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6 * SUBURBAN NEWS. 4000075, OF RUM TAKEN N RIGHMOND Breaking of Truck of Freight Car Reveals $50,000 | Shipment. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 8.—A broken freight car truck was responsible for the seizure here yesterday of 4,000 quarts of alleged bottled in bond liquors valued at $50,000, which today are stored away in the Henrico County Jail along with 2,000 other quarts of bonded whisky previously taken. The shipment seized vesterday was en route from Hollywood, Fla., to New- ark, N. J, and was stopped here Sat- urday in order that rcpalis could be made to the broken truck. The 417 cases containing the liquor were labeled “tomatoes.” | A drip from one of the boxes led to | the discovery that it was liquor and not tomatoes which formed the bulk of the car’s load. The discovery was made | while the boxes were being loaded into | another freight car. i A report of the finding was made by Inspector D. B. Doggett of the Rich- mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail- road, who notified county officers. The liquor was discovered during the morning and the trucks were hauling to the jail until late in the afternoon. News of the “haul” spread in the downtown area of the city and several hundred men, women and children gathered to ‘witness the unloading. Palice officials had no definite clue for arrests, they said, regarding the shippers’ names as fictitious. It is cus- tomary for rum runners, it was said, to | use imaginary names in shipments of | such nature. Of the cases in the freight car, 113 | of them actually contained tomatoes. ROCKVILLE. | ROCKVILLE, Md., April 8 (Spe- cial) —Walter F. Reinhart, clerk and treasurer of Gaithersburg, has given | formal notice that the annual sale of | property upon which taxes due the town of Gaithersburg for the year which began July 1 remain unpaid will be held in front of the Gaithersburg post office at nocn Monday, April 15. The list shows eight delingudnts, the taxes due egating $160.24. -gg{rl?s Magl'y Elizabeth Wells and Earl ‘W. Green, both of Richmond, Va., were married in Rockville Saturday night by S. J. Goode of the Christian at the home of the minister. lier in the day the same minister officiated at the marriage here of Miss Sarah Newton and Francis M. Furk, both of Winchester, Va., the ceremony vaking place at the parsonage. The State Roads Commission will, it has given notice, receive bids at noon on April 16 at its offices in Baltimore for the construction of a State high- way from Seeks Corner to Four Cor- ners, this county, a distance of one and four-fifths miles, concrete shoulders. Members of the junior class of the Gaithersburg High School will present the play, “I'll Explain Everything,” in the Gaithersburg High School audi- torium Friday evening. It will be di- rected by Miss Beatrice Melick of the school faculty. Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church officiated at the marriage here Saturday of Miss Mildred S. Krumm and Frederick B. Vryson, both of Watsontown, Pa., the ceremony taking place at the parsonage. The annual election of vestrymen of St. Peter's Episcopal Parish, comprising the churches at Poolesville and Barnes- ville, resulted in the re-election of Mc- Gill Belt, John Davis, Lawrence White, Harry M. Williams, H. M. Davis, W. W. Poole, George B. Remsburg and Notley Davis. The vesiry re-elected Mr. Wil- liams ' treasurer and H. M. Davis reg- strar, N o ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 8 (Spe- cial).—Thomas McCuen, 44, of 210 Queen street, is the first local violator of the prohibition law who will be tried under the Jones act. McCuen was ar- rested Saturday at the Queen street wharf by Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims when 18 one-half gallons of alleged liquor were found in his boat. He was arraigned before John Barton Phillips, United States commissioner, and re- leased under $2,000 bond for his ap- pearance before the United States Court Tor the Eastern District of Virginia. His case probably will be tried when that court sits here in June. The National Society, United States Daughters of 1812, will unveil a tablet in memory of Robert Allison in the old Presbyterian Meeting House churchyard April 21 at 3 o'clock. Allison was killed in the battle of the White House, a few miles south of Mount Vernon, in & skirmish between Virginia troops and the British squadron, on September 5, 1814. He was a private in Capt. Green- :ex;ru‘; Griffith’s company of Alexandria rtillery. Robert Parr of Winchester, well known thmuilzout the Shenandoah Val- ley as a breeder of fine horses, will entertain members of the Alexandria Rotary Club with comic songs and read- ings at their weekly luncheon and meet- in George Mason Hotel tomor- row at 12:30 o’'clock. E. C. Burner of 123 West Peyton avenue, Del Ray, was injured slightly last night when struck by a machine driven by Bernard J. Sweeney on North Washington street extended. was taken to his home and treated for ;:uu and bruises by Dr. Martin D. De- aney. Alexandrie Lodge, No. 758, B. P. O. Elks, will install its newly elected offi- cers tonight at a meeting in Elks’ Hall. Rush Holland of Washington and Colo- rado Springs, past grand exalted ruler, Wwill deliver the address to Elliott F. Hoffman, the newly elected exalted ruler of the local lodge, and his corps of officers. Athol W. Mellott, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Athol W. Mellott of Po- tomac, is being treated at the Alexan- dria Hospital for serious injuries sus- tained yesterday when a machine driven by his father collided with a car oper- ated by E. C. McCarthy, also of Poto- mac, on Lloyd avenue. Le; Auxiliary will George ‘The Ame meet tonight, at 7:30, in the Mason Hotel. St. Agnes’ Episcopal School of Brad- dock re-opened this morning after the Easter holidays. Fifty-five cases were scheduled for hearings before Police Justice Willlam ‘S. Snow today. DORAN GETS COUNSEL. ‘Winchester Police Chief Suspended by Mayor P. A. Shryock. Va., Al 8 (Spe- WINCHESTER, Va., / gfl Bfle cial) —Michael A. ice force chief, by Mayor F. A. Shryock for failure to certain rules promulgated by the mayor for governmen:d of Police The gift of ¢he classes of 1925 and 1928, a Woodrow Wilson memorial tablet will be unveiled on Founders’ day, April 13, at the University of Virginia. The design and execution is the work of the New York sculptor, Onorio Ruotolo, noted for his originality and symbolical conception of his works.—Associated Press Photo. FARMERS 10 UNITE T0VOICE PROTESTS Extension Service of Mary- land University Calls Meet- ing for April 17. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 8.— Plans for the formation of a permanent organization among the farmers and truckers who use the Washington Farmers’ Market are being formulated under the guidance of the Extension Service of the University of Maryland, it was learned at the office of the county rural agent here today. Several preliminary conferences have been held under the leadership of Dr. T. B. Symons, director, and a mass meeting has been arranged for April 17 in the New National Museum, at which time it is hoped to effect an organiza- tion and adopt a constitution which has already been drafted. the meantime groups in various sections of nearby Maryland and Virginia are holding local meetings for the purpose Mt:xpmnlna the objects of the organi- zation. Tentative Constitution. These, according to the tentative constitution, are: “The closer associa- tion of the farmers who attend and supply the Washington Farmers’ Mar- ket, with a view to improving their general economic condition, and speci- fically, to enable them to co-operate with each other and with other in- terested organizations and agencies, in securing adequate facilities for. the proper conduct of their business.” The “adequate facllities” mentioned refer to the Farmers' Market, removal of which to Southwest Washington was 80 strenuously fought by the Maryland farmers. In regard to this, Dr. Symons says, “It is thought that if we can form an organization similar to that of the dairymen, its officers and executive committee could follow the market situ- ation and be in a position to represent the farmers on any proposal that might come to them from various interests, and also to prosecute complaints to the city authorities with a view to getting some consideration in the matter of facilities. We have been fighting the farmers’ cause in Wi for quite a little while with perhaps a modicum of organization behind us.” Proposed Name. ‘The new organization may take the name of “The Maryland-Virginia Farmers’ Market Organization,” accord- ing to Dr. Symons. It will have the ap- proval of the Grange and Farm Bu- Teau, he says, representatives of both organizations having attended the pre- liminary conferences. As it merely in- tends to function as a medium through which the farmers may speak, and will not engage directly in business, it will not conflict with the movement to have all the farmers locate near Fifth and K streets, as that is sponsored by a business group formed for the purpese of furnishing facilities to those farm- ers who desire to deal at that point, Dr. Symons explanied. As many of the farmers are said to be still dissatisfied with the Southwest location and refuse to go there, making the securing of a new “stand” the most important question before them, the or- ganization will deal with this first, but it also is expected to stay in existence after that is settled, functioning as the mouthpiece of farmers and truckers on whatever matters of importance affect- ing them all may arise. COUNTY “HALL OF FAME” TABLET IS DEDICATED Mattinsburg Unveils Monument to Pioneers in Dcn}opmlnt of Berkeley Region. Special Dispatch to The Star. MAR' SURG, W, Va., A 8— A “hall of fame” tablet for hu{ County, including the names of 10 ioneers wl ho played conspicuous parts K:mmlyhmary.lndwwhu:hn: pmfoudtowdnmumer,m(or mally unveiled here Saturday afternoo undernmwuo(uanemu; Historical Society with Willis F. t, in charge. TWO HELD IN JAI AFTER AUTO CHASE Officer Fires Five Shots at Car With Alleged Smoke Screen. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, April 8—Ar- rested after an exciting chase through Prince Georges County late last night during which they are said to have twice tried to escape from police by throwing smoke screens and finally stopped by an officer who had fired five shots at their machine, two Washington men are today being held at the Marl- boro’ jail. They are W. R. Carpenter, 30, and John Conley, 35. Prince Georges County Policeman Frank P. Prince, who arrested them, had not preferred charges at noon, as he was waiting to confer first with State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran who was busy with the grand jury. According to Prince, he first spied the machine near Reds Corners. By dripping a smoke screen, it escaped from him then, but was sighted again near Suitland. Again the smoke screen was employed and this time the officer fired five times without result. The car was greeted by Washington police when it reached the District line, Prince says, so he turned down the Southern Maryland pike. It outdistanced the officer for a time, but was finally cap- nged when turning via thé Marlboro pike. No smoke screen equipment was on the car when stopped, but the officer claimed holes to which it was attached were plainly visible and believes the moke screen equipment, together with cndl;:ao of alleged liquor, had been dis- carded. RURAL SCHOOL CHILDREN PLAN FOR MAY CONTEST Organizing Harmonica and Toy Bands to Enter Competition at ‘Washington Eastern High. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER RO, Md., April 8.— Under the direction of Fred Sonnen of the Playground Athletic League of Maryland, children in the rural schoels of Prince Georges County are now or- ganizing harmonica and toy bands to be entered in a contest scheduled to be held in Eastern High School, Wash- esrding o Miss M de A. Gibbs, cording [aude A. A school y bands are supervisor, the to) for the mrpone of teaching the younger pupils the rudiments of rhythm, while the harmonica work carries their musi- cal education a step further. WOMAN DIES AT 69. THRIFTON VILLAGE, April 8 (Spe- cial) —Mrs. Alice M. H-mmond,spees. died yesterday at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Mason, following an iliness of about four weeks, Mrs, Hammond had resided here for 10 years. She was born in Canada, but was brought to country when an infant. al services will be held tomor- row at 2:30 p.m. at the. residence with Charles B. Sparks, pastor of Epiphany Church of .Cherrydale,. offi ciating, assisted by Hunuerrrfvewlm In. terment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- Y. mlra v:flddétylon to Mrs. Mason, she is one son, Andrew G. Ham- mond, and five grandchildren, m_sulunc Fire, Aut: ile, Bl.if-. Ae;ido;t. aggage, Burglary M. Le Roy Goff Woodward Bldg. MAIN 840 All our work is done according to the aigh sf ed by the lead- ing Dyers and of the United States. [ (L . - DRY CLEANING Corner 11th & H Sts. NW. A |LARGE APARTMIENT TOBECONSTRUETED |Plans Are Drawn for Eight- Story Building on Arling- ton Ridge. BY LESTER N, INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., April 8—Plans for the erection of Arlington County’s Arst modern apartment house, which have been held up to await definite ac-~ tion on the proposed abattoir of the N. Auth Provision Co. of Washington, were announced today by the Virginia | Realty Co. While the architects’ draw- | ings are already in the course of prepa- | ration, the promoters of the building were not certain until today just what their action would be, but made their | final decision upon learning of the , abandonment of the abattoir project. | The apartment house is to be erected on Arlington Ridge at the intersection of Mount Vernon and Frazier avenues, at the entrance of the Oakcrest sub- division. It is to be co-operative. According to officlals of the realty company, from whom the builders have purchased 3 acres of land for the pur- pose, the structure is to be eight stories in height, and is designed for 120 apart- ments. It is to be on the order of Til- den Gardens in Washington. The building will have four elevators, 2 roof garden, swimming pool and ten- nis courts and plenty of recreational parking space, according to the plans. The holding company plans to reserve the roof garden and about & dozen apartments and will furnish apartment hotel service. Plans for the erection of the build- ing were completed this week, it was sald, with the purchase of the third acre of land, which includes the home of A. V. Hawkins. The last purchase in- volved an expenditure of $25,000, the other two acres having been acquired +some time ago and the price not re- vealed. | The site is on the crest of the hill overlooking the city and in a- territory in which the erection of business houses has been prevented by an ordinance of the board of county supervisors. It is pointed out by officials of the company through which the land was acquired. and by whom the rentals will be handled that the apartment building will cost far in excess of the amount that was proposed for the erection of the abattoir and that the taxes will, therefore, be in excess of those to have been paid by the provision company. The building is to be erected by a Chicago firm. The loan, it was sald, has already been approved and work is expected to start within 90 days. France guarantees to every child a solid primary education until he reaches the age of 13. Beyond that, says School Topics, it guarantees nothing. Every door to higher education is opened to the child of unusual and proven ability. Every door is closed to the child who will not or cannot learn. SUBURBAN University of Maryland Officials Grow Raided, Man Thanks More Indignant as Dogs Attack Employe By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 8.—~In- dignation of University of Maryland offi- clals over the stray dog situation in Col- Park, 'H the k‘ifiln: of more than a score of valuable sheep, reached a new pitch last week when an employe of the university, at- tacked by two dogs almost within the shadow of the building, was so badly bitten as to require medical attention. ‘These facts were learned today when John Trimun, the employe, obtained from the Justice of the Peace George Phillips of Berwyn warrants against the owner of the dogs, A. G. Miller of West College Park. The warrants charge Mil- vicious run ocher bit his legs. is said to have attack on a pathway across the Miller property. University officials claim this to be a public thor- oughfare, while Miller is said to con- tend it is not. The question will be decided by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in the Hyattsville branch of Prince Georges County Police Court Wednesday. them off. BOLT STUNS GUARD AND HIS PRISONERS Lightning Shatters Tree Under Which Group Sought Shel- ter From Storm. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, April 8. —Ed Woods, guard, and a mumber of prisoners were stunned by lightning near here Saturday when they sought shelter under a locust tree during a storm, just as the bolt shattered the tree, showering the men with chips. Delay of one of the men in getting the group back to their road work after dinner is credited with having saved them from more serious injury, inas- much as the men made a run for the tree as soon as they reached the scene, and a minute sooner probably would have put some of them under the tree at the time of the bolt. WILL INSPECT ROADS. Lyon Park Citizens Meet Tomorrow ‘With County Officials, LYON PARK, April 8 (Special).— With a view of getting acquainted with the county road officials and discussing with them rplans for the improvement and maintainence of streets and roads in Lyon Park auring the coming year, the civic assoclation has arranged for a mass meeting of citizens, to be held n: hthe Community House tomorrow night. County Engineer C. L. Kinner and Supervisor B. M. Hedrick of Arlington magisterial district will address the meeting and take part in the discus- sions. Preceding the meeting, a tour of in- spection of the streets of Lyon Park will be made by the association’s road committee, accompanied by the two road officials, after which the commit- tee will entertain the officials at dinner at Reiner's Priscilla Room, in Claren- don. e In celebration of the 117th anniver- sary of the birth of Charles Dickens, amateurs of Southwark, England, pre- sented a David Copperfield play. 1 | W EFORE the 6 different coffees | used in the Wilkins blend are shipped to us they are cured under the blazing South and Central American sun. Then they are stored in warehouses to age. This curing and aging process takes 2 years, and more. It is one of the vital reasons why Wilkins Coffee is the only blend that comes to you mellow and smooth with full flavor and strength, but without the slightest trace of bitterness. After the different Coffees used in Wilkins are blended and roasted, speed becomes the dominant factar, for Coffee does not improve with age after roast- ing. Not a moment is lost to deliver it to the thousands of Washington grocers. These deliveries are frequent — more frequent in fact by 75% than those of any other blend. WILKINS » COFFEE BODIES OF TWO MEN FOUND IN FOREST Damascus, Va., Residents Believed Trapped by Fire Sweep- ing Woods. By the Associated Press. DAMASCUS, Va, April 8—The bodies of two men, believed to have been the victims of a forest fire which started early yesterday, were found in| the Unaka National Range several miles from here. The dead are Richard Cornett and Bliss Keys, both of this place. They are belleved to have been trapped by the flames. DISTRICT COURT ENDS WEST VIRGINIA SESSION Warning That Liquor Repeaters ‘Will Be Punished Under Jones Act Feature of 3-Day Term. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va. April 8.— United States Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Spring term, ended here Saturday after a three-day Spring session, with Judge W. E. Baker, Elkins, on the bench. There was no grand jury. The sitting was featured by warning by Judge Baker that liquor defendants brought before him in the future as re- peaters would be punished under the Jones act, involving heavier penalties, and that the law would be rigorously carried out. A dozen defendants pleaded guilty to liquor violation charges on “informa- tions” filed by the Government. Fraser Property Is Sold. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va, April 8—Pur- chase of the Fraser property, at Wash- ington and Lorton avenues, Clarendon, ‘was announced today by the Arungwn‘ Investment Corporation. The building will be remodeled to provide offices for the company. The consideration was $10,000. . ‘The Sugar Hound’; Situation Goes Sour —_—— Spe~ial Dispatch to The Star D. Va, April 8.—The amende honorable has been made by Ralph Conklin, ex-serviceman, and Police Officer O. T. Cook and 2 war- rant has been torn up. Cook raided Conklin's house with a search warrant for liquor and found none. Conklin retaliated by publishing in a local newspaper a “card of thanks,” thanking the visit- ing police and referring to Cook as “The Sugar Hound—because Cook m searched a sugar barrel for bot- e . Cook met Conklin while on his beat and asked him if he meant to be personal. There was a brief ex- change and then, according to wit- nesses, the officer knocked Conklin down with his fist. Conklin voluntarily made overtures towards peace after swearing out a ;l.lrrdn.nt and the two men shook n MURDER IS CHARGED IN DANVILLE SLAYING Prisoner Said to Have Declared Victim Attempted to Wreck His Home. Special Dispateh to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, April 8.—Douglas Barker, 30-year-old cotton mill opera- tive, stood charged with murder in Danville Jail today with the death yes- terday evening of Frank Carter, aged 35, whom Barker is alleged to have shot five times on Saturday in a small grocery store near Danville. Carter was shot once through the head and four times through the body and he died without making an ante-mortem statement, since he remained uncon- scious. Barker on surrendering to the au- thorities is sald to have told officers that Carter had attempted to wreck his home. Commonwealth's Attorney P. J. Hundley of Puhvl\-amn today began securing the testimony of five eye- witnesses who saw four of the five shots fired. Carter, they said, staggered from a small room in the store and fell to the stpre floor, Barker following him and putting four more bullets in his body. ESCAPES FLAMES. Virginian, Alone in Home, Unable to Save Furnishings. | LYNCHBURG, Va.. April 8 (Special). —Alone in his dwelling, B. R. Kirby awoke just in time to escape a fire, but was unable to save any of the furnish- ings of his home on the Forest road, half a mile from the city limits. The NEWS BIDS TOBE OPENED FOR SCHOOL BONDS $475,000 Montgomery Coun- ty Issue Will Be Awarded Tomorrow. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 8—At noon tomorrow the county commissioners ]wxu open bids here for the purchase of $475,000 in public school bonds, The issue was authorized by the re- cent Legislature and the proceeds will be used to refund money advanced for the construction, remodeling and equip- ment of public school buildings during the past two years. The bonds will be in denominations of $1,000 and will bear interest at the rate of 41; per cent. They will be re- deemed as follows: $5,000 a year from 1939 to 1943, both inclusive; $10,000 a year from 1944 to 1948, both inclusive; $15,000 a year from 1949 to 1958, both inclusive, and $25,000 a year from 1959 to 1960, both inclusive. The commissioners have been in- formed that the condition of the stock | market is not favorable to good prices | and are, therefore, not expecting the big premiums that county bonds of re- | cent years have brought. Following the opening of the bids, the commissioners will resume the hearing | started last Tuesday on the applica- tion for a permit to establish and main- tain a cemetery on a 200-acre tract on the Persimmon Tree road near the | the Congressional Country Club, in Po- | tomac district. Real estate experts will be heard regarding the probable effect a cemetery there would have on values of nearby property and arguments of counsel will be submitted. JURY VOTES DAMAGES IN AUTO DEATH CASE | $10,000 Verdict Returned Against Lynchburg Man in Favor of Woman. | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. | "LYNCHBURG, Va. April 8—Full | verdict for $10,000 damages asked for in the suit of Virginia M. Lipscomb, ad- ministratrix of Thomas O. Lipscomb, was given against Junius Rose, colored, 2y a Circuit Court jury. Lipscomb was killed by a car driven by Rose December 31, 1927. Motion for a new trial was overruled and defense counsel indicated an at- | tempt would be made to take an appeal. ASSORTED TEA SANDWICHES 5c per dozen; $3.25 per hundred Also Sandwiches for all occasions and box lunches THE PASTRY SHOP 1616 H St. N.W. Met. 6939 loss was estimated at $2,000. 4 Aged Before Roasting 4 WHEN assured “Not a Poundis Sold Tillits 2 YearsOld” Wilkins Cc;ifee is the Coffee that is Aged before Roasting YOU BUY a pound of Wilkins you are of the finest Coffee that can be pro- cured, a — ceaseless care! product of care