Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1929, Page 11

» A PARK DEVELOPMENT in Prince Gecrges Holds Up Program for Beautification. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Prince Grorges County under the direc- tion of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission will not be inaugurated this year, although the county commissioners have given defi- nite indications that they hope some dav to carry out a park developing pro- ect. 3o e commissioners signified thelr in- tention of postponing developing park plans in the county for at least another year on Monday when, in signing the annual levy, they again failed to in- crease_the apportionment for parking and planning. remain as it was in 1928 at 3 cents per $100. $50,000 Ts Available. Definite indications that the county heads have no intentior of abandoning the park projects ning commission :s seen in their etfort to have the zoning ordinance amended in such a way o= to give them greater authority in the physical development of tha county. In spite’of their best efforts. and even | March | 29.—Plans for the park development of | The levy for 1929 will { sponsored by the plan- | = SUBURBAN NEWS." i ' MONUMEN THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, The Confederate War memorial in Alexandria, which probably will be re- in spite of the fact that the levy Itself | ,500d to another site when the new Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard is built was really cut, it was necessary to in-'| crease the tax rate 6 cents. | The park plans which the Maryland | Commission will eventually appiy to | parts of the regional program suggested | by the National Capital Park and Plan- from the Arlington Bridge to the home of Washington. stands in the center of what will be the highway before 1932, --Star Staff Photo. The monument now e ning Commission, which was framed for the purpose of caring for the ordered growth of the communities within the Washington region. The projects suggested include the extension of Rock Creek Park toward Rockville in Montgomery County and the extension of the Anacostia Parks of the District of Columbia up the North- west branch and the Bastern branch | in Prince Georges County toward Bal- timore. | The Maryland National Capital Park | and Planning Commission has $50,000 available from the funds of the State of Maryland for expenditure in the purchase of park areas in Prince Georges County. Boulevard Planned. The money may be partially applied to the purchase of rights of way for & riverside drive along the upper part of the Anacostia River, if plans contem- plating the extension of the road from Hyattsville‘to Bladensburg, to conriect with the park development of the upper part of the Anacostia River within the District of Columbia, are put into effect. This plan would enable the motorist coming into Washington to drive di- rectly south into the city instead of turning right at the Peace Cross at Bladensbyrg. He would pass east of Fort Lincoln Cemetery and along the River road, pass the National Arbore- tum, now in progress of formation at Mount Hamilton, finally reaching Fif- teenth and H streets northeast, along an extended Maryland avenue, ‘The proposed parkway bordering the drive would cross the river frontage of | the National Train! School for Boys. At Bladensburg the landseaping would be carried out in such a way as to pre- vent the periodical floods there. . BILL HITS PRODUCE RAISED BY CONVICTS Would étop Competition Wiih Montgomery and Prince Georges Growers. By a Staff Correspéndent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 29—Con- vict-raised produce, raised on the farm of the Maryland House of Correction and sent to Washington to the amount of about $20.000 annually to compete with the small truck growers of Mont- gomery and Prince Georges Counties, will be stopped if the governor signs the bill of Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro, which has passed both houses of the Legislature. ‘The measure prohibits the penal in- stitutions of Maryland from sefling perishable produce in the open market. 1If the governor signs the measure, it is probable that further efforts will be made to have the District Commis- sioners keep prison products off the local market. MRS. GIBSON WILLS COLLECTION TO LIBRARY Paintings, Bronzes and Bric-a-Brac Gathered by Uncle Bequeathed to Winchester Institution. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va, March 29.—A large collection of paintings, bronzes, bric-a-brac and a great num- ber of pieces of special silverware, gathered by her uncle, the late Gov. Fred W. M. Holliday of Virginia, was left to Handley Library, Winchester, Va. under the will of the late Mary Mason Gibson, who died here some days 2go. | ‘The collaction is to be known as the “Holliday eollection.” Her husband, B. D. Gibson, named executor, was au- thorized to sell real estate to endow a room in the library to house the curios. Five thousand was left to Charles ‘Town General Hospital as a’ memorial to her parents. To her husband. Mrs. Gibson left the residence here, bonds, stocks and securities, real estate in Winchester and other real estate here. Miss Florence E. Burgess of Balti- more, Md., who acted as nurse for her invalid daughter, was given $10,000. TATTOOING CONFINED CHIEFLY TO SAILORS| NORFOLK, Va. () —The popularity | of tattooing is waning. This is the opinion of the needle and ink artists who follow the trade here. “Tattooing has seen its best days” one veteran holds. “The late Czar of Russia was tattooed §nd there was a time when many soclety folk took to it, but no work 1s confined chiefly to_sailol Designs of wide variety walls of the “parlors” tattooers ply their calling. One finds girls' heads, representative of many Taces; caricatures; vignettes of clumsy steamers sinking in heavy seas; reli- glous images: arrangements of hearts and doves' with the word “mother” or “sweetheart” intertwined; bathing beau- ties: butterfiies and battleships. The veteran needleman believes people get tattooed because “they are still savages underneath, and they like to get themselves up to look pretty.” He says, however, it is “just a sort of tradition with satlors.” adorn the where the Named for Rotary Presidency. STAUNTON, Va., March 29 (Spe- cial).—Maj. L. L. Sutherland of the Staunton Military Academy faculty will be the next president of the Staun- ton Rotary Club. This was decided at & meeting vesterday, when Maj. Suther- .land was nominated unanimously, HAY AD SEHODLS New Law May Result in Suf- ficient Collections to Allow Requested Increase. BY LESTER, INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., March 29.—Through the new law which permits the common- wealth’s attorney to bring suit for the collection of delinquent real estate taxes and the efforts of Freeland Chew, col- lector of delinquent taxes, it should be possible to raise sufficient funds for in- creased school needs without resorting to a raise in the present tax levy, it was said yesterday. Criticizing the method of tax collec- tion that has permitted real estate taxes of more than $300,000 to remain un- paid for a number of years, this of- ficial said that it would be possible to reduce the rate instead of increase it, as has been suggested, if payment had been forced on these taxes just as soon as_they became delinquent. In addition to the real estate taxes there are now unpaid nearly $83,000 in personal property taxes. Since he started his work a year ago, Chew has collected approximately $10,000. The $17,000 increase requested by the school board is, in comparison to the delinquent taxes due, a very small amount. Because of the suits recently filed by Commonwealth’s Attorney William C. Gloth, a number of land owners, many 5f ‘whom inherited their properities from former residents and have never made any effort to pay the taxes on them, have called at the courthouse and ex- pressed their desires to make an im- mediate adjustment. BURGLARY SUSPECT CAPTURED BY POLICE Man Is Arrested on Charge of At- tempted Safe Blowing in Front Royal. Special Dispatch to The Star. BERRYVILLE, Va, March 29—B. B. Fostnight, suspected of being the in- truder who last week miscalculated how much dynamite would blow a safe and shattered the post office at Front Royal instead, was arrested here today and later removed to Front Royal. ‘The man’s capture came after three small boys, held in connection with the cecent sugar theft, implicated him, and the discovery of 300 pounds of dynamite under the station at Berryville. The dynamite was labeled to George H. Ramsey, who manages a store here. Ramsey said the explosives were stolen from him during a recent robbery. Police are-making an effort to connect Fostnight with other burglaries in the section. D. C. WOMEN’S CLUBS PROTEST ABATTOIR Resolution Opposing Project Sent to Arlington County Board « of Supervisors, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., March 29.—Followirng the example of the Women's City Club, the District of Columbia Federation of ‘Women's Clubs yesterday mailed to the board of county supervisors a copy of & resolution protesting the granting of a permit to the N. Auth Provision Co. of ‘Washington to erect an abattoir on its property near Relee Station. The federation, of which Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt is president, has joined with a number of other women's organiza- tions, first, to persuade the company to withdraw its application and if this | fails to persuade the board of super- | visors to deny the permit. MAN INJURED BY CAR. Auto Wreck Victim May Have Sut- fered Broken Back. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md, March 29.—Brought to Emergency Hospital following an ac- cident on the Baltimore Pike near Col- lege Park, Md., yesterday, Joseph T. Forster, whose age and address police have been unable to learn, is today re- ported to be in an “undertermined” condition. Maryland State police, who claim they were not notified of the accident until 10 hours after it happened, report that the man’s back was broken. Their investigation disclosed that his auto- mobile overturned several times in leaving the highway, and they are of Ithe opinion it may have been side- | swiped by another car which falled to stop. | A black cat which accompanied = { family on the 100-mile journey from | Annan to_ Stranrear, Scoland, disap- peared the morning after arrival, and EXPERTS T0 STUDY - GARE OF MISFITS Virginia Social Work for 1 Per Cent of People Takes One-Sixth of Income. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 29.—The fact that Virginia spent approximately $5,657,000 during the last fiscal year on the defective, dependent and delinquent classes, or about one-sixth of the total government expenditures on less than one-hundredth of the total popu- lation, has been suggested as presenting one of the most important problems to be discussed at the annual Virginia con- ference of social work to be held at Norfolk on May 6 and 7. The State of Virginia during the year which ended June 30 expended for the support of its charitable institutions $3,833,946.70, and for the support of its correctional institutions $1,800,273.35. In addition, the State appropriated $23,- 064.50 for the care of State wards in private institutions and agencies, mak- ing a total of $5,657,284.55. This sum, it was pointed out, is exceeded mli in two- other fields of government, being schools and highways. During the same year county and city ‘governments spent $852,364.42 on local charitable institutions and agen- cles, while private organizations report- ed the expenditure of $3,151,011, The total expenditures for State, countles and cities amounted to $9,660,659.97. ‘The program and other arrangements for the annual conference of social work are being completed. Officers of the conference are Dr. H. C. Henry of Petersburg, president: Arthur W. James of Richmond, executive secretary; Miss Louise F. Price of Richmond, treasurer, and Judge H. G. Cochran of Norfolk; Judge J. B. Boyer of Tazewell and Miss gnuflnwklm of Roanoke, vice presi- lents. KATHERYNE POWER NAMED PRINCESS Young Law Student Will Repre- sent 30th Distriet at Win- chester Fete. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20— Katheryne Dolores Power, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Power of 909 Prince street, was named princess of the sixth annual Shenandoah Val- ley apple blossom fete from the thirtieth senatorial district by State Senator Frank L. Ball yesterday. The district comprises Arlington, Fairfax and Prince Willlam Counties and Alexandria City. Miss Power is studying for the bar and is a_junior at the Columbus Uni- versity of Law in Washington. She s secretary to John Barton Phillips, United States commissioner for tg'e eastern district of Virginia. ALEXANDRIA. & ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 (Spe- cial) —The annual meeting of the Alex- andria Hospital will be held Monday night, at 8 o'clock, in the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, at the George Mason Hotel. Mrs. Belle H. Willlams, €3, widow 3! George Williams, died yesterday. Two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Mays and Miss Fannie Williams, survive. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning, at 9:30, from Demaines’ mortuary chapel, with Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rec- tor of Grace Episcopal Church, conduct- ing. Burial will be in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. Funeral services for Archibald Jacob Nalls, 54, who died in a Washington hospital yesterday, will be held tomor- row morning, at 10 o'clock, from the home, by Rev. John S. Sowers, pastor of the Del Ray Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Arlington National Ceme- tery. His widow, a son and a daughter survive. 1 A sale will be held by the American ! Legion Auxiliary tomorrow, at 530 King | street, for the benefit of disabled men in the service hospitals in this section of the country. Final rites for Mrs. Sarah M. Taylor, who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Walter Bayliss, Mount Vernon, were held today from the Meth- odist Church, at Accotink, by Rev. | Ryland T. Dodge, pastor of the Baptist Temple. Gov. Harry F. Byrd has assigned Judge Willlam P. Woolls of the Alexan- dria Corporation Court to preside over the twenty-sixth judicial circuit until a successor to the late Judge George Latham Fletcher of Warrenton can be named. Robert South Barrett spoke last night !at the annual Maundy Thursday mystic | banquet of Rose Croix Chapter, Scot- tish Rite Masons, held at the Masonic Temple. Rites for Deceased Veteran. LURAY, Va. March 29 (Special).— | Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Noah Seekford, 84, a Confederate veteran who committed suicide Tuesday. His widow and eight children sur- FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1929.° SUBURBAN NEWS. A RN— 7»-( Sixty One lfears! of Wor N N o o Nt Nt " N N N N N i it ) it i i o Ready—Till the Last Minute! Spring’s F oremost 2-Trouser Suits! VEN though tomorrow is the last day—come to Saks ‘confidently. At a store like Saks, with clothes as authoritative as Saks clothes, and showings as complete as Saks show- ings, time means nothing. 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