Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 10

0= SUBUR BAN NEWS! NEW ROADSURGED INPRNCE CEDRGES Police Force Also Reappoint- | ed at Meeting of County Commissioners. ‘ By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ! UPPER MARLBORO, Md. April 10.| ~—Consideration of four requests for thc | construction of roads, and the reap-! pointment of their present police force | featured the weekly meeting of the Prince Georges County commissioners yesterday. The policemen reappointed are Sergt. H. G. Machen of Hyattsville, and Pvts. | V. M. Nichols of Bowie, Frank P. Prince | of Meadows and Claude A. Reese of Berwyn. All were authorized to serve | a term of two years. Circuit Court Judge Joseph C. Mat- tingly appeared before the board of commissioners ir behalf of the con- struction of a State lateral road from Gordons Corner to Oxon Hill This| highway has been requested by a large | number of prominent citizens residing in the vicinity cf Oxon Hill. Opposition Expressed. Opposition to a proposal submitied two weeks ago, by a delegation from a neighboring community that two short stretches of improved road be built between the Baltimore boulevard and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks in Berwyn and Branchville was expressed by a group of citizens from Berwyn Heights, who urged instead the construction of a road from the boulevard to the Edmonston road, by ‘way of Central avenuc and Waugh and Washington avenues, in Berwyn| Heighs. | ‘The group consisted of 11 men and ‘women from Berwyn Heights, who ap- | peared as representatives of the voters and taxpayers of that town. Their spokesman, Charles F. Worden, told the | Board of Commissioners that the two short stretches of road would not con- tribute in any appreciable degree to the solution of the traffic problem. &he Berwyn Heights route would, however, | serve to connect by improved highway all the towns on the Baltimore Boule- vard, including Branchville, Berwyn and | Berwyn Heights, the several communi- | ties along the Edmonston road and | those on the Defense highway between | Bladensburg and Annapolis, it was claimed. Arguments for Project. ! Other arguments in favor of the | project were contained in a six-page typewritten brief, a copy of which w-.s‘ presented to each commissioner. As an alternative the delegation asked that, if the Berwyn Heights route were dis- approved, the route through Branchville be authorized. This would follow the Branchville road to Howell avenue, from which point it would go via Newton | street_and Huntley avenue to Waugh and Washington avenues and the Ed- monston road. Besides Worden, others in the dele- | gation were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C.| Corkhill, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sterz, | John J. Kleined, Fred C. Frost. Mrs. | Louise M. Gardiner, Mrs. Daniel J. MacDonald and Mr. and Mrs. Jean R. Brelsford. The construction of a lateral road | connecting the Baltimore boulevard and | the Columbia pike between Beltsville and Colesville was urged in a petition of interested citizens who pointed out that there is now considerable traffic | over this route and predicted that the volume of travel would greatly in- crease if a State road was erected. Among the backers of this project are G. C. Gibson, John T. Thompson, J. G. Parker, Robert P. Jones, Milton L. Whipp, J. H. Jones and Augustus nsion as a country road of the Branchville rcad from its intersection | with the Edmonston road to Glenndale | on the Defense highway was requested | by another delegation. | MELVILLE D. BOWERS, | M. U. EDITOR, DIES| T riulilt Succumbs at Daniels, zhrk Home Following Brief Illness. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 10.— Melville Dorsey Bowers, agricultural editor of the University of Maryland Extension Service, died yesterday at his home at Daniels Park, near here. He had been ill only since last Friday. He is survived by his wife, Adelaide Carr Bowers; a son and two daughters. He was 41 years of age. He was the .Iznnnal’m. lng‘ers. George S. Bowers o re. .; was a duate of Roanoke College, Salem, vn'.l:. and for- mer editor of the Roanoke Times. In May, 1920, he became associated with the Extension Service of the Uni- versity of Maryland as assistant in Jjournalism. He progressed rapidly and soon became editor of the service and assisted_in the administration of the work. His unusual ability as a coun- selor soon made his personality - felt t! ghout the entire service. r. Bowers was a charter member of the University of Maryland Post, No. 90, of the American Legion and held the office of finance officer since the forma- tion of this organization. Just after the war period he rendered vajuable service in the office of the di- nftar of sales, War Department. —_— LODGE ADDRESSES ' HEIGHTS CITIZENS Sixteenth Street Association Peti- tions Express Companies to Extend Deliveries. ‘The Sixteenth Street Heights Citi- zens’ Association, at its meeting in Northminster Chapel, Alaska avenue and Kalmia street, last night, was ad- by Thomas okt S i s Aan lent _of e American University Citizens’ Association. schools of the Nation. e T the ?.“m of the United States -:fi | to ask Mr. Shirley to take immediate | Lodge, newly | e itizens’ Ad- THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY. A\PRIL 10. 1929. BERWYN HEIGHTS REQUESTS ROAD Group of citizens struct an improved highway les F. Worden, chairman of the delegation (at left). Mrs. f::r)::s. C. H. St:rl: Mr. and Mrs. Jean R. Breesford, John J, Kleined, Fred C. Frost, Mrs. Louise M. Gardiner and Mrs. Daniel J. MacDonald. Berwyn Heights who yesterday requested the Prince Georges County commissioners to con- i from the !a‘llnwre boulevard to the Edmonston road through, their community. Others in the group are Mr. ARINGTON WONAN WIS STATEPRIE IMrs. Emily - Coville Honored and Mrs. Ernest C. Corkhill, TONAMED TOASK ROAD IMPROVING Fairfax Chamber - Appoints George Harrison and E. H. Allen to Petition Byrd. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., April 10.—The Fair- fax County Chamber of Commerce, meeting last night in the schoolhouse | at Lincolnia, appointed George Har-| rison and E. H. Allen as members of the joint committee from Northern Vir- ginia which will present to Gov. Byrd and Chairman H. G. Shirley a special petition to adopt emergency measures if necessary to have all unfinished links in the highway from the Arlington Me- morial Bridge to Mount Weather, in Loudoun County, hard surfaced hnme~‘ diately. Mr. Harrison was also desig- | nated to attend the next meeting of the | Arlington County Board of Supervisors | and ask for the appointment of a com- | mittee from that board to join the| delegations already appointed by the | Fairfax and Loudoun County super- visors, Fairfax and Loudoun County Chambers of Commerce and Rotary Club of Leesburg. It was pointed out in the discussion last night that excel- lent fishing was available near Mount | Weather, and that only approximately | 13 miles remains to be hard surfaced. “No project in Fairfav County will be more beneficial or bring more wealth into Fairfax County,” declared Mr. Harrison last night, “than the comple- tion of this short connecting link with | the Valley of Virginia.” , Ask Curve Safeguard. This committes was 2ico instructed | steps to safeguard the dangerous curve | on the Richmond-Washington highway at Gum Springs, in Mount Vernon dis- trict, where serious accidents are of al- most daily occurrence and where last week the bus load of Cornell Univer- sity athletes met serious disaster. The highway committee was instructed to present to the Arlington County super- visors and county engineer, C. L. Kin- | nier, a request to correct the dangerous | conditions _existing on the Columbia | pike near Barcroft on the south side of Four Mile Run, where accidents are nu- merous. The chamber indorsed the project of | Charles Colfax Long, who is planning | the preparation of an illustrated lecture on Virginia similar to “Washington, From Dawn to Dusk,” which he pre- sented during inauguration week. E. H. Allen was designated to represent the Chamber of Commerce at the district meeting of the Virginia Co-Operative Education Association at Occoquan. Mrs. E. D. Vosbury was elected a dele- gate to the “all Virginia conference” of the Virginia State Chamber of Com- merce, to_be held at Virginia Beach, | May 10-12, to discuss State needs in | the building of new Virginia and the operation of the new 10-point State| Chamber of Commerce program of ac- tivities. % Ask Aid for Aviators. Upon uest of the publicity com- mmgz t;eeq Fairfax County board ot‘ supervisors will be asked to paint on‘ the roof of the new Courthouse build- ing at Fairfax direction markers for the guidance of airplanes, in accordance with the request of the United S'.BYAESY Department of Commerce. The pubucl utilities committee was instructed, to | assist the people of the Franconia com- munity who are asking for telephone service. George Smith, who last night outlined the existing situation, stated | that while the community was located in the territory of the Lorton Telephone Co. -the subscribers were desirous of connecting with the Bell Telephone system through the Alexandria ex- change, if permission can be secured from the State Corporation Commis- sion. A request of Mason Hirst for the ap- pointment of a committee to ask the board of supervisors to use the prison- ers in the county jail on county and district road construction projects was| tabled and J. W. Brookfleld of Spring- field was appointed a committee to consult with Judge Howard Smith as to the feasibility of such a plan. ABOLITION OF INDIAN BUREAU ADVOCATED Baltimore Woman Voters Told of! Alleged Graft and Corrup- tion. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 10.—The aboli- | tion of the Indian Bureau was advo- cated by Miss Julia A. Thorns of Ashe- boro, N. C., before the Baltimore League of Women Voters here yesterday. i Miss Thorns has been investigating | bureau in Washington recently. She told of alleged “graft and corrup- tion” in the bureau and the “deplorable | POLICE TO INVESTIGATE SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT | Randolph Millholland of Cumber land Suffers Skull Fracture. Reckless Driver Sought. Special Dispatch to The Star, Iy RS dent to former County Road Director | his three sons, requiring the sons to | Contract to Pick Jewish Wives fer Sons Is Held Valid Part of Earnings Held in Trust for Sons by Bal- timore Merchant. By the Assoclated Press. 1 RICHMOND, Va, April 10.— The | United States Circuit Court of Appeals | here yesterday handed down an opinion | in which it was ruled that a contract | ntered into between Louis Cohen and | work faithfully for the father and to marry Jewish girls approved by the elder Cohen, was valid and that money Louis Cohen of Baltimore charged off | his income tax as credited to the sons’ accounts under the agreement was le- gitimately reported. The decision was given on a petition to review the de- cision of the United States Board of Tax Appeals, which held that Cohen had no legal right to make such an| agreement. | The record in the case shows that the elder Cohen sought to insure by | contract not only the business, but the | happiness of his sons, Jacob, Samuel and Benjamin. | This odd business-marital contract, | entered into January 1, 1919, required Mr. Cohen to pay the boys 25 per cent of the net earnings from a wallpaper business owned by the father. The money was kept to their accounts and | they could not draw from the accounts | “until such time as each of them shall marry, at which time the amount stand- ing to the credit of said son or sons shall be paid over to him, together with interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum. - | “Provided, however, that it is re-| ouired of each son that when he or! they do marry, that they marry or con- tract marriage with a party of Jewish | faith and Jewish parentage, subject to the approval of said Louis Cohen and his wife, Sara Cohen.” In reversing the Tax Board of Ap- peals the court expressed the opinion that the board had attached “entirely too much importance to the marriage provision.” “It is true,” the opinion added, “that | marriage is a personal matter and has | nothing to do with the service rendered | 4 by the sons. But the breach of mar- riage condition did not forfeit the extra compensation already earned.” DISTRICT RESIDENTS RELEASED FROM JAIL Liberty Given After Marlboro Au- thorities Fail to Make Charges. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 10. | —W. R. Carpenter, 30 years old, and | John Conley, 35, both of Washington, who were arrested Sunday night by Prince Georges County policemen after a chase at & high rate of speed over three State highways and held at the Marlboro jail for investigation, were | yesterday afternoon relased, -following | the failure of the authorities to prefer charges against them. Police who made the arrest reported | that twice, as they were about to over- take the car, smoke screens were | dropped, and the machine escaped. | The arrest was made sometime after the second screen had enabled the car to outdistance the officers. No liquor or smoke-screen equipment was found in | the machine, but the arresting officers | claimed evidence of the latter device | being recently removed led to their t:lélng Carpenter and Conley into cus- v. The two men were set at liberty fol- | lowing several conferences between po- | lice and the State's attorney. LAMAR EXPLAINS STAND. | Denies He Sympathized With Per- sonal Attacks on Senator Jones. George H. Lamar, Rockville delegate to the Montgomery County Civic Feder- ation, in a letter to The Star says: “The report of the staff correspond- ent on the meeting of the Civic Feder- ation of Montgomery County, utvub- lished on page 17 of your issue of the 9th instant, while correctly stated that I raised a point of order against what was deemed to be unaparliamentary language on the part of another dele- gate, in his reference to the State Sena- tor for Montgomery County, represents me as saying that I “was in complete sympathy with what the other delegate was_saying.” “The only foundation for the lan- guage quoted consisted tion made by me to the gentleman | against whose remarks I raised a point | of order to the effect that I 2 | differed with the State Senator in his official action with reference to the! county courthouse mject. ‘This state- i & per- made on the Sena 'h I protested.” sonal atf tor.and against wi NEW ROAD FUND PROBE. 8. Swan, Contractor, Called Ec fore Grand Jury. 1 , Re- | i | of | the line running to ;until a law was passed SEWER FIGHT ENDS WITHCONSTRUCTION COunty. Supervisors Settle : Long Controversy Over Line in Clarendon. BY LESTER N. INSKELP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., April 10.—Acting on the authority given them under an act of the last Legislature, the board of county supervisors is now bringing to a definite close an issue that has tried their serenity and that of other county offi- cials for the past 10 years. ‘The bone of contention has been an open sewer at Clarendon and Fort avenues, and the supervisors and mem- bers of the engineer’s office were unable to do anything about it until the State Legislature gave them the power to assess adjacent property owners the cost of the work, providing that they were petitioned by at least 60 per cent of the persons affected. ‘This petition was presented recently to the rd and work is now under way in the laying of more than a half- mile of main line. It will extend from Clarendon_and Fort avenues to a line in Lyon Park that is owned by the real estate firm of Lyon & Pitch. Cost Only $4,500. ‘While the total cost of laying the main trunk lines be only about $4,500, it is expected that the lateral lines that will be constructed to it will double this amount. The lateral lines will be handled in the same manner as that employed on the financing of the trunk line, the citizens presenting a petition to the board and being assessed the entire cost. ‘This petition has not yet been pre- sented, but, according to Thomas N. De Lashmutt, county sanitary officer, is now being circulated and will prob- ably be presented at the next meeting of the board, which takes place next Monday. There are between 25 and 30 homes to be served by the new line in a sec- tion that has never before had sewerage, its nt termina- Lk;lh where it drained into an open There are between 25 and 30 homes to be served by the new line in a sectlolt: hthlltmhu nen'r belgge l)':‘m nwer; age. the line running presen termination where it drained into an open ditch. ‘The county health officer at one time employed legal action in an attempt to | force ihe closing of the open sewer, but at that time there was no I ition in effect that could be used to force the issue, the matter lying dormant it would permit definite action. Head of Trunk Line. The new line forms the head of the be ed thickly populated sections of the county At the opening of the April term of Circuit Court, which takes place on Monday, Commonwealth's Attorney Wil- liam C. Gloth and State Senator Frank L. Ball are expected to present to the court a petition to consider the entire county as one unit in setting the bound- aries for the work. Original plans called for several dis- tricts, the boundaries of which were set, but met with the opposition of other sections that wished to be included in the first project carried out. i Following a decision on the bound- aries, the court will be asked to set a date for an election on a bond issue to finance the sewerage system. MISSING MAN ARRESTED. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 10.—Ar- thur Swope, 38, Berkeley Springs, W. Va., where he was foreman in a sand quarry, missing since November 18, was arrested at Westernport, this county, on a non-support ', Wi he had been working in a mine and living under an assumed name. Swope disappeared at Hagerstown and several persons were held for quuumw theory that he might have murdered. Trails led to Alexandria, Va.; Phila- delphia and other points to no result, until this week, after his demnu his family tried to collect insur- ce. Corns Put them to Sleep Instantly, | then Lift them Off! L.op a little “Freezone” on an aching orn, instantly that corn stops hurt- . then shortly you lift it right off with fingers. Your druggist - sells a tiny bottle of “Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, and the oot callouses,. ithout soreness or by National Federation of Musig Clubs. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEE HEIGHTS, Va, April 10—A resident of Arlington County less than, o year, Mrs. Emily Coville of Lec Heights, was the winner Monday of the State prize of the National Federa- tion of Music Clubs in a contest held at Fredericksburg. She will be a par- ticipant in the forthcoming district contest for the privilege of participat- ing in the national contest at a later date. Mrs. Coville, a dramatic soprano, came here elfilt.mmm ago from Iowa, where d, Perkins Coville, was professor of forestry at the Iowa State College, and has since risen to considerable heights in music circles in and around Washington. While the amount, Mrs. Coville feels that in win- ning the contest she is well on the road to a music career that may bring both fame and fortune. Her first concert since winning the State prize will be before the Ashton Heights Women's Club at a meeting to be held April 17 in the clubhouse. She has been in concert work for the past ‘Twelve of the most distinguished scientists of the world have been invited to be leaders of the 500 members of th> British Association who will visit South Africa this yeas. Of Lee Hieiohte, Vac, wie wos ihe State 8. contest ol!l‘m National Federation of Music Clubs at rg. She will participate in the district contest for the privilege of entering the national con- mnréolnoun(m MRS. A. H. COHEN CHOSEN. By & Staft Correspondent Zt p'lr'l\;e ls;ar i CLARENDON, Va., a meeting yesterday of the Business and Professional Women'’s Club of Arling- ion County Mrs. Albert H. Cohen, president, was- elected delegate at large to attend all of the State conventions and Board meetings for the next two ears. % The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Charl who served luncheon. It was decided to hold a meeting of the executive com- mittee on Monday night, April 22, at the home of the president. Knott_in Clarendon, | servis SUBURBAN POWER WAR WAGED BY FOUR COUNTIES Citizens in Southern Maryland Resent Encroachment -of Utility Company. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 10.—Citizens of four Southern Maryland counties have entered the “power war” between the Consolidated Gas & Electric Co. and the Suburban Electric Power Co., by protesting to lic service com- mission against the encroachment of the Consolidated into territory which they considered should be controlled by th> Suburban. A copy of resolutions passed at a joint ties was sent the com day requesting that it rescind its or- der permitting the extension of electric | to North Beach and Chesapeake Beach and approve application of the Suburban to serve this territory. Banded Together. In their protest, the residents in- formed the State regulatory body that they have banded together under the name of the Southern Maryland elec- iric power committee and “will exert every proper and legitimate means at their command to fight for the restora- tion of this disputed territory to the Suburban company.” The resolution pointed out that the Suburban company had demonstrated its good faith through construction work and service to Southern Maryland effected 2t a loss to the company, and then when it was able to extend iis ce to the two towns, the “cream of the territory.” its rights were hand- ed to the Consolidated. - It was said the two towns offered 0 possible consumers, or about 25 NEWS."” )y the Suburban. A special committee cf eight mem- bers, with John B. Gray, jr., as chair- man with two tatives irom of the countles, asserted that ‘he ccmmission had acted unfairly to he burban when it approved the appli- tion of the ted, flled had made plans el ty in the four counties. According to the committee, the Con- solidated has :'\:z heretofore expressed a willingness to develop even a part of the territory and has steadfastly re- fused to make extensions, although ap- pealed to by the citizens. The entire electrical system of the four counties as planned and territory without el ttee said. receipt of the protest Chair- man Harold E. West announced that the case would be reopened and the l‘:t':r‘m a hearing would be announced TREES ARE PLANTED ON CRAIN HIGHWAY Boys of Reform School Aid Project at Cheltenham, Md.—More ‘Work Planned. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHELTENHAM, Md., April 10— Under the direction of District Warden O'Keefe and Supt. J. P. Pyles, boys of the reform school here are planting about a mile of tulip r trees along the Crain Highway front of their institution. ‘The trees, which have been secured from the State Forestry Nursery at College Park, are planted about 100 feet apart on each side of the highway. As_they are erected within the road’s right-of-way no charge is made to the landowners. Altogether about 110 trees are to be set out. They constitute the first of a series of roadside tree plant- ing projects planned for 1929 in Prinec Georges County by District Forresis~ ‘Walter J. Quick, gr. W, P. Toses & Sons SINCE 1861—SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE F Street at Eleventh 9AM. t0o6P.M. . We and The Summer Porch Room Main 3770 Open The Garden Room N settings similar to those in which they will be used in your own home, we have assembled the lovely pieces that are so essential to full enjoyment of your porch, lawn _ and garden this Summer. 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