Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1929, Page 11

MONTGOMERY GETS TALK ON FARM AID Senator Barkiey and Speaker Lee Heard at Rockville Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, January 30.—In &n address at the tenth annual meeting of the Montgomery County Farm Bu- reau in the courthouse here yesterday, which was attended by more than 200 of the county’s leading farmers and cairymer. and the vives and daughters of not a few of them, Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky predicted that the problem of agricultural relief would be solved He thought legislation of value might be enacted at the special session of Congress expected to be called soon and | declared that he would support any plan to ald agriculture no matter from what source it might emanate. Senator Barkley stressed organiza- | tion as one way in which farmers | might help themselves and pointed out ‘what co-operation had accomplished for other industries. The Senator stated | that he had supported the McNary- Haugen bill, including the equalization fee feature. He declared agriculture to be the most dependent of industries when it should be the most independent. All other industries, he stated, are or- ganized. Lee Discusses Legislation. Maj. E. Brooke Lee, Speaker of the House of Delegates and member of the Montgomery County delegation in that body, came over from Annapolis to dis- cuss legislation that is necessary to con- tinue the county's advancement. Very | little legislation affecting the county is| contemplated at this session, he said, | because it is not s- | lature of 1927, he : which have had much to do with the county’s existing satisfactory “set-up” and thought that the present session should not be asked to do more than | ®uthorize the wise spending of the | county’s additional income. Maj. Lee referred to the county’s re- markable development along various lines and declared that the expenditures authorized by the last Legislature were | amply justified. He pictured the county as one of the greatest in the Nation | and declared it was destined to become | the greatest home location in the world. | Maj. Lee denied that taxes in the | county are high. He referred to the fact that the general tax rate—$1.30 on each $100 of real estate and personal property—is the second lowest in the State, and stated that property on an avxerage is assessed at not more than 35 or 40 per cent of its actual value. He referred to the steadily increasing land values throughout the county, and | suggested to the farm owners that a sure way for them to make big money | 1s to hold their land. Maj. Lee stated that the county's rep- resentatives in the House of Delegates would favor authorization of bond issues aggregating approximately $32.- 000,000 for roads, schools, an adequate ; courthouse and enlarged site and to pay for schools and roads already con- structed, and insisted that an increase in the tax rate would not result from such expenditures. He referred at length to the courthouse proposition and strongly advocated an additional bond issue of around $300,000 for an adequate building and more land for the site. It was: thought that the meeting would be called upon to consider a resolution favoring authorization by the Legislature of an additional bond issue for the courthouse and site, but the matter was not taken up. In addition to electing & board of directors, consisting of five at large and one from each of the 13 elecction dis- tricts of the county, and six delegates to represent the county at the annual meeting of the State Farm Bureau Federation, the meeting named Mrs. James D. King of Germantown, chair- man of the home and community com- mittee, and unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the bill which has already passed the House of Represen- tatives and is now pending in the United States Sgagte, provided for the location of the Wholesale Farmers' Market in | Southwest Washington. The resolution placed the farm bureau as favoring a | slte in the Northeast scction of the | city. FIFTH BIG FIRE HITS SOUTH BOSTON, VA. $225,000 Loss in Burning of Grand Central Warehouse and Seven Mercantile Places. 8peclal Dispatch to The Star. SOUTH BOSTON, Va., January 30.— The fifth serious fire here since Decem- | ‘ber 1 early today destroyed the Grand | Central Warehouse and wiped out seven | mercantile establishments, with a loss of $225,000. The other four fires, three of them tobacco plants and one the City Hally 5,000. ire-brought the season’s loss half a million dollars. The taried in De Jarnette's Cafe, | whole block was soon engulfed. A col- lapsing wall damaged another ware- house. Firemen fought the blaze at a temperature of 15 degrees, and were credited by Mayor J. B. Wilborne this ‘The losses | by about 170 | w red per cent insurance. | RICHMOND STORE BURNS. : Heart of Retail District Scene of Mid- | night Blaze, i /RICHMOND, Va., Janua — | Pire undetermined origin, starting | before midnight, destroyed the ding and contents of the Millrose £tores in the heart of Richmond's re- tail sho district. At 1:30 o'clock this morning it was announced that | the fire was under control and had been confined to the one store, but| srocks of adjoining stores were damaged | by smoke and water. For a time the) blaze threatened five store buildings. | No official estimate of the damage could be given. All avallable polica yeserves were pressed into service to| keep back the throng of spectators. Beltsville Woman Buried. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star VILLE, Md.. January 30— services for Mrs. Gora B. Chap- who died Sunday, took morning from the home law and daughter, Mr. T. E. Woodward, near this She had been in 11l health sev- | eral vears. Burial was in the cemetery | of St. John's Episcopal Church here, | Reginald Hall officiating. Mrs. | Chappell had been living with her | daughter here since 1898. Mrs. R. Lee | Sellman of College Park, another daughter, also survives. Merchants' Licenses Due. Dispatch to The Star, | BURG, Va., January 30.—At- been directed by the com- missioner of revenue, R. L. Nixon, to the fact that merchants’ licenses are due and unless paid before February 1| will be increased by the penalty pro- vided by law. Applications for lieenses have been sent all merchants, and they are required to send in same at once, tention HE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WIDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1929.° B ——————. = . BOXING CLASS IN ACTION AT TEACHERS’ COLLEGE The art of self-defense has become popular at the Virginia Teachers’ College, at Radford, Va., where the girls a large gallery of students. ! have learned how to start an uppercut low and jab with both their right and left hands, The bouts always attract POTOMAG REVENUE PROBLEMS AIRED Commissioner Green. of Ar- lington Questioned by Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., January 30.—Cross-examination of Har- v K. Green, Arlington County commis- sioner of revenue, featured this morn- ing’s session of the annexation suit by which Alexandria is seeking the Po- tomac area from Arlington County. Questioned by Maj. Carter Hall of Alex- andria’s counsel, Mr. Green admitted the tax levy in the territory proposed to be annexed would be lightened by Alexandria having to pay the costs of roads and schools, and that the county would not"have to pay its 10-cent levy. He admitted there is a wide break in the population between the thickly- settled section of the county around Clarendon and Ballston and the area sought to be annexed. The growth is greater outside of Potomac than in the town, he said, and twice greater north of Alexandria and west of Potomac than in Arlington County as a whole. In 1928, he said, the improvements in the area were five times greater per square mile in Alexandria than in Ar- lington County. County’s High Standing. Mr. Green yesterday declared reports of the State auditor,Kshow Arlington County to be the greatest asset county in Virginia. Disclosing that only 12 of the 100 counties in the State are self- supporting, he said, Arlington tops the list of the self-supporting. Alexandria ranks tenth among the 23 cities, he said. Annexation would be a setback to the State as well as the county, he said, because it would raise the taxes both in the city and county and tend to drive out industries. He told the court that as chairman of the special tax commit- tee appointed by Gov. Harry F. Byrd, he believed the policy of the State is and has been to reduce taxes on in- dustries. 3 He said that in the event of annexa- tion the county would lose $29,456.40 annually in taxes from Potomac rail- road yards alone. Testimony designed to show that sentiment in the territory Alexandria seeks is opposed to the suit was intro- duced by counsel for ths county yes- terday. R. B. Berryman of Abingdon, Allen E. Fordham of Braddock Heights, Frank J. Benson of Mount Ida, G. H. Walters of Washington and Mount Vernon avenues, Braddock; Edward M. Birrell of Braddock and R. B. Cobean of Potomac all testified that sentiment | in their sections of the county is against annexation. Each lives within the area sought in the current proceedings. Availability of Money. Mr. Fordham, a builder and contrac- tor, said that money can be raised for building purposes in Arlington County much easier than in the city, and that a higher first trust can be placed on county prcperty than property within the city. He told the court he had to finance the laying of the water mains in his subdivisions, the Alexandria Water | Co.. refusing to extend its pipes at its own expense. Mr. Benson, a home builder, admitted Won’t go |Convicted Slayer Gains Point in Suing His Counsel By the Assoctated Press, CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., January 30.—Virginia's unusual case of & convicted slayer suing I defending counsel for damages caused by alleged negligence, moved a step nearer trial yesterday when Judge R. F. Hutcheson held that the Cumberland County Court had jurisdiction. Defense had asked to quash. The case is that of R. O. Garrett former Cumberland County clerk of court, who is as 5,000 damages from Harry M. Richmond ars ago. Smith w his counsel in the trial and Garrett charges he was Inept in preparing the defense. SHENANDOAH PARK BOUNDARIES SHIFT Much New Territory Taken In, as Shown by Map of State and Federal Agencies. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, January 30.—Old lines have been abandoned and much new territory has been taken within the boundaries of the Shenandoah Na- tional Park area, ds described by the new map of the United States Geolog- ical Survey, made in collaboration with | the Virginia State Conservatlon and Development Commission. The new map, which is on display here, puts Luray within 3 miles of the | park limits, Front Royal within 2 miles, Waynesboro, on the south, within 3 miles and seven towns in this county either in or on the lines of the park area. The park will be 70 miles long and at its widest point 18 miles in width. The widest point is from Stanley, this county, to Wolftown, in Madison. This latter town is a picturesque community within the park limits, and while hav- ing but 50 inhabitants has a growing bank, furniture store, several mercan- tile stores, a resident physician and several other businesses. Officlals of the State Conservation and Development Commission at the present time are rushing the purchase of land within the area. The map bears the names of all landowners and lists every tract of land. on cross-examination that he obtained about three-fourths of the money used | to finance his operations from an Al- exandria bank. Mr. Birrell testified that although the Alexandria river front is not very active now, when he was a young man and a resident of the city the river front was a bechive of indus- try.” He said that some of the residents in the territory Alexandria obtained by annexation procegding in 1915 do not yet have concrete sidewalks and modern streets. Joseph L. Crupper of Arlington County, receiver for the defunct Vir. ginia Shipbuilding Corporation in Alex- andria, said the entire property of the shipbuilding firm has recently been sold for $13,500 at public auction and could well be used for industrial putposes. out to play When healthy youngsters, usually full of mischief, suddenly lose their ambition to be engineers or policemen, they are probably full of cold germs. Loss of appetite, listlessness, or feverish condition, should put parents promptly on guard. As a rapid-action weapon against colds, no remedy is better known than GROVE’'S BROMO QUININE. Easy to take and mildly laxative, it rids the system of poisons caused by colds. The tonic properties keep vitality up. Because grip, influenza, and other serious illnesses often begin with a cold, it is wise to obtain quick relief when any cold threatens. And ually wise, to make certain of getting the right remedy. So emphasize GROVE'S, when asking for GROVE'SBROMOQUININE. Price 30c. BROMO QUI LAXATIVE TABLETS | ARLINGTON WOMEN | ASK CLINIC BUILDING Ten Organizations Before County Supervisors on Question of Fund. Represented i Special Dispateh to The Star. ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE, Va, | January 30.—Seventeen women repre- | senting ten organizations of the Organ- | ized League of Women Voters of Arling- { ton County called on the County Board | of Supervisors today, asking considera- tion for a proposed new bullding for a | dental clinic. It was urged that at least $7,000 be appropriated for the building to occupy |the site of the old clinic_at Wilson boulevard in Clarendon. The lot is | owned by the county. Schools Close for Funeral. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | 'FROSTBURG, Md., January 30.— | Many schools in'the Georges Creek ter- ritory closed during the funeral of John W. Hunt, veteran schoolmaster, who | dled on the front porch of nis home here after he had gone out to get a | newspaper left by a carrier. He taught in the county more than 50 y A CH In Sp All Chrysler engines are provided with counter-' weighted 7-bearing crankshafis. An expensive feature, but one that provides an almost incred- ible engine smoothness and remarkable long life. OTHERS AGCUSED INROAD SHORTAGE, |Attorney for Three Convicted in Maryland Lists Many “Irregularities.” Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 30.—Charges | of new wholesale frauds in the State |roads office and that the men now | serving terms in prison, as well as those under indictment, are not the only men ! who have stolen the funds were made yesterday afternoon by Richard B. Tip- pett at a hearing before the special committee appointed by Gov. Ritchie to investigate the letting of contracts and other affairs of the commission. Tippett, who was attorney for three of the men now serving terms, after | pleading guilty to charges of larcency | of State road funds, charged that: 1. Contracts involving millions of dollars were let without competitive bidding, as required by law, and that | thousands of dollars have been stolen and the thefts covered up. Contracts Without Bidding. 2. Many small contracts were let and large additions made without any bid- ding. 3. That large sums were pald out to contractors without any authority and resulted in great loss to the State. 4. Large quantities of supplies were purchase without competitive bidding 5. That business of the State Roads Commission was run with no accounting | to any one. 6. A great many individuals outside of the State roads body benefited with- | out making any returns to the State. | 7. A great many properties were | stolen by men in the employ of the | | State Roads Commission, and also by | outsiders, and later resold to the State. 8. Large quantities of goods turned | over to the State Roads Commission by | the Federal Government were sold by | employes. | 9. Large sums of money were spent on the improvement of private property through pure favoritism. 10. Graft and theft permeated the entire system of the commission. 11. The methods of the commission | were wasteful and extravagant. | Subcommittee Attends. The hearing before the commission | (which consisted of John J. Nelligan. | president of the Safe Deposit & Trust | | Co. George M. Shriver, vice president | of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and ! Jonathan K. Voshell, superintendent. of RYSLER HRYSLER popularity is due not only to the public acceptance of Chrysler originality in style and beauty, but to the acclaim of the freshness of Chrysler engineering and performance. Chrysler engineers bring to the task of developing their new cars the same origi- nality and the same enterprise which characterize their achievements in style and beauty. | now in session' will do regarding bond | |-issues for road construction the Baltimore branch of the Metropoli- tan Life Insurance Co. was attended by the subcommittee of the joint commit- btfe of the House and Senate of the State Legislature, which is also investi- gating the State Roads Commission, State’s Attorney Herbert R. O’'Connor and a committee of the grand jury of | Baltimore City. Before making his charges Mr. Tlp-‘ pett complained the committee had | shown a lack of warmth and ss‘mpa!hyi for his efforts to bring to light roads corruption, and declared the invitation | the committee extended to him to ap- | pear before it “would freeze in July. After making the char@es, Mr. Trip- pett said: “I will be prepared to show these | facts and many others, It has been re- | marked that I have been retained b}’{ certain people, ‘It is not true. I am acting purely in the interest of the | people as a whole. Circumstances were | such that I could not stand by and see | the people remain ignorant. I am spending my own money for the pur- | pose of showing the plain, unvarnished truth. So that graft, theft and pilfer | will be so impressed on the minds of the people that a repetition will be im- | possible.’ | ‘The commission will not meet again | until it learns what the committee of | the Legislature would do. | il MONTGOMERY ROADS | ALLOTTED $153,726 County Commissioners Notified of $83,550 From Gas Tax and Rest Post Roads Fund. Special Dispatch to The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, January 30.—The county commissioners have been noti- fled by the State Roads Commission that Montgomery County’s allotment of State funds for road construction in the coun- ty this year is $153,726.75, of which $83,550 is from the lateral road gaso- line tax fund and the remainder from the post roads fund. The money is distributed among the counties accord- ing to road mileage. ‘The letter transmitting the informa- tion requests the commissioners to indi- cate the roads of the countyit is desired to have improved this year, and states that the State Roads Commission desires to begin as soon as possible advertising for | bids and awarding contracts and hopes to soon announce a construction pro- gram. It is understood the commissioners will not be in a position to supply the information requested untll it is defi- | nitely determined what the Legislature in the county. Finland's building boom continues to RrOW. MOTORS eed, Dash, Stamina. the public knows CHRYSLER ranks with cars costing hundreds of dollars more Given Virginia Post JONN PAUL Of Harrisonburg, Va., who has been | nominated United States attorney for western district of Virginia, NEW U. S. ATTORNEY READY FOR DUTIES HARRISONBURG, Va,, January 30.— John Paul, who has been namer United States attorney for the western district of Virginia, will begin his duties as soon as the Senate confirms the nomination and he receives his commission. The office duties have been discharged by assistants since Joseph C. Shaffer, Roa- noke, resigned late last Summer to be- come the Republican candidate for Con- gress from the ninth Virginia district, in which he was elected in November. Mr. Paul will have the rather un- ' usual distinction of representing the Government as prosecutor in the same court over which his father, the late Judge John Paul of Harrisonburg, pre- sided many years ago. Judge Paul, who had served in the Confede: Army, joined the ranks of the Readj er party after the Civil War, as many other prominent, Virgini had fought under the Southern banne and after the Readiusters ceased to b come a political power in the State he and most of the other leaders affiliated with the Republican par TYARGES DRUPPED - INCLOTHS CASE ;Evidcnce of Statutory Law | Violation by Arlington Pross ecutor Insufficient. | ‘ Lack of sufficient evidence resulted | in the quashing yesterday of statutory charges placed against Willlam C. Gloth, commonwealth attorney of Are lington County, Va. and Miss Edith idder, following a raid on the late er's apartment last February. As- sistant. District Attorney Joseph Bruce nol prossed the case. Gloth and Miss Scudder were sched- uled for t in Police Court in the near future, ‘The charges were | dropped after Bruce had conferred with District Attorney Leo A. Rover, when it was decided that the evidence was insufficient to bring the case to trial. | Lieut. Jerry Sullivan of the tel precinct made the raid. which res in the arrest of Gloth and lSCv:dd!!‘ at the request of Mrs. Jjorie Gloth, estranged Wwife of the Ar- lington County prosecutor. Calling at the home of his wife in | Clarendon, Va., several weeks after the ; raid to discuss domestic difficulties, | Gloth was shot by his wife and criti- | cally wounded. Mrs. Gloth was con- | victed of a felonious assault, and sen- tenced to serve a year in Arlington County Jaill. She was recently par- doned by Gov. Harry Byrd after serv- | ing several months. ~Mr. Gloth blamed | the rald to political and domestic troubles. Rome's new broadeasting station will | soon be opened. INDIGESTION ‘o RELIEVED KLY This Parely Vegetable Pill aids nature as a lax- ative in its digestive duties. 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