Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon placing wreath at the statue of Alexander Hamilton at the south end of the Treasury Building yesterday. Exercises commemorating the 172d his birth were held under the auspices of the District Chapter of the Sons of the American —Co) At right: anniversary of Revolution. right by P. & A. Photos. Attending the inauguration at Miami of the first international air service between the United States and the West passenger Indies. “The group includes Postmaster General Harry New, Second | Assistant Postmaster General Glover, Miss Amelia Earhart, the transatlantic flyer; Assistant Secretary of Commerce MacCracken and Mrs. MacCracken. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. TWO SITES OFFERED FOR NEW PARKWAY Nearby Virginia Gifts Condi- tional on Development by U. S. in Three Years. Nearby “Virginia will be given two large tracts for public parks if the Fed- eral Government will deveiop the land, Dr.-S. M. Johnson, general director of the Lee Highway Association, an- nounced last night at a dinner of the organization in the Willard Hotel. One of the tracts, containing 200 acres, is located south of Alexandria between the Belle Haven Golf Course and the Potomac River, and the other, con- sisting of 43 acres, parallels Lubber Run and Four Mile Creek, near Glen- carlyn. ‘The 200-acre tract is a portion of 800 acres now owned by Bucknell Col- lege. “This property,” said Dr. John- son, “will be offered the Federal Gov- ermnment for development of a beauti- ful parkway rivaling Potomac Park, providing it is done within a period of three years. We also have the tender of a beautiful park along Lubber Run | and Four Mile Creek in Arlington Coun- | ty, as a free gift for a public park. Opening of Campaign. The dinner signalized the opening of the association’s campaign to pop- | ularize the Lee Highway and to make | nearby Virginia what Dr. Johnson de- scribed as the “front door instead of the back door to Washington.” It was attended by more than 150 persons, prominent in the civic, business and professional life of Washington and vi- cinity. Among them were Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, Harley P. Wilson, author of Washington's tran- sit merger plan; Dorsey Hyde, secre- tary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and Isaac Gans. Dr. Johnson sketched the achieve- ments of the association from its be- ginning elght years ago, and outlined the plans now under way for developing Arlington County, Va., particularly in the vicinity of the approach to the new Arlington Memorial Bridge, which, he said. would be completed and opened to traffic in 14 months. “When the bridge is completed,” he said, “we hope to have the entire right-of-way for the 200-foot Lee boulevard graded from the north- west corner of Arlington National Ceme- tery up out of the valley to Radnor Heights with a 40-foot pavement from the northeast corner of the cemetery to Falls Church and a pavement from the northwest corner of Fort Myer res- ervation to Clarendon. Plans Moving Forward. “The 200-foot boulevard has been in- corporated In the plan of the Greater Washington by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the State of Virginia has placed the first seven miles in the State highway system, has completed the survey, is preparing for construction and is tak- ing deeds to the right-of-way. We al- ready have contracts with land ow for the 200-foot right-of-way for per cent of the distance to Buckland, hear Warrenton.” e Dr. William J. Showalter, acting AUDITORS BLAMED 1N ROAD SHORTAGE Reported Maryland Accounts Correct Year After Year, Grand Jury Reports. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 12.—Responsi- bility for the delay in discovery of the $376,138 State roads commission thefts was placed upon the State auditor’s de- partment by the grand jury in its final report yesterday. Indicating that the jury did not have sufficient time for a complete probe into the thefts, the report suggested that the inquest for the January term in Balti- more, and juries in-other jurisdictions might be called upon to continue where the work was left off. After a recital that the jury found the financial affairs of the commission in a deplorable condition, the report stresses the fact that, in addition to making improper audits, the auditors continued to report the books and funds correct year after year. Recommendation was made for a thorough reorganization of the person- nel of the commission, and for legisla- tion by the present session of the Gen- eral Assembly providing for the audit- ing of the finances of all State depart- ments and institutions by outside audit- ing firms, rather than by political ap- pointees. Howard Bruce, newly appointed mem- ber of the State roads commission, yes- terday resigned as Democratic national committeeman for Maryland. In a let- ter to J. Enos Ray, chairman of the Democratic State control committee, Bruce explained he wished to devote his whole attention to the roads work, and that he felt T inappropriate to hold both offices simultaneously. Bruce has been Democratic national committeeman since 1925. Bond Issue Vote Deferred. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., January 12.—The spe- 000 bond issue for a new high school, set for February 12, has been deferred, following a conference between school officials and a committee appointed by the Luray town council. Money for a sewerage system and water improve- ments are to receive attention and plans are to be made for a vote on all three proposition: that it-is the only major Capital of the world which does not have a popula- tion of 1,000,000 or more. “We have got to prepare for larger things,” he declared. “We have got to provide for the ever-increasing traffic over the Lee and all other highways entering Wash- ington. The people of Washington and Virginia have a great opportunity to build as fair an area as can be found around any of the major capitals of the world.” Plans of the association to open a campaign after the Community Chest drive to raise $90,000 to finance fits operations over a three-year period were announced by Dan E. Weigle of Philadelphia, publicity director. Dr. president of the association, stressed the need of planning now clal election on the question of a $150,- | A: The oldest and youngest aviators at the Miami air meet. Charles Dickinson of Chicago is the oldest licensed pilot in the country and 4-year-old Donald MacIntosh has flown more than 30,000 miles, - chiefly with his father, a Californian. —Associated Press Photos. Another one of those cigar-smoking prodigies. Eugene Carbello of Everett, Mass., is only 2!3 years old, but he demands his daily smoke. And Gene is quite an old friend of Lady Nicotine now, since he has been smoking since a little more than a year old. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Keeping pace with the rapid advance of aeronautics, the country’s first international air passenger terminal, Airways for its newly inaugurated service to the West Indies, has all the appointments of a modern railway station. opened station at Miami, Fla., with one of the giant planes being used in the service. The Question Mark flyers enjoying the first bite of food on ground after smashing all endurance records by staying aloft more than 150 hours. They are shown with Maj. C. L. Chase, chief surgeon, just after he had examined them and pronounced each “ready to fly on any mission.” The flyers, left to right: Maj. Carl Spatz, commanding officer; Capt. Lieut. Quesada and Sergt. Hooe. The youngsters of a New York public school were given a big thrill the other day, when three gentlemen of fistic fame dropped in for a visit in connection with a health contest. They were: Tom Heeney, Tunney’s last opponent; Johnny Dundee and Jimmy McLarnin, shown here with the pupils. —Wide World Photos. built by the Pan-American This shows the recently —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 12 (Spe- cial).—Robert P. Whitestone will go to Baltimore tomorrow to attend a con- ference of officers of Baltimore Legion, No. 10, Loyal Order of Moose, at which plans will be made for installation of officers February 3. Whitestone, a mem- ber of Virginia Lodge, No. 1076, of this city, recently was elected great north moose of Baltimore Legion. The installation will take place at Elks’ Hall, with Virginia Lodge as host to the visitors. R. P. Whitestone, James T. Luckett and C. E. Alestock have been named on the committee in charge of arrangements. It will be the first occasion on which the Baltimore Legion has ever met outside of Baltimore. Officers of the Washington Birthday iation have been re-elected as fol- low: J. Willlam May, president; Mar- tin E. Greene, secretary; Harry D. Kirk, treasurer; Harry D. Kirk, Carroll Plerce, L. H. Dudley, Judge Howard W. Smith and Mark L. Price, vice presdents. The assoclation has completed plans for going to Mount Vernon February 22 to place a wreath on the tomb of George ‘Washington. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary R. Roberts, 82 years old, who died Thurs- day night at her home, 312 Montgomery street, will be held Monday at 2 p.m,, and burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts was the widow of James Roberts and was born in Oxfordshire, England. Five daughters survive, Mrs. M. G. Sanborn, Fairfax, Va.; M Milstead, Washington; Mrs. and a brother, Charles Mumford of Mount Ida, also_survive. Lieut. Walter §. Hinton; U. S. N., was the principal speaker last night at the annual banquet of Potomac Lodge, No. David Jayne Hill, former United States for the future de- | Ambassador to Germany, presided, and ( in Odd Fellows’ Temple. 38, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, J. Willlam ‘welopment of Washington,.pointing out paid a glowing tribute to Dr. Johnson. May was toastmaster. E. R. Thomasson, 4 [] 4 Recommended for “immediate aban- donment” by the now famous School- house Commission of 1908, the Threlkeld School, Thirty-sixth street and Prospect avenue, ended 61 years of continuous service at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when its last class was dismissed in preparation for its abandonment. Although regarded in 1908 as unfit for the accommodation of school chil- dren, the old four-room . Threlkeld Building has been forced into continued service by the general overcrowding which has burdened the school system for years. The “immediate abandon- ment” ordered 21 years ago is possible today through the recent completion of i the Gordon Junior High School at Thirty-fifth and T streets. School Building in Use for 61 Years Abandoned as Unfit for Service ‘The Threlkeld School was erected in 1868, and both.in size and construction it long has been obsolete in comparison with the more modern school buildings here. It is one of the last schoolhouses in the District of Columbia equipped with wooden stairs. The schoolhouse commission of 1908, authorized by Congress to survey the District public school system, listed the Threlkeld with structures for “immediate abandon- ment,” while it recommended other buildings for “early abandonment.” Robert L. Haycock, assistant super- | intendent in charge of elementary schools, said today the Threlkeld Building wil be used as storehouse until it is definitely determined what shall be done with it. PLAN FOR 1930 ELECTION. {Democrats Form Congressional Committee to Conduct Campaign. A national Democratic congressional committee has been named to take charge of that party's fight in the next election. The committee includes Rep- resentative Byrns of Tennessee, chair- man; Representatives Lea of California, Linthicum of Maryland, ,Pou of North Carolina and Mrs. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey. Later one Representative y | from each State will be named on th: committee. district deputy grand master, installed officers, Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Hen- derson Graham, a former resident, who died yesterday in Washington, will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the home of H. R. Burke, 111 West Walnut street. Rosemont. Mrs. Graham is survivad I;y':: husband, Robert M, Graham, and DRYS USE FINGERPRINT. Bootleggers to Be Recorded Through Baltimore Police. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 12—At the request of Robert D. Ford, deputy pro- hibition commissioner for the Maryland area, the police have started finger- printing bootleggers arrested by Federal agents. *“We have the right and authority un- der the law to photograph lawbreakers,” Charles D. Gaither, police commissioner, sald, “and we decided to co-operate with Mr. Ford in this connection.” e Dies Seated at Window. Mrs.'Mary Percella, 75 years old, died suddenly yesterday afternoon while seated at a window at her home, 439 K street, watching children at play. Cor- oner J. Ramsay Nevitt gave a certificate ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 12 (Spe- cial) —Announcement has been made that the recently elected officers of Court Archbishop Curley, Catholic Daughters of America of Gaithersburg, and Court Forest Glen of Forest Glen and vicinity, will be installed with joint exercises at the home of Court District of Columbia, No. 212, Washington, next ‘Tuesday evening. Miss M. Agnes Powers of Baltimore, State regent, will be master of ceremonies. Mrs. Hannah Schwartz is grand regent of the Gaith- ersburg Court and Miss Marie G. Whit- field of the Forest Glen Court. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of Howard Raymond Leonhardt, | 23, and Miss Mildred L. Connor, 18, both of Washington, and James Rogers, 49, and Miss Susie V. Dill, 35, both of ‘Washington. Rev. Frank A. Tyler of the Methodist Chureh officiated at the marriage here on Wednesday of Miss Katherine W. Fairall and Elwood W. McNelly, both of Washington, the ceremony taking place at the home of the minister. Several machine guns and other trophies of the World War have been received from the United States War Department by the Norman B. Price American Legion Post of Sandy Sprins and have been placed in charge of the building committee, consisting of Ferguson Barnsley, chairman; A. D. Farquhar and H. H. Adams, Thomas Jefferson Woodyard, 30, of Ballston, Va., and Miss Anna Marie Kennedy, 25, of Brooklyn, N. Y.: Frank G. Mahoney, 27, and Miss Viola May Shanard, 22, both of Herndon, Va., and Calvin Etchison Whalen, 21, and Miss Maybelle Carlisle, 20, both of this county, visited Rockville yesterday and obtained licenses to marry from ‘the clerk of the Circuit Court. Joseph E. Janney of Sandy Spring has been elected a director of the Sandy A connoissuer’s choice for beauty honors. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Halverson, —Associated Press Photos. She is Miss Gertrude Craig of Bessemer, Ala., who has been selected by Flo Ziegfeld, the New York producer, as the most beautiful girl at Howard College, Alabama. She is a freshman. —Associated Press Photo. COURTHOUSE FATE Reveals Senator’s Con- tinued Opposition. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., 000 courthouse on the site of the pres- of lands immediately to its west, will be put up to Dr. Eugene Jones, who represents the county in the State Senate, it was announced by Maj. E. Brooke Lee, Speaker of the House of Delegates #d a member of the county delegation in that body, at a confer- | ence here yesterday afternoon. The conference, the third of its kind, was attended by the county's representatives in the Legislature, the county commission, the courthouse building committee and the courthouse architects, and was arranged in the hope that an agreement would be reached as to what in the way of ad- ditional bond issues the Legislature now in session would be asked to authorize for courthouse purposes. The proposition was to have the Legislature authorize an issue of $150.- 000 in bonds to augment $300,000 al- ready available for the proposed court- house and an issue of approximately the same amount for the purchase of the block immediately west of the present courthouse square. Unyielding in Attitude. Dr. Jones, however, who antagonized the proposition at the other confer- ences, let it be understood that his op- position continues, and when it became apparent, after a prolonged discussion, that he would not get behind the project, Maj. Lee stated that he and his colleagues in the House of Dele- gates had agreed to put two authoriza- tion acts through the House, one pro- viding $150,000 courthouse bonds and | the other a like sum for the purchase (of the land. Both measures, he said, | would then be sent to the Senate for the approval or disapproval of the State Senate. Dr. Jones replied that they | Would meet with his opposition when they reach the Upper House of the General Assembly. Dr. Jones told the conferees that the county tax rate should be lowered and would be if he could accomplish it by opposing in the State Senate all bills providing for unnecessary bond issues. Unless he heart, or uniéss the present courthouse plans are considerably modified, his attitude is interpreted as-meaning that J.la $300,000 addition to the present. structure, with a jail on top, would have to suffice for the next two or three years, at least, or the county worry along during that period with present facilities. Many at Conference. The conference was attended by Dr. Benjamin C. Perry, Judge Robert B. Peter, Robert G. Hilton, Preston B. Ray, Berry E. Clafk, Otho H. W. Tal- bott and Clagett C. Hiiton, comprising the building committee: County Com- missioners Lacy Shaw, Robert L. Hick- of death from an attack of heart dis-' Spring Savings Institution to fill alerson and Downey Willlams, Architects Delos 8R50, A yacancy, Russell A, Mitchell and A. Smith, ¥ o UPT0 R JNES i Third Conference at Rockville January 12— Whether Rockville is to have a $450,- ent structure, enlarged by the purchase xperiences a change of ; PRINGPAL IS GVEN PTURE OF ATRI 'Six Boys in Sam Brownes and : Badges Present Photo to ! Miss Young. Miss Young might be the principal of three schools, but she understands men and appreciates their work. If she wasn’t and didn't, no life-and-limb | protecting patrol in the world would | have given her its picture right out in the open, like one did yesterday. It happened over northeast, in the Peabody School, at Fifth and C streets, and the presentation was staged be- cause Miss Young—“Miss M. Gertrude Young, administrative principal,” she signs herself on the report cards—well, because she understands, that's all, and anybody knows what that means. When all the other schools in the city were organizing schoolboy patrols to help direct boys and girls across the streets near the school buildings in the mornings and afternoons the little boys and girls of the Carbery School, at Fifth and D streets northeast, one of the three buildings under Miss Young's administration, were without protection, just because there was no patrol. They might still be without a man's protection if six fellows in the sixth grade—that’s Miss Ruth E. Dick’s class —hadn't taken things in their own hands and organized a patrol. They were recognized, too, and In practi- cally no time they had white Sam Browne belts and shiny badges that the American Automobile Asgpciation gives out. But, best of all, they had Miss Young's support. She helped them get their belts and badges and sort of made things easy for them to get the obedience of the children whose safety they were to protect. So James Farr (he's patrol captain), Bryant Plitt, Edward Steagall, David Shelton, Clyde Much and Reginald El- lington had a group picture taken of themselves, and that's what they gave to Miss Young, with appropriate cere- monies. Capt. Farr introduced Patrol- man Much, and he recited a specially written poem that Miss Mildred Hin- man of the Library of Congress com- | posed for them. |, The poem told all about the work of the “six musketeers who make the streets_safe for the scholar.” Then a&pt. p’!;’ln; g{‘esent:;io lthe framed pho- graph of the pa to Miss Young, and she didn't say much, but. then, anybody knows she understood. A lit- tle talk by H. M. Starling of the A. A. A staff, in which he commended . the patrol for its work, completed the program. — yJones and E. Brooke Lee, Dr. George {L. Edmonds and Richard H. Lansdale, { members of the House of Delegates. ¢ Judge Peter, Maj. Lee, Dr. Perry, Dr. Fdmonds and Messrs. Clark, Ray, Hiltor ¢ Talbott spoke in favor of the propos:d bond issues. Dr. Jones, who repeatedly stated during the con= ference that he believed a large major- ity of the tax payers of the county were -not in favor of incurring so was alone in ope position, - g