Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1929, Page 10

- RUNGTONCOURT HAS LIGHT DOCKET Only Five Indictmenis Re- turned by Grand Jury. Three Cases Ignored. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., April 16.—The April term of the Circuit Court opened here yesterday with but five indictments by the grand jury, all being for violation of the liquor laws. The grand jury ig- nored three other cases, This is the smallest criminal docket in the local court in a long time, officials said. There are|three cases of an important nhature. carried over from the last term, all of which were set for trial by Judge Howard W. Smith. One is the case of Norwood Estes, 17-year-old Ballston youth, charged with” manslaughter in connection with the death in January of Mrs. Frances Bowbeer of Clarendon. Estes was the driver of an automobile that struck Mrs. companions as they were alighting from a bus near their homes, The case will be heard April 22. On the day following, Mrs. Eva Steiner and Mrs. Louise Francis will | g0 on trial on charges of performing an fllegal operation. Clarence Walter Schutt, 20 years old, of 2000 block H street, Washington, will be tried on Monday. April 29, for an alleged at- ck upon a 12-year-old schoolgirl rly in the year. Those who_were indicted vesterday were: Harry Reed and Nelson Fertney, charged with transportation and pos- session of liquor; Arthur D. Lyles, driv- ing while drunk: George Fones, posses- sion of a still; Ethel Connor, colored, second offense sale and possession, and John C. Wade, transporting and posses- sion. Reed pleaded not guilty and was sen- tenced to pay costs of $40.50 and serve a month in jail. the jail sentence being suspended. Fertney pleaded guilty and was assessed a total of $97.50 in a fine and costs and a 30-day suspended jail sentence. Ethel Connor pledded guilty to a second offense of violating the liquor laws, the first having occurred on Feb- ruary 20, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $97.50 and serve three months in Jjail. The jail sentence in the former case had been suspended. ‘Wade pleaded not guilty and his case was set for April 22, Lyles entered a like plea and will be tried on April 24. Fones has not been apprehended. MT. RAINIER ELECTION OFFICERS APPOINTED By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md, April 16— Appointment of election officers and se- lection of a new road supervisor fea- tured a meeting®of the mayor and coun- cil here last night. Mayor Fred Negus, with the unani- mous approval of the councilmen, ap- pointed A. M. McFadden and E. A. Bean clerks for the town election to be held May 6. At that time the citizens will vote for town officials, and also ballot on a proposed additional property tax to support the Volunteer Fire Depart- ment and on the question of garbage and trash collection. Henry Cleveland, who for some time has been assisting in the road work within the municipality, was elected road supervisor, suceeding A. Lewis, who resigned to engage in private business. Bowbeer and two | R. L. Eacho to Quit County Federation in Forming Body. 1 Greater Benefits in Former Status, Ashley Heights Man Says. By Staft Reporter of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, April 16—A “Back to the District Club” of Arling- ton County, men and women in favor of the Yeturn of that county to its former status as a part of the District of Columbia, will be organized next month, if plans being made by Richard L. Eacho, member of the Ashley Heights Citizens’ Association, are carried out. Mr. Eacho expressed dence today that the club will be launched with a large membership. many residents of said Mr, Eacho, | “who have weighed the advantages of | belonging to the District against the | slight advantage of the suffrage in Vir- | ginia and have become convinced that the best interests of all who live in the | county will be served by its return to | the District.” Mr. Eacho said that he intends to re- sign his positions as delegate from the | Ashley Heights Citizens’ Association to the Arlington County Civic Federation and to the Arlington District Council and devote his entire time to the move- ment to make the county once more a {part of the District. Results Are Expected. “T feel that if I give as much time to this movement as I have given to civic | work in the past few years a great deal can be accomplished,” he said. “It is | only the interests of the people of Ar- lington County which I am working | for. I figure that it costs me from $375 to $400 more to live in Virginia than it would cost me for the same conven- iences in the District. A great many | men and women in the county agree | with me and sre ready to join the pro- | posed_organization.” ‘When the club is organized it is planned that it shall devote its energies to legitimate propaganda in favor of the reconstitution of the District along its original lines, at least so far as Ar- lington County is concerned. Members of the House and Senate will be inter- viewed and supplied with literature on the subject, and an attempt will be made to interest them in the project. In figuring the increased cost of liv~ ing in Arlington County, as compared with the cost in the District, Mr. Eacho said that the toll system makes tele- phone rates amount to three or four times as much; that most of the county {is charged a great deal more for elec- tric light and power, gas is more costly, water rent in the aggregate much high- er, and merchant licenses greater. “We have the vote and we pay cur * said Mr. Eacho, “but we have equate sewage system, streets nor sidewalks. The money for roads is wasted. Our schools may have to shorten their session for want of money. Our teachers are underpald, as com- they leave whenever they get a chance.” Interest to Be Roused. Those working with Mr. Eacho have ing out the=ir purpose, except to arouse the people of the county and interest Congress_in the movement. "They are pared with those in the District, and | no definite scheme in mind for carry-| ARLINGTON CLUB TO FIGHT FOR RETURN TO DISTRICT | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. TONE BODY FAVORS G PLANT PERMT |Arlington Concern, However, Required to- Use Brick Instead of Iron. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., April 16.—Approv+ ing the location, but objecting to the exterior col ction, as shown by the plans, Arlington County Zoning Com- mission last night decided to recom- mend to the board of county super- visors that they grant a permit for the erection of an ice plant at Barcroft by the Arlington County Ice & Fuel Co., providing the company agrees to make certain changes. ‘The provisions laid down by the com- mission are: ‘That the plans be changed to prevent the loading platform from extending beyond their ‘rtopeny line; that the company abandon its plan to have the outside of the building covered by cor- rugated iron, using brick instead, and that the architecture be made to con- form with the residential section in ¥ | which the new building is to be located. Official Is Heard, The decision of the commission was made in executive session after L. C. MacPherson, the builder, and M. L. Jackson, an official of the comy::‘y appeared in the open session and said that they were willing to remove the section of the building that extends upon the right of way of Columbia pike The foundation has already been placed, and it will be necessary to shorten the building at one end in order to conform. ‘When questioned as to their willing- RICHARD L. EACHO. _ willing to leave the means to be de- termined later when they have suc- ceeded in stirring up sentiment in its favor. They are not say, whether Congress tion requesting the Virginia Legislature to, return_the county, or whether it is effected by a resort to the courts. Whatever plan is workable is the one which they intend to support. Mr. Eacho and others have been quietly working to prepare the way for a definite movement of this kind for several months, They have found that a majority of those in the county who favor it are women, and they believe this is because the women of each h?":hmmfltd fre“ r‘r.ou cll:isclly in touch wi actual ving conditions n the county than the men, because they Ness to move the building back for a spend more time in thMr homes. | sufficient distance to permit g to Ever since Arlington County—or | 9 done on their own property, and not Alexandria County, as it was then |On the State right-of-way, both Mac- called—was retroceded to Virginia by | Pherson and Jackson said that would Congress in 1846, there has been e impossible because of a waterpower periodical egitation in favor of iis Wheel that is to be constructed in the return to the Federal Government. rear. 'Hoth made It plain that they L i | intended for the building to extend to MRS. ZANTZINGER BURIED. ‘The decision of the Zoning Commis- sion leaves the officials of the plant in a quandary, since the proper permit { for construction of the plant has not April ‘ been L;;;xed l‘rndh“ hnnwk for the 16—Funeral services for Mrs, Shelly | Supervisors, if they ypers L) Chew Zantzinger, widow. of Otway 'B | to refuse & permit, leaving the building Zantzinger, prominent Washington and | but partially constructed and with the Prince Georges County realtor, who Machinery due to arrive any day. died Saturday at her residence, 3307 R | The commission also considered street, Washington, were held yesterday | COMPIaint about a garage that is said afternoon at Trinity Episcopal Church | !0 be in operation in Fort Myer Heights. here, where she became the wife of | C. L. Kinnler, county engineer, said Mr. Zantzinger. Pallbearers wer .| that an application for a permit for W. Sinclair Bowen, Dr. Charles C. Mar- | the garage had once been refused by bury and John Duer, all of Washington; | the supervisors and that it was being Robert Barton, Baltimore; Judge T.|Operated wilhout a permit. The matter Van Clagett, William S. Hill and Dr. |is now in the hands of the supervisors Reverdy Sasscer, all of Upper Marlboro, | and commonwealth’s attorney, he said. and 8. Marvin Peach, Hyattsville. In-| It was stated by the commission that terment was in the family lot in Trinity | they intend to make an investigation | the right-of-way. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, COURTHOUSE SITE INQUIRIES PLANNED Montgomery Commissioners May Pass Motion Asking Sale Figures. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Staft Corresponden\ of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 16.—An- square west of the courthouse for ac- quiring a larger site for the proposcd new county seat structure, will be taken this afternoon, it is stated, when the county commissioners pass a motion to the property there to determine what sale of their property. By this move the commissioners will be able to determine whether anyone owning property in the square is dis- to block the courthouse project by refusing to dispose of their holdings. The proposal to purchase is made nec- essary by the fadlure of the Legislature pass an amendment to the present ndemnation law, which would have authorized the county commissioners to condemn land for any public use. Their authority now is confined to condemna- tions for street and road opening, widening and improvement. Possibility of Delay. Should any of the property holders refuse to name a figure or state that they are not disposed to sell, then, it was said, the matter will have to await until the next session of the legisla- ture, when another effort will be made to put through s condemnation law. But this will not prevent acquisition of the other property, and it is understood the officials plan to go ahead with the money made avajlable in two bond is- sues passed at the last session of the general assembly and with as much of | the emergency funds as are necessary !to carry the project to a conclusion. ‘The additional bond issue for the courthouse project allowed $30,000 for the purchase of a triangle of the square -west of the courthouse, and for moving Court, street westward. Another bond issue provided $50,000 for the widening of Montgomery avenue, the street whicii carries through this town the heavy east and west traffic. West of Court street it is very narrow and seriously checks traffic. This money is to be used for the purchase of 16 additional feet. This project will make it necessary to take part of the Farmers’ Banking & Trust Co., and another building on the front. As these buildings are right on the line, it will be necessary, it was inted out, to move the front walls g:ek. which will be an expensive re- modeling procedure, damages for which will have to be paid for out of the $50,000. It was added that this is near- ly half of the total bond issue of $175,- Iooo sought for the purchase of the en- Church Cemetery, the remains being | of a barbecue stand that has been open- tire block. placed in the grave of Mr. Zantzinger, | ed on the Lee Highway near Park Lane. who died about a year ago in Florida. | The meat roaster, an open affair, is Mrs, Zantzinger was the daughter of | believed too near the highway, Chair- the late Judge B. B. Chew, who was man Fred A. Gosnell said, and may appointed associate justice of the | cause traffic congestion by cars parking seventh judicial circuit of Maryland in on the highway. 1883 and presided over the court at pe e T O Battling With the Waist Line. Upper Marlboro. Her brother, R. B. B. | Chew, now practices_law in Pr!nu’ | “Tummy” reducers are still occupy ing a prominent position upstage ani Georges County and®the District of Columbia. Mrs. Zantzinger is survived by a one of the latest electrical vibrators on daughter, Miss Marie Louise Zantzinger, | the market for removing excess flesh | and three sons, Richard Chew, Otway operates on an ordinary house circuit rryman and Franklin Davenport (and is constructed for direct or alter- | Be) Zantzinger, all of Washington. nating current. What splendid records for dependability - Washington’s two finest trains have established The CAPITOL Limited To Chicago 95.8% on time for nearly @ years Leave Washington: 3:15 P.M. The NATIONAL Limited. To Cincinnati, Loulsviiie, St. Louls 97.8% on time for nearly 4 years Leave Washington: 6:30 P.M. It may be several weeks before all of the information is available from the property holders; and if they are found to be reasonable, it was sald, prompt steps will be taken to begin acquisition of the land, so that the project may be inaugurated. ! ~surthouse are anxious to see the proj- Reign of Burglar in Nearby Maryland Ended. Police Think, With Suspect Taken other step toward the purchase of the | have inquiries made of the owners of | figure they will ask the county for the | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md, April 16—Mont- romery County police believe that they have s @ series of in the metropolitan district during the last several weeks with the arrest of Jovect, Weahingian, fouo ng. & repart street, n Wi of an attempted robbery Sunday of the home of A. B. Fennell on Saul's road in Kensirgton. The man is being held nlrhe Bethesda substation for investi- gation. When the police received the report of the attempt to enter the Fennell home from Daniel Lee, who works for | the former, according to the officers, Policeman Claget: hurried to the scene and found Williams in the rear of the Fennell home. He denied attempting | to entet the home and said he was ot | in Bethesda Saturday. John Sumner | of Betaesda told the officers e saw the man walking on the road near the Engine House about 9 o’clock Saturday night. This was sald by the police to be shortly before Mr. Craig of 7007 Arlington road, Edgemoor, reported that some one got in the window of home and was frightened away as Mr. | et Sonce of the S o Bl wb- o ver sub- | station and Sergt. Burdine of Takoma | Park station also questioned thé pris- oner as to his whereabouts at“the time of the assault of a woman in Takoma Park recently. He told them, the police | said, that he was taken into custody in | ‘Takoma Park at that time, but was sub- sequently released. 'RECEIVERS NAMED | IN SEWERAGE CASE| Appointment of Three Made for| Clarendon Corporation by Judge Smith. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., April 16.—Com- ing as a complete surprise, the suit having been filed late Saturday, Com- monwealth's Attorney William C. Gloth and Police Judge Harry Thomas yes- terday appeared before Judge Howard W. Smith in Circuit Court to ask that receivers be appointed for the Claren- don Community Sewerage Co. After listening to the petition Judge Smith appointed &s receivers Gloth, | Hugh Reid and Edgar W. Pumphrey. | In the suit, which was filed in behalf | of the Arlington Trust Co. and Po-| | tomac Savings Bank, it was alleged | that the company is insolvent and that | its merger six months ago with the | Clarendon Sewerage Corporation was | egal. . | It is expected that the lines of the | company will be taken over by the| | county "under the' new sewerage ex- tension plan. ect go forward promptly because of the | crowded and unsatisfactory conditions under which they have to work to carry on the increasing county business. | Some of the employes are forced to work in the cellar of the building, which was never designed for offices and is most unsatisfactory. ‘There is not even a hearing room in which the county commissioners can conduct hearings on various matters, and such proceedings are on the in- crease because of the fact that the county is fast assuming an urban as- pect. - The county commissioners’ room is very small, and after the.commission- ers are in, there is not room for more than a dozen or so spectators, who are forced to stand near a rail which sep- | arates the room. The new county | bulldings in Bethesda and Silver Spring have large hearing rooms for just such Collecting Bounty on 23 Pelts Ob- purposes, but it is mot always prac- ticable to transfer these hearings from Officials whose offices are in the| the county seat to the suburban district | any hotel, cafe, restaurant or places ca- | headquarters. This dealer said— ee’l‘llm’lsam_ls* are finding it the best FUR DEALER INDICTED IN “WEASEL PLOT” i tained Outside County Charged | Against Staunton, Va., Man. | Special Dispatch to The HARRISONBURG, Va., April 16.—A | third person was implicated fn Rock- ingham County's famed “weasel plot” | yesterday when Prank R. Stump, Staun- ton fur dealer, was indicted on a petty larceny count. Stump is charged 'ith| having collected the $1 bounty on each of 23 weasel pelts obtained from out- side of Rockingham County. Two convictions already have been obtained in the “weasel plot,” which cost Rockingham County more than $600 on as many weasel pelts presented for bounties last December and January. | Welty Minnick of Maryland drew a six- month State road sentence and Lester Webgler was fined $100. monwealth’s Attorney D. Wam- pler Earman contends that the weasel pelts were shipped in from outside Rock- | ingham County, the bounty collécted on the scalps and the pelts returned to the original owners. State witnesses at | the two trials declared that it was rare | for a trapper to catch more than a half- dozen weasels in the county in a season. DENIES POISONING WIFE. Murder Suspect Is Taken to Ches- | ter County, 8. C., Jail. YORK, 8. C., April 16 (#).—Rafe King, indicted for killing his school~ teacher wife, was arraigned in York County Superior Court iate yesterday afternoon. and committed to Chester County Jail at the request of his attor- neys. He pleaded not guilty. The warrant charges King with slay- ing his wife by use of poison. Her body was found in the rear of ‘their home at Sharmon. Luray Bans Tourist Soliciting. Special Dispatch to The Sta: B LURAY, Va., April 16.—A town ordi- | nance has been adopted by the local| council forbidding the time-honored | custom of “barking or otherwise solicit- ing tourist business” on the streets by toring to tourist trade or their agents. ' | 'he proposition, however, NEW CHEVY CHASE TAX RATE APPROVED Section 2 Residents Indorse Committee’s Administra- tion During Year. Special Dispatch to The CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 16.—Resi- dents of Section 2 at their annual meeting in the library last night ap- proved the mew tax rate and budget for the coming fiscal year, as prepared by the citizens’ committee, and indorsed the administration of the committee during the past fiscal year. The citizens approved the special levy of 35 cents on each $100 of assessed property, which is a 5-cent reduction ‘over the past year, when the village tax rate was 40 cents. The mew budget, which was also approved, provides for the expenditure of $24,600 during the coming fiscal year. Budget and Plans, Explained. * Dr. C. C. Clark, chairman of the committee, and Pred R. Parks, the vil- Iage manager, explained the budget and the plans for expenditures of funds for the coming fiscal year, while John W. Smith, treasurer of the village, submit- ted the annual treasurer's report for the past fiscal year, showing expendi- tures of $25343.05 and receipts of $29,584.74. ‘The largest item in the new budget is $7,000 for the maintenance and im- provement of roads and parking. The budget also provides $5,800 for public service and $3,100 for street lighting Other items in the budget are: Libra: and post office maintenance, $1250: police protection, $1,920; interest on $12,000 mortgage. $ village man- ,700; curtail on mort- ” $1,000, and for contingencies, Protests Are Heard. Many citizens had appeared at th~ meeting to protest against the erection of the proposed new apartment build- ing near Western avenue, in Montgom- ery County. No action was taken on because Dr. Clark announced early in the meeting that he had just been advised that dav by Dr. Ben C. Perry, suburban county commissioner, that the sponsors of the project had withdrawn their applica- tion for rezoning this section and that the apartment house project had beer abandoned. The citizens’ committee of section 2 and many citizens of that area had previously filed protests with the Board of County Commissioners and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission in op- position to the erection of the apart- ment house. Dr. Clark’s statement that the project had been abandoned was greeted with applause. ‘The beautification of Chevy Chase Circle, the Chevy Chase Fire Depart- ment, sidewalks and the collection of trash and garbage were discussed. ——— Rose Culturist Is Dead. PORTLAND, Oreg., April 16 (#)— William 8. Sisson, 83, nationally known rose culturist. died here yesterday. He i‘“l :o:n in Wales and came to Oregon n 1874. o line to buy” sfia?:fi: gasoline uny DARD N7/ like the “If ¢ yon’fe rest of them — you want gas that gets you out of traffic jams before theline pilesup, or the ‘stop.’ signal flashes You want a gas that’s got pick-up, flexible power and speed. Here it is. The improved ‘Standard. “But don’t let me influence you. 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