Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1929, Page 10

- NNEUATION OASE - BREFS REQUESTED Special Court ‘in _ Arlington County to Adjourn Until February 25. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va., Febru- ary 1—The special tribunal of three iudgu hearing the annexation proceed- ngs instituted against Arlington County by the City of Alexandria today an- nounced that counsel for both sides will be requested to submit briefs following completion of the ¢ounty's case now in progress. Judges Don Halsey of Lynchburg, Frederick Coleman of Fredericksburg and E. W. Hudgins of Chase City said that upon completion of today’s session the court will adjourn until February 25, 50 that they may preside over the ¥ courts of their home circuits, - Counsel for ‘the county February 25 will con- tinue its case and when finished a date will be, fixed for the submitting of briefs in argument of the case. Fletcher Kemp, superintendent of Arlington County public schools for 22 years, testified today that the school mfnm of the county would be hard g‘lt In the event the city wins the annex- ation suit and takes in the town of Potomac., where George Mason High School is located. ‘Would Transfer Pupils. Children of Jefferson and Arlington majesterial districts living outside the territory sought by annexation would have to transfer to Washington-Lee | ‘High School, at Ballston, in the west- ern section of the county, he said. The only means of transportation from their community to Ballston would be by in- direct electric car route. Mr. Kemp explained that the two high schools were located so as to best serve the two sections of the county, George Mason in the east and Wash- ington-Lee in the west. The schools are at the junction point of fine roads and streets, and are also served . by electric car and busses. He added that there is no bus line from Jefferson and Arlington districts to Washington-Lee. Maps Used by Witness. Using maps to Hlustrate his testimony W. 8. Sunderman, a city planner and landscape architect, testified yesterday that there are 318 acres within the city limits of Alexandria suitable for Tesidential, park and industrial devel- opment, in addition to the 612 acres the city recently acquired from Fairfax County by an annexation agreement. Supt. Kemp told yesterday that the attendance in the county schools in 1925 was 6,018, while in Alexandria the attendance was 5,439. The increase in attendance in the county. for the period 1905-1925 was 223 per cent, while in the city the increase was 39 per cent. DfiAKE RITES. TOMORROW. T | Admiral Once Served on Frigate Constitution. Y . Final rites for Rear Admiral Frank- lin J. Drake, 84 years old, retired, who died Wednesday at his home in the Kenesaw Apartments, will be 11 o'clock tomorrot BAN-NEWS.? THE EVENING STAR:” WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 19%9.. FIRE DEPARTMENT - AMBULANCE IN SERVICE Left to right: Chief Andrew Gasch of the Bladensburg Fire -De.artment.‘l graduate of the Red Cross first aid course, and H. L. Leonard, chief of the Prince Georges County rescue .squad, trained by the Red Cross, beside the county's mew ambulance, which was built by the firemen at a cost of less than $1,000. AMBULANCE BUILT BY FIRE FIGHTERS Prince Georges Rescue Squad, One of First in U. S. Red Cross, Ready for Duty. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 1.— Announcement. was made today that the ambulance of the county rescue squad of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Association, built by firemen themselves, is ready and is available to physicians or any citizen where hospital service is needed immediately. It is the only ambulance service maintained be- tween Washington and Baltimore. ‘There are no fixed charges in connec- tion with its use. A person may give whatever he feels the service is worth to him, and if there is evidence that the user cannot afford to pay anything there will be no charge. According to H. L. Leonard of Hyatts- ville, chief and organizer of the rescue squad, it is aimed to make the ambu- lance a real community asset and a vital aid in time of need. The idea only is to meet operating expenses, with no thought of making money. .. Equipment Is Complete. Carrying all modern equipment, the ambulance, a commodious one, will re- spond not only to cases of sickness, but to any sort of accident. The equipment consists of lateral type spring convert- he latest inhalator, gas grap irons, splints and dages.of all kinds. . It has a capac- ity of three patients lying down or can carry one patient dnd a rescue squad of eight. In addition, the ambulance car- ries tanks provided by the Wi Suburban Gas Co., which are available to any physician or pa- tient without cost. Oxygen is proving pariicularly valuable at this time, when pneumonia, and influenza has such a grip. By the use of oxygen a resident of the community suffering with pneu- monia was resuscitated a few days ago. the ambulance is a squad of Warrenton Cattleman Dies. ial Dispatch to The Star. {Bpecial Dispatch to The.Star. 'ALLS CHURCH, Va.; Counties and Alexandria City hoid a dinner meeting at Wi b 20!! and Country Club. will . | days, Hyattsville 1520. 11 ville. Manning firemen, all American Red Cross first- aid graduates. Each of the 17 fire de- partments in the county is represented uad by six or more men. e first group of volun- teer firemen trained in the. first-aid course of the American Red Cross. In- cidentally, it has saved many lives in ively short time it has been ce. 3 Cost of the mbfihnee, when paid for, be less than $1,000. Anproximately has been contributed. The lost cost 2 Georgean, Mount Chief, Leonard, at ‘Hyatts- is being made. to locate the b here,- where Chief Leonard may have ready ' access to night. the day, or at night, Sundays or holi- Do are Torpotion. Se Tyt e re n, e le- cchange should be ttes | RRODE eX: tons of flax are ken into Northern Ireland for mon! each get_in touch with the rescue squad. Contributors so far to the ambulance fund follow: Edward Gasch, . Frank Muce, P W RGP, e 1207 F St. is | thur Carr, Washington Suburban Gas rs. nt, | Rallway & Electric Co., Potomac Elex Harvesting of lee- On Virginia Farms Awaits Colder Days Special Dispatch 10 The ORANGE, Va., February 1— Virginia farmers, particularly in this section, are ho{nns the cold weather will -continue or get worse, for the first ice harvest has not been made and. groun hog day is near. - . Ponds near here were coated only an.inch thick yesterday, but this had increased some today. Little harvesting has been done before Christmas for 10 or 12 years, In former times, a citizén said today, huge snow balls and cakes of ice were stored, gener- ally before Christmas. Where the Winters have been too mild for extensive harvests it has been necessary to buy and haul in hot ‘weather, TWO EX-CONFEDERATES OF SAME AGE EXPIRE Henry Clay Schenck of Stephens City, Va., Failed to Surrender ‘When With Army at Appomattox. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., February 1.— “Taps” sounded today at Stephens City, near here, for Henry Clay Schenck, 84, who died suddenly of a heart attack. He enlisted in.the Southern Cavairy under Gen. Turner Ashby when 16 years old and after Ashby’s death served under Gen. Thomas L. Rosser. He took part in such mafor e: nts as New Market, Cedar Creek, the Wilderness, Seven Pines and Predericksburg. He was at Appomattox ‘when Gen. R. E. Lee surrendered with his army, but went to Stephens City, where he had since resided. A widow, formerly Miss Mary Neill Barnes, survives. He was a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church. FRONT ROYAL, Va., Feb b Encch Robinson, year-old Confed- erate veteran, died at his home last night after a short illness of bronchial penumonia. He was a member of Com- pany D, 23d Virginia Cavalry, and served throughout the war. He'is sur- vived by the following children: Mrs, Lizzie Rinker, Miss Ida Robinson and John Robinson, all ' of this count; James Robinson of Bluefield, W. Mrs, Mary Warfield of Baltimore, Mr: Annle Rinker and Mrs. Fannie Orr of Middletown, Va. —_— Banville, George Creek, Hyman Brown; J. M. Cobb, K. N. McKeever, Dixie Pig, Huddleston’s Garage, S. Mostow, F. M. Monaco, Johnny’s Garage, Mrs. Culp, Edward Mahoney, N. E. Stanton, E. A. Gasch, Alice M. ,_James Gunng Duckett Magruder, Alice B. Richardson, Carrle Galloway, Bernard Harrison, Ar« Co, Mrs. W. J. W. Bailey, Mount' Rainier rescue.squad unit, Washington; itric Power Co., Hyattsville Independent; Carr Bros. & Boswell, Inc.; Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, .L. Duckett, Prince Georgean, Greater Bla~ densburg District -Citizens’ Association, James La Fontaine, W. P. Magruder, Washington Packard Motor Co., Hyatts- ville Fire Department, Bowle Fire De- partment, Bladensburg Fire Department, E. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. A..C. Degges, E. Doty and Rushe Motor Co. If unable to get to our. Shop is open nights. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, February 1 (Spe- cial) —A charge of manslaughter against Archie Gaither, colored, of Gaithersburg, grewing out of an auto- mobile accident on the Laytonsville pike the night of December 1, which Tesulied in the deaths of John Clark Riggs of Howard County and George Bartlett of Woodside, this county, was dismissed by Judge Samuel Riggs in the Police Court here yesterday. The testi- mony failed to show how the accident happened, John Elgin .Poole, merchant and farmer, of Martinsburg, this county, died Wednesday evening at his home, at Martinsburg, aged 65. He had been ill but a few days, apoplexy being the sup- posed cause of death. Surviving are his wife, formerly a Miss Reed, and nine sons and daughters. Mr. Poole was a life-long resident of Poolesville district. When a young man he served the county as a deputy sheriff and con- stable. Licenses " have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Willlam Howard Baker, 28, and Miss Alice Leigh Donce, 21, both of Hallsboro, Va., and Leslie M. Wright, 23, of Fredericksburg, Va., and Miss Virginia Carvel Moultrup, 21, of Hern- don, Va. Camp Fire Girls Meet. At the weekly meeting of the Camp Fire Girls of Rockville Miriam Pasma was elected president, Helen Mathews vice president, Natalie Hicks recording secretary, Margaret Huntington corre- sponding secretary, Mrs. Harold C. Smith treasurer. It was announced that Mrs. Harold C. Smith would be the new guardian. The hostess of the evening was Miss Margaret Huntington. Mrs. Margaret E. Black of the lower section of the county has, through At- torney James L. Pugh of Wheaton, in- stituted suit in the Circuit Court here for an absolute divorce from Ralph D. . | Black of Washington. She charges that because of drunkenness on the part of the defendant and his failure to pro- vide for his wife and child the plain- tff was forced to leave him twice, finally in September, 1925. She there- fore asks for the divorce on the ground of desertion. She also asks that she be awarded the care and custody of the couple’s 10-year-old son and only child. An all-day meeting of the. Aid So- clety of the Rockville Baptist Church was held at the church yesterday. Busi- ness sessions were held in the morning and afternoon, conducted by the presi- dent, Miss Verdie Kingdon, and at noon luncheon was served. Three Forfeit Fines. Floyd Lucas, Bennie Hamilton and Porter Payne were not in the Police Court here when their cases in which playing poker was charged, were called and their collaterals, $7.50 each, were declared forfeited. They were arrested by Sergt. Leroy Rodgers of the Bethesda substation.” On charges of disorderly conduct, Henry C. Herbert and Walter Clay was fined $12.50 each and James Havener $27.50, and for violations of motor vehicle regulations the following paid fines or forfeited collaterals: Paul Holmes, $30;- William Bishop, $27.50; Earle Hopkins Gue, Raymond Gray, Arthur R. Bussler, Eugene Woodward, Anna B. Livingstone, Martin L. Michael and W. B. Bowers, $7.50 each; H. D. Haynes, Claude F. Mullinix, David Gm}?m and Harry 'F. O'Hara, $3.50 each. - Preliminary - arrangements for the eighth .annual smoker, or he-night, of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, to be ‘held February 22, were about completed at the monthly meet- ing of the department last evening downtown stores during the day—our “Arcade” 7th & K VIRGINIA PRIMARY OPEN T0 BOLTERS {Democrats Who Supported Hoover Eligible, Says Attorney General. | By the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va, February 1.—Vir- | ginla Democrats who cast their ballots for Herbert Hoover last November were | | ruled yesterday by Attorney General | John R. Saunders of Virginia, in an of- | ficial opinion, to be entitled to vote in | the August 1929 Democratic primary. | Handing down the opinion at the re- | quest of the Democratic State executive | committee, the right of a Democrat to participate in the Democratic primary this year is not to be tested by the vote of such person for presidential electors in the 1928 election. He declared that the chapter of the primary laws requiring participants in the primary to have been supporters of Democratic candidates in the last pre- ceding election in which they were eli- gible did not apply to the presi- dential election, since it refers only to those candidates nominated by direct primary. The presidential candidates and electors were chosen by convention, he added. the attorney general said RAID “TIP OFF” PLOT DENIED BY BUCKLEY Declares He Never Offered Eckhart Political Influence for Giving Him Information. . By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 1.— Piece by plece State Treasurer Bert B. Bekley today denied testimony of Gov- ernment witnesses that he had instigated the plot to “tip off” Cincinnati brew- eries of Federal raids and claimed he had no criminal intent in the alleged plot for which he is being tried in Fed- eral Court here on charges of attempted bribery and conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. The words “I did not,” uttered laconi- cally, came from Buckley’s mouth fre- quently in answer to questions, Buckley denied he ever offered Act- ing Astistant Prohibition Administrator John F. Eckhart, the man whom he is charged with attempting to bribe, $300 a month for advance information on raids or that he ever promised Eck- hsr: his political influence as a re- ward. > MARYLAND BILL PASSES. Constitutional Convention Question Put Up to Electorate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 1.—The House of Delegates yesterday passed the bill which will put up to the elec- torate in the November elections next Year the question as to whether a con- constitution. The action is r every 20 years under the constitution. The bill now goes to the Senate. It also passed a House bill legalizing g‘le criminal hjeufl-!dtcflnul:dof Maflxm of e Ynce Wwhen exerc on Sundays and legal holidays. y 300 at Cumberland Banquet. Special Dispatch to The Star. for the purpose of altering the State equired 1. in af . The Ro- tary, Kiwanis and Monarch Clubs and C. A. joined in the dinner, ——e The usual routine business was trans- acted, and several matters of minor im- meeting was conducted by the presi- dent, F>Barriard Welsh, and was largely attended. Socleties of Epworth Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, held meetings yesterday at the home of Mrs. Grubb, at Wash- ington Grove. Morning and afternoon sessions were held, Mrs. Wachter con- ducting the sessions of the Missionary’ of the Aid Soclety. At noon a fine luncheon was served. Man’s Shop 14th at G 3212 14th H stitutional convention shall be called | ‘The ‘annual banquet of the Cumber] lan | the Dormitory Club of Central Y. M, | portance were given 'attention. Tho | “The Home Missionary and the Aid| Soeclety and Mrs. Norman Jacobs those : $250,000 BOND ISSUE FREDERICK PROPOSAL Water Improvements Indorsed by Many: Service and Civie Organ- izations of Frederick Town. speclal Dispatch to The Star. FRERERICK, Md., February 1.—Im- provements to the city water system as proposed by Mayor Lloyd C. Culler and unitedly indorsed by many service and civic organizations, will necessi- tate the issuance of $250,000 in bonds, it has been estimated. Following the report of engineers now making a sur- vey of the water system the city will seek authority to issue enough bonds to cover the expenditures necessary for improvements, city officials,indicated. Tests made show that the water pres- sure is very low at times. In case of a serious fire, it has been pointed out, firemen would be greatly handicapped in securing sufficient water and many sections - of the city: would be without water if all apparatus were pumping from the city mains at the same time. SCHOOL BILL FAVORED. Maryland - House Gets $475,000 Montgomery County Measure: By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, - Md., February 1— Montgomery County's school - refund- ing bill to pay for school construction during 1928, was reported favorably. to the. House by Delegate George L. Edmunds of Rockville, on behalf of the Montgomery County delegation, of which he is chairman. The bill pro- vides for a bond issue of $475,000. The report was' received and put through its second reading. : Found Dead in Cell. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., February 1.— Pletro Carpenti, aged 26, was found dead in the police station afier he had been arrested in a raid on his place by Federal prohibition enforcement officers. He was apparently intoxicated when locked- up. SUBURBAN Table Jefferson Invented to Be Returned to Home Special Dispatch to The St CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb- rudry 1.—One of the most in- teresting of all of Thomas Jef- ferson’s inventions, an oc tripod table, used by him as a filing cabinet, will return to Monticello, his home, for a period of five years, through an arrange- ment Stuart Gibbony, president of the Thomas Jefferson Me- morial Foundation, has made with the Massachusetts Historical So- clety. . F{skeb Kimball, chairman of the -restoration committee ' of Monticello, says: “There are eight drawers to the table, four of them sliding the usual way and the other four, - between them, triangular in shape and hinged. On each of the drawers are the letters of the alphabet. in groups of the A, B, C, D, E, F, and so MASS MEETING CALLED. Prince Georges Citizens to Consider Central Avenue Extension. | Special Dispateh to The Star. MARYLAND 'PARK, Md, February 1.—In an effort to unite the civic forces working for ‘extension of Central ave- nue to the Crain Highway, and to dis- cuss other matters of general interest to Prince Georges County, a mass meeting of leaders of communities adjacent to the District of Columbia will be held tonight in the Maryland Park High School under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the eighteenth election NEwWS™ 48 KINDS OF DOGS AT MARYLAND SHOW Washington, Philadelphia and New York Among Cities Having Exhibits at Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 1.—Dog fan- clers who attend the Maryland Kennel | Club's annual show today will have an opportunity to view several breeds that | are fast disappearing. | Forty-eight of the 82 known breeds | of dogs will he on exhibition, which in- | cludes entries from Washington, Phila- | delphia, New York and other Eastern | cities. Among them will be St. Ber- | nards, bloodhounds, retrievers, coach | dogs, dachshunds, Newfoundlands, | mastiffs and other breeds that are now only occasionally exhibited here. | Wire-haired fox terriers, the breed | which society throughout the country | is taking up this year, will be among the 1,018 dogs on exhibition. Judging started this morning and will continue until all classes have been | inspected. | ROAD INCREASES WAGE. Norfolk & Western Mechanical De- partment Gets 5 Per Cent More. ROANOKE, Va., February 1 (#).— Officials of the Norfolk & Western Rail- way announced yesterday that a 5 per cent wage increase in the mechanical department of this raflroad will go into effect today. Machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers, electric workers, molders and car men with their appren- district. tices and helpers will be among those eligible for the increment. Animal Population of Canada. The number of farm live stock in Canada as in June, 1928, is esti- mated as follows: Milch cows,- 3, 792,522; other cattle, 5,000,750; total cattle, 8,793,27: shee) 3,415.788; swine, 4,497,367, hens and chickens, 449,592,855; turkeys, 2,065,797; geese, ;;33’047 ducks, 995,840: total poultry, Native of Scotland Dies at 72. Spectal Disvatch to The Star. LONACONING, Md., February 1. Mrs. Anna Hunter Muir, Lonaconin, s | old resident, died yesterday, aged 95.| She was a native of Prestwic, Ayrshire, Scotland, coming here 72 years ago. Her husband, Hugh Muir, died 30 years ago. Surviving are four sons, Adam, John and Hugh R. Muir of Lonaconing and James M. Muir, Catonsville, Md. AFTER INVENTORY NDING .up our Midwinter Clearance period with a general clean-up at our 7th St. store. Simply wonderful reductions on many small lots gathered from dll our stores—which, in the ag- gregate, make a Bargain Offering too big for words! Wonderful Bargains in Women’s High-Grade Shoes INEARLY 1,000 pairs~at half or less ‘than half original prices. Mostly latest styles. Suedes, alligators and all other popular materials included. Nearly all sizes, but not in each of ’ 2 ” . the many styles combined in this great evening slip- $7.59 offeris value....... (Ttis group also at “Are. Women’s silver, gold and Paisley Boots—that ’1.79 pers, at as little as one-tenth of their Small sizes in women’s “Pirate” Were $6.50 and $280.5 sii is vk voe i ke Women’s genuine $10.75 “Swanky” Boots, s 3 .85 new this season, at one-third original price..... Women’s house slippers—various styles that were 98¢ to $2.50—in this Sale 39¢ & 790 at Women’s U. S. Galoshes With “KWIK” (slider) Fasteners Timely reduction of $3.50 to $5 first i women’s galoshes, with patent automatic fasten- ers. Tops of figured tan and gray cloth, with turn-down collar. Also women's, misses’ and children’s black slider galoshes, with _ contrasting turn-down collar. s 45 On Bargain Tables at our 7th St. 2~ store tomorrow . esessrasian (Also at F St. and “Arcade” stores) 300 Pairs Junior Women's tan and black calf Goodyear Welt boots. Not fashionable these days, but extremely useful. Sizes 213 to 8, for large gitls. Offered at less than'a third of ,1,69 their value...civevo. .. Sale of infants’ “First-Step” blucher laced boots, in tan, smoked elk or patent ,'1 leather. Sizes 4 to 5....... Remnant lots of children’s long stockings—Junior sports socks i—hoys‘ novelty sports hose—at half or less than half price . 190 Warm . Fleece-Lined Bedroom Slippers We had too many left from Christmas, so we're almost giv- i them tomorrow. oft, exquisitely warm sheep- skin moccasins, lined with the natural wool. i Me and Childre i women’s— that were $1.75 to $2.50— 89¢ bunny head trim— 49¢ THIS Sale (with exceptions noted above) at our 7th St. store only. No charges, no goods delivered, no ex- changes during this Sale.