Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1929, Page 10

N SUBURBAN NEWS. e ... JHE UVENING STAR AUTO LICENSE RECIPROCITY LAW ' UPHELD IN PRINCE GEORGES CONMISSN Y 60 ON FULL T Prince Georges Growth Given as Reason for Change in System. BY GEORGE PORTER. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 21.—Radical change in the make-up of the board of county commissioners for Prince Georges County is foreseen as a necessity by officials here due to the increasing duties imposed upon the board as the county grows. While no definite action is planned in the immediate future, it is pointed { out that the commissioners now have difficulty in transacting all the busi- ness that accumulates for them during 2 week at their single day’s session on Tuesdays. Citing the minutes of the last few meetings to show the board remained in session long after the close of the regular business day, one county leader declared yesterday the work could be handled more efficiently if the num- ber of commissioners was reduced from five to two or three, who would be given an adequate salary in return for devoting their entire time to the coun- ty’s business. 8 In addition to performing the func- tions of the governing body of the county, and directing disbursements, the commissioners now sit as an as- sessment board, a road board, and starting next month, as a zoning board. Functioning as they are on a part- time basis, i% is impossible for the com- | missiogers to make a personal inspec- tion or investigation, and must pred- | icate their decisions in many matters on second-hand information. EDUCATORS’ VISIT "PLANS COMPLETED! Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax to Entertain New Yorkers March 18. Bpecial, Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 21—/ Plans for the entertainment on.March | 18 of Mayor Jimmie Walker of New | York and the 300 New Ym’: Céty ngh‘ Bchool superintendents and educators Who, will make a three-day tour of Vir- | ginia _educational institution, were worked out yesterday afternoon at a joint conference of the secretaries of the Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax Chambers of Commerce, held in the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria. The | conference was attended by J. T. Pres- ton, R. F. Downham, C. M. Jones, W. A. Moore and Thomas Chauncey, repre- senting the Alexandria chamber; P. P. ‘Woodbridge, executive secretary of the Arlington chamber, and Mrs. E. D. Vos- bury-and E. C. Gibbs of the Fairfax| chamber. ‘The Virginia State Chamber of Com- merce plans to entertain these edu- cators at a big banguet on ‘Sunday night, March 17, at Old Point Comfort, following which they will leave by train for Predericksburg. Monday the party will reach Alexandria at 12.30. They will be guests of the three chambers at luncheon. After a visit to old Christ Church and George Washington’s Ma- sonic Lodge, they will go to Mount Ver- non. Their return trip will take them to Arlington and the fomb of the Un- known Soldier, They will be guests at dinner in Washington in the evening of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. These 300 teachers are the advance fl:i:rd of 30,000 New York City school children, who will take one of the his- toric tours of Virginia this Spring under ihe guidance of the State Chamber of Commerce. CONTROL OF AUDITOR SOUGHT IN ASSEMBLY Maryland Official’s Pay Would Be Raised $3,900 Under Amendments, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 21— Placing of the State auditor directly under the division of financial review and control of the State is provided for among a number of amendments to the _ present law governing the appointment and-qualifications of the State auditor introduced in the House by James J. Lindsay, majority floor leader. Similar changes have been advocated since the first discovery of the pecula- tions in the State Roads Commission ful which covered a period of eight | years, and the bill is a result of the| numerous investigations. One of the amendments provides «that the State auditor shall be appoint- ed by the governor, to serve at his pleas- ure; but it takes the direct control, after appointment, away. The change would | wipe out two deputy auditors and sub- stitute one, the latter to be appointed by the auditor, with the approval of the | governor. It would raise the salary of the auditor from $3,600 a year to $7,500 and increases the bond from $2,500 to $10,000. Under the proposed changes the audi- tor must be a.certified public account- ant with at least three years of experi- ence. N A R CUMBERLAND ATTORNEY " ASKS CHARTER CHANGE| Would Compel Candidates for City Posts to Say What Place They Sought at Election. Bpecha! Dispatch to The Star. | CUMBERLAND, Md., February 21.— | Beeking to have placed in effect the change in the city government sug- gested by him recently, Arch A. Young, attorney, has sent to Irvin R. Hamil- ton, a member of the General Assem- bly from this county, a bill repealing and re-enacting the part of the charter of Cumberland whereby it would be mandatory fo® candidates for city coun- cil to announce themselves as seeking & particular post. Young contends that the present system of filling the four posts—police and fire, streets and public property, water and light and finance—by caucus after the election, is trading of ecity |sons, No. 22. | had been called to . f .THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md,, February 21.— Ruling that the motor vehicle laws per- mit a 30-day reciprocity period between Maryland and the District of Columbia, which wolild apply even to home pur- chasers in the State, Judge J. Chew Sheriff yesterday dismissed charges of having fictitious tags, no registration card and no title against William" W. Rabbitt of Brentwood. Rabbitt admitted using District of Columbia tags, but offered testimony to prove that he has been a Maryland resi- dent only since February 1, when he pur- chased a home in Brentwood. His coun- | Judge Follows Arlington Ruling in Decid- ing Cars Must Stay in State 30 Days Continuously. Tuesday by Circuit Court Judge Howard W. Smith, in Arlington County, re- quiring police to prove each car stayed in the State 30 days. Six other persons, including a mes- senger boy, faced the same charges as Rabbitt and were fined $20.35 each. Albert H. Sindorf of Brentwood, one of those fined, appealed the case. Seven other persons accused of using District of Columbia tags are to be ar- raigned before Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Capitol Heights today. All defendants were arrested by State Policeman L. E. Dutrow and given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Thomas D. Griffith of For- sel, J. Wilson Ryon, cited the decisionestville. MASON MEMORIAL GROUP CONVENES $400,000, Expected to Be Appropriated for Temple " Work for Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 21.—/ With 200 delegates in attendance, the nineteenth annual convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Associa- tion opened this morning in the lodgerooms of Al- exandria- Washing- ton Lodge of Ma- John T. Cochran of The Plains, Va., grand master of Masons in Virginia, delivered an ad- dress of welcome to the delegates ofter —~the meeting order by the presi- dent, Iouis A. Watres cf Scran- ton, Pa., past grand master of Masons genmator Robinson. in Pennsylvania. The main business is the reading of reports of the work accomplished on the new $5,000,000 temple on Shooters Hill during the past year. It is expected that $400,000 will be appropriated for the ensuing year. The afternoon session today will be held in the temple, while tomorrow morning. the delegates will again meet in the Alexandria-Washington Lodge rooms. Senator Arthur R. Robinson of In- diana will deliver the principal address at the annual banquet of Alexandria- Wasl Lodge of Masons, No. 22, tomorrow night, in Armory Hall, com- memorating the birth of Gen. George m:shll ox:s:n, first worshipful master of t . MF. Wagres and Mr. Cochran also will speak. Invocation is to be offered by Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, while bémedic- tion will be delivered by Rev. J. W. ‘Townsend of Aurora Hills, Va. Charles A. Callahan, worshipful master of Al.!’enndxh-wuhlnxton Lodge, will pre- side. —_———— BOY, ALMOST FROZEN, IS HELD AT FROSTBURG Youth, 12, in Quest of Mother in Indfana Harbor, Ill., Halted En Route by Authorities, Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG Md, February 21.— Leo Mousser, 12, en route from Cali- fornia, Pa. to Indiana Harbor, near Chicago, "and much off his route, in quest of his mother, Pauline Mousser, estranged from his father, John Mous- ser, was halted here and is being held pending word from either one of his parents. The boy was almost frozen, after having been out three days. COMMITTEE APPOINTED. DANVILLE, Va. February 21 (Spe- cial).—A. B. Carrington, president of the Tobacco Association of the United States, today announced Mis appoint- ment of a committee which will de- termine the opening dates for the vari- ous Southern tobacco belts next season. Those on the committee are: W. T. lark, chairman, Wilson, N. C.; C. A. regory, Richmond; T. W. Blackwell, Winston-Salem; A. J. Bullington, Dur- ham; P. A. Noell, Durham; O. C. Greg- ory, Richmond; U. H. Cazort, Wilson John L. Tucker, Danville; W. C. Wood: ing, Danville; A. H. Buchan. Mullins, S. C.; Ralph Garrett, Greenville, N. C. E. V. Webb, Kingston, N. C.; Gerhat Suhling, Lynchburg, and P. J. Carlton, Richmond. 1 ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md,, February 21 (Spe- cial).—The seventy-sixth annual fair of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society will be held on August 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, the directors decided at a meeting last night. The last day will be devoted to automobile racing, which will be an innovation in Rockville. Washington M. Miller, 74 years old, until a few weeks ago a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Harry, in Washington. He is survived by several sons and daugh- ters, Jacob Miller of Gaithersburg and William Miller of the lower section of the county were his brothers. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian Church at Neelesville, burial being in the church cemetery. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of Rayfield C. Carey, 21, and Miss Hazel B. Frye, 18, both of Washington, and Jac.b Tracy, 21, and Miss Sarah Miller, 21, both of Montgomery County. Thomas F. Stafford, 21, of Midland, Va., and Miss Anna Virginia Weaver, 18, of Warrenton, Va., were married in | Rockville yesterday by Rev. Bertram M. | Osgood of the Baptist Church, as were | Charles J. Moss, 40, and Miss Maria E. Rudrulle, 37, both of Flint Hill, Va. Joseph's Attempt to Charge Legislative Delay Held Out of By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 21.— Efforts of Daniel C. Joseph of Balti- more, leader of the Democratic insur- gent bloc in the lower House, to get before the body a speech charging legis- lative procrastination and a waste of State money, were held out of order by Speaker Brooke Lee of Silver Spring. Joseph took the floor on a question of personal privilege, to enswer a statement, jssued by Lee on Orcler by Speaker Lee against him on the floor about legisla- tive patronage. Joseph said that Lee was quoted in the newspapers wanting the people to know the condifions prevailing in the Legislature, and he proposed to tell them. He charged that the Legisla- Il,urP had been in session for 47 days, and during that time had met for only {19 hours and 50 minutes, He further TYDINGS SAYS U.S. SHOULD HELP 0T Urges Bill Posting Prizes for Annual Contests by Amer- ican Artists. ‘The National Capital would be the ssene of an annual contest in art and sculpture to be exhibited by artists from any part of the United States, under a bill introduced in the Senate today by ‘Senutor Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- and. Five cash prizes. ranging from $10,000 for the first to $1,000 for the last, would be awarded by the Government for the five outstanding paintings’and the five best Pleces of sculpture, Appropriate medals would accompany each award. ‘Winning pictures and pleces of sculp- ture would become the property of the United States and it is the idea of Sen- ator Tydings that after the contest had been in progress for a sufficient num- ber of years, the winning paintings and statues would form a national gallery of Amerjcan art work in Wasnington. “The exhibition,” Senator Tydings _said, “should be held annually in Wash- ington and would, I believe, attract those interested in art from all over the world, It certainly would be a great stimulant to all citizens engaged in either painting or sculpture; it would tend to develop American art and would increase the appreciation of the Ameri- can people for the beautiful. “The plan is inexpensive and would require only $50,000 a year for prizes and incidental expenses. The prestige of winning any one of the five awards would amply compensate the contestor for surrendering creation. “It is a sad commentary on our Government that, while we can expend money in fabulous amounts for every- thing material, ‘there is little which we have as yet supported that is ab- stractly beautiful, yet concretely val- uable to our Nation.” SHOOTS 20NN PLEA AGAN (P Commission Refuses Five, Grants Four and Delays Six Petitions. The Zoning Commission was called intol session this afternoon to resume consideration of the petition of Sena- tor Smoot, Utah, for change in the zoning of the property 2517-2521 Con- necticut -avenue, from residential B to first commercial C and other petitions not decided at the commission’s execu- tive session late yesterday. Of the 15 petitions for rezoning, the commission yesterday refused five, granted four and delayed action on the rest. The. petitions granted call for a change from fesidential C to first commercial C of a lot on the east side of New Hampshire avenue between Princeton -place and Georgia avenue; from A restricted to A semi-restricted area of the interior lots facing Thirty- ninth street in squares 1813 and 1814; from residential 40-foot B area to resi- dential 60-foof, B area the property of the Mount ' Carmel Retreat House, bounded by Second, Third and T streets northeast; from first commercial C area to residential A area so much of Thir- teenth' street north of Varnum street (Bates road) as is now zoned first com- mercial, The following petitions were denied: From residential C to first eommercial C. 1632 P street; from residential D to first commercial D, 1120 Thirteenth street; from residential C to first com- mercial C, the' lot at the north corner of Sixth and C streets southw | from 60-foot to 90 foot height district, 204-206 Pennsylvania avenue southeast; from first commercial C to residential C, the triangle bounded by Maryland avenue, Eighth and E streets northeast. ‘The commission decided to re-ad- vertise a petition to rezone from resi- dential B, restricted, to residential B, the east side of Woodley place from Cal- vert street, to include 2609 Woodley place, and a proposed change in the zoning regulations governing the types of enterprises which may be conducted in hotels and apartment houses in the residential zones. WORKMAN 1S RESCUED WHEN CAUGHT BY CAVE-IN Elton Wiser, 21 years of,age, living at Riverdale, Md, narrowly escaped death late_yesterday afternoon when dirt from a sewer excavation he was digging caved in upon him in front of 1611 Eastern’ avenue, on the District- Maryland line. Luckily, Stewart E. Burroughs, who lives at 1611 Eastern avenue, witnessed the cave-in and im- mediately rescued Wiser, who was little the worse fof the mishap. Officer Willlam F. McDuffie of the eleventh precinct, who made the in- vestigation of the case, reported that Wiser was.at work excavating so that & connection ' could be made into the District sewer at that point, when the sandlike soil caved in upon the worker. Police reserves from No. 9 precinct and tr&e rescue squad responded to a call for aid. i RESISTS EXTRADITION ON $7,500 THEFT CHARGE Accused Western Unionr Employe Declines to Discuss West Virginia Case. Arrested on a_fugitive warrant from Charles Town, W. Va., in connection with an alleged larceny, Ennis Monroe Nichols, 37, Morse supervisor of the Western Union Telegraph Co. here, fought extradition on the fugitive charge hearing at Police Court today and ar- ranged for his release on bond. Nichols, who lives at the Valley Vista Apartments; was arrested by Headquar- ters Detective Larry O'Dea at the West- ern Union offices, Fourteenth and G streets, late yesterday. According to police, Nichols told them he would not fight extradition to the West Virginia town and was lodged in a cell at the third precinct police station. Nichals, police said, was reluctant to discuss his predicament when taken into custody yesterday and has since maintained a noncommittal attitude. DAVIS BARES AR TOLL 0 SENATE 166 Killed Between 1924 and 1928 in Crashes, War Secretary Reports. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary of War Davis, in response to a,resolution, yesterday transmitted to the Senate a list of fatalities in the Army aviation service during the last {five years and recommendations for legislation to provide greater safeguards in thé future. From 1924 to 1928 inclusive, the re- port said, airplane accidents numbered 143, in which 120 members of the Regu- lar Army and 41 members of the Re- serve Corps were killed. During the same period, it added, 5 men were killed in lighter-than-aircraft accidents. ‘The resolution requesting the infor- mation was introduced by Senator Cope- land, Democra#t, New York, soon after the recent crash at Middletown, Pa., in which eight Army fiyers were killed. Recommendations for legislation in- cluded provisions for replacements of obsolete aircraft, a reserve of airplanes |and engines and adequate funds for re- | search and maintenance of material. “While comparatively little can be done,” the report said, “to bring about a_substantial reduction in the number of accidents due to pilots’ errors, weather or poor landing flelds, increases in personnel and serviceable craft un- doutbedly will have a favorable influ- ence upon this source of accident. “Accidents due to power plant or structural failures can undoubtedly be decreased by more and better scientific research, by steps taken to improve the service status of enlisted mechanics so as to hold them in the Air Corps after they have been trained, by provisions for more aircraft of the latest accepted types Innd by increases in Air Corps.per- sonnel.” . DIPLOMA MILL BILL 1S NEARING ACTION Conferees Reach Agreement . Upon Provisions of Pro- posed Measure. Legislation to prevent the operation of “diploma mills” in Washington, which has been before Congress for sev- eral years, moved a step nearer enact- ment today when Senate and House conferees reached an agreement on the detailed provisions. All that remains to be done is for the two branches of Con- gress to ratify the report of the con- ferees, after which the bill would be ready for signature. ‘The provisions of the bill are: First, an increased fee for the in- corporation of institutions of learning; second, that a license from the Board of Education would be required by an institution intending to confer degrees, except as. to institutions incorporated by Congress; third, that applicants for licenses -to confer degrees would have to furnish evidence of character, qual- ifications to conduct an institution of learning and information as to the equipment, of the school to conduct the studies offered; fourth, provision for re- voking licenses, reserving the right to a public hearing to the license, and with the further right of appeal to the court, and fifth, restriction on the names of corporations and penalties for viola- tions. ‘When the 'bill was recommended to the Senate and House by the District committees it was pointed out that iInstitutions incorporated under the Dis- trict code could advertise extensively that they were operating under the su- pervision of the Federal Government. The advisability of regulating institu- tions incorporated here for the purpose of issuing degrees has been under con- sideration for more than 10 years by local business and educational interests. ‘The conferees eliminated two of the amendments made by the House and modified one other amendment. LIONS CLUB PREPARES FOR MAY SESSION HERE President Committees Appointed to Han- McKeever Announces dle Convention Details. Committees were appointed and other plans outlined for the District conven- tion of the Lions Club to be held in this city May 29 at a luncheon meet- ing in the Hotel Mayflower yesterday. President Robert L. McKeever an- nounced the following committees to arrange the meeting: A. H. Lawson, general chairman; S. Russell Owen, transportation; E. L. Burton, decora- tions; Edgar M. Brawner, registration |and finance;- George A. Lewis, attend- ance and publicity; Reid S. Baker, social and program; R. L. Pollio, enter- tainment; J. Z. Walker, reception and sightseeing, and Allison N. Miller, ban- e i A six-mile sea-front drive France. For COLDS of All the Family This Modern External Treatment is Best Mothers prefer thg external treatment, Vicks VapoRub, for children’s colds, because it avoids the constant “dosing” so disturbing to delicate little stomachs. You just rub it on the throat and chest at bedtime. Other members of the family. prefer Vicks' for their own colds, because it is convenient, and quick in bringing relief. Colds | |50 minutes late each day on meeting, and that this procrastination had cost | charged that it had been as much HSJ Widayeyn rcaard fo the eharge g& _,mc State 337,050, 4 wasted fupds, »n usually yield overnight, o fl hbelng.l quet. Sessions will be held in the May- lower. Gilbert McClurg of Colorado Springs, built around the Bay of La Baule,|Colo, gave an illustrated lecture on Pikes - Peak. ‘Fancy Chuck Roast. . ............ 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