Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1929, Page 7

TONGERS BY SCORE RAID OYSTER BEDS Scene in Virginia Folloyvs 62 Arrests and Calling of Armed Boat. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 8— Oyster tongers who made their sec- ond invasion this morning of dis- puted oyster grounds in the York River near Gloucester in defiance of the State Fishing Commission, with- drew this afternoon upon informa- tion that their attorney had ar- ranged a truce pending a petition for a rehearing of the question in dispute. By the Assoclated Pred. GLOUCESTER POINT, Va., February 6.—Disputed oyster planting grounds in the York River were raided by several score tongers this morning shortly after 9 o'clock. Tongers from other sections of Gloucester were reported to have joined the men from Guinea today. The Commodore Maury and the Mar- guerite, patrol boats of the Commission of Fisheries, were tied up at docks a mile or more from the disputed grounds this morning, the Maury lying at Yorkton and the Marguerite at Gloucester Point., The ship reported to have been char- tered by the commission and manned wit hmeahine guns and a larger crew of heavily armed men had not put in her appearance early today. She is ex- pected later to protect the property. Harry R. Rouston, State commission- er of fisheries, could not be reached for & statement, but it was unofficially re- ported here that he was aboard the new craft. Sixty-two Gloucester oyster tongers were arrested yesterday on charges of unlawful tonging, and on their appear- ance before a magistrate here their hearing was postponed until Friday morning in order to allow their counsel, C. S. Smith, jr., to be present to repre- sent them. The arrests followed the tongers’ ful- fillment of a promise to ignore a recent decision of the Virginia Fish Commis- sion which allowed private planters two years in which to remove oysters from grounds they had planted. Last night at & meeting in Achilles, Va, the tongers declared their “answer to the fish commission” would “be ‘written in the York tomorrow.” Yesterday they invaded grounds in which planters had placed oysters and began tonging, declaring the commis- sion’s ruling to be based “neither on Jaw nor jusiice.” Seventeen tongers’ boats entered the disputed territory shortly before noon and began taking oysters from the grounds. T. J. Blake, a planter, obtained war~ rants charging the tongers with illegal- ly removing oysters. Warrants were served by Sheriff H. E. Hill. There was no disorder with the arrests, and hearings were at first scheduled for tonight, but were continued on plea of the tongers. Oyster grounds in dispute were found to be public in a recent survey of the territory. Planters contended that they had obtained the grounds through as- signment from the State, and were not responsible for the error, and that they had planted these grounds in good faith. Planters petitioned the commis- sion for a two-year period in which to remove oysters that had been planted. ‘The commission in a ruling last Satur- day allowed this petition. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. February 6 (®)—Harry R. Houston, Virginia com- missioner of fisheries, tonight said that he hired a special boat and would place 25 men and several machine guns aboard it, and send into the York River early today to preserve order there. His action, he said, was because of efforts of York River tongers to defy the recent ruling of the Virginia Fish Comrission to allow oyster plant- ers two years in which to remove plant- ings from grounds which a recent sur- vey revealed to be public. KILLS WOMAN, STABS TWO, LEAPS TO DEATH Baltimore Man Runs Amuck After Quarrel and Chase in Which Butcher Knife Is Used. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 6.—After killing one woman, stabbing another and an 8-year-old girl, Frank Pervis, 28, leaped to his death from the sec- ond story of his home here. Pervis, police said, had quarreled with wife and had chased her and his brother-in-law from the house, pur- suing his wife into the nearby store of David Kalichman. As he ran through the store, Per- vis snatched up a butcher knife with which he attacked Mrs. Kalichman, her 8-year-old daughter, and Mrs. Kalich- man’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Silverman. Mrs. Silverman died in a hospital where Mrs. Kalichman was said to be in a serlous condition. . UNION VETERAN, 92, DEAD. Christian J. Lichty of Grantsville, Md., Was Married Last June. Special Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., February 6.— Christian J. Lichty, who served in the Union Army in the Civil War, having been a member of Company I, 22d Pennsylvania Cavalry, died at his home here early yesterday, aged 92 years. He ‘was a native of Salisbury, Pa., and came to_Grantsville soon after the war. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Meyersdale and was one of the remaining 4 of 66 who enlisted from Salisbury. Last June 16 he married Mrs. Annie Wegman Mur- hy, a widow, here and a parade was eid to honor the couple. A military funeral will be held tomorrow. HIGH SCHOOL BURNS. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., February 6. —The Centerville High School Building, located in Northern Augusta County, 15 miles south of Harrisonburg, Was de- stroyed by fire of unknown _origin shortly after midnight. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The building was a _mass of flames when first noted, and being located in a purely rural section, no means of fire fighting were available, The blaze is believed to have started in the labora- tory. T 2 e Retired Railroader Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md., Febrvary 6.—John Henry Carnes, a native of Loudoun County, Va., died at Rowlesburg, aged %4. He was in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad service for 51 years, retiring when he was 65. He was a Mason and Knight of Pythias and was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers at Cumberland. He is survived by his widow and two children by a for- mer marriage. . Del Ray M. E. Meeting Called. Boecial Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAG, Va., February 6.—A meet- in- of the board of stewards of Del Ray Methodist Episcopal Church South has been called for tomorrow, at 7:30 pm, at the church. VING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESD\Y, FEBRUARY 6, 1929. McKenzie Arnn and Elise Akers, who were marricd at Roanoke, Va. after a whirlwind courtship. ARLINGTON BODY ATTAGKS ABATTOIR Proposed Plant Would Be Nuisance, View in Federa- tion Resolution. BY JOHN T. LIPSCOMB. CLARENDON, Va., February 6.—The request of the N. Auth Provision Co. of Washington for a permit to establish an abattoir on its property on Columbia Pike, which has been attacked by many organizations and citizens, received an- other blow last night, when the Ar- lington County Civic Federatign adopt- ed almost unanimously a resolution of protest. The application is before the Board of Supervisors and will come up for public hearing February 28. Only one voice was heard in opposition to the resolution. ‘The resolution was offered by Frank G. Campbell, a member of the Virginia Park and Planning Commission, and was _vigorously supported in addresses by Philip P. Campbell, former member of Congress from Kansas, now a resi- dent of the county; Robert E. Plymale, one of the federation’s delegates to the interfederation conference; Arthur Orr, prominent member of the federation; Col. Ford, United States Army Medicai Corps, retired, and several others, Norman Draper, director - of the ‘Washington_office, Institute of Ameri- can Meat Packers, and George Yeat- man, president of the Ashton Heights Citizens’ Association, spoke in support of the proj plant. Claims for the abattoir that there are no provisions for stockyards in the plans of the company; that the plant would be free of offensive odors; that inspection by the Department of Agriculture would protect agalnst in- sanitary conditions, and that cattle ship in for slaughter would be iven shower baths en route, failed to press the delegates. Strength of Opposition. ‘The Auth Co., according to Frank G. Campbell, has repeatedly made the statement that it would not press the application for the permit if the same opposition which met the proposal and caused its withdrawal about a year ago again manifested itself. With the fed- eration going on record as it did when the project was first attempted, the op- position is just as strong, if not stronger, today, it was said, as at that time. The Organized Women Voters of Arlington County, the associations of Aurora Hills, Virginia Highlands and Oak Crest, the Virginia Park and Planning Commission, the Woman’s Club of Ash- ton Heights, the Fort Myer Citizens’ Association, the Interfederation Confer- ence are others to register protest against establishment of the plant, Mr. Campbell declared. The territory in which it is proposed to erect the plant, Mr. Campbell asserted, is primarily in- dustrial, and it is desirable that the county make every effort to make it such, but care should be taken, he said, to insure types of industry that will be a credit instead of a detriment to the county. “Slaughter-houses, junk yards, soap factories, fertilizer plants and the like are not to be considered at any price,” he said. P. P. Campbell called attention to the fact that the Federal Government, in_providing for construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Mount Vernon Boulevard, had taken on an expenditure of approximately $19,- 000,000, and ventured the opinion that “not a dollar would have been appro- priated had it been known that Arling- ton County would have allowed the es- tablishment of a slaughter-house within the midst of those two great projects.” Called Public Nuisance. “The idea of a $14,000,000 bridge ter- minating at a slaughter-house!” he con- tinued. “A slaughter-house is a_public nuisance. Everybody knows it. If peo- ple want industrial development, they had better not start with a slaughter- house, for it will keep out other indus- tries. No other business would want to locate by or even near it.” Declaring that Arlington County has been the dumping ground for Washing- ton long enough, Mr. Campbell asked why the Auth Co. did not build the lant on a large tract of land it owns n Bladensburg. After telling of the abandonment of a beautiful residential section of his native State because of the presence of a slaughter-house, Mr. Campbell declared that if such a plant is permitted to set- tle in Arlh n County “permanent stagnation will set in.” 1In defense of the proposal, Mr. Draper said the modern ‘):ck\nz house is not a slaughter-house any sense of the word. “It conducts slaughtering opera- tions,” he said, “but these are merely an incident of the operation of in- dustries tremendous in their size. All operations in a modern packing plant are eonducted with the very highest de- gree of care and sanitation, and, more- over, are conducted under the continious supexvision of veterinaries and sanita- tion experts, who are in the employ of United States Government.” Mr, Yeat- man said his interest was solely in the development of the county and that from a business standpoint the abattoir would be good for the county. Industry Not Opposed. “The federation,” the resolution cites, “is not n%poaed to industry in Arlington County, but believes that such estab- lishments as slaughter-houses are in a class by themselves, and should not be permitted to locate in areas, where the population is as dense as it is in the county.” (‘gmnuinz the resolution states: “We are convinced, as we view the progress of Arli n County in the past 10 years, that the next 10 years will witness the grow together of the various subdivisions in Arlington Coun- ty, and the creation of the great City of Arlington, on the virmu ‘hills, op- te the National Capital. The area to locate the S e B of the com! n. Praie B s r-house wn‘ll¢ encourage other in uml-wo like character, such as fertilizer factories, junk yards, etc., to seex to enter the sama area, with serious damage to the future of Arlington County. “It is further believed by this feder- ation that the county will suffer a |serious financial loss by reason of the |location of the slaughter house at the point proposed. Not only will home |seckers be discouraged from locating in Arlington County, but not even other industries will be willing to locate adja- cent a_slaughter house. Thus, many times the amount received from the proposed plant in taxes, will be lost to Arlington County. “It is further the opinion of this federation that Arlington County owes to the Nation and to the Government of the United States the duty of co- operating to the extent of its powers in preventing the creation within its bor- ders of any condition not in harmony with its proximity to the Memorial Bridge, the proposed Mount Vernon Boulevard, Jefferson Davis Highway and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington. “This federation, having heretofore pledged its co-operation to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, in the orderly development of the Vir~ ginia Metropolitan Area, now renews that pledge and respects its opposition to the location of a slaughter house at the point proposed.” Would Await Zoning. ‘The meeting adopted a reccommen- dation of the executive committee, pre- sented by L. C. McNemar, that “‘the federation considered it unwise for the board of commissioners to permit the location of any manufacturing plant or major industry in Arlington County until such time as the zoning com- mission shall have zoned the county in accordance with authority granted by the General Assembly of Virginia.” Another resolution offered by the executive committee and adopted aims to put the Zoning Commission in a position to expedite its work so that the county will not suffer a loss through observance of the intent of the | preceding resolution. The commission has been handicapped in the perform- | ance of its duties because of lack of funds, and the resolution urges the Board of Supervisors to create a fund of $5000 by means of a special tax levy of 2 cents on each $100 of as-, sessed valuations. Calling attention to official acknowl- edgement of deplorable sanitary condi- lution offered by the executive com- | mittee and adopted requests the Board of Supervisors to use $11,000 raised by special tax levy to remedy conditions. ‘The committee on revenues and ex- penditures of the county is directed by the resolution to keep in touch with the matter. Mr. Flymale, reporting on activities of the interfederation conference, of which the federation is a part, received indorsement of a resolution favoring the proposed uniform motor vehicle traffic code, which is similar to others. The resolution approved by other bodies affiliating with the conference urges the Virginia motor vehicle commis- sioner to take steps to have the Vir- ginia code harmonize with that of other States. 5 Vice President McGrath presided. HEAR W. L. TOWNSEND Republican Meeting Enlightened on Party’s Organization by Mont- gomery Secretary. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., February 6.— Wilson L. Townsend, secretary of the Republican State central committee for Montgomery County, was the principal speaker at a meeting last night of the Silver Spring branch of the Mont- gomery County Federation of Republic- an Women. He confined his remarks largely to an explanation of the organization of the Republican party, his topic being sug- gested by the local branch, some of the members of which were unfamiliar with such matters, The speaker also urged the new organization to continue its activities without interruption. Mrs. John A. Holmes, president of the State Federation of Republican Women, and Mrs. Elisha Hanson, president of the Montgomery County Federation, also spoke briefly. It was announced that Republican women of Maryland will maintain a headquarters in the New Willard Hotel, Washington, March | 4. Invitation was to be extended to the | Republican men and women of Mont- | tions at the county jail, another reso- | (") gomery County to make use of it. Mrs. Lloyd Y. Beers presided. About the Laxative Habit What do YOU do when the bowels need a little assistance? If you clear-up the condition with some laxative made with CASCARA, there is nothing better for the system—for the blood. But if you don't KNOW the laxative you have learned to de- pend on is of harmless cascara, ! here’s some truly valuable advice: The bark of a tree called cas- cara is the most marvelous condi- tioner mankind has yet found. It stimulates the bowel's muscular action, but does NOT weaken. A violent laxative forms the laxative HABIT. You always need more on the morrow. With cascara, you don’t. Its gentle influence carries on sometimes for days. With less and less need of any aid, as time goes on. So, the very next time you feel CASCARETS They Work While You Sleep! What Doctors Say SCHOOL IS DENIED FOR BASKET BALL Fairfax Board Refuses to Adopt Policy Regarding Athletic EVents. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, February 6.—The Fairfax County School Board held its first meeting in the boardroom of the new clerk’s office building yesterday. In| response to a request of Charles Suter, secretary of the Jewell Athletic Club of Arlington County, to use the McLean Auditorium for basket ball practice one night each week, the board decided the use of school buildings by such outside organizations was inadvisable. It was decided that mno general policy could | be adopted, and district trustees and lotal school committees should decide cases on their merits, F. S. McCand- lish advocated the use of school build- ings as community centers under proper supervision. The board felt that every organization using the halls should pay a small rent. John Haislip, Dr. F. M. Brooks and W. T. Woodson were appointed to co- operate with Wilson M. Farr, attorney, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Chadwick of Snowden in working out a plan whereby the school board may acquire a lot of adequate size and better location, upon which can be erected a more suitable school. It was felt wise to defer actual selection of the lot until the route of the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard is definitely staked out. A special meeting of the trustees of Providence, Dranesville and Centerville districts was called for Friday at 10 a.m. to meet with the engineer of the company which is fige#ng on the in- stallation of tubular fre escapes on the school buildings at McLean, Oakton, Floris, Clifton, Jefferson, Falls Church and Forestville. The board refused to grant permission for the teachers who wish to teach school February 22 instead of March 4, in order to attend the in- auguration ceremonies in Washingtoh. On recommendation of Division Super- intendent M. D. Hall, Trustee Haislip moved that the chairman and clerk of the board be authorized to sign a con- tract with Miss Louise Washington to complete the unexpired term of Mrs. R. L. Harrington, teacher of Laurel Grove School. Messers, DeBell, Lynch, Bready and McCandlish were appointed to represent the school board at the public hearing on the budget to be held by the board of supervisors March 4 and at the regular meeting of the board of supervisors on March 6, when tax rates are fixed for the coming year. o Quick Success | Few girls in piciures have made | such rapid strides toward success | as this charming New / Yorker. Just a few months ago she was given her first job, shadowing & star. Within three hours, she had | a real part in the picture—“The Loves of Sunya.” Miss Bayard says: “I am told my selection was largely due to my perfect skin and lovely hair. I've really never taken much trouble wtih either. For my hair I use the simple method that most of the girls I know here in New York are so enthusiastic about. It's so easy. All you do is put a little Danderine on your brush each time you use it. “This method is just what a busy girl needs. It’s so easy; and it keeps your hair and scalp so clean you don’t need to shampoo half so often. I am letting my hair grow and I find Danderine helps make it soft and easily manageable. I can arrange it any way I want and it stays that way. All my friends are complimenting me on the appearancé of my hair nowadays because Danderine has brought out all its natural color and made it so soft and lustrous.” Danderine removes the oily film from each strand and makes dul, stringy hair gleamy, soft, easy ta dress. It tones and refreshes the scalp; helps overcome dandruff. It is delicately fragranced; isn’t sticky or oily; doesn’t show. All drue stores have the generous 35¢ hottles. DANDERINE sluggish, take only a candy Cas- caret. Delightful to the taste, sweet and acceptable to any stomach, and just as efficient as the powerful purges that fairly paralyze the peristaltic walls of one’s intestines. The only habit you'll get fram Cascarets is the one of going weeks and months without ANY help of the kind. And when you do invoke their aid again, the same small dose suf- fices. Any doctor can tell you about cascara; and any-druggist |has the candy Cascarets, TRASH AGAIN TO BE TOPIC. Montgomery Federation to Take Final Action on Disposal Problem. Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md., February 6.—Final action is expected to be taken by the Montgomery County Civic Federation Monday night on ‘the trash disposal problem. New proposals relative to the courthouse building proper in Rockville | also are to be acted upon. The meeting, to be held at the Be- thesda Elementary Schoor on Wilson lane near the old Georgetown road, will hear a number of addresses. Chair- men of merbership, by-laws, transporta- tion and other committecs are to make reports. Col. A. B. Barb-r, president, will preside. Fall on Ice Kills Man, 73. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md,, February 6.— John M. Gellner died yesterday at his home here as the result of injuries re- ceived in a hard fall on an icy pave- ment a week ago. He was 73 years old. Mr., Gellner was for many years sexton of SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery. Two | sons and two daughters survive ANT-SMITH FORGE HOLDS NEUTRALITY YVirginia Democratic Faction in Position to Throw Its Strength Either Way. By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 6.—The Anti-Smith Democrats, who held the balance of power in Virginia in 1928, were in a position today to throw their strength to either the Republican or Democratic parties in State elections or to launch a third ticket in the event it was deemed expedient. In calling a State convention of anti- Smith voters and appointing a com- mittee to attend the details, the con- ference of anti-Smith leaders here last ‘SUBURFAN NEWS, night did not officlally commit itself to anything that would prevent entrance into the Democratic primary or alliance with the Republican party. In fact, a resolution adopted urged all anti-Smith voters to refrain from participating in any primary, mass meeting or conven- tion of either of the parties or com- mitting themselves in any way. ‘Would Repudiate Leaders. While repudiation of the national Deémocratic party leadership by State leaders of the party was not mentioned in the formal stat:ment at the conclu- sion of the executive session here, this was seen by some as a prerequisite to entrance of the anii-Smith Democrats into the Democratic primary. It was also held in politi~c! circles that the anti-Smith Democ would insist on indorsement of t| tand in the pres- idential campaign by the State leaders, at least some positive expression de- claring that they were not considered “bolters.” Bishop James Cannon," jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in a statement informing the conference of his personal stand, declared that he would remain an independent Demo- crat, but would not accept the “Smith- ort vt Raskob” lcadership of the national party or a State leadership supporting it. Others Share View. The conference itself did not con- sider this phase in its formal state- ment, but expressions from several anti- Smith officials indicated that this view was shared by a number of those par- ticipating in the conference. A. J. Dunning, jr., of Norfolk and Frank Lyon of McLean, the latter named chairman of the convention committee, were among those who had indicated that they shared the view entertained by Bishop Cannon. Frank Lyon, one of those calling the Lynchburg conference of district, count and city chairmen, was charged wit the duty of calling together a commit- tee of 10, one from each congressional district, to make plans for the anti- Smith convention. This convention, it was said, would nominate, “if deemed proper,” a State ticket for election in November. J. Calvin Moss of Lynch- burg was named as vice chairman and L. F. Powell of Richmond, secretary- treasurer. —_— This country is exporting $250,000 worth of flashlights every month. HINGTON. D.C. he Nations apz'tal S 12 TH ST. WASHINGTON, D. surpassed in every respect save in airport facilities, is now es- tablishing supremacy there also. Hoover Field, owned erated by the INTERNA.- , INC,, is located just across the beauti- ful Potomac River, only ten minutes from the White House. The beautiful proposed Mount Vernon Boulevard will border TIONAL AIRWAYS on Hoover Field. 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