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THE FEVENING STAR. WASHINAGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY - 3 1928. BACKS RVER ROAD 10 MOUNT VERNON ARE YOU SUR little to have & yawlt all your own in the bip SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT of the FEDERAL-AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK Where G ‘Senator Fess Thinks Scenic, Possibilities of Route Best for Memorial. i ( 2 Street A route along the river for the pro- | posed memorial boulevard from the Na- { tional Capital to Mount Vernon is fa- { vored by Senator Fess of Ohio, vice | chairman of the George Washington | Bicentennial Commission, which must select the route. | The Senator, who is taking an dctive { part in directing the work of the com- | | mission, made known his preference for |a river route during a brief trip to | Washington yesterday, basing his con- ! clusion on the scenic possibilities of | laying out the highway near the Vir- | ginia’ bank of the historic Potomac The commission. Senator Fess said — | will meet in the Fall to make its de- {cision as to the route, at which time 1it will have before it a report and lete engineering surveys. In com- out for the river route the vice an of the commission was mak- known his personal view of the roblem Completion Seen by 1 Senator Fess also expressed confi- dence that, once started. the highway | will be proceeded with rapidly, to make sure of its completion before the cele- | bration of the 200th anniversary of the | birth of George Washington is observed in 1932, ; | “This boulevard is t | memorial of the celek I Senator “and undou | pleted n ample time. Congress, just_before adjo | month, appropriated $2.500.000, is more than half of the total cost, s that the project can be s ed by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Depart- ment of Agriculture as soon as the route is laid “down definitely by the commission. Only $2.000.000 more re- | mains to be appropriated in 1930 and 1931 | "The public Toads bureau collected | comprehensive data relating to the sev-| | eral proposed routes before the legis- {1ation was passed and is now busy go- {ing over and adding to these surv in order to give the bicentennial com- | mission all the information it needs to | select the route | | Expect Some Land Gifts. UTILIVAR The All-Purpose Varnish Phone Maio 7889 AR WALTER MORGAN COMPANY ine Artists’ Macerials, Sign Makers' Supplies Puints, Varnishes. Brushes. thn 421 Tenth Streee, N W —we clean draperies. PINDLER Exauisite Dry Cleaning YE a permanent ion.” said the | ly will be com- rning last which t, S0 aly Going 0 ) ds Away? o $ {of ny of placing them n & 5" in Safe Deposit Box to at the FEDERAL-AMERICAN | NATIONAL BANK i Whers G Btress Crowses 142A | warden, and yesterday and Geor ALL THAT REMAINS OF EIGHT AIRPLANES A The smoking haugar of the Potomac Flying service after fire early th §100,000. HERNDON, VA TRAFFIC COURT | MACHINERY TO BE PROTESTED ‘Co“cction of Collateral on Roadside and‘ Fine Under Obscure Town Ordinance to Be Appealcd. | sts were being prepared to- Ay the law enforcement ma- hinery of the township of Herndon as a result of the arrest and fining a member of the highw: engineer- g staff of the United States Bureau Public Roads for violation of a traffic gulation. The official, A. C. Rose, was arrested Herndon Saturday by wn sergeant, depuly sheriff and game was fined $25 of the Peace Two pro costs' by Justice A. Williams. Today officials of the American Au- | tomobile Association were prepared to C. Cockrell, | ecutor, called a “pimple” and Mr. Cock- rell and His Honor called “that thing.” It also accused Mr. Rose of disorderly conduct Mr. Cockrell then proceeded to tell how he saw Mr. Rose driving on the left-hand side of the traffic thing, ap- | proached him, ordered him to the curb and in a nice way requested that he deposit §2.50 collateral for his appear- ance in court later. H. S. Fairbanks, Rose’s chief, who was in the car at the time. said something about his tryl to “steal” the collateral, said C and demanded to go before Judge Wil- | liams. So he took him before Judge Williams and Judge Williams made HOOVER FIELD is morning had destroyed eight planes and other equipment. The loss is estimated at | —Star Staff Photo. | at since no collateral was collected | Haynes promised they wouldn't do that il s Ao Pt . |and the trial went on. that was. unnecessary His: Hocior | ASCIOIEBIREWERE Dol S iesies wiid agreed. | said they didn't know anything about Mr. Collins wanted to know what au- | anything and the prosecution closed. thority Mr. Cockrell had for secking | M. Kose, on (he stand in his owy 2 H wpowr, | defense, testified that he had stoppe to collect collateral on the road. “Town | §EECE SRR, (ilersection of - tw ordinance,” said Mr, Cockrell. “WHere's | sireets and was about to move of the town 'ordinance?” said Mr. Collins. | again when Mr. Cockrell appeared and rheve then ensued & half hour's ar- | in @ loud, boisterous voice commanded | gument over the location of the town | him to pull over to the curb. He com- ordinance. The judge said he didn't|plied so quickly. said he. that he went know where it was. Mr. Haynes sald | (o the left of the button on the inter- he knew but wouldn't tell. Finally he | sedting street. f was persuaded to produce it and the | At this point the trial recessed while clerk of the Town Council appeared |the judge shooed two boys off his flover and swore it really was the town ordi- | bed. nance. Mr. Collips demanded to be| When # reconvened, Judge Williems shown where the ordMmnce said any- | insisted that in quoting him. Mr. Rose thing about officers collecting collateral on the roadside, and Mr. Haynes said | he could look it up himself. | Mr, Long before that, however, the judge | committed no breach of etiquette. had ruled that it didn’t make any dif- | Fairbanks collaborated Mr. Rose’s forence and the trial proceeded. Mr.| mony and added a little drawing he Collins asked Mr. Cockrell what he did | had made of the scene. with the money he collected and Mr.| This drawing started a lengthy Cockrell allowed that that was his own | mathematical argument over the ques- business. The judge agreed. Then his tion of how many revolutions the honor delivered a eulogy of Mr. Cockrell | wheels would have to make to cower 5 and made everybody agree to his in-|feet and Mr. Fairbanks had to admit tegrity before ailowing the trial to gro- L that he didn’'t know how big the tires ceed. Mr. Collins said Mr. Cockrell was | were on his own car, much less the one all right, but suppose they got*a sheriff ' he was in that day. who wasn't. Judge Williams and Mr.| In summing up, the attorneys nar- than_he was. After some argument, Rose admitted that the justice had Mr. { was unimpeachable. was making him out to be much ruder | rowed the issues down to the question of whether Mr. Rose violated the traffic rule before or after he was ordered to the curb by Mr. Cockrell. Mr. Collins pointed out that he had two witnesses fo the prosecution’s one. Mr. Haynes insisted that Mr. Cockrell's testimony His_honor_agreed. Sensing failure, Mr. Collins offered to 'buy everybody a cigar if he won the case. Mr. Haynes said he didn't want his doggone cigars, but he would drop the disorderly conduct charge, which | nobody seemed to know anything about anyway. < His honor said lie would be lenlent | and let the defendant off with $25 and costs. The costs, it was decided with | the aid of Mr. Cockrell, would be $5.50. Mr, Collins objected to paying witness fees to two prosecution witnesses who | didn’t know anything about the case, but he was overruled. He then per- suaded his honor to accept the amount | of the fine as a bond pending an appeal | which he said he would make. | You are heartily welcom A great by auto. On Conduit Road exactly 523-25 Colorado Bldg. ) rolling land fishing. AND | River and Valley have to offer a T ——— —— AARLLRTLLLLLLLLLLARLL LA LRE R H A RS RN ANRNRNNNNY, “The Gem of the Chesapeake” Representing the Greatest Water-front Values of the Day Something Very Unusual—A HIGH-Class Development with LOW Prices Present Prices Offer a Wonderful Investment A beautifyl and spacious white sand beach, th charming knolls here and there. positively good for “that tired feeling”! Drinking water piped to your doors w completed, and other features 0o numerous to mention here. DURATION FLIGHT FAILS. Aviators Abandon Attempt After Being Up 17 1-2 Hours. 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Excellent SSSR SRS S SN A S SR AR R AR N ide streets, a new hotel about YET As soon as the route is selected, the | protest to Virginia highway chiefs &t i | him put up $25. | appropriate Government officials will | Richmond against the alleged practice | |'be able to start the preliminary step { of obtaining the right of way, and it | has been indicated by officials that they | to | hope to have some of the right | dedicated by the owners for th th Rose yesterd appeal to the sentence imposed by the justice. e roadside and Charles C. Collins, at- rney for the A. A. A, who defended rcuit Court against the was ready to file an | of town officers collecting collateral on At this point somebody remembered that the defendant hadn't pleaded. That was disposed of and the question- ing went on. 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