Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1929, Page 6

COURTHOLSE FIEAT AT ABK AT BANK Senator Jones’ Unfavorable Report Finds Boomerang " in House. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 30.—While the square west of the courthouse at Rockville will not be acquired under the proposed bond issue of $175,000, neither will the Farmers’ Banking & Trust Co. be able to rebulld on its present site. This became evident last | night when Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, who represents Montgom- ery in the upper House, reported un- favorably on the land condemnation bond issue, and the Senate adopted the report under the senatorial courtesy rule as was predicted. On the other hand, there remains safely buried in the desk of Dr. George L. Edmonds of Rockville, chairman of the Montgomery County delegation in the House of Delegates, a bill, intro- duced by Senator Jones and passed by the Senate, which would allow an in- crease in the stock of the bank and remove the Present limit in its charter of $15,000 for building purposes. The bank had entered into a contract for & new - two-story bullding costing in the meighborhood of $100,000, when it was discovered that the charter would not permit it and the contract had to be cancelled. Efforts were made to get the charter changed through applica- tion to the banking commissioner of Maryland, but that official rejected it, and then legislation was sought. Hearing Is Asked. Since the bill came from the Senate, Dr. Edmonds has received a letter from G. 'W. Page, banking commissioners of the State, designating the bill as special legisiation and asking to be heard on the measure before any action was taken. Dr. Edmonds replied that he would give the commissioner an oppor- tunity to be heard before the measure Was But it is likely that there will ml:ube l‘-,l’ley hearing, as the bill is not going to be passed. Ro'bc: G. Hilton, president of the bank and chairman of the Democratic State central committee, was at the Statehouse yesterday, and conferred at | length with Senator Jones and members of the House of Delegates from Mont- ery. Mr. Hilton had a plan for ac- | Top) gom uiring the square, and also a plan for | & new site !?Bt the bank east of the| Town Hall, which houses the Polwe} Court. It was pointed out to Senator Jones that his attitude on the Courthouse issue would be of absolutely no benefit to the bank, and t:x:‘ p{gp:l‘ed lgeyw;‘o; tion was sugges! im 3 %lian‘ the latter said. Mr. Hilton said that there was no doubt in his mind | Lea; that Montgomery avenue, the bottle neck on the main high wufain( to be widened, and that this would be possible as soon as the $200,000 worth of script now tied up in school construc- u’.:n was released by the school bond ue. When this is done, it was pointed out, it would take away & part of the bank bullding, and it would have to rebuild, but it could not build any kind of & structure now for $15,000. Authority to Take Land. The county authorities now have su- thority to take land for the widening and improvement of roads, so that now 16 appears that there is nothing to stop the county authorities from going ahead with the work as soon as the money is released. Another thing pointed out by Mr. Hilton was that if there should be a fire in the bank it could not put up any kind of & structure for the amount allowed in its charter. Senator Jones was told by Mr. Hilton, the latter said, that he was merely re- tarding the banking institution, of which the former is also & large stockholder and director, by his attitude, and strong gr&\ln was brought. to bear to have im :g‘prove the courthouse bond issues. But conferences apparently avalled nothing, as indicated by the action of the Senator and the Senate last night. ALEXANDRIA. & RIA, Va., March 30 (Spe- |< eial) —Carrying out his program of equipping the Alexandria Police Depart- mu:mn:l tgua as l: precaution against any situation which it might be needed. When-the gun arrives several members of each of police will practicé with it until they become proficient in its use. The body of Mrs. Ruth Adams, 43, & former resident of this city, who died at the Providence Hospital in Washing- yesterday, has been brought here the Cunningham, Kennedy & Wat- kins funeral home, at 809 Cameron street, be held Monday morning &t 10 o'clock. Rev. Richard G. Koontz of the Trinity M. E. Church will officiate and burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery. The deceased was the wife of Edward Adams. Plans for the observance of the 110th anniversary of the organization of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows on April 20 were made by Potomac Lodge, | 3 No. 38, last night at its meeting in Odd Fellows’ Temple. A committee com- posed of L. E. Remington, chairman; J. J. Hudson and Norman Evans was |, appointed to take charge of the ar- rangements for the celebration. Ar. Lodge, No. 193, of Clarendon the Potomac Lodge. . Dr. E. V. Regester, presiding el of the Alexandria district of the Baltimore Conference of Methodist Epis- where funeral services will |y _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, * ARLINGTON'| COUNTY 'RECEIVED AT A large delegation from the League of Republican Women of Arlington County of the league, is standing at the extreme right of the line. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 30 (Spe- clal).—Murs. Bennie L. Davis, wife of Roy E. Davis, died at her Halpine home, aged 32 years. She is survived by her husband and two children. The funeral will take place from the Rock- ville Methodist Church at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, burial to be Rockville Union Cemetery. Mrs, Davis was formerly a Miss Sessions and was a native of Virginia. Announcement has been made of the marrisge in_ Washington on Thursday of Miss Emily Byron Williams, daugh- ter of the late Charles M, Williams of Poolesville, and Thomas C. Oxley, well known Poolesville district farmer. Renovation of the Darnestown Pres- byterian Church, which has been in progress several weeks, has been com- pleted and the regular services will be held there tomorrow, the pastor, Rev. J. W. Louden, has announced. Chairmen of the branch committees that are being formed in the various election districts of the county by the Montgomery County Special Service League have been ‘announced as fol- |lows: Laytonsville, Mrs. Mehrle T. Haines; Clarksburg, Mrs. William H. ping; Rockville, Stedman Prescott; Colesville, Harold C. Bradford; Darnes- town, Mrs. James W. Whi Barnes- ville;’ Mrs. Wilson Poole; Damascus, Alvie A. Moxley; Kensington, George C. | Shinn; Takoma Park, Walter Wyatt. | The other chairmen will it is an- | nounced, be named in the near future. Preparations are nearing completion for the annual supper for the benefit of the Montgomery (?ounty Special Service gue, to be held Thursday evening at the Manor Club, Norbeck. The general committee of arrangements is composed of Miss Irma Mohr, Mrs. J. Darby Bowman and Mr. Robert E. Bondy. Miss Estelle T. Moore, president of the Montgome! ‘County ~Federation of Women's Clubs, who is chairman of the welfare committee of the league, Wwill speak on the work of her committee; Miss Mohr, executive secretary of the will report on relief work dur- of the plans of the organization for the formation of branch committees in the various districts of the county. Sted- man Prescott of the Rockville bar will also speak, his topic to be “What the League Means to Montgomery Count, Henry Thomas Ricketts, long time resident of Gaithersburg district, died at his home in Gaithersbi ‘Thursday, aged 73 years. Surviving are four daughters. gre. Mrs, Sylyester. Reed and Miss Laura Ricketts of Gafth- and Mrs. William Carter -of Baltimore. The funeral will take place at-2 o'clock tomorrow_afternoon from the home. Mrs. Clem Shaver of Fairmont, W. Va., wife of the former chairman of the Democratic. national committee, will be the principal speaker at. the annual meeting of the Democratic. Law Enforcement Clubs of = Montgomery County, to tbe held Monday. evening [ ] § The 4524 ersburg, Mrs. Ben Coleman of Rockville | gir] Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy Chase, president of the national and State 'mocratic Law Enforcement Leagues, will &-mde and also speak, Following conviction in the Cir: cult Court here on & charge of breaking, Joseph Etter, Vienna, by youth, was sentenced by Judge Robert B. Peter to two years in the House of Cotrection. He was charged with having entered a shack on an island In the Potomac River, near Seneca, and stolen tools, blankets and other articles. HOLLIDAY COLLECTION GIVEN HANDLEY LIBRARY Will of Niece of Iate Virginia Governor Bequeaths Many Rare Objects. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March 30— Handlay Memorial Library here will come into possession of a large collec- tion of rare paintings, bronzes, bric-a- brac and specially ed silverware, gathered from the four corners of the earth by the late Gov. Frederick W. M. Holliday of Virginia, through the will of his niece, the late Mrs. Mary Mason Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va,, it be- carye known today when the will was prodated. Known as the Holliday collection, it will be housed in a specially arranged room at the library, and her executor is authorized to sell sufficient realty to en- dow the room. Following his term of office as governor many years lfl) Col. Holliday, who lost an arm in the Con- federate service in the Civil Waf, made a tour of the world and gathered the collection in remote places of the earth. ot oo Forest Stocked With Deer. FRANKLIN, W. Va.,, March 30 (Spe- cial) —Three deer, one 2-year-old doe and two yearling does, have been lib- erated in this county under the author- ity of the State Game and Fish Com: mission in the river mountain area. ‘They are the first of a number to be placed in the county in the hope of restocking the forests with game ani- mals for hunters in the section. School Matron Resigns. . MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 30 (Special) . —Mrs, Mary K. the past seven years matron Hall, Shepherd College s, and known to herd students in the eas section the State, bas resigned to beconte ciated. in an executive capacity with King's Daughters’ Hospital, - this_city. %hcvxormery lived tn Harpers Ferry, v Va, 4 French Chateau ~ More automobiles wers introduced into France in 1928 than #n any pre- in the Library Building at Chevy Chase. Vious year. was warmly greeted by President Hoover. Mrs. Louis A. McMahon, president LABORER IS SUICIDE. Succeeds in Third Attempt to Take His Life. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 30 (Special).—Abljah Dick, 29, laborer, succeeded in his third attempt here in taking his own life, He shot himself through the right forehead while séated on & bench in & yard at the home where he boarded. Death was instantaneous and he was officially pronounced a sui- cide. Twice before he had attempted sui- cide, once by shooting, but the bullet deflected itself and was not fatal; the other time by taking’ polson. . SECOND ZONING HEARING DATE IS SET FOR MAY 7 Prince Georges County Commis- sioners Have Three Additional Cases to Dispose Of. By & Stalt Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 30. —Having last Tuesday disposed of 15 zoning cases given hearing the week before, the Pringe Georges County com- missioners today announced they will hold their second hearing since agreeing ;4‘) -ammu_, ter the zoning ordinance on ay 1. Only three cases are scheduled to_be presented at that time, They are: Pe- tition of James A, Davis for reclassifi- cation of one lot in Gibbs & Kosack’s subdivision of Takoma Park from resi- dential to. commercial; petition of Thomas Smith for reclassification of five lots in Hayne's subdivision of Seat Pleasant from residential to commer- cial, and petition of the Pittsburgh Oil Co. of Wilmington, Del., for reclassifi- cation of one-quarter atre on south side of Annapolis highway west of the right of way of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks from commercial to industrial. SOMERSET MEETING. Visual Education Machine to Be Demonstrated Tuesday Night. SOMERSET, Md., March 30 (Spe- cial).—A visual education machine donated by the Women's Club of Chevy Chase has been installed in the Somer- sét ‘School. Its demonstration by Mrs. Kathryne M. Bricker, principal of the Association to be held at the school Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. George E. Farrell, chairman of the committee for development of the schoolgrounds, and Parker Dodge, chair- man of the membership committee, will address the meeting. Dr. Paul B. Dun- resident of the association, will e. " Plan Your Easter Drive * Tomorrow ! sands o Through Wesley firinhts Garden Spot of T Washington is a2 bower of beauty, with its thou- f stately trees put- ‘schbol, will be the feature of the meet- | ing of the Somerset Parent-Teacher FINED FOR ROADHOUSE GAMBLING DEVICE Case Involved Green Gables, Near Suitland, Scene of Recent Fatal Shooting. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March 30. —H. P, Colfelt of Baltimore, Md., ac- cused of setting up & gaming table in the Green Gables roadhouse near Suit- land, scene of the fatal shooting last week of Charles Wesley Poutra, 1600 block 8 street, yesterday pleaded guilty before Judge J. Chew Sheriff in the Upper Marlboro_ branch of Prince Georges County Police Court and was fined $50. Colfelt was arrested in Pebruag by Deputy Sheriff A. W. Hepburn follow- ing the seizure of two slot machines on the premises. He was said by police to be owner of the machines and was jointly charged with Mrs. Ella Beach, whom police report is the lessee of the premises. ‘Through their counsel, Attorney George Merrick of Marlboro, they pleaded not gullty and yed a jury trial when first arraigned. When Col- felt changed his plea yesterday the charge against Mrs. Beach was nolle prossed. Samuel Brookbank of Clinton and John Kirby of Oxon Hill, accused of reckless driving, were fined $10 upon pleading guilty. They were arrested on the Marlboro pike by Maryland State Policeman L. E. Dutrow, CIVIC MEETING TONIGHT. Improvement Association to Be Formed at Colmar Manor. COLMAR MANOR, Md., March 30 (Special) —To orgemu a civic improve- ment association here a meeting will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Wilson Avenue Baptist Church. The organiza- tion committee, which has called the meeting, has stated that there is real need for the proposed assoclation and has requested all men and women of the town interested in its improvement to attend. Making up the organization commit- tee are Gustaf H. Lofgren, Burt M. A. Wood, L. E. Cameron, O. B. Wessherg, Harrlette Sissler, Carl C. G. Nagel, | James T. Thornton and E. Merkel. GRAPE-GROSSING BILL PASSED BY HOUSE of an of the Bal & Ohio Rall tracks in line with Connecticut avenue in Kensington to_eliminate the grade erossing there, and the other to construct an underpass of ‘the rail- road tracks on the new road from Woodside to connect with the Sixteenth street gateway into the District of Columbla. . The other measure authorizes the Park and Planning Commission to ploy eight park policemen for the patrol of any parks which are established in the metropolitan district within the next two years. It is probable that the first, park will be established as an ex- tension of the present Rock Creek Park @s some land owners have indicated sured S50t 14 wouldbe fmproned: s ‘woul maintained as a park. rt sy Invalid Is Remembered. MARTINSBURG, W. Vi (Special) —Miss Lizzle Wi lh:gnr,hl'x invalid, due to a fall, for past 11 years in a hospital, without close rela- tives, helpless and unable to read be- cause of falling eyesight, was generous " remembered by scores of friends on her ninety-second birthday anniversary at the hospital yesterday who have been attracted to her because of her ex- ;‘r:rm;ln 4 .?hehe‘mal‘nau In the face of | n hee . ‘ya icaps. She s the | ——— children, Munich boas Saatty ts a high school for! " of the ground. Ship Is Unearthed 20 Feet Beneath tion, the remains of. An ane vessel 20 feet bsneath The vessel is Believed to have been sunk more than A century ago when that entire section of the ‘eastern branch of the Elisabeth River was covered by water and when ship- ping activity centered thefe, CHARGED WITH MAKING, sMONEY IN CONVICT CAMP Gang Is Declared to Have Made Lead Half Dollars—One Held in Lynchbnl:l. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, 'Va., March 30.—For- mal charge of counterfeiting in a con- vict camp near Gaffney, 8. C, was placed here against Earl Henson by J. T. Baber of the Federal secret serv- ice, who came here from Washington. It is alleged that Henson, who was known there as Garrison, made lead half dollars, which were marketed by two other men at Gaffney. The rest of the gang, it was said, were con- victed, but Henson escaped before he could be charged with the crime. Henson is in. jail here awaiting in- dictment next Monday on charge of robbery of $600 worth of watches from the street window of a Main street Jeweler March 7. Iie was traced by Federal authorities through means of fingerprin ent, sail SASSCER EXPLAINS. " FAILURE OF BILL Prince Georges ‘State Sematqt Re- fers to Adverse Ruling on Police Change. UPPER MARLBORD, Md., March 30. —An opinion of Attorney General Thomas H. Robipson of Maryland, de- claring it unconstitutional to issue civil processes to police of Prince Gt es. County if they had no eonnection with the sheriff's office, is Senator Lansdale G. failure of the county’s delegation in the State Legislature to introduce a bill placing the selection of a county chief of police and the police force under the control and supervision of the county commissioners. In a letter to S. Marvin Peach, chair- man of a committee of the Hyattsville Chamber of Commerge appointed to present the bill to the Legislature, Sen- ator Sasscer explains the delegates feared the bill, as framed, might be un- constitutional, and obtained an opinion from the attorney general verifying their suspicions. Proponents of the bill agreed, how- ever, the Senator pointed out, that serviee of civil papers had been in- finitely more efficient recently due to the assistance rendered by the county police force acting as deputy sheriffs. The authority under which the police carried on this work, granted in the 1927 bill, was left in the amended ordi- nance presented this year. But if the police had no connection with the sheriff's office, as proposed in the bill, and the sheriff was removed as chief of police, he could not be expected to appoint the county officers depuly | sheriffs, Sasscer says, and there would { be a useless duplication of effort. | The use of steam to evplode wood | chips into fiber is the ingenious process | at the basis of a new method for pro- 1uxu:mg synthetic lumber from sawmill wast The Efficacy of Lactobacillus Acidophilus Depends on the Culture Ask for the L i A, Brand by Name Everybody will the use of Lactobacillus (L. A.) Poison - breeding germs lurk in the intestinal tract, and if conditions are favorable they propagate, bringing on un- pleasant, disagreeable and even painful disorders, such as consti- pation, flatulency, some types of Acidophilus. rheumatism, colitis, Unchecked these troubles grow in intensity, quickly rious and chronic. benefit from ophilus. It wi random; but etc. VARIES in becoming se- Lactobacillus (L. 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They were Angus Slater Lamond and Clyde Campbell Lamond, jr., 21 years old, who took the de; their father, Clyde Campbell La- | & moad, & worshipful master of of the District of Co- lumbia. c!yflé Campbell Lamond, sr., was given his master Mason's d in Cathedral Avenue : ; , It is just completed “BEFORE YOU INVEST—INVESTIG ATE” and ready for inspec- s e 5 3 tion, offering a most interesting example of the late Eighteenth Century French theme; but into the interior de- velopment has entered many new refinements of Miller designing, coupled with equipment that adds both conven- ience and luxury. 5 The plan of the 12 rooms is most original, JThere are-4 baths and ‘separate lavatory. Spe- * cial provision for nurse and mdid in separate warters, withjbaths, all decorations and - g:t_mqs are of ‘?eriod esigning especially se- lected g)r this home. 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