Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1929, Page 10

‘10 % EUBURBAN NEW8.. RIVERDALE HEIGHTS BILL 70 BE FOUGHT Delegation Opposing Incor- poration Is Granted Hear- ing at Annapolis. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, RIVERDALE, Md., March 18.—As was the case when a number of citizens of the College Park community sought 1o create a municipality in that section, there will be opposition to the bill just | iatroduced in the lower house of the General Assembly of Maryland by Dele- gate William F. Keys of Prince Georges County, to establish a governing body in the East Riverdale Heights section, under a_mayor and town council. This was made known yesterday when Dele- nounced that a delegation, headed by Henry A. Friday of the East Riyerdale community, had been granted a hearing in Annapolis tomorrow night in opposition to the measure. About two years agd the Est River- dale Citizens' Civil League, now de- t, agitated incor ing the com- t its ef proved futile, t those friendly to the on, to outside political influ- At that time, it ated, there were about 60 citizens intercsted who were not voters in Maryland, and the politicians paid but little attention to their request for incorporation. Now, it is claimed, the situation has changed, and these 60 citizens have attained the | right of suffrage, which may change the attitude of the politicians in the premises. Two E \ - TONYo \ A2 L AIBORNE Nl . N S N ASSTrsssssss Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, March 18—How two| proposed bridges on the Eastern Shore | Move for Better Roads. During the past Winter, according to | residents livis within the boundaries | of the proposed municipality, the roads | in that section have been practica! impassable, and T. C. Gardner, a Go' ernment clerk and the leader in the in- | ion proposition, waited upon G. Sasscer, Senator from ce Georges County, to seek his ad- vice upon bettering conditions. The Senator told Mr. Gardner that he would not favor establishing taxing districts such as prevail in Montgomery County, but suggested that a bill be drawn in- corporating the territory with limited authority. The form of the same bill { that was prepared two years ago was followed by Mr. Gardner in framing the present measure, which is much simpler than the first bill. Before taking the bill to Annapolis ‘Tuesday, Mr. Gardner procured the sig- natures of about 75 voters favoring the measure. Senator Sasscer was detained in Marlboro that day and Delegate Keys assumed the responsibility for the proposed legislation and introduced the bill. ce the bill was introduced at least 25 additional signatures have been obtained in favor of its passage. ‘The estimated assessable basis of the new municipality wilP be in the neigh- borhood of $300,000 and on this basis the new town would receive approxi- mateiy $600 from the road rebate fund, the law providing that incorporated towns shall be paid back three-quarters of the money paid into the county's coffers for roads and bridges by munici- palities in Prince Georges County. While this sum would not. of course, enable the authorities to build concrete high- ‘ways within the corporate limits, it would mean, according to the propon- ents of incorporation, the keeping of | the roads in a passable condition. In | addition to the road rebate money, the bill provides for a tax of 20 cents on each $100 of the proposed town's as- sessable basis, the revenue from this tax to be used for roads, lights, etc, Boundary Lines. ‘The western boundary line of the proposed municipality would be the Edmonston road (concrete), and the southfrm boundary would be Jefferson avenue or the Riverdale road. The total area of the new town would be proximately about one square mile. territory is within what is known as the old Benjamin D. Stephen prop- erty, which was subdivided some years ago. The late Mr. Stephen was at one time clerk of the Circuit Court of Prince Georges County. Mr. Gardner states that the bill does not give the town authorities power to provide for licensing of all kinds, but they have authority to grant such licenses as the laws of Maryland now permit. Notice to the voters, who will adopt or reject the charter should the law pass the Legislature, will be given by ters placed throughout the com- munity at least 10 days before the election. j : HOLD FLAG PRESENTATION Herndon High School Gets Gift From Woman’s Group. Herndon, Va.,, March 18 (Special).— Patriotic exercises were held at the high school here this morning and a silk flag and holder for use on the stage was pre- sented to the school by the Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs. Mary M. North, past vice president and past national in- structor of the organization, made the presentation. Miss Nancy Gregory Ed- wards, principal of the school, intro- * duced Mrs. North. Rev. Chancellor N. Brown gave a short talk and thanked | the organization for the flag. The chil- | dren gave a salute to the flag and sang | patriotic songs. o] J. E. WCUSKER DIES. Deceased Was Associated With T. S. Naval Academy 30 Years. John E. McCusker of Annapolis, died today in his eightieth year. Mr. Me- Cusker was assoclated with the United States Naval Academy for 30 years. He was superintendent of construction at the time of his retirement, a few years ago, and was particularjy active dur- ing’ the reconstruction period of the academy. He is survived by four sons, Emmett McCusker of California and three Stanley McCusker of New York, Mac McCusker of Caliofrnia and three daughters, Miss Miltie, Margaret and Esther of Annapolis. Funeral will be held at St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Annapolis, Wednes- day, 3 o'clock. UNION VETERAN DIES. Funeral Services Will Be Held To- morrow—DBurial at Arlington. KENSINGTON, Md., March: 18 (Spe- cial).—Oscar Hammond, 81-year-old Civil War veteran here, died at Takoma Park Hospita] Friday morning Funeral services will be held at Hy- song's funeral parlors tomorrow after- non at 1:30 o'clock and interment will be at Arlington Cemetery. Mr. Ham- mond was a member of the Kensington Lodge of Masons and the Eastern Star Chapter here. He is survived by three sons, B. A. Hammond, whom the vet- eran lived with here; Dr. L. B. Ham- mond of Cleveland Park and Harry Hammond of New York City. 1 | | | Two Couples Wed at Same Time. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 18 (Spe- cial).—A single ceremony sufficed to unite in marriage here Saturday night two Richmond, Va., Naomi Mae Edge, 18, and John E. Moss, 21, and Miss Daisy V. Farmer, 18, and Irvin C. Purdie, 22. ‘The officiating minister was Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church, and the home of the minister the scene. Immediately afterward the young couples left by | River at Chestertown. couples—Miss | would shorten the motor route from Baltimore to Ocean City 1is shown above. One span, as proposed by Gov. Ritchie, would replace the present ram- | shackle structure across the Chester | When the new | $10,000.000 Chesapeake Bay bridge is | built, the Chester River Bridge would | | be an important link in the route from | b: Baltimore to the ocean. The other proposed bridge would | cross the Nanticoke River at Vienna,|canal is shown by a dotted line between | where there now is no bridge. Stat astern Shore Bridges Proposed to Shorten Motor Routes to Ocean LI - PROPOSED BRIDGES EIS OGN - PROPOSED FERRY ROVTE SSas Ny NOCEAN CITY D N 8 roads leading to the ends of the pro- posed bridge already exist, and when | the span is built it will eliminate the winding run from Hurlock through Sharptown to Salisbury, but instead will provide a straight Toad through Vienna to Mardela Springs, there con- necting with the main shore highway. Autoists who use the Claiborne-An- napolis Ferry also would benefit by the bridge. The map shows the sites of the two dges as indicated by arrows, while 12 proposed new route of the bay ferry through Kent Island by means of a| Annapolis and Claiborne. TWO POST OFFICES ROBBED N VIRGINIA $3,700 Taken at Luray and Aldie—One Building Burned. One Virginia post office was robbed and completely destroyed by fire and another was ransacked and $2,900 taken | in two spectacular thefts shortly after | midnight last night. ‘The post office at Aldie, Va., was rob- bed of $800 and all records and books burned in a blaze that is thought to have been set by the burglars. The blaze, lighting up the entire vicinity, burned for mearly an hour before ap- paratus from Leesburg arrived. Fire- fighters fought for nearly three hours before the fire was conquered. Only the charred ruins remain. The building was erected in 1900 and is owned by Will Goode of Aldie, who also manages the place, Investigation by firemen revealed that the safe had been blown open and its entire contents taken. This strengthened the theory that the fire was set by burglars. Others contend that the blaze originated when the fuse which the robbers may have used to blow open the sufe, set fire to books and receipts lying around the office. Police are making a search for the robbers. ‘The robbery of the other post office took place at Luray, about one hour before the Aldie fire and theft occurred. ‘The robbers gained entrance through the frent door by jimmying the lock and blew the safe. Police officials are of the opinion that the job was ac- complished by experts. The building is comparatively new, having ben built in 1926. A colored woman who lives across the street from the post office told police she saw two men working inside of the window about 2 o'clock this morning, but no clue to the identity of the burglars has yet been found. The loot consists of $100 in cash and $2,800 in stamps. } PREPARE FOR MONUMENT. Ground Broken in Bethesda for D. A. R. Memorial to Women. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., March 18.—Ground was broken today at the corner of Wis- consin avenue and Montgomery Lane, opposite the Montgomery County Build- ing, for a monument, to be donated by the Daughters of the American Revo- lution symbolic of the pioneer women, it was announced by S. H. Miller, chair- man of the old trails committee of the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce. The monument now is being carved in Missouri, of the granite of that State, and will be brought here and set in time to be dedicated on April 19, ac- FUNDS FOR ZONING T0BE DISCUSSED Arlington Supervisors and Chamber Committee to Reach Agreement. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staft Correspondent of The Star, CLARENDON, Va, March 18—A meeting between the board of county supervisors and the permanent zoning committee of the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce wiil be held to- morrow evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to effect a working agreement as to the technical points involved in the expenditure of the funds that are being raised by both for the zoning of the county. While the question of furnishing the funds was purely a county governmental affair, the lack of funds led to the ar- rangement of a meeting recently at which the Chamber of Commerce agreed to raise $5,000 of a $10,000 fund for the employment of an expert zoning engineer and to meet other expenses of th zoning commission. The directors of the commerce body do not wish to dictate to the super- visors_how the money is to be spent, P. P. Woodbridge, secretary, said today, but do feel that they should be given an opportunity to act in an advisory capacity in its distribution. At tomorow's meeting it is hoped to work out a definite schedule as to just how the money is to be distributed and to set a definite amount to be used as the salary of the engineer so that there can be no arguments when a selection is made. The members of the zoning commit- tee of the commerce chamber are all men who are familiar with the real estate and political situation in the county and who have been in it long enough to be entirely familiar with problems to be faced by the zoning commission. ‘The members of the committee are: Ashton Jones, chairman; rt_ H. Forman, State Senator Frank L. Ball, Delegate. Hugh Reid, A. F. Thelander and A. J. Porter, FOUR HELD IN THEFT. Man Admits Sfealing Box Contain- ing 10,000 Cigarettes. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 18 (Spe- cial) —Edward Haines, George Zim- nferly, Edmund J. Dibacco and Herbert Stallings were held here in connection with the robbery of a Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad car of a box con- taining 10,000 cigarettes. According to officers, DiBacco admitted robbing the car and implicated the others. Officers say Dibacco and Haines took the cigarettes in an automobile after midnight and dumped them into the cording to Mr. Miller. Don’t Broadcast COLDS Protect others! Protect yourself! At the first sign of a cold take HILL'S CASCARA-QUININE tablets, They stop a cold because they do the four necessary things in one: 1. Break up the Cold 2. Check the Fever 3. Open the Bowels 4. Tone the System ‘That's the quick and complete action you need, and only 2 HILL'S supplies it. | | | automobile for Fredericksburg, Va., for 4 short stay befcre returning to Rich- mond, Potomac River from Wiley Ford Bridge. HILL’S CASCARA-QUININE RED BOX—All Druggists small-mouth black bass with which to restock the upper Potomac River. stated that the supply of variety of game fish in the river above Great Falls has become greatly depleted in recent years. servation Commission finance the pro- | vide the funds. {and the third annual meeting of the Virginia Social Science Association, | meet April 19 and 20, will bring abo 200. |~ The largest of the three conventions will be the district Rotary meeting, May | 2 and 3, when about 1,000 Rotarfans arc expected to attend. 2 INQUESTS SCHEDULED. [ Will Probe Deaths of Maryland| | Auto Accident Victims. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 18 (Spe- | cial)—Coroner's inquests are to be held today In the cases of Mrs. Mary Cath- erine Reynolds wife of Lawson W. Reynolds, ki her car over other car going in the | on the McMullen Highway, and Carl | Comer, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. John At the “invitation of the committee | Smmaay o R Bl ek Oeng tonal appolnted by the Game and Fish Asso- | 1By, O Red Hill last night when ciation a representative of the United | "Gomer was a_graduate of Frostburg | States Bureau of Fisheries visited the|giate Normal School and starred in Middlebrooke pregerve. through which | pasiet ball, track and foot ball. He has pressed the opinion that it is ideally | *C CHUE L SDO o) dovsliped i letics at Flintstone High. Raymon located for a hatchery. So well pleased - . H was he with the set-up there that he Benett and wife were injured in the e * | Reynolds’ accident, and George Bennett, is reported to have given assurances |Reynolds' accident, and Ge that ilis. United Btates. bliresy comd L‘J‘L"fl‘l‘fiffll“r"eflmfi;’m“v was also hurt, | be depended upon to assist in every < . way in the establishment and mainte- =5 nance of such a plant. | posed hatchery, which, it is estimated, | Last week the committee visited An- | would involve an outlay of approxi- napolis and conferred with Swepson | mately $2,000. Mr. Farl is reported to Earl, State conservation commissioner, | have manifested interest and to have | in an effort to have the State Con- | given hope that his office would pro- First Session Tomorrow, With | 150 Delegates Attending. FPS am ro-| LYNCHBURG, Va., March 18 —Near- County ' and G e P |1y 1,600 delegates will attend- conven- tective Association Backs | June. The first will be the Virginia Wholesale Grocers' Association, begin- | —_— to attend. The meeting of the south- | S I L | eastern_division of American Pulp and | about 50 superintendents for March 23, | plans of the Montgomery County Fish | and Game Protective Assoclation, which 300, do not miscarry, a fish hatchery will soon be established on the asso- brooke, this county, according to the President, W. Frank Ricketts, association a committee, consisting of | President . Ricketts, Carroll Waters, county, and Reuben Riggs, s named to give the proposition c eration, that the comunittee has not only de- cided such a project feasible, but is tion. A hatchery at Middlebrooke is de- FUR MUNTGUMERY;vh-gmin Wholesale Grocers Start| | Special Dispatch to The Star. tions to be held here between now and Proposition. v ning tomorrow. About 150 are expected | Paper Mill superintendents will bring | ROCKVILLE, Md., March 18—1If| has a membership of approximately ciation’s gamle preserve near Middl At the recent annual meeting of the chief deputy game warden for the and Chairman Ricketts has announced planning to push it to early comple- sired, it is said, principally to provide It is that fine | VAR ON GAVBLERS ANDLGUCR LAUDED Judge Peter Declares Mont- gomery Generally Free | From Lawlessness. | ROCKVILLE, Md., March 18 (Spe- cial—In his charge to the grand jury police force of the county for vigorous SUBURBAN NEWS.” FAMILY ESCAPES DEATH AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME Shepherdstown Apparatus Breaks Down on Way to Kearney- ville Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. KEARNEYSVILLE, W. Va, March 18.—William Kiter, his wife and five children narrowly escaped being burned to death when their home was destroyed near here Saturday night. The family were all asleep when a neighbor awakened them. The fire is thought to have started from an exploded lamp in a chicken brooder in the home. The building. | with some adjoining outbuildings, was | abandon the trip. The house was on | MIDDLEBURG HUNT CLUB RACES START APRIL 6 | Three Jumping Classes Are Sched- uled for Afternoon Session, Entries Close April 1. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March 18.—The annual races of the Middleburg Hunt Club, of which Col. D. C. Sands is | master, will be run on the Sands farm near Middleburg April 6. Entries close | April 1. Three jumping races are | scheduled for the afternoon. The Middleburg Hunt Cup race for a $250 prize will be run across country The twenty-fourth district convention | at the opening of the March term of burned to the ground. The Shepherds- | Over a flagged course of timber jumps. of the Lions Club, April 18 and 19, will | the Circuit Court here this morning fown fire truck, called to the scene, | The Loudoun race is a two-mile sieeple- | bring between 200 and 300 delegates | Judge Robert B. Peter commended the broke an axle on the run and had to | chase over regulation brush jumps. The Rose Hill event is over a flagged three- | enforcement of the dry law and in | Avple Crest Orchard, owned by C. E.|mMile course for half breeds or clean- keeping the county, particularly the Blue. The loss will be several thousand | breds that have never won. suburban area, free gamblers. The people of the county, he said, have repeatedly indicated their desire for strict enforcement of the liquor laws, and stated that the police de- partment has done its full duty along that line. of professional Congratulates County. Regarding the operation of profes- sional gamblers, Judge Peter said that his experience as a prosecuting attor- ney had taught him that it was no small task to cope with them, espe- cially when a drive against them was on in the District of Columbia, and he congratulated the county upon its comparative freedom of all kinds of gambling activities. Judge Peter impressed upon the grand jury the importance of keeping secret its transactions, and called attention, as required by law, to the laws relating to sale of narcotics, defalcation of public officers and abortion. Members of Grand Jury. Judge Peter selected former County Commissioner Hiram W. Harve fore- man oi the grand jury, and d the | following members of the body: Harry L. Watkins, Frank J. Downey, Mc dree Walker, Clarence H. Higgins, Wil- liam S. Corby, Enoch S. Creamer, John N. Richter, Bernard R. Gannon, Mor- timer O. Stablet. John E. Libbey, Wil- liam F. Fisher, Chatles D. King, Lewis W. Poole, Theodore H. Lenovitz, Eugene A. Veirs, Ben G. Davis, John T. Seidel, John Vinson Peter, Edward C. King ! Bocheneck of Madison avenue, Hyat! dollars. | HYATTSVILLE MAN HURT. | Crosby Injured When Struck by Auto—Drivers Held. | ATTSVILLE, Md., March 18 (Spe- | —While walking on_the sidewalk | his home, Charles Crosby, 52, of | more Boulevard was struck and | injured by an automobile, said by police | here to have been driven by W. A. Ulle | of Beltsville, this morning. | Following ' his removal to Casualty | Hospital, physicians state his condition as undetermined, although it is said he is suffering from a broken leg and cuts about the head and body. The accident occurred when Kalman | Charles HY. ial ville, attempted to pass Ulle and latter in an effort to avoid collison ran | | up on the sidewalk, striking Crosby, | | police | morning _before” Judge Hugh O'Neil.| here say. At a hearing this | both men were held on $500 bond to await the outcome of Crosby’s injuri J Julian B. Waters, Robert W. 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