Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1929, Page 10

BULDING CODE SOUEHT IN COUNTY Prince Georges to, Ask Law |- - Providing for Official ks Inspections. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ‘. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Febru- ary 22 —Definite recommendations that eounty-wide building inspection service be established in Prince Georges County ‘will be made to the county’s delegation in the General Assembly by officials of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Plannipg Commission in the near future, it was learned today. In making the recommendation, rep- resentatives of the planning group will emphasize the fact that establishment of such a service could be effected with no cost to the county, as a per- centage fee would be charged which would meet the expenses involved. In ‘Montgomery County the rate is $1 for every $1,000 involved in the cost of ‘the building. . ‘Would Protect County. Belief that the Inauguration of a building inspection service would be j beneficlal to the county as an as- surance against faulty workmanship, violation of the zoning laws and side- stepping of taxes is given as the rea- son for the recommendation. Opposition to the proposal is antici- pated from the incorporated towns Which derive an income from building permit applications. Under the present system, as ex- plained at the office of the planifiing , & prospective builder is required to pay a fee of $1 when taking out his permit. This amount goes to the county. An_additional charge, amounting to several dollars more and varying with the locality, is usually levied by the municipality in which the prospective builder is a resident. jes of all applications are sup- posed to be filed with the Park Com- mission, but the monthly reports of that organization show the value of operations in Montgomery County run consistently two to four - times greater than in Prince Georges. In view of the fact that the latter county has the greater population, t.heI only way this situation can be account- ‘ed for, the park group states, is that ‘bullding operations are conducted in Prince Georges without going through the formality of securing a permit. s Aids for Evasion. “Phis - procedure, it is stated, enables | the_builder to avoid having “his ‘im- Pprovements noted on the tax list. * Discussing the situation, a member of the engineering department of the Park 4nd Planning Commission said yester- day. is a crime to permit a community to grow up without the assurance that its houses are safe and substantial. So far as we have been able to learn there .’3 such thing as a building code in Prin Georges County.” S WATSON MEMORIAL BIBLE CLASS MEETS Ninth Annual Banquet Is' Held at George Mason Hotel in “-¢ Alexandria by Group. " Rev. P. L. Ver- of the Pirst Baptist Church, last night in an address at ith annual banquet of the Rev. . F. Watson Memorial PHilathea Class, held in the George Mason real quest of life is for good- ,” he continued. “The quest for in its larger meaning, often will take us into places and develop thoughts fi% we had not dreamed. 7 is an inward and an outward i ._The outward beauty is imma- ,, The inward beauty is the chief the D. C. Book played a piano solo, vocal solo was sung by Wg,l:\d Simms gave character ¢ seven past presidents of the class ‘were present last night. They are: Mrs. Woodfin of Baltimore, Mrs. g of Washington, Mrs. William jers, Mrs. Frank Amick, Mrs. Du- Hammond, Mrs. Ruth Eigin and Josephine C. Gaines. ROCKVILLE. ] VILLE, Md., February 22 (Spe- gl —MTrs. . Mary Elizabeth .Hamilton , widow of John B. Hamilton, died at her home near Four i Cortiers. . She was the motQer of Wil- Jiam O. Hamilton, Mrs. Maty J. Bean 'nd John F. Hamilton of Four Corners and Charles R. Hamilton of Trenton, (N. ¥. The funeral will take place y. 7 ord H. Robertson has just com- an audit and found that the of the office of the county er are well kept and show a mu(h understanding of the work of foffice on the part of Treasurer J. b t Walker and his assistants, and it the business of the office is con- efficiently “considering the enor- volume of work passing through a small and insufficiently equipped I, mses have been issued by the clerk Jof the Circuit Court here for the mar- of Joseph F. Ciccone, 21, and Miss ret A. Adessa, 19, both of Wash- , and John E. Walker, 36, of New i wick, N. J., and Miss Jessica M. ‘Wilber, 30, of Washington. funeral of Mrs. Martha M. ‘Cooley, 79, widow of Zachariah G. Oooley, who died at her home at Dicker- son, took place yesterday afternoon from ‘the g:me. the services being conducted y. Mr. Righter of the Clarksburg{ (Methodist Episcopal Church = South. Buglal was in Monocacy Cemetery. Mrs, | i y was the mother of Raymond y of Hyattsville, Md.; Cscar Claude iCooley of Boyds, George Cooley of [ us and Willlam 8. Cooley of !Galthersburg. ‘The executive board of the Mont- igomery County Social Service League { formulated plans for the organiza- tion of branch committees in each elec- Ition_district with separate committees for Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Glen Echo- | John, Kensington-Garrett Park, Y Spring, Somerset-Drummond and ,Tekoma Park. ["'On each committe there will be at leagt one person who will represent the | work of the home welfare, publicity and v committees of the league. The various branches are to report directly to the executive committee, Dr. John E. Walker of New Brunswick, N.'J., and Miss Jessica M. Wilber of Wakhington, were marrisd in Rockville esterday by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of B':pusl Church at the home of the. T Dy, Freeland G. Peter, canon of the Washington Cathedral, 'preached the /"Thufsday evening Lenten sermon in Chaist Episcopal Church, . The services wepe conducted by the rector, Rev. Mil- B Interior of the new gymnasium at the Rockville High School, which has just been completed at a cost of $50,000, and which will be dedicated Tuesday. The building can be used for athletic and dh:macic events or as a public meeting 1. It is arranged so that all athletic equipment may be stored out of sight | quickly in preparation for other affairs, and a hidden recess under the stage is provided for a piano while games are in progress. The hall can be divided {into two gymnasiums in a few minutes by closing a series of folding doors, making it possible for boys and girls to hold their contests and classes at the same time. One cf the features of the building (Star Staff Photo.) is the heating system, which consists of a dozen or more light radiators simi- lar to those on automobiles above the heads of those on the floor. These are equipped with shutters like an automo- bile’s Winter front, and a fan behind, which blows the warm air out into the hall. One of these is seen on each side of the stage in the picture. L. Fletcher Stott is principal of the school. STATE PROMISES COUNTY ROAD AID Commission to Maintain Highways Built Under Prince Georges Bond Issue. By = Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 22.—George W. Waters, jr., president of the Board of Prince Georges County Commissioners and the only member of the board who was able to reach Balti- more to confer with the State Roads Commission yesterday in regard to the proposed $500,000 bond issue for the construction of lateral roads, said today a working agreement had been reached at the conference. ‘The Roads Commission agreed to work with ‘the county leaders, Waters said, and take over upkeep of new roads as soon as they are surfaced. This has been ‘their custom in Prince Georges and other counties. No other .conferences will be neces- sary, W:ters declared, until after the bill authorizing the bond issue has been passed by the General Assembly. Rec- ommendations as to which roads will be built will then be made, according to the chairman, but this matter was not ‘The ‘Tuesday’'s meeting of the commission- ers, when it was explained that county leaders wanted to be absolutely sure of the co-operation of the roads group be- fore proceeding further with the bond e R R WOMEN’S CLUB PROJECT APPROVED BY OFFICIALS Lynchburg Committee Now Work on Community Market Plan. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURGH, Va., February 22.— Resolutions a) the project of the Woman's club for beautification of the turnpike here and the erection of a combined auditorium, military hat ngtzmdnmtgd-:u armory, have adop! y Retail Merchants’ Asso- ciation board of directors. A committee {5 at work on the com- munity market project, which is de- signed to cost approximately $300,000. It is expected that the project will mean a bond issue by the city. Woodmen of World to Meet. FAIRMONT, W. Va., February 22.— In a dispatch from here it was incor- rectly reported that the Modern Wood- men of America would hold its conven- tion here March 19. The Woodmen of the World and not the Modern Woodmen of America will hold its convention here at that time. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22 (Spe- cial).—Representative Gordon Browning delivered an address on George Wash- ington here yesterday afternoon at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Alex- andria Kiwanis Club, held in the George Mason Hotel. Membership applica- tions were received from City Manager Paul Morton, Commonwealth’s Attor- ney Albert V. Bryan, Windsor W. De- maine and Charles T. Nicholson. Members of the Boy Scout troop of Christ Episcopal Church went to Mount Vernon today to take part in the exer- cises held there by Washington scouts. Miss Helen Norris Cummings of this city, chairman of the Americanization committee of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, wrote the patriotic speech on George Washington, which was broadcast today from radio station WAPI at Birmingham, Ala. Funeral services were held here yes- terday for Mrs. Elizabeth Treger, who died Tuesday after a short iliness. Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector of Christ Epis- copal Church, officiated, and interment was in Bethel Cemetery. at died yesterday, were held this afternoon from the home. The services were con- ducted by Rev. E. V. Regester, presiding elder of the Alexandria district of the Baltimore Conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches, and Rev. Dr. W. 8. Hammond, pastor of the M. E. Church South. Burial was in St. Paul's Ceme- tery. £ Right Rev: H..St. George Tucker, D. D., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, spoke last night at the Lenten services held in 8St. Paul's Church by the congregations of Christ and St, Paul's Episcopal Churches. ‘The cast for the minstrel to be pre- sented by Alexandria Post, No. 24, American Legion, at Elks’ Hall Wednes- day and Thursday nights, will include the following members: Howard L. Arnold, Thomas Beck, J. Fred Birrell, jr.; Clay T. Brittle, Harvey Callender, J. Randall Caton, jr.; Ollie Catts, Jone: Cox, H. A. Cady, Harvey Davis, Frank- lin De Dier, George F. Downham, Joseph Fagelson, M. M. Fones, W. Mil- ton Glasgow, Elliott F. Hoffman, Louis Hoy, E. H. Hoffman, G. A. Horton, F. C. Knight, Clyde B. Lanham, H:. B. Lemon; Willlam H. Meeks, D. C.; Pfeil, lard"F. Minnick. Thomas E. Allison, 46, of Washington, Yesterday afternoon’ obtained a_license .ot to marry Miss Maude A. Walker, % of Washingto, e~ .- W.. Cameron Roberts, P. T. Roberts, Eugene Simpson, C. M. Strader, U. A. ‘Turner, Sidney Weil, C. M. Wells, Ken- neth W\l&ke{. .l;%u Walker, I"‘l(’hn Arnold, s "when Fleld, - . P g Sy Pl Final rites for William W. Cline, who | By a Sfaft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 22.—In- corporated towns of Prince Georges County would be authorized to keep for use in the corporate limits all fines and forfeitures in those areas, under a bill introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro. Up to the time of the pas- sage of the law at the last session of the Legislature, establishing police courts in the county, all of the fines in corporate towns went to them, but that law provided that one-half should go to the county and the other half to the town. As a matter of fact, ac- cording to Senator Sasscer, the towns have continued to keep all of the money and the proposed law is to legalize it. Better living conditions for prisoners TOWER OF TEMPLE 10 BF BUILT SOON Masonic Memorial Appro- priation for Year Enough to Finish Superstructure. Special Dispatch to The Star. o ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 22.— Assurance that $400,000 can be appro- priated this year for work on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association’s Temple in this city was given that body here today at its nineteenth annual . convention, financial reports from the various Ma- sonic jurisdictions indicating that amount has been raised during the past year. ‘The amount to be spent on construc- tion work this year is sufficient to com- plete the tower of the temple, from which the Blue Ridge Mountains can be seen when the work is finished. The temple will cost -pg;axtnm.ely $5,000,~ 000, half of which has been spent. Delegates attending the convention have been invited at attend the annual banquet of the Alexandria-Wi n Lodge of Masons, No. 22, of Gt Washington was the first wor- shipful master, tonight in the Armory Hall at 8 o'clock. An address will be made by Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana. John T. Cochran of The Plains, grand master of Masons in Virginia; Willlam H. Black, past master of Liberty Lodge of Beverly, Mass., and Louis A. Watres, president of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Associa- tion. also will speak. Charles Aubrey Callahan, worshipful master of Alexandria - Washington Lodge, will preside. ALEXANDRIA LEGION TO JOIN IN PARADE Post Drum Corps Will Participate in Inaugural Ceremonies March 4. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. February 22— ‘The Drum and Bugle Corps of Alex- andria Post, No. 24, American Legion, a 38-piece organization, will take part in the inauguration parade at Wash- ington March 4, it was announced to- day. The corps will accompany one of the American Legion ai ries to Washington in the parade. ‘Tentative plans for the entertain- ment of Paul V. McNutt of Indianapolis, Ind., national commander of American Legion posts, during his visit here March 5 were announced yesterday by the committee in charge of arrange- ments. A luncheon will be held at the George Mason Hotel at 1 o'clock, followed by a tour of the points of historic in- terest in this city and vicinity. A din- {ner will be given in his honor at 6 io'clock in the George Mason Hotel, fol- lowed by a band concert and reception in Armory Hall at 7:30 p.m. Civil War Veteran Dies, LYNCHBURG, Va., February 22 (Special) —William S. Gregory, 83 ye: of age, & charter member of Garian Rodes Camp, United Confederate Vet- erans, and the Court Street Methodist Church, died here Wednesday night. During the Civil War he was wounded at Plymouth, N. C.. He is survived by six_children. Burchell’s | Bouquet Coffee Quclity Superb 40(: Lb. N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fpurteenth St . Sasscer Bill Would Give Towns Funds Collected_Through Police Court Fines convicted in the towns is sought in another measure introduced by Sasscer. It provides that any one convicted of violating%ny town ordinance may, in the discretion of the judge, be commit- ted to the county jail, There has been considerable complaint about the condi- tions in some of the towns, particularly the jail house at Bladensburg. It was added, however, that in some instances prisoners already have been sent to the county jail, but there is doubt as to the legality of such commitments. Another measure of Senator Sasscer provides that no cemetery may be located anywhere in Prince Georges County except on a written permit of the county commissioners. Protection of the roads and streets in the county and towns is provided for in another bill. It would give the county commissioners authority to re- quire the repaving of all cuts made in streets and roads for the purpose of laying pipes and underground conduits. CITY ORDERS PLOT OF NEW AREA MADE Alexandria to Apply Modern ngelopment Method to Annexed Land. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22—A resolution instructing City Manager Paul Morton and City Engineer E. C. Dunn to prepare plans for laying out a street system in the territory recently obtained from Fairfax County to con- form with the streets in the main sec- tion of Alexandria was adopted by the city council yesterday, insuring proper development of th: land under a co- ordinated system of city planning. The newly acquired area, obtained by means of a compromise in the annexa- tion proceedings instituted against the county, is considered ideal for develop- ment as a high-class residential section. A resolution was also passed in- structing Mayor William Albert Smoot, City Manager Morton, and such mem- bers of the council as may be desired, to confer with officials of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Co., regarding the construction of under- passes at Cameron and Oronoco streets. Opening of passes under the tracks, which are raised high above the street levels, is seen as a vital necessity if the subdivisions on the west side of the tracks are to be developed. It was announced yesterday that M. J. O'Connell, manager of the Virginia Public Service Co., will appear before the council on March 7 to submit his reply to the request for a lower electric light and power rate. City Collector Purvis Taylor was au- thorized to notify delinquent real estate taxpayers that property on which 1928 taxes are unpaid will be advertised for sale on April 1 and will be sold at public auction April 10 An appropriation was made by the council to purchase a new automobile for Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr., replacing his former machine, which was wrecked last December when it collided with the hose wagon of No. 4 Engine Company. Alexandria Fire Department was granted permission to sponsor a car- nival here in April to help raise funds for the forty-sixth annual convention of the Virginia State Firemen's Asso- ciation in 1932, Metal Workers End Convention. NORFOLK, Va., February 22 (#).— The Tri-State Association of Sheet Metal Constructors closed its two-day convention in Norfolk last night with a banquet, at which C. P. Tanner of Henderson, N. was elected president, to succeed J. A. Piper of Greenville, 8. C. W. J. Shepherd of Norfolk was re-elected first vice president. H. C. Pace of Roanoke was elected second vice president, to succeed Mr. Tanner. Ralph C. Barker and E. J. Latta, both of Durham, N. C., were re-elected secre- tary and treasurer, respectively. RIDAY, FEBRUARY L | 1998, VIRGINIA JUDGE SUBURBAN SPENDS DAY HEARING PROHIBITION CASES Smith, Native of General’s “Home Town,” Decides to Clear Docket. Holds Speeding of Justice More Important Than Celebrating. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., February 22—A native of Alexandria, George Washington's “home town,” Judge Howard W. Smith is spending the anniversary of the birth of the Father of Our Country on the bench, hearing cases in which all the loflcns:s are violations of the prohibition aw. When the question of recessing the business of the Circuit Court, in session here, came up, Judge Smith said that he felt it much more important to clear the docket than to celebrate George ‘Washington’s birthday. As a result of the decision, court offi- cers gathered this morning to take part in the trials of John A. Mills, charged with driving while drunk; W. Brenner, charged with the possession of a still JUDGE HOWARD W. SMITH. and possession of liquor, and Chester Kay, whose bond had been forfeited for violation of the prohibition law and whose attorney is attempting to have the forfeiture set aside. RIVER WATER OF VIRGINIA TO BE ANALYZED SOON Stream Specimens Will Be Taken in Tests for Locating New Industries. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 22— Work of making analyses of water in various rivers of Virginia will be urtder- taken by the State Commission on Con- servation and Development within the next few weeks, it is announced by E. C. Fippin, secretary of the commission. Water for analyses will be taken at some 16 points on the chief rivers of the State. Daily samples will be taken over a considerable period of time and a test made of the composite sample. Data to be obtained from the analy- ses is expected by officials to be of great value in the work of locating new in- industries in the State. ARRESTED DROPS DEAD. Home Poker Game Raided by Nor- folk Police. NORFOLK, Va., February 22 (#)—A few minutes after he had been arrested on a charge of playing “penny ante"” poker, Nathan Chester, 60, dropped dead here early this morning. Chester, his cousin, daughter and son- in-law, and a friend were engaged in a “family game” when two police officers entered and Phced them under arrest on charges of gambling. ““She can pick out my socks . .. and my neckties too . . . but I’ll be dog-goned if I don’t choose my own cigarette! 1’4 rather have a Chesterfield.” FIPPIN WILL SURVEY OFFER OF PARK LAND Virginia Conservation Commission Secretary to Confer With Of- ficials at Fairfax. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., February 22.—Elmer O. Fippin, executive secretary of the State Conservation and Development Commission, is coming from Richmond tomorrow to confer with officials of the National Park and Planning Commission and with A. Smith Bowman of Sunset Hills, Va,, in regard to the 250 acres on the Leesburg Pike in Fairfax County, which has been offered by Mr. Bowman to either the Federal or the State Gov- ernment as a part of the patk areas of Northern Virginia. Mr. Fippin will make a personal survey of the territory included in Mr. Bowman’s offer, NOTED SURGEON DIES. Dr. R. Tunstall Taylor, Famous Child Specialist, Served in War. BALTIMORE, February 22 (Spe- cial).—Dr. R. Tunstall Taylor, 65 years old, specialist in children’s diseases and chief surgeon of the James Kernan Hos- pital for Crippled Children since its or- ganization, died at his home in Roland Park yesterday. Dr. Taylor was a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University in 1889. Dur- ing the World War Dr. Taylor served as (.Bo lieutenant colonel in the Medical TpS. NEWS.™ ARLINGTON SEWER CASE IS DELAYED Circuit Court Allows Until March 15 for Complete Study by Engineer. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., February 22.—Announcing that he would hesitate to render a de- cision in so important a case until the matter has been more thoroughly con- sidered by the county engineer, Circuit Judge Howard W. Smith yesterday postponed further hearing on the boun- daries of sanitary districts Nos. 1 and 2 until March 15. Despite arguments by Hugh Reid, representing the Cherrydale and Thrif- ton sections of district No. 1 that some immediate action be taken, and that no part of the second district be included in the first, Judge Smith said that he is at this time inclined to favor the suggestion of the tounty engineer, C. L. Kinnier, that the county be included in one unit. District No. 1, as laid out, would serve the thickly settled districts of Clarendon, Ballston, Cherrydale and other sections lying in a natural drain- age area. Hugh McGrath of Ashton Heights and Arthur Orr of Lyon Park appeared to urge that Ashton Heights, Lyon Park, Lee Heights and the Coun- try Club sections be included. Com- monwealth’s Attorney William C. Gloth also appeared, being interested in the Lee Heights and Country Club sections. To include these sections in the first district it would be necessary to change the present drainage plans, Thomas N. De Lashmutt d. WIDMYER PROBE DELAYED. 20 Witnesses to Be Examined in Officer’s Death. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Fel 22 (Special) —The coroner's inquest into the manner of death of Constable Earl M. Widmyer, 30, here Monday morning was postponed yesterday until Monday because of illness of Assistant Prosecating Attorney- C. N. Campbell. ‘Twenty witnesses are to be examined, including Dakota White in whose room Widmyer was found dead. Both the suicide and -murder theories are being followed by investigators. EMPLOYES GRANTED RAISE Five Cents an Hour Increase Given C. & 0. Workers. RICHMOND, Va., February 22 ().— | Shoperaft employes of the Chmpa:‘ue | & Ohio Railway system have beer | granted & raise in pay of 5 cents an hour, effective February 16, it was an- nounced here last night by officials of r;dmunn No. 41, American Federation of Labor. Hang it, yes!. ..Here’s one cigarette that can saisfy without being harsh. It is mild, genuinely mild, but far from being insipid or tasteless. Chestertield . . . mild enough for anybody and yet THEY SATISFY Licosrr & Mymas Tosacco Co