and politiclan. She 15 closing | her third year as State regent, and has | served on important committees, 1in | Btate and national organizations. She | i# now chairman of the “correct us of the flug” committee of the national | suclety. Bhe 15 o member of the Ma) William Haymond Chapter, D. A Jt of Faimont, and & past regent of the local organization. EBhe belongs to the Woman's Club of Falrmont and s active in the work. Mrs_ Conaway is Btate officer of the Daughters of 1812, of West Virginia, and & member of the Colonial Dames Beven vice president geneals will be elected BOY KILLED BY MULE. Boecial Diepatoh 1 The S1ar LURAY, Va, March 3. - Kicked in the face and hreast by s mule he was at- vempting to water, Clarence Woodward, B-year-old son of Dee M. Woodwerd | of 1aa, this county, died at the hospitsl yhere he had been rushed by his par- | | | | | ‘The boy's purente were away from hume and a sister at the house, more | than 100 yards from the scene, gave first nid. The hoy had uumpuz o pusk around the mule with a bucket of Holland Has Cleanest Town, ‘Lhe btte village of Broeck i Hol- land 1 sld 1 be the cleanest town in the world.'Lhe women not only scrib | Uie coblestone pavements hut they | poiteh e he front oo of bonisen {10 Broeck are used anly when there s Teodesthoor momarriage i the family | AL other times 1he front door s merely an orpament. The back door is good WGRAW CREDITED WITH 1518 VICTORY Leader Who Died Yesterday | Financed G. 0. P. Congres- sional Campaign. [ By the Amsociated Press. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 3.— James J. McGraw, 54, millionaire Okia- | homa banker, who died here today, was | credited with being responsible for the successful financing of the 1918 Repub- | lican congressional campaign that re- {turned a majority in both houses for that party. Mr. McGraw's personal check for $150,000 was used in raising funds for the national organization and he con- | tributed $50,000 individually. For four vears prior to 1920 he was Republican national committeeman from Okla- homa. being succeeded by Jake Hamon of Ardmore. who was slain by his nephkew's wife, Clara Smith Hamon, During the 1920 pre-convention fight, | McGraw was vice chairman of the organization promoting the candidacy of_ Gen. Members of the immediate family were at his side when he died, his son. | Joseph, and brother, Henry, having | [ flown from Tulsa in a plane, as did the | |tamily physician at Tulsa, Dr. L Washington. A private car was ord to leave Hot Springs tonight to take the funeral will be held, with burial at Ponca Clty. During the war he was in charge of all dishursements of the Knights of Co- lumbus in France, for which service he was decorated with the Order of the Knights of 8t. George and with the French Leglon of Honor, GERMAN SEEKS RIGHT T0.ENTER FROM CANADA Files Suit to Require U. 8. Officlals to Forward Quota Num- ber to Him. The right of a German subject seek- ing admission to the United States, through the American consul in Ger- many to have his quota number trans- ferred in another country and into the United States from the other country was ralsed yenterday in w pe- titlon for mandamus, signed by Justice Batley, requiring Secretary of State Kel- logy 1o show why the quotn num- her of Edward Schmidt should not be torwarded to Niagara Falls, Ontarlo. ‘Through Attorney Harvey L. Cobb, the Gernody subject tells the court that he made application in Cologne for the auota number and then went to Canuda | on business, where he now 5. Con- tentlon of the State Department, in ree fusing 1o order transfer of the numbe 15 that Behmidt should return to Ger many and enter the United States from that country. NEW ORLEANS EXPORTER CITES GRAIN TRADE LOSS City Between Two Millstones of Frefevential Rates, 1. €. C Is Told. 1 By the Awsiciuted Press CHICAGO, March 3 New Orleans, 48 AL eXporL graln center, was described to the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion wWdny as being between two mill~ stones—one the Galveston and Hous- ton ports and the other the North At- lantie outlets to Kurope, HBetween them, they are squeezing the husiness lite oul of the New Orleans exporter, sl G, P Galenie, a New Orleans exporter “The Interstate Commerce Commis- Pston 18 conducting o rate hearing o determine if wi adjustn about velief to Ui fai e Duitng (he paat three yearn, he kraln shipments through the Loutslane ity Liave fallen trom 60,000 000 1o 12~ nt can hiing | enongh for mdinary ocensions, and even then one must uot be entered until wooden outdoor shioes ave exchanged for clean slippers, ., uee . 000 600 hushels annually, declared Gialenne, asserting rates preteronilal to the Taxas ports and to the Creat Laker and the Allantic are responsibli THE SUNDAY Leonard Wood for President. | come | FORD SEES PLANES AT LOW CAR COST Says Brooks’ Experiment Has Shown Needed Corrections in “Flivver” Craft. Ry the Assoclated Prese FORT MYERS, Fla, March 3.— Henry Ford today dipped into the future and saw a time when small air- planes would sell at about the same price as a low-priced auto. The automobile manufacturer said the fate of Harry Brooks, Ford chief test pilot, who feli to death in a fllvver Ford plane off the Florida coast recent- Iy, had not shaken his faith in the commercial practicability of small air- planes. Brooks flew onc of the small planes from Detroit to Florida and was on the last leg of his flight when he fell. In his first public statement on the Brooks accident, Ford spoke affection- ately of the Detroit boy whose tinker- ing with airplanes won him a place in the Ford organization. Ford said he believed the accident due to the stop- page of one of ¢he gasoline_tanks, “We have learned from Brooks' ex- | periences,” Mr. Ford said, “and will | take advantage of them in carrying on the work of this brave and brilliant man.” Ford said tests similar to Brooks' De- | troft-Florida jaunt, will be undertaken | as soon as another plane is ready. He | announced his engineors are at work on a Diesel engine to motor a huge Trans- | atlantic passenger plane. He said he intended to fly to Europe in one of the | huge planes, “some day.” but did not | “think it would be this year.” He said | the date of an airplane trip he bropo: ! making to Brazil had not bcen ae-| rmined. | te | “If 1 go to Brazil,” he sald, “it will MARCH 4 J ilflge Describes Father Who Killed As “Splendid Man” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 3.—A 30-year- old father sent to the penitentiary for the slaying of his 3-year-old daughter was described by the judge who sentenced him today as a “splendid man.” ‘Willlam Goeschell pleaded guilty to manslaughter after two juries found him guilty and he had been granted new trials. He cut the throats of the child and his wife after a quarrel with the latter. The wife recovered. “The fact that his wife publicly announced she favors free love is enough to make any man see red,” sald Judge Frank Comerford. “I believe he is a splendid man.” 'WOMAN ASKS $50,000 IN SUIT FOR SLANDER Mrs. Mary E. Barkman, Cumber- land, in Action Against Western Maryland Railway Man. Special Dispateh to The Star. | CUMBERLAND, Md.. March 3.—Mrs. | Mary E. Barkman today instituted suit |in the Circuit Court for §50.000 dam- ages against Arthur Williamson, divi- sion superintendent of the Western | Maryland Railway. vith headquarters here’ In September, 1927, she alleges, the defendant made a falde and slanderous statement in the presence and hearing | of another citizen attacking her repu- tation and character. | be by afrplanc. T would never spend 20 | | days making the trip by boat.” | "Then the manufacturer furned | automobiles. Manufacture of the new Ford car, he said, was procoeding at the rate of nearly 1,000 a day and he | expected production to reach a max- {imum of 5.000 a day by Midsumme; Ford told his next door neighbor, | Thomas A. Edison. good-by hefore de< parting for Detrojt. Ford reiterated I'that he favored Herbert Hoover for | President.. SHIP BOARD OFFERS AT PROGAN Demands Up-to-Date Fleet to Meet Competition and Aic. Shippers. By the Assc Foreign competition is threatening to drive American vessels from tie | seas, unless a definite program of sta- ! bility and improvement in the mer- | chant marine is carried out, the Ship- ated Precs | ping Board informed Congress yoster- | ! day in an exhaustive analy | ping. | To serve the best | people. the merchant marine should { b> adequate in tonnage, of the most | up-to-date ~type. second to mone in speed, and readily convertible for use n national defense, the board declared “Americat, shippers,” it “Would find it more advantageous to { employ the services of such an Ameri- can merchant marine, and it would 15 of ship- and defense requirements.” Specifications Offered. Seven specifications for the perma- | merchant marine were set They included provision in advance { for the construction, maintenance and {operation of ships for 10 years; fre- | quent sailings on specifled trade routes; | fastest speed of merchant ships on the seas; cargo capacity sufficient to carry most of the foreign tonnage, and ships cquipped with facilities for handling | perishable cargoes, One of the specifications urged a re- erve tramp fleet for use in the seasonal movement of cotton, wheat, coffec and sugar | fense,” the seventh specification read. “the American merchant marine should be composed of vessels properly signed for conversion into light cruisers and to perform other specialized serv- fored | Ices, such as a convoy to the Navy and | {as the overseas branch of the Army {the body to Tulsa, where it is expected | transport.” | | Factors in Competition. Among factors which make it cult for American ships to compete sic- creased cost of construction due (o higher wages, better standards of living and costlier materfals in this country, the report sald. Although not suggesting the lowering of American standards, the report points out that the Government is the only ageney which is able to equalize the differentials existing between this and forelgn countries Ocean freight rates have been held at_lower and more stable levels since 1020 because of the increased number of American vessels than they would have been held had the traffic been left entirely to foreign shipping interests, the report declared. SUIT OVER ¢ AIR RIGHTS” MAY GO TO HIGH COURT Nebravkn. 8% Olatme, Drmiges Due to Plane Flylug nt Low Altitude Over His Farm. | | By the Amsortated 1 LINCOLN, Ne Murch 3 Emil Glatt, farmer, completed testhnony i his case against the Standard Aberatt n here today oy raling wn question which ultiatel may have to be settled by the Scpren Jonurt Glntt secks an fnjunction to keep alr- planes at a certaln altiinde while (hey fly over his farm and anks 510,000 cam ages, because the plan ed w e eral deprecintion” of his property Whirring motors pre wife from sleeplng, he asserted, they ulio acured the chlckens L sueh wn e tent that hundieds smothered them nelves o death n a dish for safety motors hurassed the cows so much (hat the milk production dropped o w egl- gible amount wnd his hores 1Kcs e cun't get used Lo the holse The alroraft company sald (hey operated under the aviation act passed by Congress. 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Vaden sald his brother told him he went to sece Webb about it, but the latter denied being with | Mrs. Vaden. Two witnesses sald Vaden's last words just before the fatal shot were: thought I warned you to leave town Webb did not apply for bail. grand jury meets March 19, The | Senate Passes D. C. Fish Bill. As a means of preventing the ex- | termination of game fish in the Potomac | | River and its tributaries in the District | llhv‘ Scnate yesterday passed the Capper | bill, extending the closed season on | black bass from January 1 to May 29| cach year. Under existing law the{ closed~ season covers only April and | May. The bill still requires House ap- ' proval. Indian Train Pilot Accused of Killing | Rajah’s Elephant! ¢ . By the Associated Pres BENGAL, India, March 3 —Ismy:il Shaik, engineer of a freight train on the Eastern Bengal Rallway, stands charged by the police with commit- ting a “negligent act.” He ran into an_elephant. 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