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5., ROAD BOND SSUE BLLPASSAGESEEN Prince Georges Would Add $50,000 to Half-Million Highway Measure. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. UFPER MARLBORO, Md., March 11. Early passage of the bill introduced in the State Senate Friday by Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, authorizing the floating of a $550,000 bond issue for the building of lateral roads and the pur- chase o1 rights of way, is anticipated by the leaders of Prince Gecrges Coun- ty here. Although it had been announced the bill would provide for $500,000 only. the county commissioners and members of the delegation in the General Assembly believed it wise to add $50,000 for the! purchase of such rights of way as might be mecescary, co that the full half- | million dollars could be devoted to the gonstruction of roads. Rhode Island Avenue Extension. ‘The chief righs of way o be ottained 45 said to be for the extension of Rhode | Island avenue. The upderstanding ke- | tween the State and county on this project has Zormer wouvld e extended wonid furnish the matter of fact, the obtained practicaily 2 e reimbursing the State for what has already been spent. The extension of Rhode Island ave nue and the elimination of the Hyalt ville grade cossing ave invariably 1n ked together in the program for the better- ment, of Prince Georzes County high ways. In the case of the grade cr Ing, the State purchased a new right of way. SUBURBAN WILLIAMSBURG, March 11 (Spe- cial) —The famous Champion Travis House, shown in the picture, is being made ready for moving from its original location. on the property of the Eastern State Hospital, to a new foundation on Duke of Gloucester street, opposite Bru- ton Parish Church, where it will be r stored. Long years ago, when the Galts were connected with the asylum, this historic house became the executive of- fice of the institution. The building only has been sold to the restoration in- terests. The old residence w sections at three d olderwestern portion, Edward Champion Tra built in three ent times, the about 1765, by is, grandson of MONDAY, M ARCH 11, 192 SUBURBAN NEWS. | Edward Travis and John Champion, of learly Jamestown history. Edward ‘Chammnn Travis had purchased the | 1and of Bruton parish vestry to whom it 1dr‘srrndf‘d by will from Jonathan Truitt, with the proviso that it be sold for the | benefit of the poor of the parish. The General Assembly. by speeial act, in| | 1765, gave Travis title to the property— |after he had already begun to build on This house is associated with four wars in which this cou has been engaged. Champion Travis, son of the builder of this old I ginia naval com lution; Samuel Travis pion, served in the W mund Ruffin, who married Susan Travis, | a sister of Samuel Travis, fired the first gun at Fort Sumter, and George Cloy t of the James y County ki” to give his life in the as born in this old house. Fire several months ago so weakened the structure—the western end which Travis built—that it became necessary to raze the brick end into which the chimney and been built, in_order to move the building from its old foundation —off of State property—to the new location for its restoration on Duke of Gloucester street. It will be moved a distance of two blocks, and over a tem- porary bridge across a ravine to a site where two modern buils CRIPPLED MAINE MAN OPERATES LARGE FARM EAST LIVERMORE, Me. tough an accident in the woods eight years ago cost Stanley H. Morrison one In Harmony With Gov. Ritchie. In regard to the Rhode Island ave- nue project tne county bill harmonizes with Gov. Albert C. Ritchie's preposed $4,000,000 road building program, which lists the building of that ‘horoughfares extension among its important items. Had not provision peen made in Sen- ator Sasscer's bill for the purchase of rights of way, another bill authorizing this expenditure would have been neces- sary, and this scemed both unwise and unnecessary, party leaders explained. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 11 (Spe- cial) —L. A. Sullivap of 330 North St.4 Asaph street miraculously escaped without injury yesterday afternoon when his automobile was struck by a Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Wash- ington Electric Railway train at the intersection of Prince and Royal streets and tossed into a nearby iron pole. The car was badly damaged. Lonnie Neville of 233 East Lloyd avenue, was the motorman running the train, while Ronald Sutherland of 825 Oronoco street, was the conductor in charge. Virginia Lodge, No. 1076, Loyal Order of Moose, will hold memorial exercises for its deceased members Sunday, April 7. at 3:30 pm., in Carpenters’ Hall. E. H. Magruder, dictator of the lodge, will preside, while the princpal address is to be made by the Rev. Edgar Carpen- ter, rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Robert P. Whitestone, past dictator of the lodge, and now the great north; moose of Baltimore Legion, No. 10, will speak also. Funeral services for Jeff Grimsley, 62 years old, who died Saturday after- noon at his home, near Accotink, Va, after a protracted iliness, were held this afternoon at Pohick Church and in- terment was in the Pohick Cemetery. The body was brought here and pre- pared for burial at the Cunningham, Kennedy & Watkins funeral home. A ballot box was opened at the Alex- endria Chamber of Commerce head- quarters, in the George Mason Hotel, this morning by the secretary, J. T. Preston, opening the voting to nominate mem-; bers to fill the places of 11 directors whose terms expire March 22 at the chamber’s annual meeting. Voting will cease Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. and the nominees will be announced by the electoral board. An election will then be held and the result announced at_the annual meeting. ‘The board of directors of the cham- ber will meet at headquarters this aft- ernoon to prepare plans for the annual meeting. A meeting of the Travelers' Protec- tive Association is fixed for tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters. A chimney fire at the apartment house at 511 Prince street, owned by Mrs. L. R. Davis, was extinguished early this morning by No. 4 Engine Company of the Alexandria Fire De- partment. Members of the Alexandria Business end Professional Women's Club attend- ed the morning services at First Bap- tist Church yesterday, when a sermon was delivered by the pastor, Rev, P. L. Vernon. The service opened the club’s leg and rendered the other useless, he still runs an 180-acre farm and has de- vised enterprising metheds of mer- chandising. Mr. Morison uses & wheel chair which which he can descend to the porch or the ground. The coming of his disaster was at first a severe setback to this active man, who had already transformed the far his family homestead, into a vastiy i proved place. He cast about for new ideas. The canning business appeared to be an opening. He installed equipment which he has expanded. Last year the jelly he put up amounted to 18 tons. In ad- own recipe, apples for apple pies, to- matoes, mustard pickles, sweet and sour pickles and other farm products. S COURT BREAKS DOCKET RECORD FOR FEBRUARY Lynchburg Tribunal Hears Largest Number of Cases in Its History, Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 11.—The docket in the Municipal Court here during February was the largest in the history of the court, hearing 409 cases, with an addition of 62 cases in the Ju- venile and Domestic Relations Court. Fines for the month aggregated $2,189 for the city and $217.50 for the State. Traffic violations to the number of 130 led the docket, with 86 drunks second. In the Juvenile Court there were 20 cases of children charged with violat- ing the school attendance laws. Sixty persons were before the court under gtaw charges of maintaining unlicensed 0gs. Out of the 140 charge of violating the city traffic code, ail but 18 resulted in convictions. Of the 21 prohibition cases heard 13 resulted in convictions. JAIL PRODUCE BILL Maryland Senate Action Prohibi Marketing of Perishable Goods by State Penal Institutions. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 11. —Satisfaction has been expressed here over the passage by the State Senate Friday of Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer’s bill prohibiting the marketing of perish- able farm produce by Statc-owned penal institutions. The vote was 17 to 3 in favor of the proposal, The bill was introduced early in the session by Senator Sasscer, and is sponsored by the suburban truckers of Maryland, who feel that they were sub- ject to unfair competition when two State-owned penal institutions shipped their perishable produce to public markets. The bill now goes to the House for conference. (A).—-Al- | carries him about the house and on | dition, he put up mince meat from his | PASSAGE GRATIFYING| ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 11 (Spe- cial) —Miss Estelle T. Moore, president of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs, has requested the presidents of the 30 constituent organi- zations to submit their annual reports not later than March 15, and that they |be so arranged that the portions re- lating to the various departments may be separated and forwarded to the ap- propriate State chairmen. The reports | are’ expected to cover the entire year's | work, as the programs have already been outlined. Miss Beatrice M. Cock and John L. Danielson, both of Fredericksburg, Va., were married here Saturday, as were Miss Vera Willin Trainham and How- ard Lee Heckman, both of Washington. Rev, Henry K. Pasma of the Presby- terian Church officiated at the marriage here Saturday of Miss Catherine L. Cameron and Bayard A. Taylor, both of Stanley, Va,, at the parsonage. Mrs. George A. Chadwick of Wash- ington Grove, chairman of the Ameri- can home committee of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs, has, so Miss Blanche A. Corwin, home demonstration agent for the county, has announced, arranged for cake-baking demonstrations at Rockville March 18, at Bethesda March 19 and at Silver Spring on a date to be announced later. The demonstrations will be given by Miss Margaret McPheeters of the Uni- versity of Maryland extension service, and the basic principles of cake making will be discussed while standard cakes are being made. MOrning and afternoon sessions will be held at each place. Under auspices of the Ladies’ Aid So- ciety of the Methodist Church at Ash- ton an oyster supper will be held in the church basement Friday evening. Following an illness -of about two { months, George W. Hyatt, a long-time resident of Montgomery County, died Saturday night at the home of his son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Ed- ward Prescott Abbe, at Chevy Chase, Md., aged 68 years. He is survived by two children, Lloyd H. Hyatt of Balti- take place from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abbe at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon, with burial in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery, Frederick, Md. Mr. Hyatt was a native of Frederick County, but had been a resident of this county about 40 years, living for a long time in Kensington. | WIFE, CHARG'ING CR_UELTY, SUES MATE FOR DIVORCE Charlottesville Woman, Formerly of ‘Washington, Claims Husband Threatened Her With Gun. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 11. | —Suit has been filed in the City Court office by Mrs. Francis Louise Crawford for divorce from Henry R. Crawford, a student at the University of Virginia. Mrs. Crawford was formerly Miss Fran- ces Louise Southern of Washington, She alleges that her husband was cruel and abusive shortly after their marriage and that she was forced to leave him Janiary 16. ‘The couple were married at Harrison- burg, Va, ,April 8, 1928, and went to Charlottesville to live. She claims that ‘| she was frequently threatened with a pistol and when she finally got the more and Mrs. Abbe. The funeral will |, CHURCH LEADER DIES. Dr. Alexander, Fo:mer Missionary, Passes Away in Kentucky. VERSAILLES, Ky., March 11 (#).— Dr. Alexander John Altcheson Alex- ander, widely known as a leader in the Presbyterian Church and in prohibition activities within the Democratic party, died at his estate, Woodburn House, last nigh Dr. Alexander, who was 53 years old, cveral years was a medical mission- in Korea, CEMETERY CURB ISSUE UP TONIGHT Discussion Expected at Meet- ing of Montgomery County Civic Federation. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. DETHESDA, Md., March 11.—Re- striction of the location of cemeteries in Montgomery County, and particularly in the Metropolitan district, is expected o cause considerable discussion tonight at the regular meeting of the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation, to be held in the Bethesda Elementary School on Wilson lane county commissioners have adopted an ordinance providing for the issuance of permits for such places, and this is to go into effect March 29, when the difficulties over the location of the one planned near the Congres- Country Club will be shiftei ckville. The new ordinance prov for a public hearing, prior to the i ance of a permit. J. Bond Smith, chairman of the legis- lation and legal action committee, 1s expected to make a report on the status of Montgomery County legislation now pending at Annapolis. In announcing the meeting, Col. A. B. Barber, president, calls attention that there are only three more meetings before the usual Summer recess. He aiso has sent out a list of matt pending before the various committees, which covers a wide range of subjects. He asks that every effort be made to clear the calendar before the Summer recess. PIONEER LUMBERMAN DIES Veteran Operator of Cumberland Helped Build Union Pacific. CUMBERLAND, Md.. March 11 (Spe- cial) —Word was reccived of the death in Philadelphia yesterday of Jacob L. Rumbarger, ., pioneer lumber opera- tor in this territory. Mr. Rumbarger traveled West in 1860 by ox-cart. During his life he saw most of the available standing timber of the country down and from Huntingdon County, Pa., he followed the timber trail fo West Virginia, Indiana and then clear to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Rumberger helped construct the AlSmithNotKnown In ‘Brooklyn, N. Y.;’ Telegram Returns Special Dispatch to The Star, DANVILLE, Va, March 11.—Gib- son Farley, local citizen, was pressed with the ficklen lic_ memory today. Yesterday evening he sent a tele- gram to Alfred E. Smith, recent presidential _candidate, addressing it “Brooklyn, N. Y.” Today the mes- sage came back to him undelivered with a formal statement that the address was insufficient and the party not known. Farley declined to discuss the na- ture of the telegram, but reforwarded it today in care of Gov. Fi klin Roosevelt of New York. e g ALEXANDRIA ROTARIANS TO HOLD NURSERY DAY Members of Club Will Inspect New | Institution After Weekly Luncheon Tomorrow. Speciak Dispatch to The Star, ALEXANDRIA. Va., March 11~ TWO IN FAMILY DIE. Mrs. Lucy Arthur and Her Grand- son Marion Succumb Same Day. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 11 (Spe- cial) —~Mzs. Lucy A. F. Arthur, 78, widow of Lewis C. Arthur, died Saturday at her home in Bedford County after a long illn: She w a native of that count and a_member of Ivy Creek Methodi: husband: three sons, Alexander Arthur of Lynchburg and Walter and Comer Arthur; two ughters, Mrs. S. R. Padgett and Miss May Arthur, and a sister, Mrs. C. W. Owen, all of Bedford County. Mrs. Arthur’s granlson, Marion Spen cer Arthur, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex ander Arthur, died Saturd: t Lynch- burg Hospital. She is survived by six brothers and three sisters. . FAIL TO RO B STORE. ALEXANDRI March 11 (Spe- cial).-——An unsuccessful attempt to rob the Sanitary Grocery North Rosemont Station w er- this mor g by Patrolmen Charles Quartermous and Charles Cur- section of the city, Y day” will he celcbrated by ndria Rotary Club tomorro ernoen, members of the board of d | tors of the nurcery having been invited | to attend the cl we meeting at the George after which the members inspect the new instii . which has recentiy been opened by the Rotary Club street. | s founded to aid moth- work during the | ¢ luncheon | Mason Hotel, | f the club will | d r About 20 children are being c each da TFranc announced that an “On to Lynchbu committee is being formed with hopes that it will be large delegation to att t convention of Rotary clubs at Lynch- burg May 2, 3 and 4. the Daughters of Isabella Party. ENDON, 'Va., March 11 (Spe- cial).—St. Charles Ci aughters of | Isabella, wi party tonight | in .the Priscilla room of the Boulevard | Bakery, the proceeds to be used in county welfare work. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. The | committee in charge includes Fred Bur- | rows, general chairman; Mrs. Catherine | Union Pacific Railroad and before that had been a bridge builder for the Union Armies. Five children survive. Burrows, Mrs. Marguerite Wizeman, | Mrs. Margaret Tierney, Mrs. Carolyn | Helfert, Miss Helen Burrows and Miss | Regina Farber. Holes had been drilled around the lock with a bit and a pick which was { inserted in the holes in an attempt pry the lock from the door was dis. covered ncarby. It is thought that the would-be burglar was scared away from | the scene, either by the policemen or a passer: before the door could be forced open. Woman Sues Flyers For Coming to Her Home Through Roof By the Associated Prese WABASH, Ind, March 11— An insult to the hospitality of her home, Mrs. Jenny Rader of near Akron, Ind., cells the unconven- tional visit of two fiyers. She has filed suit for $1,000 damag: caused, when Osc: fator and his pas- senger. Arthur Coblentz crashed through the roof of her hoi The suit sets out that “these defendants paid an unexpected t to her home by entering the e through an opening in the roof made by the defendants’ air- plane as it landed to discharge its passengers, although the portals of the plaintiff’s home are al open to friends and guests.” Church. Mrs. Arthur is survived by her | store at | con tis as they made their rounds in that | WIRES DECLARED 10 MAR BEAUTY |Underground System Along Arlington Ridge WIil Be Urged. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON RIDGE, Va., March 11. —An effort to have both the Virginia Public Service Co. and the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. place their cables underground along Arlington Ridge has been sta by the Hume School and Civic League. Horace Woodward and Frank G. Campbell were appointed a special utilities comi to take the matter up with oflici _ Arlington Ridge is, in the gpinion of those residing there, one of the county’s { most desirable residential sections, and | the citizens feel that the large poles now 1n use by the two companies are a de- cided detriment to its beauty. Residents of this sect up the league. are a . ‘who make ng the bitterest Auth abat- king the pro- and have de- he poles in t one against | posed site of the p! layed their fight ag | favor of the more | the abattoir. At the last meeting of the league Woodward _was elected Joseph H. Ford vice Emma Johns Ewing was re gen’ FREE ROAD PHILOSOPHER. James Ford, Wanderer, Released After Arrest as Murder Suspect. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. March 11 (#)—James Ford, wandering “phi- losopher” of the open road, who was arrested_here Fr spicion of murder, 'has been Ford, who was belicved to ba Joo Gardiner, wantéed in New York for shooting to death a motor cycle police- man, was freed Saturday after police | here had been informed that Gardiner had been killed in Harrisburg, Pa. Terra Alta Wife Has Triplets. OAKLAND, Md. March 11 (Spe- | cial). —Triples were born to Mr. and Terra Alia, girls weigh ighs 4 pounds. m 4'2 pounds and a boy wt M. Coolidge’s Own Story In April Cosmopolitan he Breaks his Stlence and tells THE PRICE i» HEARTACHES of BEING PRESIDENT Now and then a President of the United States has written something which became historical as a human document rather than as a state paper. Wash- ington’s farewell address, Lincoln’s letter to a mother; these were the thoughts of great men written in a manner so human that none could heart behind them. In April Cosmopolitan Calvin Coolidge begins his account to the American people of his years in the White House. We believe he has written a human document as fine as those by Washington and Lincoln. ITH such an outstanding fea- ture as keystone of a superb issue, Cosmopolitan could well have postponedstarting a new serial by an author as distinguished as Fannie Hurst. However, here it is— the fail to We put especial emphasis on that word “human.” You, of course, have heard that Calvin Coolidge was a sphinx. That he had ice-water in his veins. That he never smiled. Bosh! Calvin Coolidge enjoys a joke as much as you do. He can tell as entertaining an anecdote as you can. He's feel the Read in MR. COOLIDGE’S Own Words finest novel ever written by the author of “Humoresque.” Fannie Hurst In April Cosmopolitan Navy Will Receive Bids. The Navy Department announced to- day that bids for a garage and repairs quarters of the Naval Observatory will be received at the Bureau of Yards and Docks until 11 o'clock March 20. van;c of National Business Wom- week, Harry Kennedy has arranged an elaborate entertainment program for the meeting of Alexandria Lodge, No. 788, B. P. O. Elks. John W. Carter of Danville, district deputy grand exalted ruler, will make an official visit. An- nual election of officers will take place. The play “When the Clock Strikes 12" will be presented by the senior class students of Alexandria High School Friday and Saturday nights in the school auditorium. OW, beginning his career as an ob- scure country lawyer, with no recipe but industry, the door to the White House gradually opened for him—a lesson for every American. no hail-fellow-well-met—thank heaven—but he’s a very human being. weapon and hid it her husband pur- chazed another. Alimony is asked In the bill, but no emount _ specified. The _complainant claims that her hushanc offered her $40 a month when she left, but she refused. en Those who thought they were smart in calling him a sphinx seemed to resent the reserve of their President. That never worried him. He believed the words of the President were important; that they should be chosen carefully and used sparingly. But Calvin Coolidge, the man—that’s a different matter. And it’s the man who talks to you in his own story. OW in a Vermont farmhouse occurred one of the simplest yet most im- pressive scenes in American history. «“Mother! Miss Mary Padgett, 72, Dies. LYNCHBURG, Va. March 11 (Spe- cial) —Miss Mary *Jane Padgett, 72, died Saturday at Lynchburg Hospital. She was a native of Bedford County, but had lived here many years. She 15 survived by two brothers, D. B. and J. R. Padgett, of Lynchbury OW a father administered to his son the oath of office which made the HINK of the privilege of reading son the Chief Magistrate of the nation. the first novel by Theodore Dreiser since ‘““An American Trag- edy.” The first Honest Novel of Love! When you read the episode of Elizabeth in April Cosmopolitan you will understand why so many people are talking about— “THIS MADNESS” by Theodore Dreiser In April Cosmopolitan In Part One, in April Cosmopolitan, he tells you the human reasons why he did not choose to run in 1928. They are reasons which will touch the heart of every American; reasons which will make you understand when he says, “It costs a lot to be President.” OW Mrs. Harding, newly a widow, received the new President and his wife. Staunton Woman Expires. STAUNTON, Va., March 11 (Special). —Mrs. Martha Harris Tillman, 75, died at the old Maupin homestead here Feb- ruary 27. Interment was in the ceme- tery at Rankin Chapel. She is survived by four sons and four daughters. Mrs Tillman was the daughter of William 2nd Mary Harris of Augusta County. PR Held on Incendiarism Charges. FREDERICK, Md., March 11 (Spe- ).—Mitchell Mansfield, 22, and Wil- m Freed, 40, are under arrest, charged ‘Wwith a number of cases of incendiarism, stretching over a period of a year. They will be given a hearing this week. The two men were taken into custody fol- an investigation, directed by the nd Insurance Commission. Maple Sugar Camps Opening. OAKLAND, Md, March 11 (Spe- F. Hamil a member of the Garreit County Ear, is now pro- duciing maple sugar and syrup at his camp near the Cove, in this county, tree sap having been active during the past several days. Other camps are opening rapidly. HY he did not join the church in his youth ... how he found it his duty to support the church . . . how, in an We may exceed our province as prophets when we say il iobeanien cicycigem ber that we believe these words by Mr. Coolidge #ill become historical, but we are within our province as editors when we say that his is the most warmly human document it ever has been our good fortune to publish. OW he felt when he lost his son, Calvin Coolidge, Jr:, of whom he says, “the power and the glory of the Presidency went with him.” i are Lontagious : Don’t make others innocent victims of your cold germs] At the same time, think of your own health. No one can tell what a “small” cold will develop into. Take steps to stop any cold immedi- ately, The dependable thingis HILL'S CASCARA QUININE. 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