Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN NEWS,' THRD COURTHOUSE BILLIS PROBABLE Strategy May Be Used to Pre- | vent Defeat of Second Bond Issue. BY WILLIAM WHEATLEY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 4.— Whatever may be the fate of the two proposed bond iss amount. of money on hand for building & new courthouse and jail here, as & result of the differences between the Senae and House delegations from Montgomery County, it was made plain today by Maj. E. Brooke Lee Speaker of the lower House, and State and| eounty administration leader, that there will be no reduction in the present tax rate of $1.30 a hundred. If the pro-| posed bond issues cannot be put through the Scnate, because of the opposition of Senator Eugene Jones of Kensing- | ton, it was also indicated the new courthouse and jail may not be built | for several years, as the Maryland As- | sembly meets only biennially. In the meantime there will be a State election, | when the electorate will be given the opportunity to say which of the two | democratic factions was right. i Some strategy is going to be tried by the House delegation, under the lead- ership of Speaker Lee. The latter said that the two bills, one providing $150.- | 000 more for the courthouse construc- | tion and apother $150,000, for the pur- | chase of the square north' of the court- | house, would be introduced in the lower House and passed. “They will go to the Scnate to that body an oppor- tunity to'act on them. Third Bill Proposed. | It they fall, in csnformity with the stated opposition of Senator Jones, be- cause of his announced desire to keep s to increase the| | Heights, a flag station between Round S O S Answered In Fifteen Minutes And Ship Saved By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., February 4.— The Norwegian steemer Dagfin, which ran out of fuel 15 miles off Cape Hatteras Saturday after- noon, and sent out an S O S call, was towed into Hampton Roads yesterday by the American tank. er steamer W. E. Hutton. The Hutton came alongside the Dagfin within 15 rhinutes of the latter's radio call for assistance and com- pleted one of the quickest rescues on record at this port, when she arrived here yesterday shortly after 10 o'clock. | The Dagfin is commanded by Capt. E. W. Johnson. First news of her plight was received at the ! | communications office of the | Hampton Roads naval operating base. She had discharged a cargo | | of coal at St. Johns, Newfound= land, several wecks ago and was proceeding for a Southern port. ‘The Hutton sailed from Port A thur, Tex., January 9 for Atlan- tic coast points. | | { | DIES UNDER CAR Note Indicates Suicide of Archie Simpson of D. C. Near Bluemont. Special Dispatch to The Star. | PURCELLVILLE, Va., February 4.— | Archie Simvson, jr. 40 years old, a builder employed InWashipgton, was | tilled by & car on the Washington & Cld Dominion Railroad at Scotland Hill and Bluemont, Va., about 8 o'clock last night. A note found on his person id life was not worth living without | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1929.° LECCEURBEAY REWES WooDWARD & LLoTHROP 10" 11™ F axD G'STREETS . Two Bedroom Groups—Specially Priced, $195 Offered tomorrow in the Semi-Annual Selling down bond issues and' lower’the tax | p;, v i | BAe fthen: mnoiher i) Wil DeiInhO- | e e D duced in the lower House by the Mont- | he threw himself in front of the car.| gomery County delegation. | The crew of the car has been sum- | The latter bill is to provide that the |moned for an inquest to be held this | funds already on hand for the con-|evening at Leesburg, and other wit~ struction of a courthouse and jail shall | nesses are sought. be used for the purchase or acquisition | Simpson had been to Bluemont, near hy condemnation of the land north of | which place his wife's parents, Mr. and the courthouse: in which event there iMrs. J. B. Thomas, reside. His three | The attractive four-piece bedroom group sketched above is offered to you at this spe- cial price in the Semi-Annual Selling. A dresser, five-drawer dressing table, double bed and chest of drawers comprise this special group, in finely matched panels of American butt walnut and gumwood. Specially priced in the Semi-Annual § 225 The artistry of the Colonial period has been reproduced in this bedroom group, which combines gracefully proportioned lines with the charm of simplicity. Superbly done in combination mahogany. The group includes a poster bed, dresser with attractive shield mirror, chest of drawers and dressing table of a most $ 19 5 modern style. Special in the Semi-Annual Selling. .. ... ... 5% 5 will be no money for construction. !children, ranging in age from 6 to 11| But the problem has arisen as to!ycars, have been sheltered there since | :gi‘el.l;efi Senator Jones would not block | the mother's death. | s bill also, as he is opposed at this | | time to the acquisition of the whole | Parents in Oklahoma. square. Senator Jones informed The| Archibald Simpson, sr. and his wife Star's correspondent here that it was |and three sons, Floyd, Hervey and Nor: very doubtful whether he would support | ris ,are living in Oklahoma, having | this measure in the Senate, but added |moved there 15 years ago. A married | that he would not take a positive stand | sister of the dead man lives in Cali- | until he had actually seen it. { fornia The Montgomery Senator spent some | _According to information reaching | time here yvesterday going over the Dr. John Gibson of Leesburg, Loudoun | g:nblem with Rooert G. Hilton, a mem- | County coroner, who is arranging for | r of the planning commission: A. C.|the inquest, Simpson lived in Claren- | Warthen, Kensington contractor, who | Gon, Va., at the time of his wife’s death | has submitted a plan for the courthouse | 2nd moved to Washington immediately and jail construction, which it is said |after arranging to have the children would cost in the neighborhood of $315.- | cared for by thelr grandparents. He 000. and officials of the Farmers’ Bank, | ppeared to be unusually downcast yes- Which is on the square which is pro- | terday, upon reaching the home of his posed for addition to the present m\gt- ‘rmé p::l!ee ; dxl::;ext'ése- diys vt RRd St 01 roj y e rged bu! - | il S0GA) Exbpivimitar e St Ml ¥ | ing his relatives good-by, he went to the New Building Contracted. | Scotland Heights Station, presumably The bank already has contracted for | to flag the car which was to have taken a new building, and it was said that it | him back to Washington. A report was 1s proposed to move it back from Com- | given the authorities that he was seen meree street So as to give the road de-|to dash down an embankment at the partment room tn widen this highway |station as the car approached and a| which carries th> heavy through traffic | moment later his mangled body was | to and from the West. The, aoquisition | under the car. | of the entire square for street-widening | The motorman and conductor, aided | it given a¢ one of the arguments b:iby passengers and others, removed the those in favor of ‘the increased bond |body from the tracks, and it was later | taken' to the John Cromwell undertak- 1 the Lew@‘gbo}lu \Authorize | ing establishment at Round Hill. issues. the bond issue for the.purchase of this | square it would mean that the bank would have toSeek a nefw site. Tt was learned today that there is to be'a m stitution on Wedpesday, next, at which time one of the questions to be deter- mined will be whether the bank wnuld) be willing to give up its present site. 4 . |in At that time, it is undersiood, Mr. War; ‘Following the inquest and receipt of | highly ;_ned as a bufldle;r u{nd is “Al good | - lone,” The note was brief, merely ex-| ing of the board of directors of the in- | one” The nofe, was britt, Tered S| | Simpson. His late wife was a victim of the influenza epidemic. She was buried ! Victim Highly Rated. ‘[ According to Dr. Gibson, Simpson is loss of his wife, Mrs. Gladys Thomas the family plot at Round Hill then will submit his plans for keepmglword Sront Kinsmen in Oklahoma, ar- the proposed new butiding on the pres- | ments for the funeral of Mr. Simp- | rangel ent site, with the exception of a small | Which probably will be held at son, addition of land to the north which " poiw h | Round Hill, where the family previously would involve the movement of Com. lived, will be made. merce street, which is between the pres- | ent courthouse and the square which it | is proposed to purchase. _Sepator Jones | is @ member of the board of directors of the bank, and indicated that he would try to get excused from the leg- islative session .next -Wednesday to bei present at the meeting. | In the event that the legislation is| passed to authorize the use of the build- | Maryland Measure Would Enable ing bond proceeds for the purchase of land, it was said that provision would be made for the erecting of a fireproof unit for the storing of the land records of the county, which now are daily| Al ‘sides are anxious fo have this seri- ous situation corrected. BILL SEEKS BETTER | FIRE PROTECTION i ] Cities to Interchange Apparatus 1 in Cases of Emergency. BALTIMORE, February 4. —Inter- subjected to the hazard of loss by fire. | gpecial Dispatch to The Star. i | | change of fire apparatus between muni- cipalities of the State to aid in large | ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. February 4 (Spe- cial) —W. L. Pulier, 30, of 609 Princess | street, forfeited $25 by failure to appear in Police Court this morning on a charge of conducting a gambling house, | placed against him following a raid on | his home early yesterday by Police | Sergts. Heber Thompson and Charles | McClary, Patrolmen James Little and | Allie Jones and Motor Cycle Policeman | Ronald Mullen. W. Stunkle, 50: C. J. Fisher. 30, | and R. P. Jarnes, 32, all of Del R: and Charles Clark, 35. and Walter Rog ers, 24, of this city, who were taken in | the raid, forfeited $10 each on charges of gambiing. { Herbert Koeppe. 27, of Allentown, Pa. Garfleld Wilds, 35, of Fort Humphrey Arthur Stone, 49; William Robinson, 25, | the iatter colored, were fined $70.50 | each on charges of violating the prohibi- | tion law. Henry Dixon was fined $78.50 | for violating the prohibition law and | disorderly conduct. Arthur Whiteside, 28, | colored. was fined $30.50 and sentences to serve three months in jail for his third violation of the prohibition law. Frank Simpson, 22, was fined $42 for drunkenness and _disorderly _conduct. Lillian Brown. colored, was fined $14 and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail | on a charge of drunkenness and dis- | orderly conduct. James Mazingo was | fined $28 for drunkenness, while the following either forfeited or were fined £14 on the same charge: J. W. Mills, 51: Howard Washington, 45. colored: Henry Sillex, 24; Robert E. Clarke, 21; | Lioyd Robinson, 26, colored, of Fort | Humphreys. Thomas E. Pell. 36. of the | Navy Yard at Philadelphia forfeited $5 | for reckless driving. E. S. Goodloe, 45: | L. B. Dunn, 32, of Washington, and | Wade H. Hurley, 19, forfeited $2 each | for violations of traffic laws. | Local police vesterday arrested Rus- 2ell C. Orndorfl, 35 years old. of 116 North Payne street and turned him over | to Shenandosh Va., police on & cherge of non VISIT TOMB OF WILSON. Widow and Her Brother at Chapel on Fifth Anniversary of Death. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and her broth- er. Rolfe E. Bolling, were among the visitors yesterday to the tomb of Wood- row Wilson in Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathadral. Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the death of the war-time President. There was but one wreath on_the tomb in contrast to the messages from | rates in Washington tomorrow. M. fires would be facilitated under a bill | providing for standard hose and fire | hydrant connections introduced in the | State Assembly. % | The measure has the backing of | officials of the Maryland State Volun- teers Firemen's Association. It would | end the trouble experienced when ap- | paratus having one type of connection | is sent to the aid of a city using a| different thread on its apparatus and fire hydrants. | Under the terms of the measure, 1o | person, firm, corporation or association | could sell or offer for sale in the State any fire hose, hydrant, fire engine or other. equipment unless they were fitted | with couplings and fittings having 7'z threads to the inch, which is desig- nated as the “national standard.” This | thread, it is pointed out, has been | adopted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. | Penalties for violation of the.statute | would be a fine of from $25 to $100 or confinement in jail from 10 to 60 days or both, as the discretion of magistrates | or Circuit Courts, which are given con- | current jurisdiction. CAROLINA RATE FIGHT Ketner Declares Petition Is Revolu-| tionary and Would Delay Case Before I. C. C. for 10 Years, By the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va., February 4—H. E. Ketner, counsel of the Virginia Corpo- ration Commission, today characterized , the North Carolina petition in the Caro- | lina class rate case as revolutionarq, in | that it demands, he says, a class revi- sion not only for Virginia but for most of the territory east of the Mississippi | River. . 1 The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion is to hear the Virginia complaint against North Carolina intrastate class Ketner contends that if the Carolina petition, requesting that its complaint be joined with the Virginia case, is| granted, the case could not be settled | within the next 10 years. The Virginia complaint already is five years old. It holds that North Carolina intrastate rates—that is, rates between points within Carolina—are in many instances less than one-half as great | as rates between Virginia points and | North Carolina points. | This condition, it is asserted, is un- foreign countries that marked the anni- versary. The name of the sender was rot on the wreaths fair snd ilegal, | %hlt 3 puts 'vugmul shippers at a disadvantage in compe- uuonpe with Carolina sh&a. 32 Lk FURNITURE, S1XTH FLOOR. Bridge and Junior Lamps A{, Semi-Annual Prices Portables $7.50 Bridge Shades $7.50 Junior Shades Bridge Portables with round base, ridged shaft and break in center. Junior two-light Portables to match. Both styles are in the long-wearing Granada finish. The shades are of the popular pearl mica, in amber and green colorings, lovely new designs and a wide assort- ment of styles. Lawmes, SEVENTE FLDOR. 1 Chinese Rug, scatter design on soft rose taupe, rose border. Size 9x12. Special......civsverees-.-$345 1 Chinese Rug, scatter design on sand, rose and green border. Size 9x12. Special......cocuees 345 1 Super-quality Chinese Rug, scatter design on rose, gold border. Size 9x12. Special..............$365 1 Chinese Rug, well covered design on taupe, mulberry . and blue border. Size 9x12. Special.......... .$365 1 Chinese Rug, scatter design on orange, mulberry and blue border. Size 9x12. Special.’..........0.ee 8 1 Chinese Rug, two-toned rose with sand border, em- bossed, well covered design. Size 10x15. Special, $495 1 Super-quality Chinese Rug, plain center, taupe back- ground, gray-green border. Size 8x10. Special..$295 1 Chinese Rug, scatter designven gold, mulberry and blue border. Size 8x10. Special............. .$245 1 Chinese Rug, scatter design on gold, rose border. Size 8x10. Special.......cc.oeriaecnnes ..$195 1 Chinese Rug, scatter design on orange, mulberry and blue border. Size 8x10, Special..vevsvvesvs...$265 OrientaL Rucs, Frrre FLOOR. \ Semi-Annual Selling Values Mattresses $17.75 The soft layer felt and the sturdy striped ticking with which these mattresses are made, assure maxi- mum comfort and service. The above price for single size. Double size, $19.75. Fine Down Pillows, $7-75 Two outstanding features of these pillows are their billowy softness and spe- cial savings. Covered with linen ticking. Size 21x27 inches. BeDd NG, SixTH FLOOR. Fine Cretonnes Specially Priced in the Semi-Annual Selling 38c vard Hundreds of yards of high-quality cretonnes Box Springs 5275 Only selected materials are used in these quality springs. Character con- struction is evident in their many points of su- periority. Hand-tied, well padded and upholstered in strong woven -ticking. Goose Feather Pillows, 375 High-grade pillows, nice- ly filled with real goose feathers and covered with woven stripe ticking. Size 21x27 inches. are in this splendid se- lection — at extraordi- nary savings. ‘Attrac- tive floral, stripe, block and other conventional and modernistic effects, in all wanted light and dark colorings to brighten your rooms. Slip Cover Sttipes, 78¢c yard Protect your new furniture and give it longer and more attractive life with these Slip Cover Stripes, in a wide range of colors and combinations to harmonize with any room decoration. CreroNnes, Sixrr FLOOR. SEMI.ANNUAL SELLING Fine Wool Wilton Rugs Broadloom Seamless Carpet, $4‘50 square yard Semi-Annual Selling Priced This is truly a carpeting that is beautiful and distinctive. A limited quantity at this very specially lowered price, in 9 and 12 foot widths. Choice of taupe, green and heather colors. An early selection is advisable. Carrrrs, Firre FLoOR. Larchmont Wool Wailton Rugs . 9x12sizeSpecial ..............96950 8.3x10.6 size Special ..... .$67.50 6x9 size Special ..............$4950 4.6x7.6 size Special ...........$2950 36x63 size Special ............$11.75 27x54 size Special . ............ 3875 Other Wool Wilton Rugs 9x12 size Special ................ 365 8.3x10.6 size Special ..........36250 9312 size Special «...........$5950 + 8.3x10.6 size Special ..........$5750 6x9 size Special . .$38:50 Ruas, Firre Frook. e