Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 11

LOGS AND TREE ANNEXATION SUIT VERGAL TTFALS Briefs Are Presented With- out Argument in Arling- ton Court. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Btar. | ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, May 1.—Appearing before the special tribunal selected to decide on Alexandria’s suit for the annexation of a’ certain section of Arlington County this' mon counsel for both sides decided to submit the case without ar- gament. The court a unced that it would attempt to reach a decision by 11 o'clock Friday morning, when it will convene again at the courthouse. The judges had formerly designated | after getting out of control of its driver, |~ Carl Thomas. said to have been the three days for hearing arguments on | the case and did not learn until this(in a serious condition. | All that is left of a car which, Prince Georges County police report, traveled over 40 feet among the logs and stumps of a swamp near Reds Corner, Md., THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX. STUMPS DID THIS COMMUNITY BODY MEMBERS ELECTED | Annual Joint Meeting of Sandy Spring Neighborhood ’ Is Held. Special Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md, May 1—At the annual joint meeting of the Com- munity Council of Sandy Spring neigh- borhood, comprising 17 organizations of Olney and Colesville Districts and dele- gates from the various constituent clubs, Henry Clark was elected a mem- ber of the council to represent the first of Olney district, to succeed Frederick L. Thomas, removed from the zone, and | willlam W. Moore and Robert Miller were re-elected to represent the second apd third zones, respectively, all being chosen for three years. The second zone includes the first precinct of Olney district and the third zone all of Coles- ville district. The members were “chosen by the finally overturning on a log. driver, was taken to Providence Hospital morning that the attorneys for both| S Alexandria and Arlington County had: agreed to submit the briefs and elimi- Offlcials to Rebury Body When Woman zone, consisting of the second precinct | nate the verbal battle that was expect- ed to take place. Court Asks for Summary. Judge Don F. Halsev ehibur i who was presiding, qisap- | oo o o e Pt £ e i pointment Phat the decision had been | B¥ & Staff Correspondent of The & E\{icr‘\l‘%\ éh I![!\‘::\:gsyfi;;\ml&‘xdbn::;r‘ e t0 o 3 JPF; BORO, Md., May 1.— | identifie s each, | made to climinate the arguments and UPFER MARLBORO, Md y MR i T e asked whether a brief summary of the case could be made at this time by the attorneys. When advised that the prep- aration of the verbal arguments had been abandoned, he stated that the| question would be considered by thei three judges between now and Friday, | at which time it is expected they will have reached a decision. two judges are . W. Hudgins of Chase City and Frederick Coleman of Freder- Icksburg. At the opening of court this morning John S. Barbour, chief counsel for Arlington County, announced that the briefs were so elaborate and covered the question so fully that he felt nothing could be gained by attempting to go into the question again. Albert V.| Bryan, chief counsel for Alexandria, concurred. ‘The first hearing on the suit took piace in-December of 1927, when Judge Samuel G. Brent of the Arlington County Circuit Court was living. He ‘was a member of the tribunal until his death a year ago, when Judge Hudgins was appointed to succeed him. Rich Section Sought. In the suit Alexandria is asking for what 'is described by eounsel as one of the richest sections in the county, com- prising approximately 1,500 acres, in- | cluding Potomac Yards, the biggest single source of tax revenue in the | county. It is within the province of the judges to allow either a whole or a part of the section which Alexandria claims is needed for the development of that city. ‘Those familiar with attorneys on both sides have suggested that an appeal will be taken by .the side against whom the decision is made. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 1 (Special). —Mrs. Carrie 8. Purdum of German- town, this county, has Tiled suit in the | Circuit Court here for an absolute di- vorce from Reverdy M. Purdum, also of this county, charging that on July 1, 1922, she was deserted -without just cause. She also asks the court to award her “the .custody of - the eouple’s only child, Mary Virginia. The couple, ac- cofding to the bill, were married June 7, 1898. Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of Rockville represents the plaintiff. Paul E. Rivers of Baltimere is named defendant in a suit for an absoiute di- vorce filed in the Circuit Court here by Mrs. Madge C. Rivers of this county, who is represented by Attorney Walter Dawson of Rockville. Desertion on Jume 21, 1926, is charged. The couple, so'the bill states, were married in Bal- timore October 15, 1924, and have no children. Dr. Joseph N. Selby of this vicinity has resigned as veterinary inspector for thé Baltimore Health Department and hag resumed the practice of his pro- fession near Rockville. A license has been jssued hére for the marriage of Robert H. Miller, 24, and ;IK! Dorothy Clark, 19, both of Wash- ington. he board of directors of the Mary- land Foxhunters’ Association, just | named by the new president, Z. Mc- Cubbin Waters of Laytonsville, will meet in Rockville Sunday afternoon to copsider plans for the annual field trials and ber-h show to be held in this coynty the week of November 4. The bench show will be staged at the | Roekville Fair Grounds, but the place for the trials, which will be within | easy reach of the county seat, has not bew definitely selegted. s ‘alter Johnson, Clarence L. Gilpin and John A, ler represent this county on the board, and the other di- rectors agé: Charles F. Haight and Louis = Federline, Howard County; Emory H. McComas, J. 8. Archer, Har- ford County; L. F. Mondroff, Frederick County; Launcelot Jacques, jr., Wash- ington Count; Louis W. Earp, Anne Arundel Coun E. W. Conoway, Car- roll County; Arthur L. McEiroy, Dr. Daniel Jenifer and Philip Bowen, Bal- timore County; Percy Cassard, James Harrison and W.. Aitcheson, Prince Georges County, and P. S, Bradley and K. F. Evergain, Caroline County. A Judge Robert B. Peter has signed a decree in the Circult Court here grant- ":fi to Mrs. Cora S. Howard of Laytons- ville an absolute divorce from John A. Howard, near Etchison, and awarding her the custody of the -couple’s ,only minor child, Madalyn. 8. Howard. Mrs. Howard, who was represented by Attorney Joseph L. Donovan of Ellicott City, charged in her bill that because of cruelty on the part of tne defendant she was forced to leave him October 12, 1922. The couple, according to the bill, were married March 25, 1897, and have six‘children, five of them grown. ST ARLINGTON CITIZENS HEAR PROPOSED SEWER PLANS BSewerage System Discussed by Thomas N. De Lashmut, County Sanitary Engineer. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star ARLINGTON, Va, May 1.—At the regular meeting of the Arlington Citi- zens’ Association, held in the Com- night, Thomas N. De Lashmut, county | sapitary engineer, discussed in detail | physical and engineering aspects of | proposed plans for modern sewerage systems in Arligton County. He stated that estimates of the cost involved have been completed, but pending de- cision as to boundaries of sanitary dis- triets this information will be withheld. | Hugh Reid, county delegate to the | spectal Dispatch to The Star General Assembly, presented the legal |- A1 p¥ANDRIA, Va, May 1.—Circu- agpects of the situation. He explained | jajors of petitions secking a vote. on t ctment_of laws and constitu- | {heie proposal g the form of mendments necessary to oper- ! 7 a governmént e g;fll g uncil-manager form to.the riving at an equitable basis of taxation, ayor-council plan, they claim they bond issues and - other | 14 mayor-council gl ) assessmeénts, 1s_of financing the proposition. | J, B. Lowell was elected secrelary for the cnsuing year. ! Announcement was made of the | Masonic minstrel show, to be given at the Patrick Henry School, Friday of this week, at 8 p.m. British mines now are producing more than 5.000.000 tons of coal A week. The other | humed and taken off her land. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | Complains Grave Depreciates Property Claiming the burfal of an unidentified | { man’s body on her land two weeks ago | has proven “detrimental to the renting of her property,” Mrs. George H. Van- thought by the coroner to be Govern- ment property. In her letter Mrs. Vander Water | states she cannot understand how this der Water of Anacostia, D. C., has writ- | mistake was made, as a sergeant from ten the Prince Georges County com-|the fort was present and could have missioners asking that the body be ex- found that the place was privately owned. | Sheriff Charles S, Early, to whom the ‘The body, stripped of all clothing, {was found floating down the Potomac |letter was referred, ‘declared the body | River near Fort Washington. It was|would be immediately removed to the | badly decomposed, having apparently | county potters® fleld. T6TH ST, EXTENSID |WOMAN, SCALDED AS LYE KETTLE OVERTURNS, DIES Mrs. Ollie Somner Succumbs to In- juries Suffered in Accident Last Tuesday. UREED 4§ N Special Dispatch to The Star. Would Connect Gettyshurg| FRONT ROYAL, Va, May 1—Mrs. | Ollie Somner, 85 years old, wife of S. T. With Mt. Vernon Boule- EScmner, died in the Johnson Nursing Home here last night from scalds suf- vard as Memorial. fered last Tuesday, when a kettle in | which she was making lye soap tilted | and overturned. Mrs. Somner was the daughter of SILVER SPRING, Md., May 1—Steps | Benjamin Leach, She is survived by toward the construction and extension | her husband, a daughter, Mrs. A. B. of Sixteenth street to the national bat- | Stokes, of Washington, D. C., and two tlefield and cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., | Sons, Russell and Arthur, both of Front | | i | as a Lincoln Memorial Highway, which | would connect with the new bridge over | the Potomac and the Mount Vcrnon‘ Boulevard. a memorial to Washington, | were taken last night by the Silver | Spring Chamber of Commerce when a | resolution was adopted indorsing the project and a committee was authorized to confer with Federal authorities and | the congressional delegations from Penn- : svlvania and Maryland in an effort to crystallize the proposed project into definite form. | It was pointed out by speakers that this project had been called to the at- tention of Congress years ago, but be- cause. of the attitude of - the national body at that time toward the beautifi- | cation and development of the National | Capital nothing was ever done. In the last few ‘years, however, it’ wa$ pointed out, leading Government officials and members of Congress have chang!d‘ their views and now every effort is being made to carry out the original pians | for the building and development of the National Capital. Favorable Aititude Seen. Recent speeches of President Hoover. Secretary Mellon and other leaders of the Nation and the appropriations Con- gress has recently made for the gov- ernmental projects in the District of Columbja and for the new bridge over the Potomac and the Mount Vernon | Memorial Boulevard were all cited as reasons why now is the logical time to revive this project of a memorial high- way to Gettysburg and to seek: the co- ;rention of the Pennsylvania and ac?ir\:!”l.nd dileiga!iuns in Congress to ely work for th i By e passing of sueh | The resolution was offered by Dr. Ef D. Poston and was sec { M. Hunter. onded by John | Every speaker heart; | enthusiastically praised the x‘;‘r’}u‘e‘:fif Several speakers pointed out that Con. gress had already appropriated more | than $15,000,000 for improvements in nearby Virginia and declared the near- by Maryland and Pennsylvania sections | surrounding the National Capital should also be beautified and improved with eonformance with th¢ broad plan for development and extension of the Capital. It was pointed out that if the project | should cost $100,000 a mile, which | would provide for the construction of | a 200-foot boulevard, the total cost of | the memorial highway from the White | House to Gettysbury would be approxi- mately $5,000,000, or about one-third | the cost of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Historic Significance. By connecting with the Memorial Bridge and the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, the boulevard would connect | the memorial highways of twe Presi- | | dents and also the Memorial mghway‘ for Gen. Fobert E. Lee, which extends to Richmond. At the same tim= it would also directly connect the nation- | al cemeteries at Gettysburg and Ar- lington. The discussion and actioh on the pro- | posed memorial highway followed a | banquet of the chamber, at which Presi- | dent Charles W. Hopkins, presided. Plans for an active r by the Chamber | of Commerce were discussed, the speak- ers being J. Donald Claggett, Dr. L. M. Christie, Dr. P. D. Poston, Capt. Prank | L. Hewitt, John J. Dolan, I C. L Evans and Albert Buehler. | The nominating committée reported | { that it had made the following nomina- tions for the annual election to be held the second Tuesday in May. For president, John J. Dolan; first vice president, Dr. P. D. Poston; second | vice president, Dr. L. D. Christie; sec- retary, Walter Funderburk, and treas- | urer, Frank Proctor. GOVERNWENT CHANGE munity Hall, Columbia Pike, Monday:; PETIT|0NS COMPLET Signatures of Required Number of Voters Will Be Presented to Alexandria Judge. have obtained the signatures of more than the required number of voters and will present the petitions to Judge Howard W. Smith of the Circuit Court by June 1 Although only 1,097 signatures.are necessary to put the proposal to a vote, it is said 1,250 persons have signed the petitions, while 1t is tinue the work until Plannrd to con- the petitions are carried hefore Judge Smith, | King's Daughters Circles, has appointed They were: | Royal. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church here Friday after- noon. CONVENTION PLANS GROUPS ARE NAMED State Meeting of King's Daughters and Sons Will Be Held in Alexandria in Fall. WOODLAWN, Va., May 1 (Special). —Mrs. Marion Ballenger of Mount Vernon district, county president of the the following committees on arrange- ments for the State convention of the International Order of Kin{es Daugh- ters and .Sons, W will held in Alexandria, October 15 to 17. The con- vention is to be entertained by the Fairfax coun!{“nuln{mflon, composed of three ecirel in Fairfax County, Woodlawn and Mount Vernon circles of Mount Vernon district and Royal Helpers of Falls Church. and two circles therefore, would be $8,430,000, delegates, 10 of whom were present, from a list of 10 nominated for each zone, each delegate submitting & nomi- nation for each zone. The holdover members of the council are: Josiah W. Jones and P. G. Ligon, first zone; Rich- ard H. Lansdale and Milton H. Ban- | croft, second zone, and G. Rust Canby | and Granville Thompson, third zone. * The council considered a number of | matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. The road committee called attention to the need of repairs on the Woodside Cemetery road and the matter (was referred to a special committee consisting of P. G. Ligon and Richard | H. Lansdale. Letters from a number of | clubs were read concerning commercial |and agricultural courses at the Sandy | Spring High School, four favoring es- ‘ tablishment of a commercial course and one continuance of the agricultural course in addition, while another sug- ]uest"d improvement in the existing agri- cultural course, but no action was taken, |“nd reports from the secretary and reasurer were submitted. Affiliation Discussed. A suggestion that the council affiliate with the Montgomery County Civic Fed- | eration was discussed at length and the | matter was referred to the officers for | decision. | | A report was presented showing the | o opinion of .the State Department of Health to be that the water supply at | the Montgomery County General Hos- pital, Sandy Spring, is pure and the | | sewerage . system satistactory. D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY T, 1929. Better ... Safer. .. and Wenger had been drinking togeth- er and “fell off asleep.” ‘Wenger, a son of Peter Wenge: POLICE INVESTIGATE VIRGINIA MAN’S DEATH Riley Riffey Held After Charred Body of Hardy County Resi- dent Is Found. of 'ham County, had been residing at Lost [City, W. Va., for the past five years, |!He leaves a widow and four children, [NEW POLICE SUBSTATION (ESTABLISHED AT TAKOMA Special Dispateh to The Star. | Sergt. E. H. Burdine Is Placed in HARRISONBURG, Va., May 1.—As | Charge of Unit Located the body of Ben Wenger, 32, sawmill operator, was laid to rest today at Briery * in Fire House. By & Staft Gorrespondent of The Star. Branch, his old home, Hardy County, A " ities continued their in- TAKOMA PARK, Md., May 1—A e new substation of the Mon ery vestigation into the mysterious circum- County police has b estal e stances surrounding his burning to|the new fire engine house here, to death Monday night near Lost City, handle county and State police busi- W. Va,, 50 miles northwest of here. ness. S« Oharred remains of Wenger's body | Dech detalled to this section for some years, has been in charge of the were found in the ruins of the Feed- | substation, whlcgifidumnm fitted more Schoolhouse, in the mountains of | quarters. Hardy County, W. Va. Coroner Hawse ' - A new telephone service, 'intercon- of Hardy County said he found no | nected with the police system, has been marks to prove foul play, but Prose- | installed, and the station may be reach- cutor W. T. McCauley is not satisfled | ed by calling Shepherd 2100. At times that Wenger's burning to death was ac- | when Sergt. Burdine is out, calls for idental. ald will be switched to the Northern District substation at Silver Sharing in Riley Riffey, 25, Wenger’'s companion the night before the fatal fire, is under ing in connection He denies any knowl- edge of the fire, but admits that he Park, who handles the town lice work. and Longer Lasting T the Briery Branch section of Rocking- | SUBURBAN NEWS." l I E. H. Burdine, who has | the office is !:vvvrllm%ut- | Lindbe: shaw. chief of the town bailiffs of Ta- | koma po.jammnfl as to which would be wed. Than Any Tzre Ever Made he ability to design and manufacture such notable contribu- v 2 1 FIVE ESCAPE DEATH IN AUTO ACCIDERT Machine Hangs Puflfi;mly on Bridge Edge After Cmi- . ing Through Rails. Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va, May 1.—Five persons narrowly averted being hurled to death last night when an automo- bile in which they were riding crashed through the rail coping of Crooked Run Bridge, near here, and hung precip- itously over the edge while its occupants climbed to safety. 4 ‘Those in the car were Roswell Booth- by of Clarendon, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zimmerman of Detroit, . Mich.; Mrs. Jim Jordan and Miss Lucille Jor- dan of Front Royal. All sustained cuts and bruises, Boothby requiring several stitches to close & deep gash in his cheeks. ‘Lindy” to Lose Matrimonial Bet. MADISON, Wis., May 1 (#).—Lieut. Donald Keyhoe expects that $1,500 will be due Phil Love from Col. 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This is the - [ Gas Go. of Priiadsiphis, wilmake & € BN 7 DS NN\ G 4 < Gas €o. ol hilade] will mal s W D 7t - N /N =3 < Dropesition next week, it Is reported. ) ( %‘%(Qq (0 €) o) ??, (™ i (\C T/ 2 i disizonid AT A ',.‘fl-\ //‘Q > ,,Jp \ 47 B y'v_" e RELIEF FUND CLOSED. [(g: € A 3 %> : : o . . $8,430,000 to Go to Distressed Brit- L & t ish Mine Workers. A LONDON, May 1 (#).—The lord 2 y: mayor's fund for the relief of distressed miners has been closed with a total of H $4,215,000. To this amount the govern- 1 ment “pound for pound” grant must be 4 [ added. The total amount for relief,