Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1929, Page 12

SRS B FARMERS TAKE UP URBAN PROBLEMS Montgomery County Conven- tion Considers Wide Range of Subjects. % BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md. February 16. =Urban problems forced on the county by the rapid increase in the population, which has forced the dirt farmers to discuss these matters along with the details of raising crops ana cattle, took practically the entire morning session 'of the annual convention of the farmers of Montgomery County, held in the Sherwood High School here yesterday. They plainly indicated that they were dirt farmers when Assistant Secretary Dunlap of the Department of Agricul- ture asked for a showing of hands as to how many were dirt farmers and practically every one in the crowded auditorium raised. The formers adjourned without taking any action on the differences between the Montgomery County legislators as to whether additional bonds should be au- 'thorized for the purchase of a site on ‘which to build a larger courthouse and Jail at Rockville. It first was brought to the attention of the convention at the morning session, when Milton H. Bancroft of this place suggested that the convention take some action on the jmatter, saying that he favored it. How- ‘ever, Clarence L. Gilfin, presiding, said ‘that the matter should go over until ,the afternoon, when,. he announced, Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, who is opposing the bond issues and the purchase of the square, would give Ihis side of the matter. The convention /agreed to wait, but Senator Jones did not appear. Martin Urges Action, However, just prior to adjournment f y, Harry Martin of Chevy (Chase urged the farmers to take fa- vorable action on the matter. He said \that the business of the county had |increased to such an extent that it was ‘mlmost impossible now to do business g.n the deeds office in the present court ullding. He advised the farmers that |the legislators were the trustees of the people, and they should be forced to Vote the people’s will and not their own and Maria Janescu, Rumania’s prettiest. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 17, ‘1929—PART 1. l CONTEST FOR BEAUTY HONORS l Among the entries for the international beauty contest at Galveston, Tex., are Sheila La Gal of San Francisco; Elisabeth Simon, Hungary's beauty queen, INDUSTRIAL EXHBIT PLANS BROADENED Chamber of Commerce Will Make Early Start on Proj- |views, and added that the ple of the they were for the new pro; clud- % purchase of the additional land. steps be taken lies, particularly 3 . Bancroft tola ‘the convention, reporting for the Com- munity Council. He gave many details jof the work of the council during the pointed out t.hdat the th umm& engine equip- ‘would bepol litt use, .unless provision were made for larger ‘water supplies. Trafic problems even have to be l;mfled no'dtn these rural eomlx;:ur}mg‘, ‘serious congestion at the Olney and B i ey by £ o Placing ‘of the argely by of road direction signs too close to the d TS, School overcrowding 2 iben for the " Oiney-Bandy " Spting " isies d Snowden Athey of Burtonville for ¢ The s authorizing the president to name a commitiee to select a site and provide for the construction of a memorial to 'the late Alban G. Stabler, who wes described as having done much for the (development of the community. A traf- ific light in a circle at the Ashton- dy sln‘l.n?l cross roads was suggested. t Gllpin named the following serve on the committee: Herbert E. ‘Thompson of Spencerville, chairman; R. Bentley Thomas of Sandy Spring ‘and Frank J. Downey of Olney. Asserting that in his opinion much of the Iwreum road was due lto the fact that the road fon jhad much more money that it ever ex- q:ec'gd. Mr. Farquhar introduced a reso- ution, which was adopted, which put the farmers on record as favoring the R otsoti priiig Jor Shamees ety ‘Annapolis pro g for changes e automobile laws. One of these provia- jed for the elimination of the present {ee of 32 cents a horsepower on pneu- ‘mfic-ured vehicles, and the substi- ‘tution of a nominal fee of $2 a year jto cover the cost of registration and jthe tags. He sald that the present method was a double tax. farm- lers also approved the legislation which would require those seeking drivers’ permits to sign an agreerent to be re- Isponsible in case of damage to private Iiproperty to the extent of $1,000 and $5,000 for ?ersnnll injury or death. Alleging that the desire of farmers to k’e up with the new models of auto- gznuas was responsible for taking much ey from the farms, Samuel Thomas fof Ashton delivered an address on how idle farm land could be made profitable. W. C. Anderson, county agent at Rockville, hsald that there were 50,000 i) dncluding in these figures land for clubs, but not forest lands. He sald that this jrepresented a capital of $2,000,000. As- ‘sistant Secretary of Agriculture Dunlap said one of the farm relief recipes was Inot to bring any more farm land into ‘eultivation. ‘The impending invasion of the State by the corn borer was described by Dr. E. M. Cory of the University of Mary- land, who told the farmers of the best means of controlling the pest. He also sald that the Japanese beetle and the Mexican bean beetle could be controlled. Prancis Thomas of Sandy Spring urged the co-operation of the farmers in repomng forest fires. Stanley Stabler of S8andy Spring and Mortimer Stabler of Spencerville also ‘eddressed the convention. 'WOULD CONTROL FLYERS. Maryland Bill Planned to Require State Licenses. Special Dispatch to The Star, Baltimore, ~February 16.—Fendall AMMarbury, a delegate to the State As- #embly from Baltimore, announced to- day that he is drawing up a bill which will force all embryonic aviators in Btate to take out licenses through the Department of Commerce and it will be introduced next week. ! The measure will require all Mary] aviators ' operating airplanes in land to been | the whole scheme for a the | tration, amounted to ect for October. to prepare its fifth annual industrial exposition on 'a broader scale, Ivan C. Weld, president, who heads the executive committee in ?m of the event, announced yester- . The chamber has decided to extend the exposition, which opens Monday, October 21, to Saturday, October 26. A feature of the exposition will be inclusion of a large group of exhibits, require more time for prepara- tion, it was stated, and since plans have been given an early start this year, ex- position officials will take full advan- tage of the longer period and use it to extend the scope of the exhibition. The chamber Long-SoughtFresco, Needed to Complete Painting, Is Found Chinese Art, Wanted by Pennsylvania Museum, Discovered in New York. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 16.—A colossal Chinese fresco, long sought to complete the great Kuan Yin wall painting, which has been one of the outstanding exhibits of the University of Pennsylvania Museum for a number of years, has been acquired by the mu- seum and will be exhibited for the first tlzme at a reccption to be held February ‘The fresco, approximately 15 feet in height, was found at a dealer's estab- lishment in New York City. With Its acquisition virtually the entire Kuan ¥Yin painting which once adorned a Buddhist temple erected about the tenth century near Ching Hai Chen in China will be reunited in the univer- sity museum. 8 In 1926 museum authorities acquired what were then considered to be three te Chinese frescoes. One showed tire Spring an paring play of ‘Washington’s industrial and commer- cial resources. ‘Autitorium - and. arfangt: Wi n um arrange- mem hoiding it there have been made by a committee comprising Charles W. Darr, chairman; Ernest E. general includes, be- ‘Weld, Rudolph Jose, vice chairman; Charles T. Claggett, Henry D. Crampton, Charles W. Darr, John A. Eckert, Charles H. Frame, Isaac Gans, Robert N, Harper, Ernest E. Her- rell, C. Phillips Hill, Harry King, Martin A. Leese, C. Melvin Sharpe, Charles J. Stockman and John A. Walker. e ARGUMENTS DELAY IMPEACHMENT TRIAL Question of Admitting Statement of Masonic Grand Lodge Sec- retary Unsettled. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA, CITY, February 16— The impeachment trial of Henry St. Johnston, Oklahoma's suspended gov- orward slowly today as ernor, moved 1 attorneys of both sides fought over ad- missibility of testimony. The opinion of Wi E. (Mose) Anderson, grand secretary of the Ma- sonic Grand Lodge of Oklahoma and friend for 25 years of Johnston, as to ‘whether he believed the chief executive was competent to conduct State affairs, promised to provide the first direct testimony on one of the outstanding articles of impeachment upon which the governor is being tried by a Senate court of impeachment—if the Senate court decided to hear it. House managers prosecuting the im- peachment charges have indicated that 10 of the articles of impeachment lead up to the eleventh article, which alleges “general incompetency.” H. Tom Knight, of the House board of managers, sought Anderson's opin- fon, based on his long friendship with the suspended governor and his asso- ciation with Johnston when Johnston | 6% was Grand Master of the Oklahoma Grand Lodge. The defense objected to and a N velo o tween attorneys, which was unfinished when the Senate court was adjourned. NICARAGUAN CUSTOMS RECEIPTS SET RECORD Annual Report of Collector Gen- eral Lindberg Shows Advances Made During Year. By the Assoclated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 16. —The largest customs receipts on record in Nicaragua will be shown in the forth- coming annual report of Irving A. Lind- berg, collector general of customs and one of the American members of the Nicaraguan High Commission. Mr. Lindberg said today that the 1928 receipts totaled $4,200,000, as against $3,100,000 in 1927, which con- stituted a record up to that time. For a serles of years prior to 1927 the cus- toms brought in an average of only about $2,000,000 annually. ‘The collector general saild that the treasury surplus on January 1, at the beginning of the new Federal adminis- $600,000. This money is to be used for maint of the national guard organized under supervision of the United States Marine f 1t also will be devoted Corps. Some of to public works. Because of an ex| out licenses from the of motor vehicles with the same - lations in effect as prescribed by Government. Mubur‘y their using sirplanes within the State did not come under ‘the jurisdiction of the ‘Federal ‘Government., pected small coffee crop, receipts for 1929 prob- ably will be lower-fpan the record made last year. A ‘“robot” vender which g e B S el ves g q » & young Russian. a Buddha seated cross.legged on a throne and turning the wheel of the law. ;{he second depicted a huge ttva, Kuan Yin the merciful, holding up a book and accompanied by an adoring deity, the moon goddess. The third was a panel revealing an perial-looking personage with several n.rlngr attendants, ?. tg_uxg pl;lg. a carrying a and two demons with green and blue faces respectively. ‘When the panels were placed mh:fi side on the wall of the exhibition it became apparent that all were sec- tions of the same work. It also was revealed that portions were 5 Efforts to locate them were made. Cf ‘war had invaded the region from which the frescoes had come. Several months , however, word came that sections of an old Chinese fresco, sald to_be from the old temple near Ching Hal Chen, had arrived in this country and could bemwn }nm!:ew York Eéfuy A representative of museum, ipped with photographs, diagrams and meas- urmm J::l of the boa}ezl uc:ll:‘n': of the pal , was sent vest . In the dim light of a basement room the long-missing fresco was found, its huge green and tan figure of the ttva which balanced the figure of Kuan Yin in another section of the ?l};n'itt“ being alone sufficlent to iden- LIGHTS AID FILMING OF SUBMARINE TESTS Photographs Record Actions of Men Off Key West, Where 8-4 Is Submerged. ABOARD U. 8. 8. MALLARD OFF ising aruRei Sgnis. Thoariphes ) ci , Pl phers to- day recorded on films the action of men conducting safety tests aboard the salvaged submarine S-4, sunk in 38 feet of water off the coast here, Inclosed in a steel box, with glass windows on two sides, the photograph- ers were lowered down al the submarine where they obtained pictures of the men making their way safely from the undersea craft by use of a “lung” zr safety device, resembling a mask, During another “setting” the photo- gn&hen obtained pictures inside the motor room of the craft, showing the chambers being. flooded, the men put- ting on their masks, and their safe de- parture to the surface through the safety hatch. Lieut. Comdr. P. H. Dunbar, in cha; of the safety tests, which have been progress for more than a week, sald the films would be used for educational purposes in instructing the personnel of the submarin® service in the use of the escape locks and safety mask. WILSON'S BO.YHOOD HOME IS SOUGHT AS MEMORIAL South Carolina Hopes to Save Early Residence for a Museum. COLUMBIA, 8. C. (A).—A State movement to_establish a Woodrow Wil- son memorial museum in the old-fash- ioned white frame house in which the wartime President spent his boyhood days is under way here. The house was bullt.in the early 70s by Dr. Je h R. Wilson, father of gfimxow Wlm'n, whol trgm 1870 to was a professor at the Columbia Theological Seminary. Going into private hands after a number of attempts to make it public mmruomh.(gnr\:.lkud‘ ',hexwflmn home e room for a municipal auditorfum. This p‘r:m attempts lature to provide that appropriate $17,500 contingent equal amount being raised by public sul ption and that the proj held by the ‘State Historical @D &5 3 REFIUARSD! MEmOriAl « would result in a saving only of the AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 10 STAY IN SERVICE Wilbur Says Decommission- "ing Vessels Would Be “Al- most Calamity.” By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Wilbur indicated yesterday that the aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington would be continued in active service so long as money for operating them was available. Decommissioning the vessels, the latest additions to the United States fleet, was suggested as a possibility by Representative French of Idaho in a recent speech in the House. ‘The Secretary said if this were done it would be “almost a calamity,” and added that the saving which would re- sult from docking the carriers and dis- tributing their personnel on other ves- sels would be negligible. “The afrcraft carriers,” he declared, “are an absolutely essential part of our national defense. The vessels have proven even more efficient as aircraft carriers than we had expected they would be, and we had expected much.” Decommissioning the vessels now the cost of fuel, the Secretary said, and this amount would not warrant the sacrifice it would involve. If the vessels had been scrapped instead of converted, he continued, there would have been a loss to the Government of “$30,000,000 plus.” ‘The operating cost, he added, is not materially in excess of the cost csti- mated before the vessels were put into operation. WARDENS TO CONFER. Assistant State Forester to Address | Two Meetings. By a Staft Correspondent of The €tar. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 16.—The first of a series of wardens’ conferences to be held during 1929 will be opened at North Beach, March 2, District Forester Walter J. Quick, jr., announced yesterday. The second will be held here on March 9. Assistant Forester John R. Curry of the State Department will be the principal speaker. Wardens from Charles and Anne Arundel Counties are to attend the conference at North Beach, while that to be held in Upper Marlboro is for wardens in lower Prince Georges County. Daughter at Langtry Service. MONTE CARLO, Monaco, February 16 (A .—Lady Ian Malcolm, daughter of Lily Langtry, and 60 English and American friends of the noted actress attended a memorial service to her in St. Paul's Church here today. the service the body was started back to the Isle of Jersey, the old home of the woman who became known on two continents as “the Jersey Lily.” The funeral service will be heid there. Slumber Chairs, upholstered in attractive tapestry, jacquard ve- lour or denii Large, roomy, fortable chair. $14.95 . Plate Mirrors, with modernistic border design. Complete with cord ready to hang. Size 8xI8, A most mecessary piece of fur- niture for the small apartment. Gateleg Tables, mahogany tops, sise 35548 imches when open. Splendidly constructed. \EEEEE Mattresses of one of the makes offered tomorrow—represent- PARTY SAILS IN SEARCH OF DREAM ISLAND Matthew F. Bramley, Cleveland millionaire, purchased the Peary, Comdr. McMillan’s old Arctic ship, and will cruise the seas in an effort to find an island he visioned in a dream. The party before sailing from Boston, left to right: Mary Baughan, Lilllan Nugent, Mrs. Bramley, Mr. Bramley, William Schloss, Dr. Dominic A. Lanese and Edward H. Green. 1,000-GALLON cow IS IRELAND’S GOAL Bossy Too Scanty With Her Sup- ply at Present—Associa- tion Formed. DUBLIN, Irish Free State (#).—Ire- land’s new slogan is “Give Us a 1,000~ Gallon Cow!” Always a land of doxes, one of the Free State's icipal exports is butter, and yet great quantities of for- eign butter are imported every year. The explanation is that there is little Winter dairying in Ireland, and that the Irish cow is too scanty with her milk sugflm To meet this situation a cow - testing assoclation has been formed, and is gradually improving tha milk yield. In 1911 the average yleld was only 430 gallons per cow. It has been raised in 1927 to 557 gallons. Barn Fire Probed. FREDERICK, Md., February 16 (Spe- clal) —County authorities are investi- gating the cause of a fire which yes- terday destroyed a large barn and other modern buildings on the farm of Sterling E. Spurrier, near Union Bridge, Md. Couple, 60 Years Together, if Young Would Wed Again Happy, They Say, in Ad- vising Beginners to Love and Forbear. Sixty years ago tomorrow Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer S, Wenner were married and today they declare they'd marry one another again if they could live their lives over. They've been happy and they're still happy at the National Lutheran Home, where they are loved by every person who knows them. “Boys,” Mr. Wenner advises young men, “don't marry unless you are sure you really love your sweetheart. Age? Oh, that's not important. It doesn’t make much difference whether you are young or not so very youn; it's love that counts.” e “Girls,” it's Mrs. Wenner now, ad- vising young women, “don’t mairy a boy if you are going to expect him to take you to as many dinners and Entles and amusements after you're is wife. He can't do it then. He has you and your home to keep up " then and that makes a big diffe Both Mr. and Mrs. Wenner agree thit happiness comes only to the married couples who learn how to put up with one_another. “You know, nobody is perfect,” Mrs. Wenner told a reporter for The Star yesterday, “and husbands and wives have just got to learn to get along with each other’s faults. Their goodness gets along by itself. And they've got to curb their tempers—learn not to take thln,n so serlously when they don't g0 just right—tempers can cause a lot of trouble.” WOMAN IS ATTACKED. Miss Mavis Baynard, living at the Government Hotels, Bullding P-Q, re- fused to see polfce of the sixth precinct last night and discuss with them an as- sault on her by a colored man, who knocked her down and robbed her of her purse, containing $2, they reported. She sent word that she would receive them at 9 o'clock this morning. Miss Baynard told Miss Elizabeth Brady, manager of the hotel, what had occurred and Miss Brady notified the police. ~ Through her the officers learned that the man attempted to snatch Miss Baynard's purse as she was walking along North Capitol street be- tween D and E streets about 10 o’clock last night. She resisted and the man struck her in the face with his fist, felling her, and escaping with the purse. AT THE WRIGHT CO.2 Furniture the Thriftiest Can Afford RENOYS 10 S AVARDOF EDA Sons of Revolution to Bestow Essay Honor on C. W. Hart. A gold medal will be awarded to Charles Willlam Hart of 625 Lexington place northeast, by the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia for the best essay written on a patriotic subject as a celebration at Poli's Theater at_the observance next Friday of th~ 197th anniversary of the birth of George ‘Washington, under auspices of the Dis- trict of Columbia Federation for Patri- atic Observance. The presentation will be made by Re?resenuuve Bland of Virginia and will be witnessed by ambassadors and ministers from 12 foreign nations who have accepted invitations to be present at the celebration. ‘The exercises begin at 11 o'clock in the morning and will be in charge of Gen. George Richards, chairman of the federation. Reserved seats may be ob- tained from Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, 1345 Jefferson street, chairman of the invi- tation committee. Hart is an honor student at Eastern High School and is the son of Charles Hart, the gflnclpal. He is a sergeant in the high school cadet corps. The subject for the essay contest this year was “Virginia’s Contribution to the War of the Revolution.” Several hun- dred essays were submitted by students of the District schools to whom it was opened, and Charles F. Diggs, chairman of the judges committee said they all were of unusually high standard. The winner's essay dealt with the contribution made by such Virginia pa- triots as Patrick Henry, George Wash- Ington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Lee, gorkge Mason and George Rogers lark. Al B R S AL Three Blamed in Slaying. PITTSBURGH, February 16 (#).— District Attorney S. H. Gardner today announced that he would personally represent the Commonwealth at the in- quest Tuesday into the killing of John Bercoveski, farmer-miner. It is cl that three coal and iron police of the Fittsburgh Coal Co. beat the man to death. M. A. Musmanno, a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, con- tinued to gather evidence in the case today. 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