Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN NEWS. CHAMBER 0PPOSES ABATTOIR PROJECT Arlington Group Urges Delay Until County Has Been Zoned, BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., February 22— Another blow at the proposal of the Auth Provision Co, of Washington to erect an abattoir on Columbia pike near Relee Station was delivered last night by the Arlington County Cham- ber of Commerce When the board of | directors passed a resolution urging that the oard of County Supervisors defer action on the application until | the county has been zoned. ‘The action of the chamber has been long awaited by both the proponents and opponents of the proposition, and both sides were today able to derive a certain amount of satisfaction from the resolution. Those who oppose the abattoir feel that they have gained their end, and those in favor of it are grati- fled that the resolution asks only that action be deferred until the zoning has been completed. Vote Follows Debate. ‘The resolution was passed by a vote of 10 to 5 after heated debate that consumed an hour and a half, Col. Charles T. Jesse wanted the whole matter laid on the table, Leon Arnold spoke at length upon the abattoirs now in existence in Washing- ton, stating that there is at least one on every road leading into the city. Stating that he had information to the effect that Arlington Cemetery is to be extended to take in a part of the ‘Government experimental farm, W. K. Handy said that he would vote for the erection of the abattoir in some other part of the county, but not in the pro- posed location. Early Zoning Sought. ‘The action taken last night is in line with the program being planned by the chamber to arrange for the immediate zoning of the county. A meeting is to be held at the Washington Golf and Country Club Monday night .at which the Zoning Commission, Board of County Supervisors, zoning committee of the Alexandria-Arlington-Fairfax Real Estate Board and board of the Arling- ton County Chamber of Commerce are to appear. An attempt is to be made at that time to reach some definite agree- ment regarding the raising of funds with which to employ an expert zoning -nsl.nm‘ y coincidence, Keith A. Brumback, ident of the Champer of Commerce, also president of 'the Real Estate Board, The latter organization went on record recently as definitely opposing the abattoir. At last night's meeting the secretary of the chamber, P, P. Woodbridge, made public the recommedations of the execu- tive committee regarding appointments of directors of various activities of the chamber. The appointments are as Zollows: Willlam 8. Hoge, jr., streets and C. Welburn, public DR. EUGENE R. JONES. ROCKVILLE BANK CANCELS CONTRACT Clause in Charter Causes Ac- tion Heartening Court- House Plan Backers. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 22.— Discovery that a clause of the charter of the Farmers’ Banking & Trust Co. of Rockville prohibits the expenditure of more than $15,000 for a bank building led the directors at a meeting here yes- terday afternoon to cancel the contract recently awarded to the Tighlman Moy- er Co. of Allentown, Pa., for a building to cost approximately $110,000. H. G. Buel, vice president of the construction company, attended the meeting and offered no opposition, The action of the directors means that before the new bank building can be erected, the charter will have to be amended and the stockholders will be promptly asked to pass upon the ques- tion of a change. Unless it should be made an emer- gency measure, an amendment enacted by the Legislature now in session would not become effective until June, which, of course, would mean that a new con- tract could not be let by the bank be- fore that time. The delay, it is thought, may have some bearing on the Rockville court- house project, inasmuch as it was real- ized that had the bullding of the new bank building been proceeded with as originally planned it would have pre- cluded the acquisition of the entire block to the west of Courthouse square as a site for the proposed new court- house. Those who favor the purchase of the entire block are understood to highways; Dr. W. health and sanitation; alter Varney, legislative research; A. L. Kelly, housing conditions; C. W. Fitch, sewers; ‘William P. Ames, industrial promotion; J. O. Burkes, public safety; Louis C. finance; Clarence R. Ahalt, mem: , and Ashton C, Jones, city plan- and h mm m time taken up by the the board ?)‘l::hed W Voters, bt ide ‘omen Voters, but President Brumback’ announced that the new public health committee would have a conference with her. MANHOLE ACCIDENT DELAYS NEWS FLOW Associated Press Cable Burns Ont, | request of Pope Affecting 350 Wires Leading to All Parts of Country. By the Associated Press.- NEW YORK, February 22—The burnhz out of a cable in a sjreet man- hole delayed for several.hours toda the feeding of news from the New. Yorl bureau of the Associated Press to hun- dreds of newspapers in the Eastern and Central States. ‘The cable runs from Associated Press feel that the deferring of building op- erations by the bank people may m:Ee it possible to yet acquire the whole lot. State Senator Eugene Jones, however, who has opposed the acquisition of the block, has not, he has made plain, ]cté;:‘::‘d hlf md. ';nd l:luu that no jon ool such an arrange- ment will pass the State Senate if he can prevent it. — MUSSOLINI TO RELEASE 4 PRIESTS IN “CONFINE” Recent Concordat to Give Freedom to Clerics Exiled on Various Charges. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, February 22.—Semi- fMcial announcement toda: Plus to four priests now In “confine” on islands in .the Tyrrhenian view of the recent reconciliation of the church and state, J * ‘One of them, Father Mazzoni of the Diocese of Arezzo, was decorated for yalor during the World War. He was accused of ‘implication in a certain bank - fajlure. statement said that confined for headquarters at 383 Madison avenue, | OY: ‘Terminal, to near the Grand Central A the Western Union Building in Walker street, more than two miles downtown, where the 350 wires of the cable are di- rected throughout the Nation. Melting snow presumably flooded & manhole between the Grand Central ‘Terminal and Twenty-third street, ‘Western Union officials said, causing s. grounding or short circuit of the cable. ‘The short circuit occurred shortly after 4 o'clock and although Western Union workmen were put to work im- mediately, it was several hours before the ‘was partially restored. Auto- matic printer service, a sort of tele- hic typewriter, was the only fa- affected, and the news organiza tion was able to maintain the relay of some news over Morse wires, Rites Held for Mrs. E. C. Shepherd. BERRYVILLE, Va, February 22 (Special) —Funeral services were held in Grace Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Ella C. Shepherd, 79, whose death occurred in Wilming- ton, N. C. Her husband, the late George Shepherd, was for many years clerk of the Virginia State Senate. Surviving are five sons. Mrs. Sarah C. Drummond Dies. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 22 ial) —Mrs. Sarah O. Drummond, of B. T. Drummond, died yester- day morning at her home in Amherst. She is surviveq by her husband and three daughters. « Rites Held for Roy D. 0'Connor. LORTON, Va. February 22 (Spe- clal) —Funeral services for Roy D. O’Conner, 28 years old, who died yes- terday at the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in Weshington, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lewis Chapel. Interment will be in the local cemetery. WEDDING OF COOLIDGE TO BE AT PLAINVILLE President’s Son Is Quoted as Say- ing Connecticut Executive Man- sion Will Be Scene. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 22.—~The New York Daily News today said John Cool- idge, son of the President, disclosed in an interview that his to Miss Florence Trumbull, dsughter of Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, would take place in the governor's executive man- sion at Plainville, Conn. He sald he did n;wc know when the wedding would take place. The President’s son said he thought Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s engagement to marry Miss Anne Morrow was “‘splen- did.” but he blushingly declined to say whether Miss Morrow was of the same type as his flancee, Bond Urged for Clerk. By a Staf " ANNAPOLIS, " Md, " Pebrusry 42— Bonding of the deputy clerk of Prince the premium g ’I; ‘::d by gn'lo'm' coun! g Pt e o Henry L. Morris of Upper Marlboro, | ! Heads St. Mary’s Guild. | MCLEAN, Va., February 22 (Special). —The Guild of St. Mary's Churoh of Our Mother, at Rixey Station, at its (annual meeting re-elected Mrs. Walter | T. Weaver as president for the coming | year. Mrs. Clegg Thomas was made vice president, Mrs. J. Somerville, re- cording secretary; Mrs, Blanche Lam- bert, corresponding secretary, and Mrs, C. W. Healy, treasurer. Women Heirs to $50,000.000 Live in Palace Without Telephone, Electricity or Radio By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 22.—Two old women, Jaet wf the Wendels, are sole oers o the vast fortune in New York Teal estate amassed by their family, They are Miss Ella B. Wendel, 76 years old, and Mrs. Rebecca A, D. Wen- del Swope, 86 years oid. The fortune, estimated from $50,000,000 to $100,000,- So closely did the Misses Georglana and Ella keep to their house that the death of Georglana a month ago in & sanitarium was not made known until lyesmrday when a petition was filed for letters of administration of her estate. Mrs. Swope was the only one of the sisters ever to have attended the theater THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1929.° SITE OF OLD CIVIL WAR FORT - PRESERVED IN SUBDIVISION Maryland Planning Commission Holds Out Four Acres in Approving Realty Plan. BY GEORGE PORTER. Desire to preserve the earthenworks of an old Civil W:flr m;t o‘n a A}tew e:!x:- mlndln{ s m icent view' of - ington, bllh.v".a to_have been behind the action of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in approvin, for the subdividing of a tract of land on the Washington- | Marlboro pike, & short distance beyond the District line, exclusive of about four acres comprising the fort. The area, included in the plans for subdividing, submitted by R. F. Brad- bury, owner, but noticeably left out of the approval recorded by the park com- mission at its meeting Wednesday night, is known as Fort Meigs. 1t is located in the triangle formed by the intersection of Benning road and the Washington-Marlboro pike. During the Civil War it consisted of several hundred yards of trenches with a Shell- proof, oovye.red earthenworks in the cen- At present it is overgrown with brush and difficult of access. The nature of the terrain is such as to make it un- suited to subdividing purposes, engi- ncermg officials of the park commission inted. Although no parks have been acquir- ed by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission as yet, officials of the organization are known to be appreciative of the historic value of many of them in the years to come. Richard H. Koehler Expires. ARLINGTON, Va., February 22 (Special) —Richard Hugo Koehler, 61 years old, died here yesterday at his home, He was the husband of Mrs. Nannie Koehler, CITIZENS HEARD ON INCORPORATION College Park Residents Pre- sent Two Views to Mem- bers of Legislature. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Corraspondent of The St ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 322.— Equitable distribution of the cost of public improvements of the area in Prince Georges County known as Col- lege Park, now borne largely by a few public spirited citizens, was lald down as the basis for wanting to incorporate, proponents of a proposed legislative bili for this purpose told members of the Senate and House of Delegates who gave both sides. a public hearing in joint session. Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro presided and indicated to the proponents that he did not believe they were prepared to incorporate at this time. The proponents submitted a bill which had been adopted by the Home and School Association. The o] ents generally expressed the bellef that the relief sought through incorporation could be provided by the county com- missioners more cheaply. During the course of the presentation of arguments it developed that one of the principal needs was the construc- tion of streets, and under the law in Prince Georges County the towns re- ceive a portion of their taxes for the purpose of building and maintaining streets. Portions of a letter from Burton E. Ford, who represents College Park in the Legislature, but who has been kept away from the present session much on account of business, were read, which sald that He was opposed to the in- corporation. Generally, the proposed corporate line would have the Washington-Baltimore boulevard as a western boundary, then east and south along the south line of the University of Maryland, the Paint Branch, to Charles avenue, and then ‘west along Arundel avenue. The prineipal argument of the pro- ponents was presented by Prof. 8. S. Steinberg. He said that the area had now reached the point where it should have regularly constituted authorities to carry out the normal duties of a town government. Such duty up to the pres~ ent, he said, had been performed by the Home and School Association, with the pecuniary support of a few citizens, ‘These few now bear the expense of pub- lic improvements, which should be born in part by every resident, he told the COLLAPSE OF WOMAN IS BELIEVED HYSTERIA Victim, Prostrated in Store, Re- covers Consciousness and Lapses Into Coma. Miss Paula Auclaire, 22 years old, of 11 Raymond street, Chevy Chase, Md., whose case puzzled physicians at Emer- gency Hospital, where she was taken after she collapsed in a drug store at Eighteenth street and Columbia road about 10:46 o'clock last night, was said today to be suffering from hysteria. Miss Auclaire walked into the drug store last night and requested some ammonia. Before it could be given to her, she fell to the floor. Clerks in the store, unsuccessful in an attempt to revive her, summoned the Emergency Hospital ambulance. She was taken to the hospital and it was some time before she was restored to consclousness, only to lapse back into a coma after a few minutes. Hospital attaches were able to elicit only meager information from her conce: her illness due to her condition. It is thought, however, that she had been to a theater earlier in the evening. WILL DEDICATE AIRPORT. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart to Offi- ciate at Junction. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22 (Special) —The George Washington Air Junction, now in the course of con- struction a few miles south of this city on the Richmond-Washington Highway, will be dedicated this afternoon 4 o'clock by Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, professor emeritus of history at Har- vard University and historian of the ashington Bi-Centennial Com- Taston. Cheer for all the year AN \ R RN RN Y \ AN \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\_\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\‘,-\ (“whene economy Ruies™) RULES” ) "SUBURBAN NEWS.™ committee. He sald that the citizens had paid for the establishment of a street lighting system, and were pay- ing $600 a year for its maintenance. Many of the citizens give of their time in keeping a ditch cleared, so that the area can be properly’ drained, and a fire department has been' organized to which some of the residents contribute from $5 to $40 a year. He addd that under the incorporation, the taxes on the average house assessed at $5,000 would be only $10 a year. Particular fault was found by Sen- ator Sasscer with a provision in the proposed bill which would give the town commissioners authority to issue and revoke licenses. He sald that it gave them too much power. Sasscer said that he would not even vote such er to the county commissioners. lle most towns are given authority to license for the purpose of obtaining revenue, he said, he knew of no place where such broad authority was given. . F. B. Bomberger pointed out that the weight of carrying out the com- munity expenses were on the shoulers of a few. Dr. Sam Buckley said that if there was incorporation it should include other subdivisions adjacent to those proposed. He belleved, he said, that the area now proposed was so small that the citizens would net get the benefit of & reduction in cast of upkeep which they were seeking, and to make ' the matter pay the others should be in- cluded. The matter was taken under advise- ment. 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TOKIO, February 22.—The Japanéde cabinet received :’ but not necessarily fatal defeat in the ladml:'.mn by the House of ::.I'l of a expressing regret Premier rias” i conection With the resignation 2 n conection wi e Tes of Minister of Education Mizuno in May, 1928. The vote was 173 to 149. The question at issue was highly technical, involving the unique status of the Emperor in the Japanese. con- stitution. premier’s critics alleged that he attempted to tide over a ly political crisis by involving imperial in- tervention. It was stated that the defeat of the premier was merely in the nature ofa warning and did not co 1 the min- | Istry’s resignation, but that it would | weaken its position in the upper house |and increase the difficulty of passing thgx mcc-st important measures of the | cabinet. A new radio loud speaker of the cone type can be erected upon a detachable base on & table or hung by cords on & wall s an ornament. DDED WEEK-END SPECIALS Gran. Sugar Package Lard Argo Red Salmon 2 « 45¢ Campbell’s Beans 3 - 25¢ 7 Qi /4 / 4 Y/ L 7 74 7 I /; g gz 7/ VY il i I LU ,{/. /L w iy Z Jumbo Celery banck 9¢ Lean Fresh Hams 1b. 25¢ 000, passed to them on the death of | or opera, so far as known. their sister, Georgiana G. B. Wendel. In the Fifth avenue mansion there is | Miss Ella Wendel occupies the old | no electricity, telephone, phonograph or family mansion at Fifth avenue and | radio, the newspapers have said. Thirty-ninth street, the only bullding| The fortune was founded by John G. in that section with a rear dooryard.| Wendel, the grandfather of the women, Her brother, the late John G. Wendel, | who was a contemporary of John Jacob who, with his six sisters, inherited the | Astor in the fur business. He invested rty from his father, refused $2,- in land and Iaid down the dic- 000 for the site, saying his by his heirs, “Buy, byt 7. 7. / 7 Every Sip Delicious AR IR I, -needed the yard to play in, -never sel], real estate.”