Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1929, Page 10

SUBURERN REWS: | OWER TAX RATE 10 * DEFINITE ZONING SURBURRAN XEWS, " WEDNESDXY. MARCH 20. 1999 S TWERSMILADD [ \GyTTORPROTEST Mrs. G. H. Bailey Hit by Car Op- erated by Dr. Hickling. Mrs. George H. Bailey, 35 years old, 3616 Tilden street, was injured slightly ARTER BILL PASSED | BY STATE LEGISLATURE Annapolis House Votes Favorably SCHOOL HEALTH BANNER on Gaithersburg Change and POLICY ANNJUNCED Arlington County Committee| BILL INTRODUGED ;Development of 0Old Mont-! this morning when struck by an auto- mobile operated by Dr. D. Percy Hick- ling, District alienist, of 1304 Rhode Is- land avenue, as she was crossing the street in front of Union Station, ac- - TOBE ADVERTISED Campaign Against Arlington | Edmonds Measure. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 20.—The FIXED BY RITCHIE Levies Would Be Less Than bill proposing a number of changes in | the charter of Takoma Park, Md., giv-l | ing it a more efficient city government, | with paid officials, if the people approve | |it at a referendum, was passed by the | - House of Delegates yesterday. ‘The | | House also passed the bill amending | | the charter of the town of Gaither: ... | DUg, 0 as to give the town fathe ARLINGTON, Va., March 20.—The | pnoe power in the making of street | first gun in the renewal of the cam- | " PORER paign against the establishment of an| "IRIOVERERE. L v | hibiting _the abattoir in Arlington County by the N.| I e 1931 to a flat 25 cents was announced Auth Provision Co. of Washington wili | hunting or trapping of foxes in Mont- | b L on Il | gomery County, also was passed by the | 1ast night by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. 89| second and last supplemental budget. cording to a report filed with sixth pre- cinct police, Dr. Hickling took Mrs. Bailey to Casualty Hospital, where Dr. Louls Jimal treated her for slight bruises and shock 1 | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | FIRE'POI.IO’E CA[LS | ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 20.—De-| | | velopment of an old and practically wse-| ] BE CENTRALIZED less artery of traffic from the eastern Arlington Considering Control Plan Plant Will Be Renewed This Week. Any Since 1912 “Budget. gomery County Artery Asked in Measure. Offered Services of ! Engineer. | BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 20.—A def- | inite policy with regard to zoning, with | the possibility that they may recom- | mend for the employment by the zon- ¥ a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 20.—Lower- ing of the State tax rate for 1930 and By a Staft Correspondent of The Star |to the western section of Montgomery | County, by the improvement of the| All of these measures will to the Senate for action. ing commission of an expert with whom they have been in communication, was announced last night following a meet- ing of the zoning committee of the Arlington County Chamber of Com- merce. The committee has the offer of the services of a zoning engineer who is en- | tirely familiar with the problems to be met in the zoning of a locality of this type, it was said by Ashton C. Jones, | chairman, and they will report fully to | the meeting of the board of directors of the chamber at the regular weekly meet- ing tomorrow afternoon. e Months for Work. After talking with Irving C. Root, ! chief engineer, and Warren Adams, as- sistant engineer, of the Maryland Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, both of whom attended last | night's meeting, it was decided by the | committee that the county can be zoned | in nine months and the ordinance ad- | ministered for another 12 months at a | total cost of $10,000. i The zoning committee of the Chum-“ ber of Commerce is acting in a purely advisory capacity in the consideration | of an engineer and the other problems | to be met in the zoning of the county, but feels that its wishes will be given careful consideration by the Zoning Commission and board of county su- pervisors because of the fact that thej trade body is raising a half of the funds with which to pay the expenses of zon- ing. Foning, Root told the commission, | should be left as nearly as possible to the people themselves. If enough peo- | le living in a section zoned residenflnli petition to become commercial and & | public hearing bears out their conten- | /tion then the area should become com- mercial. Zoning, he said, is based upon | the economic value of land and if a lot becomes more valuable for commercial | purposes without injuring the majority of the adjacent property holders there should be no hesitation in making it eommercial. The general tendency in most places, however, is to zone too much property commercial. But a half of 1 per cent is necessary for stores, he | declared. Preliminary Maps. It is probable that most of the pre- liminary maps prepared in the office of the county engineer will represent wasted effort, Root told the committee, | since only a man familiar with zoning | can make & work map of that character. Root said that a zoning engineermust be i diplomat as well as engineer, so that he can calmly handle the many | protests that are certain to arise from zoning. Me must be able to work ef- ficiently, even under fire. Root holds that the employment of an expensive roning engineer is a waste of money and that his services, because of his ex- perience in much larger communities, may not prove satisfactory in the zon- ing of Arlington County, the smallest county in the United States. CLARENDON CHURCH NOMINATES OFFICERS| Elections Will Be Held March 81. Results to Be Given Out April 4, Special Dispatch to The Star, CLARENDON, Va, March 20— Nominations for offices in the Clarendon Baptist Church are snnounced by the | pastor, Rev. Perry L. Mitchell, follows: For clerk, Miss Mannie Parker and Mrs. J. M. George; for treasurer, A. M. Kay and V. T. Lancaster; chairman of finance, Miss Virda Horner and Mrs. ‘ ‘W. L. Smith; chairman of missions fund, Mrs. J. H. Criswell and Frank ‘Wiltshire; chairman of building fund, C. D. James and Miss Pansy Wiltshire; superintendent of Sunday school, W. H. i Leigh; finance committee, Mrs. C. D, James, Mrs. W. L. Smith, L. D. Mc Eachern and David Walker; missions committee, Mrs. Austin Kay, Mrs, L. D. McEachern, Mrs. A. T. King and Miss Edna Harris; building fund committee, A. T. King, W. L. Smith, Mrs. D. ‘Walker and Robert King; Music com- mittee, H. A. Hutson, Mrs. A. C. Jones, | |l Mrs. G. Kilmore and Mrs. W. P. Wilt- shire; publicity committee, Mrs. Lizzie | Rucker, Mrs. C. W. Maffett, Mrs. L. D. McEachern and R. V. Hannah; premise committee, C. D. James, E. T. Cole, Mrs. N. A, tee, G. A. Rucker, A. C. Jones, J. W. ‘Tisdale and Mrs. Luther Smith; flower committee, Mrs. C. L. Ladson, Mrs. T. H. Jones, C. L. Ladson and S. A. Gran- || H. inger; auditing committee, W. Leigh, N. A. Rees and John Baister; ||/ executive committee, C. L. Ladson, Mrs. Lizzie Rucker and N. A. Rees; relief committee, A. L. Kelley, V. T. Lancaster | and Mrs. J. H. Criswell. For the first eight committees three members will be || slected and in the three remaining com- mittees two will be elected. Deacons for four years, C. D. James, J. M. George | || and P. E. Brown; deacons for one year, three to be voted for, W. H. Gibson, Ernest Garrett, G. D. Owen and W. Wayland; deaconesses for four years, five to be elected, Mrs. Lizzie Rucker, Mrs. Joseph Stewart, Mrs. J. M. Con- ner, Mrs, E. L. Wilt, Mrs. J. M. George and Mrs. C. M. Payne; deaconesses for one year, five to be elected, Mrs. C. D. James, Mrs, E. Garrett, Mrs, W. E. Gib- son, Mrs. L. T. Roche, Mrs. H. C. Short and Mrs. S. F. Dewey; to be elected, L. F. Smith, M. Eubank, J. H. Criswell, A. C. Jones, A. L. Kelley, Byron Settle, O. P. Porthmore, John Balster, Joseph Gibson and Elmer Parker. The elections will be held March 31, the ballot box to be open before and ||| after morning and evening services. In | a letter mailed to members of the con- gregation it is stated that ballots prop- erly marked may be mailed to the pas- tor on or before April 2. The results of the election will be announced at a|! business meeting to be held at the church April 4. Episcopal Diocese Will Meet. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, March 20 (Special).—The Council of the Epis- copal Diocese of West Virginia will meet in this city as guests of Trinity || Episcopal Church, the Rev. John L. Oldham, rector, announced today. May 22 and 23 are given as the dates for| || the meeting. Nearly 100 delegates will ; attend. C. A. Miller, senior warden of the vestry of the loeal church, has been named general chairman of arrange- ments. Railroad Employe Dies. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, March 20 (Special) —Relatives here are advised of the death of Joseph H. Slagle, 76, railroad shopman for the B. & O, a former resident of this city. He died at Altoona, Pa., where he resided for || 45 years. He has a number of rela- tives in this section, Rees, B. F. Wiltshire and || F. E. Redwine; transportation commit- || ushers, eight ||| DR. healthy mouths. address the club at their weekly lunch Bakery, Clarendon. He will discuss the throughout the State. Walter U. Varney, president of th is to be competed for by the various scl work of Dr. Boyland. Through Dr. Boyland. who is a member of the Monarch Club, Dr. N, Ballou, director of mouth hygiene of the Virginia State Health Department, will W R. BOYLAND, School dentist for Arlington County, holding the banner to be awarded by the the proposed improvement. Arlington County Monarch Club to the school having the largest percentage of | T. eon meeting tomorrow at the Boulevard history and progress of school dentistry e club, has announced that the banner hools and is expected to greatly aid the $500 FINE IMPOSED. | Man Convicted of Operating Gam- bling Devices in Frederick, FREDERICK, Md., March 20 (Spe- cial). — Convicted in Circuit Court, Judge John S. Newman presiding, of having an interest in and receiving profits from gambling devices, which he was charged with having placed in many business establishments through- out the city and county, D. J. White, Baltimore, was fined $500 and costs. The fine was paid. ‘White's arrest followed a county-wide raid, conducted by Sheriff William C. Roderick, to clean up gambling devices. The equipment was confiscated. A synagogue for meditation during business hours is to be opened in the Wall Street section of New York. MRS. J. N. EUBANK, 96, DIES Lynchburg Woman Survived by 8 Daughters and 31 Grandchildren. _CLARENDON, Va., March 20 (Spe- | cial) ——Mrs. John N. Eubank, 96, of iLynchburg. died here yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kate Ruck- er, with whom she has been staying. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at her former home in Lynch- burg, conducted by Dr. Skinner of the Firs, Baptist Church. Burial will be in Ellis Cemetery there. Besides Mrs. Rucker she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Nannie Seay of Lynchburg; Mrs. R. L. Dameron of don: Mrs. J. D. Jennings and Mrs. S. T. Keith of Amherst County, Va. and one son R. R. Eubank of Amherst County. Thirty-one grandchildren and one great?grandchild also survive. Arkansas; Mrs. J. J. Paul of Claren- | | viers Mill road from Georgia avenue |at a point near Wheaton, direct across country to Rockville, the county seat, is provided for in a bill introduced in | | the House of Delegates yesterday by E. | Brooke Lee, speaker of the House and | | county leader. The proposed new de- velopment would make a short cut to | Rockville from the main eastern artery | of the county, and would obviate the| | necessity of traffic proceeding to Nor-| beck and then crossing over to the; | west side. | The bill authorizes the county com- | | missioners to acquire the necessary | rights for the widening the road to | 60 feet, and to construct on the right of way a concrete road 20 feet wide. The proposed new road, it is specified | in the bill, would begin at Georgla avenue, 2,000 feet south of the inter- section of the Kensington-Wheaton | Soad. running northwesterly over the existing line of Stonestreet avenue in Rockville, and then in Stonestreet ave- | nue to the Norbeck road, a distance of 6.5 miles. It is provided that one-half of the cost of the improvement is to be as- | sessed as a benefit against abutting | or adjacent property, which the bill de- | | clares 1s specifically benefited, in the | following proportions: One-haif of the ! | 'said one-half to be borne by abutting { property on both sides of the road and within 200 feet; three-tenths against, | the next adjacent property between 800 and 1,600 feet and one-fifth on prop- erty between 1,600 and 2,400 feet from | However, it is provided that no bene- | fit charges are to be assessed llfllnst} | property located on the northeast side | |of the Brookeville pike (Georgia | avenue), or against any property lo-| cated within 500 feet of the pike. The special assessments are made payabl in five annual, equal installments, bear- ing 5 per cent interest. The county commissioners are authorized to issue five-year certificates of indebtedness to cover the cost, and these are declared in the bill to be general obligations against the county. The property in election district No, 13 -i1s made spe- cially liable for any deficiencies in the general assessments. For the half of the cost of the im- provements, which the county is to pay, the county commissioners are author- ized to issue bonds to the limit of $150,- 000, bearing interest at 5 per cent. M. M. Harwood Named Mayor. MOOREFIELD, W. Va, March 20 (Special) —Mask M. Harwood was named mayor of Moorefield at the an- nual election, Sam A. McCoy recorder, and the following councilmen: C. L. Poindexter, J. 'B. Chipley, Boyd McWhorter, W. E. Way and.R. K. Mc- Nelll. Harwood defeated B. H. Martin for mayor, 120 to 62. Poindexter was the only candidate common to both tickets. The newly elected officers will take charge April 1. TORAGE in Steel Vans Locked and sealed, fumigated for moths, stored in our depository until wanted. The utmost in security and convenience. Becuritp Srorage Gompang 1140 Fifteenth Street 4% blocks north of the White House For 38 years providing security in storage, handling and shipping. Household effects, works of art, silverware, furs, clothing, rugs, automobiles, luggage, etc. C. A. ASPINWALLI,, President to Eliminate Present Hap- hazard System. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., March 20.—Estab- lishment of centralized fire and police control in Arlington County within the next year was predicted here Monday night by Corporation Attorney Walter U. Varney, who is president of the Ar- lington-Fairfax Volunteer Firemen's As- sociation, in a statement made at the meeting of the town council of Potomac. Varney said that plans are now being considered for the installation of a cen- tral telephone switchboard at the Ar- lington County courthouse for the proper handling of all appeals for fire and police aid, under a zoning plan similar to that used in large cities, whereby the operator in charge of the switchboard will dispatch the nearest fire apparatus and policemen in answer to calls. Each of the 11 companies in the county handle their own alarms under the present system, with the result that on many occasions several of the com- | panies are called out unnecessarily. He asserted that the board of super- visors has approved the plan and the only setback encountered thus far is the | cost of installation and operation de- manded by the telephone company. Varney's disclosure of the central con- trol scheme was made when Councilman Harry Hampton requested the council to take some action to have the board of supervisors place some one in authority to send in calls for additional apparatus when needed to fight fires. It was brought out that every fire company in the county was called out recently for a small grass fire near the Clarendon one of the weekly county newspapers, | it was revealed today by the publisher of the plant. New Battle Lines Formed. Since the failure of the company to make formal application for the permit | at the meeting of the Board of County | Supervisors on February 28, the scores | of organizations and prominent officials | wh> have been against it have remained | silent. This attitude, however, it is said by | Frank G. Campbell, chairman of the special citizens protest committee, is | not to be taken as an indication that | opponents of the plant are idle. | " Circulars are now being prepared and will be mailed throughout the county, calling the attention of the residents of | other sections to the alleged disadvan- | tages of having the company erect an | abattoir on its property on Columbia Pike near Relee Station. It is also known that a number of meetings are now be- | ing planned and will be held before the | question again comes before the super- visors on April 15, Formal Notice Irregular. At the meeting of the board when the question was supposed to come up there were more than 100 representa- tives of county and Federal organiza- tions present to enter their protest. They were prevented, however, from having an opportunity to express them- selves as Col. Charles T. Jesse, one of the attorneys for the company, an- nounced that the formal notice of the intention of the company to seek a per- mit had not specifiically described the location of the property and therefore had not complied with the ordinance recglirlng its publication. A following pu 15 as the day upon which the applica~ tion will be presented. While the opponents of the plant have lished notice gave the date of April | of the paper, who is himself a proponcnt; OFFICERS FACE OUSTER. Three Charged With Failure to Serve Warrant on Woman. | CHATHAM, Va., March 20 (Special). —dJudge Turner Clement has set March 27 as the date on which three county {officers will be given the opportunity | of showing cause why they should not be ousted. They are R. W. Case, W. A. | Brown and J. D. Bryant. | The three officers became involved in | testimony relating to a young woman in the trial of Otho Dodson here last | month. Warrants given them to serve on the woman were never executed, it is charged. Fire Destroys Store. KABLETOWN, W. Va, March 20 (Special).-—Fire thought to have started | in an acetylene plant destroyed the L. iCA Walter store here. The loss is put at $7,500 not entirely covered by in- surance. | Col. H. B. Moore Here. | LEWISBURG, W. Va, March 20 | (Special). —Col. H. B. Moore, president | of Greenbrier Military School, is in ‘Washington attending the annual meet- |ing of the Association of Military Col- | leges and Schools, of which Greenbrier is a member. been working quietly for its defeat at the hands of the supervisors, the pro- ponents have not been idle, it having been made known today that plans are under way to employ the services of a nearby radio_station to broadcast the advantages of the plant. | The 1929 rate is 25.74 cents. The rate for the next two years is the lowest since 1912, and this in spite of the fact | that budgets contain the largest appro- priations ever to pass through the Leg- | istature. | Gov. Ritchie, when he announced his | proposed $4,000.000 appropriation for | State roads, said_that the rate could | be lowered to 24.75 cents if the State | took advantage of the Federal law | which permitted the State to take 80 per cent of all inheritance taxes col- lected within it by the Federal Gov- ernment. In sending the supplemental | budget, he said that he was still of | this belief, but that he had decided to recommend, instead, the flat rate, be- cause he wanted to be extra conserva- tive in estimating the revenues which will be derived from the 80 per cent Federal contribution. He said, however, that the 25-cent rate is subject to the proviso that no legislation is passed at the current ses- sion appreciably diminishing the current | revenue of the State, and also subject | to the proviso that no special supple- mentary bond issues are passed carry- :1}11; their own taxes in order to meet | them. Guernsey Breeders Meet. _FREDERICK, Md., March 20 (Spe- cial).—The Frederick County Guernsey Breeders’ Association held its annual | meeting in this city and discussed plans | to exhibit at the annual county fair in October. The following officers were elected: John P. Kelley, Walkersville, president; Lee Titus, Walkersville, vice president; Ransom R. Lewis, jr. near Frederick, secretary-treasurer. Execu- tive committee: The officers and Walter Burrall, New Market; Thomas Thrash- e{i Jefferson, and Howard Quynnm, this city. i rates will clamor for the good things Treasure Che holds Tt opens on March 22 FLECTRCA EW YORK AVE. VATIONAL 1328-1330 UpPIYCO MAIN 6800 nd pesnerel