Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1928, Page 7

" ARLINGTON FIGHT | BEFORE ASSEMBLY " Delegation of 15 Faces Com- mittee at Richmond This Afternoon. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March More 15 citizens .of Arlington County 4 here this afternoon to carry di- 0 the Legislature an insistent ylea passage of the so-called cnabiing for the “Arlington City" referendum threw themselves adwmittedly nto a fight against almost unconque ble odds. The author of the bill. Hugh Reid, delegate from Arlington County, asked the citizens yesterday to agree to withdrawal of the bill. but their reply was to appear here in person and de- d its enactment he citizens, mostiy representing the ¢ Civic Federation. ap- ock before the House committee on counties. cities and towns to voice their argument. Opponents of had preceded. and the was set for another bitter ie over the much-disputed bill. The delegation was headed by L. C. ar. president of the Arlington Civic Federation: Arthur Orr, an of the federation's exccutive committee, and Carlton K. Lewis, secre- | A number of women were in the | the bill| tary. delegation. Leading the fight against are Commonwealth Attorney Willian C. Gloth, chief of the legal forces de- fending Arlington County in the pend. ing annexation proceedings brought by Alexandria. and Charles T. Jesse, for- mer deicgate to the Legisiature and S0 & number of defense counsel in the s tion suit. They are basing their opposition on the a ta- tion for the bill a s time will seri- ously hurt the county’s chances of be- portant litiga- tion. County Board Opposed. Gloth and Jesse today answered a charge that they are not representing the county board of supervisors in op- posing the bill by displaying a teleg: received from Edward Duncan, cbh man of the board. in which it was ' _THE EVENIN STAR, WASHINGTON D. . WEDNESDAY |ARLINGTON BODY DEMANDS PASSAGE OF ENABLING ACT Senator Ball and Delegate Reid Told by County Federation Refusal to Keep Pre- Election Pledges Deplorable Tyranny. Special Dispateh to The Star, CLARENDON, Va., March 7.-—Urgent appeals made to the citizens of Arling- ton County by State Senator Frank L.| Ball and Delegate Hugh Reld that they | (0D, 200 Siat”we. withdraw the bill, e released from pre-clection pledges| 4 1qter on, while the people of Jef- | to support the Arlington incorporation | ferson district are not looking, put it | veferendum bill fell short of their mark | over. This. 1 think, is manifestly un- | Jast night when the Arlington County | fair and I for one will not be o p | Civic Federation, in regular meeting. |to such a plan. We should not recede | adopted resolutions demanding that the | one step from our position taken about { county representatives in the State ago. To do so would be di: | Legislature seek passage of the mea Both of our representatives in ure at the present ion. the Legislature are pledged to put the | to exercise a preference in the matter {of a form of government as we do as a county of the whole. If the county wins in the annexation suit their chances of going into Alex- andria are entirely eliminated. Now it In asking-that he be allowed to with- | bill through, and now is the time to| draw the bill Delegate Reid advised | get it if men have not | the federation that he was of the opin- | living up to their word.” !on, after conferring with Senator Ball| Headed by President L. C. McNemar, | and John S. Barbour, leading counsel|a delegation of about 20 members of the | for the county in the annexation suit, | federation left for Richmond early | that to press the bill in the Legisla- | this morning to appear at the hearing | ture at this time would be prejudicial [ to be held on the measure before the | to the county’s annexation interests. | committee on ‘cities, towns and coun- In connection with this feature of the | ties this afternoon. They will present | controversy the resolution. which Was | the resolution adopted last night. | introduced by Arthur Orr. chairman of the federation's ecxecutive committee, | cites: eparted from t the time such campaign ph‘dg\‘([MAYOR WALKER KEEPS [uere made the city of Mlesindtie %! PRESIDENT AND THREE SECRETARIES WAITING {looking to annexation of a large portion of Arlington County. and. according to | the letter written by the Hon. Frank L.| Ball to the civic federation, allegations | B S were being freely expressed at the time (CentinTRE Reora MBIt oage) {such campaign pledges were made to the | — - g fodorasion. that further attempts 100k= !y pic cuite at the Carlton Hotel, The fo the passage of the enabling act | gecretary was at his desk waiting, and would alienate many of the county's promptly at the appointed time At- friends in Jefferson district in the an- | fimev General Sergeant arrived. ac- nexation suit: so that there is now!comiinied by Assistant Attorncy Gen- oxisting no conditfon or situation which gra)'Marshall. Five minutes later came did not obtain at the time those pledges | postmaster General New and Assistant were made. Postmaster General Bnnrlvu 'l’"rm o g S and Assistant Secretary of the Trea. Mo Ry |ury Schuneman and James A. Wet- “The foderation.” the resolution con- [more, acting supervising architect, sat tinues, “has been advised of no change | in Mr. Mellon's office cooling their heels in the situation indicating the wisdom while ‘a small crowd of Treasury De- or the desirability of any modification | partment workers waited in the hall e b | outside. ml:ldso;ldig;n;}ccn:g (Y]lzsnll:llli m puts tne| At 11 o'clock the mayor arrived w ith fedoration on record as adhering ‘to his two companions on the trip from our position that the right of the peopl: { New York, Paul Block flng Joseph ;_oh;r Ot thRs ‘countrs o determine for them- |Son. commissioner of public works for selves the form of local government un Manhattan. JRY CONPLETED FORTRIALOF WIE Slight Delay Marks Opening of D. C. Man’s Case in Martinsburg. Special Dispatel to The Star, MARTINSBURG, W. Va, March 7.— Selection of a jury from a venire of 28 was completed this morning in the case of Spencer Wise of Washington charged with the killing of Leo A. Livers, local business man, November 17 last. Delay marked selection of the venire. because of the latencss of witnesses. 1t was necessary to draw an addi- | tional eight men, after the venire had | been _exhausted, ‘before the jury was completed. During selection of the jury the state offered no objection to those prejudiced against capital punishment. | indicating the extreme penalty would | not_be asked. Four days after the death of Livers | from a skull fracture. said to have been | sustained in a fight following an alleged | zame of dice, a coroner’s jury laid the | blame to Wise, with whom Livers [ been engaged In a row and a grand jury | Indictment. was returned. In the corri- | dor of a hotel here the fight between ture was reported to have been su: | tained by Iivers falling against a stair- case after being struck by Wise, bare- fisted. Livers was engaged in by here and Wise is a business man in t| Capital City | Clarence E. Martin, local counsel for | Wise, in his statement said he the jury would find that the blow struck in the fight was not responsible for | Livers' death. The taking of evidence | was immediately begun told them that would be all for today. Sipping coffee unconcernedly, he re- marked that Secretary Mellon had tele- phoned him personally and told him he would expect him at his office with- m 15 minutes, and that. he added, was five minutes ago. After another sip he ! remarked ually: “That is one rea- |son why I am always happy. I am | always satisfied where I am and with | whom I am.” Not Mere Trade of Sites. ad | the two men was staged, and the frac-| stated the board was opposed 1o the measure at the present time. Senator Frank L. Ball. who spon- sored the bill at the special session last vear. opposes the bill also on the| same grounds, that it would be detri-| mental in the annexation fight. Ball, 00, is a member of counsel in the case. In view of the attitude of the author ! the bill observers here sce no hope whatever for its passage. “Legislative | courtesy” requires that a committee considering a purely local bill comply with the wishes of the delegate spon: soring it. and it appeared doubtful that Reid would urge the committee | to approve the incorporation bill, in | view of insistence of annexation counsel that such a course would be | “disastrous” to the county. Reid in- troduced the bill in accordance with pre-election pledge. He explained he | could not foresce then the legal com plications that would result. | Promises Are Refused. | Sen. ‘or Ball and Delegate Reid both | #ent telegrams to Arlington County last | Right refusing to promise that they will | introduce and support the enabling act 8t the next session of the Legislature, | providing its propenents would agree to | its withdrawal at this time. Both had | uesting such a The mayor left his derby and over- | { der which they wish to live, as guaran- | coat in an anteroom and strode down While explaining his proposition to FAVORS COMMITTEE INWRIGHT DISPUTE McSwain Would Name Five Disinterested Citizens on Board. Representative McSwain of South Carolina, a minority member of the House military affairs committee, has a resolution pending before that group which would provide appointment of a | commission of five distinguished, disin- terested citizens, to serve without pay, | to report whether the Wright brothers | | or Prof. Langley, in their judgment, was | the first person successfully to fly a heavier-than-air machine. The meas- ure will be taken up as soon as opinion is reccived from the War Department, where it has been referred for comment. | | "'The purpose of the McSwain resolu- | tion is to record an important histori- | cal fact. The report of the commission would be filed with the Smithsonian Institution, leaving that institution free to revise its labels or not, as may seem fit, but it is belicved the Smithsonian would follow the committee report. No reason is known for which the War | Department will not report favorably, as the measure carries no authoriza- tion for appropriation. When hearings are held, the regents and other officers of the Smithsonian Institution wili be given an opportunity to make as full a statement as tney wish. Orville Wright will also be in- vited to attend and make any statement he desires. As another solution of the controversy, Representative Warren, Democrat, North Carolina, has requested Wright !to place the machine at the scene of | the first flight at Kitty Hawk, N. C. | warren is co-author with Senator | Bingham. Republican. Connecticut, of !a bill proposing a national memorial to | the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk and | he proposes now that the planc be placed in the memorial. He expresced the view that the large malority of the | American people were “solidly behind™ Wright in his controversy with the | Smithsonian. | | " "An offer was made last Saturday by C. G. Abbot. secretary of the Smithso- | MARCH 17 - % 7 Biology Enters |SUCCESSOR NAMED | Hearing on Mexican FOR COMDR. ELLYSON. Immigration Bill |, . w5 Charge. of Airplane Carrier, Replacing Officer Who Was Drowned. The field of blologlcal research was entered by the House immigra- tion committee today as it continued | its hearings on the Box bill to | restrict_immigration from Western | 3 Hemisphere countries. | By the Amsociated Press, Dr. Harry H. Laughlin, a biologist, Having given up all hope of rese with the Carnegle Institute, outlined | for Comdr. T. G. Ellyson, who to the committee the results of biological studies of the possible effcct of _continued unrestricted Mexican immigration upon the country. Representative Timberlake, Re- publican, Colorado, presented the opposition of beet sugar growers and manufacturers of his section to the measure. Mexican labor, he said. was necessary for the production of beets. p- Navy Department today appointed | Comdr. Newton H. White, jr., of Wales, Tenn., to suceeed him as executive offi- cer of the airplane carrier Lexington. Comdr. Ellyson, accompanied by Lieut Comdr. Hugo Schmidt and Licut | Rogers Ransenhousen, took off for An- s from Hampton Roads, Va.. be- | fore dawn_on February 27. Nothing | has hee | though_parts of the plane were found A new kind of glass that resists sud- ncar Cape Charles, Va, several days den changes in femperature is being | ago used for bobbins in silk mills. 1 ""Comdr. White graduated from the nian. to change the label on the rang: |ley plane in accordance with Mr. | Wright's request, in an effort to keep | | the Wright plane from gang to ‘he | British National Museum. 7This offer | | Wright refused. | | right lower wing. | the beach, the djspatch said. | peared in a plane on February 27, the | Ellyson, n heard from them since, al-; Naval Academy in 1907 and entered the Aviation Service in 1918. Additional wreckage of the plane has been found on the Eastern Shore of Virginia near Cape Charles City, the airplane carrier Lexington reported to- day to the Navy Department. ‘The wreckage consisted of a section of the outer end of the forward spar of the It was washed up on HALTED BY DEATH PROBE. Airplane Carrier's Trip to West Awaits Plane Crash Inquiry. Departure of the Lexington for San Pedro, Calif., was delayed pending filing of the report of the naval board of in- quiry investigating the death of Comdr. its executive officer; Lieut. Comdr. Hugo Schmidt and Lieut. Rogers Ramsenhousen, who were lost a week ago in a plane crash The cruise was to begin March 8 and the vessel was to arrive at San Pedro April 13 to join the Pacific fleet for_maneuvers. The court -of inquiry was convened by Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz, commandant of the 5th Naval Dis- trict, at Norfolk. Saks~ PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH % TWO-TROUSER SUITS AT $35 iHAT WE STA OUR REPUTATION ON! teed to them by the Declaration of In- dependence and the Bill of Rights. is inherent and inalenabe. and that any further denial of the power to exercise | that right would be a deplorable act of tyranny inconsonant with the character {of our people as free citizens of the State of Virginia.” Mr Orr declared that certain persons ho are opposing the bill on the ground hat it will jeopardize the county’s an- nexation interests have sugzested that | efforts to have it passed be deferrd | until the next session of the Legislature. | With this in mind Mr. Orr sent a! telegram to Senator Ball stating that consent of the federation to withdrawai of the bill would likely depend on as-| urances that 1t would be enacted at the next session. Senator Ball replied: | ‘Can only say will do what I th right 1n 1930 in the light of conditicns then existing, which no one can now foresee.” A telegram similar in character was sent to Delegate Reid by Grover E. Pavne. treasurer of the federation, | which brought forth the following: "It will be time enough to announce a p'at- form when and if I announce my can- didacy. 1 would rather have the fcd- the hall toward the Secretary's office. apparently in something of a hurry. As he caught sight of the crowd in the hall his worried look gave place to a grin, and he remarked: “This looks like the city hall: nobody worl Wagner Waits to Introduce Him. The mayor remained in the confer- ence until many minutes after his en- gagement with President Coolidge, at noon. When he left the Treasury for the White House at 12:30 his face be- trayed unusual concern. He hastened to the White House. to find the Pres! dent busily engaged In his regular routine of shaking hands with callers and had to wait for a moment before he was given his audlence. Senator Wagner of New York, who had been waiting at the White House since noon. accompanied the mayor into the President’s office. After the White House visit the mayor prepared to have lunch and return to New York this afternoon The mayor's breakfast was inter- | rupted this morning by a group of | newspaper men and one newspaper woman. The executive although fully EARL S. HASKELL RETURNS | the newspaper men the mayor insisted | 1 that it was not merely a trade of sites. | This is A proposition.” he said. “If T Director General in Persian Mission | HAT. Gentlemen, is what WE think of them. They held that what they de- | cided to do 1wo years hence should not bave any beasing on the present situa- tion. Reid wired that he would state | his platform for the next Legislature | “if and when I announce my candidacy | for re-election.” Reid announced today that the bill | its Reasons assigned by Senator Ball for a change of heart on the proposal are given in a letter read to the meeting last night. “1 personally think," Bail states, “that ssage of the bill would turn several hundred people who over eration settle the guestion on its mer-| Mr. | Telating to private construction of side- walks and planting of shade trees, now | before Gov. Byrd for signature, speci- fically exempts Arlington County from operation of its provisions. It has been erroneously reported that the bill, which amends - previous law, made it hlrulj ‘Arlington Coun- | for property owners i 1y to plant their own shade trees and are now aligned with the coun 10 the side of the city in the annexation suit and would be absolutely disastrous.” Sees Possible Injury. | Mr. Barbour, in a letter to the federa- | | tion, which was read last night, asserts | that “passage of the act can in no way | help us in our efforts to block pencing attempt 1o disrupt your county. ' On the build their own sidewalks in front of their property. He pointed out this was the case before he had the law amended at the present session, but that the amendment made it non-appli- cable to Arlington County. The amend- ment is designed o insure uniform de- velopment of streets and parkings. Delegate Wilbur Hall of Loudoun County, who led the fight for the new law w0 regulate fire insurance rates in Virginia, heatedly assafled an editorial in an insurance organ criticizing the Legislature for its action. The editorial, labeled, “Legislative Lackwits,” was read 1 the House. Hall echaracterized the editorial as “the dying groan of a monopoly that has been fattening upon opwealth.” The finsurance D to result in reduced oughout the Sta TELEGRAMS HELD IN SHIPPING PROBE UNDER COURT ORDER — (Continued from Pirst Page.) eight-page teiegram outlining the owed in order W de- ation program rela- | Bhipping Board cover various pping Board affairs | ich s being nid Jury appar in- n P Qi tissh matier ally 1 & loug wle ith reterence W a nal and family friend see 10 1 ke the loan id have 1t & rald Bwayne W guarantee him was no indication W show reporwd Y would have There whom Bley w ¥ormer Commis e bourd efie artment of Justice had ) Kalrd circumstances surrounding a loan 5000 mase v bim by B Co previously had Teller had IOVEne, in the e of Pacific pusranteed Ung thatl the ton gustauice e for 10 years y wi WakiigUom tepteantt of Bwayte and 1oyl, whowe con- senit Sl SALEE Contesting bis bat BILL AMENDS ARMY RULE, Authority War Secrevary in ¥izing Berviee, 1o President wnd The Bennte sise B bl giving the il War Depariment ¥ pawer §n catrying out the Aty officers b U Undes sl €reinpt uth- U Lo Juoge selvick yeeterdn Presi- 1y 4 hie Fresident ¢ bt Leing fous s ol L ty aftes 1 years v Comm. cctr public buldings end ason why he | ¥ psseed mnd sent | moye | contrary, however. it may, if passed, be | ussd, however unfairly, as evidence of { legisiative sanction of the propriety of dismembering your county under cir-| | cumstances contemplated. but yet to be | { determined in the pending annexation | | litigation. | “In addition *o this. and wholly inde- | pendent of this consideration, I am led {10 believe from opinions I hear of as | being expressed on the merits involved | {in the incorporation measure by resi- | | dents of your county that passage of | | the bill at the present time will tend to | {breed discord between elements thereof | | now united in their opposition to the | | pending attempt Lo disrupt the existing | | boundaries and fo contract the terri- | | limits thereof. ‘This, 1 think, | would be highly prejudicial to the ju- | terest by which T and my assoclates have | been,_employed in the pending litiga- uon.” ‘The statement of Ball and Barbour at passage of the enabling act would | | alienate the county's friends in Jeffer- | son district was attacked by Mr. Orr, | who declared that such was “merest peculation” snd that there was better authority on the question of sentiment in the soction affected than that offered | by the opponents “We have been given the impression,” | Mr, Orr declared, “that we could put | through the enabling act two years | hence after termination of the annexa- | tion question and that it would be ad- visable o put it off until that time in | order o hold the people in the affected | Varea on the side of the county. 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When (he saw that his chambers had been invaded by a member of the opposite sex he hastily excused himself and re- tired to his bedroom. returning in a moment with his shoes on. |a few minutes for photographers and From Our Colonial and Early American Collection The “Martha Custis” Group Made Handsomely Done in Mahogany MAYER & CO. Seventh Street |wanted to trade I wouldn't come Washington to do it.” The mayor was with the President for not more than two or three min- ‘utes. and when he came out he said he had enjoyed meeting him because it was the first time he had ever seen the Executive in the flesh. When asked if he had explained why he was late, he said, “If I explained every time 1 | was late T would spend my life making explanations. Of his interview with the cabinet of- ficers, the mayor said that nothing has been done as yet, but he hoped the | conference would lead “to something | we both desire.” ito hear from Secretary Mellon after the Secretary had further conference with Mr. New and Mr. Sargent. H2 expressed great admiration for Mr. Mellon’s personality, remarking. “I wish we could settle this betwee | ourselves.” Senate at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon and was scheduled to leave at 4:30 for New York. Reiterating that his visit has no political significance, he closed | the interview with the statement, “Any- |body who knows as little about poli- J them.” | Everybody laughed and the mayor He posed | went outside and shook hands with the | Redeemer Catholic Church here, entire crowd. to | He sald he expected | Mayor Walker arranged to visit the | tics as I should not attempt to discuss | Is Back in Capital. 1 Earl S. Haskell, who for about two ; years was with the American Financial Mission in Teheran, as director gener- al of agriculture of the public domain | of Persia, has returned to Washington | with his famil Mr. Haskell has had wide experience in agricultural work in various parts of the world, having been in the Phil- lippine Islands, Mexico, South America and recently Persia. He has held | several important assignments with the Department of Agriculture, which made the recommendation for his appoint- ment to the Persian post. | Leaving Washington in May, 1926, Mr | Haskell and family went by way of | Egypt and the southern route. to Persia They returned through Russia. Poland. ' Germany. France and England. They ;reside at 3622 T street. Mrs. ”Attel a S. Jones Dies. Special Dispateh to The Star | BERWYN, Md.. 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