Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 5

3 SUBUR KENSINGTON GRADE - HEARING STORMY Delegation Before Roads Commission Engages in Verbal Tilts. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE., Md. May 4--Amid furroundings supercharged with acri- mony, the Maryland State Roads Com- mission for more than two hours yes- terday at its offices here sought to get the opinions of citizens ot Kensingion on the location of a struciure which would eliminate the pi rous, wailroad grade crossing. Although the members of the com- mission d that they had obtained two very good suggestions which they would take under consideration, neve theless, they were obtained h diff culty and only after a serics of D £onal, verbal- clashes between residel of the town appearing at the h There were constant interruptior Jowing innuendoes thrown out that town officials and others bad concealed in- formation or had vsed ulterior methods in dealing with the situation Not a few times during the hearing there were outbursts of what might be icrmed rowdyism. when personalities were injected, followed by cries of “Let’s throw him out” “Stop him, *Shut him off” and like expressions, while the commission members looked on aghast. Such actions brought forth a statement from Mayor Lucien B. Ernest of Kensington (hat he w the commission had gotien the that 1t was a fighting community. Serator Vol nt dang; es Objection, At one point in the hearing State Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington protested against a personal atiack on Vhim launched by Harry M. Martin of ! Kensington and told the commission that if it permitted the speaker to go on i this vein, he would withdraw from the meeting. g After considerabie of this forf of pro- cedure, Howard Bruce, associate mem- ber of the commission, brought the Thearing suddenly to an end, when he said that heated argument was evident and the hearing was making no prog- ress under such conditions. He ex- plained that te commission wanted to Told a hearing in the town as soon as all of the plans were ready. He told the audience that he thought the un- derpass proposed east of the railroad station had great disadvantages. How. ever, he pointed out that the commission had dealt with such problems before, and that it would try to please as many ' as possible, and that it the desire of that body to place the cr ing where it would hurt the minimum number. Pleading that the commission not consider selfish interests in_coming to @ conclusion as to the location, B. H. ‘Warmer, jr., asked the body to do that which would be of the most benefit to the town of Kensington as a whole. Saying he favored an underpass east of the railroad station, Mr. Warner said it should be reached by a new road starting at the present Jones Mill road and running direct to the underpass. H told the commission he would gladi, dedicate the land for such a road, from West Chevy Chase to the railroad tracks in Kensington, a distance of approxi- mately 8,000 feet, and for any width the State Roads Commi deemed necessar Answering the cl real estate interests were behind one of the projects, he praised these men, sald they showed vision. However, ho opposed the direct extension of Connec- ticut avenue, on the ground that it was already congested in the town of Ken- sington. Present Crossing Drawings. ! Detailed drawings for an approach to an overhead crossing were presented by A. C. Warthen, a builder, of Kensington. He proposed { Irom the terminus of Connecticut ave- nue, which would involve the purchase of one lot and the part of another. Hy asserted that the overhead cr ng as proposed by the comm on would ¢ ate a dangerous corner at the inters tion of Bladensburg road and Metiro- ‘politan avenue because of an additional hazard to school children. The com- mission was told by Mr. Warthen that his plan would be from $25000 to $40.000 cheaper than any other and contended that his plan was more prac- tical than any yet presented. Opposition to ‘the overhead crossing was opposed by B. A. Hammond, be- | cause, he said, it would damage a large number of property owners, including himself, who bought properly in the belief ihat the crossing and station would be left where 1t is At this point occurred the three- cornered controversy between Senator Jones, Mr. Martin and Cbariman_ Ul ©of the commission. Martin started out to tell the inside story” and to give the “real reasons” for the opposi- tion to the overhead crossing. He said the main oppositi r who, he said. “ever medicinal subway to cary Past his house.” “Stop! Throw him out! We want mone of that!” filled the air from all directions of the room, when Senator Jones announced that he personally ob- Jected to the attack and told the com- mission that if it was permitted he would leave the room and withdraw from the hearin; Charman Uhl then advised Mr. Mar- tin that the commission was not inter- ested in personalities, but w views of the speakers on the {wo bropo- sitions, and asked him to confiie his remarks to them the traffic rge that | make a gradual curve | nted the | BAN NEWS. THE EVENIRG STAR, of through traffic as is possible. He | sald that he would be glad to dedicate | any of his property that would be nec- LIVE STOCK DAY of the room of "I signed jt and knew that he had signed it under alleged matter, and she asserted that he re-cutting demonstration are featuring BY GEORGE PORTER. “Staff Correspondent of The Star, | At this point Mr. Martin picked 'pl - | the petition offered earlier in the lear: | ing as having been signed I people | “who knew what they were signing.’ and charged (hat it was obtained by false statement: There were ¢ s from seve: PSR SRR, what T was signing.” and scveral vom-! Qne Girl Among Entrants in | en in the h(mrinz room ||m|'r.t(c;] to (m:r | fcet and advanced, glaring at the speak- | 5 4 |5 But Martin continued 1o talk ana | University of Maryland said that even the names of children were on it. He turned to one man in Exh'blts | the room, who nodded his affirmation - | false representations. | | Mrs. John Scrivener then came for- ward and said that she was the lady who talked to Mr. Ray, the man who s had nodded his head to Martin. She| COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 4 alleged that she simply went to Mr. Ray | tests in sheep shearing, can rolling, | and asked him how De fet about the |stock fitting and showing, and a_meat- | plied that he was in favor of anything [“Live Stock day” being staged at the at benefited the town. She said she | University of Maryland today | erely told him that the proposed right| The event is sponsored by the Live of way would be 50 feet wide and sug- | Stock Club of the university, a student ted that he take a tape line and scertain just how much of his property would be taken. 1 Frank Long of Garrett Park then| moved to strike Martin's testimony from the record. Shakes Admonishing Finger. “You keep quict, young man” Martin | ed, shaking his finger in Lon face. ‘Then there began a general dis- cussion, which nobody could distinguish. Long said that he would benefit by the proposed overhead crossing. but that | he didn’t want any benefit that would | | be a detriment to 200 other citizens and | neighbors. He said that if the over-| head crossing was built; it should be done without the taking of private property. He told the commission that if the owners of land who were spon- soring the proposed overhead were re- | quired to dedicate the land themselves, | their ardor would immediately become | Iukewarm, | Charges then were made that Mayor Friest had withheld information s to the public hearing of yesterday until| Thursday night. However, Mr. Bruce alled the mayor Tuesday and | asked him if Friday would be all right. Mayor Ernest took the floor at this | point, and demanded proof that he had | ihe ‘informatfon _about the hearing | Monday night. He said that he was | called "Tucsday and asked if Friday would be all right, and he then took | the matter up with the members of the | council. When this was found to be | satisfactory. he said that he then called | those in the town who had asked to be notified. Several people in the hearing indicated that the mayor had told them | of the hear | -The mayor said that he didn't in-| tend to inject himself into the hearing so far, but that there are some things that tax the limit of human endurance He detailed conferences held in con- nection with the grade crossing elimi- nation and said the matter had been | ) discussed with opponents and pro- | | ponents of the subway. He said the | | council, after these conferences, favored | the subway, but had taken no stand on_the roufe of approaches. Nirs. Scrivener here arose to her feet again and charged that the taxpayers {had been treated unfairly in_the whole matter, bec: e the council had not held & hearing, at which they could | air their views. | “Please advise me what we could hold a hearing on,” said Mayor Ernest. | “There are no plans ready.” Let Mr. Bruce answer that ques- tion,” said Chairman Uhl and it was then that Mr. Bruce brought the hear- ing to a close, by stating that the | commission would hold a hearing in the | town when the plans were completed He said that the commission would n: be ready to appear Friday night, as suggested by the mayor, as it would not have all the information, but he said it was'no use going ahead with yesterday's hearing any further than it did, and added that when the commi sion went to Kensington everybody would have & chance. shoul beauty it stands out in lonial reproduction. PENNSYLVANIAN IS SLAIN. Youth Who Shot Police Chief Is Killed by State Forces. WASHINGTON, \Pa.. May 4 (#)— | Henry Orris, 23, was shot and killed by | State_police and Washington County | detectives yesterday in a small farm- house near Raccoon, a few hours after |he had shot and eritically wounded | William Core, chief of police of Bur- cettstown. | Core was wounded last night while | attempting to serve a warrant on the voung man and a brother, Herman Orris, who were wanted for the theft of | several cows. The chief of police was in & critical condition at a hospital | here tod: | — ALEXANDRIA. | ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 (Spe- | cial) —Virginia_'taxpayers must pay |their capitation taxes today in or- | |der to qualify for the ~Demo. | cratic primary fo be held in August and the general election of local and | State officials to takeé place in Novem- ber. City Treasurer Roger C. Sullivan | Will open his oftice at City Hall from 7| 1o 9 o'clock tonight to receive the taxes | {of persons unable to call during regu- lar_hours. | Frank ‘W. Noxon, Harry B. Caton | and Eugene’ Lindsey have been named | members of a committee which will en- d vor to raise $6,000 for the complete | reorganization and promotion of Boy | Scout work in this city. Forty-seven dogs, captured running | he streets without muzzles or licenses, have been destroyed with at the city stables this week, after first waiting | |several days for some one to claim Bair e o Sterling Sherbets, six. Others to . Sterling Fruit Bowls. SILVERWARE, F1ssT FLOOR. good taste and artistry it sterling, here for the new bride. Five pieces, $400. P 817 organization, which will award ribbons for first and second places in each class and the championship in each division Loving Cup to Be Division champions will Is donated by Alpha G aternity, while the r obtains possession for a year loving cup given by the facuity of the dairy and animal husbandry depart- ment of the university. The pr to the way in which the animals have been fitted and the manner in which v are shown. Entrants in the sheep- iven. 0 receive m: ing contest will be adjudged on a| while the judged on sis of time and effic can-rolling contest will time alone. the winner in events ency, be latter each of the two The list of entrants shows one girl. Miss Mary Ingersoll, will exhibit in the Guernssy dairy cow and Dorset-Meriy sheep fitting and showing contest: Lamb Cuts Demonstrated. Under the auspicies of the extension service of the University of Maryland and the College of Agriculture, D. W. Hartzell, expert of the national live WASHINGTON, | by a committee compris s will be awarded according | A cash prize will be given | | and Amb : 5 A SATURDAY, MAY 4, 192 SUBURBAN NEWS.’ 5 stock and meat board of Chicago, dem- onstrated a number of desirable lamb cuts little known to the housewife. The demonstration was held in university auditorium at 12:45, at conelusion of the contest and showings, which ran_from 9:30 to 12:30 The day’s schedule will be concluded with a banguet in the university din- ing hall at 6:30 this evening. The con- tests and other events were arranged 2 Dr. DeVoe Meade, Joseph C. Long, Prof. R. C. Munkwitz, Llovd E. roshon, H Hoopes, N. E. Pennington, H. L. Ayres, A. H. Schreiber, Prof. L. W. Ingham, S H. Holter, Prof. B. E. Carmichael D. V. Holter, Prof. W. E. Hunt and R. Henry. Gen. Ransoms’ Son Suicides. WELDON, N. C., May 4 (P).—C nsom, 50, son of Gen. Matt W. Ran- a former ador to Mexico, was found dead in bed in a hotel here vesterday with two bullet wounds in his head and a pistol beside him. The coroner gave R som, a verdict of suicide and no inquest was | held. the | the ! United States Senator | ALDERMEN WILL PASS ON BATHING COSTUMES Chicago Council Parade of Beach Attire at Session Monday. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, May 4.—Charming young women in one-plece bathing suifs arc going to parade in the staid chambers 'of Chicago's city council Monday, and | the councilmen are going to watch them closely- y as a matter of duty to | "Not that the solemn aldermen w: | the job—it came to them, in fact, en- | tirely unsolicited, all because one of their number decided the beach_attire Jf the fair lake-front frolickers 1 it might be, S0, the glrls to ments on a cloth e Monday znd see how much—or how little—the coun- cil will sanction this Summer. Japan sent more than | pounds of tea to this country last year. 10™ 11™™ F aAxD G STREETS Will Witness —All of Montgomery ang their gar- | | | 224 hunting licenses were issued by the office, 214 being to residents and 10 tc non-residents of the cdunty. ROCKVILLE. At the funeral of the Bishop o Lewes, England, recently two of hi L:rothers officiated and five others acte: s pallbearers. 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Davidson, 71, who dicd “yesterday at his residence near Woodlawn, Fairfax County, was taken today to Warren, Ohio, his for- {mer home, for burial. Mr. Davidson | was a retired business man. He is sur- | vived by his wife. he degree team of Alexandria Post, No. 24, American Legion, conferred de grees upon a class of candidates from Quantico and Fort Humphreys last night at Armory Hall, Mrs. Llewellyn F. Dyson has been Mr. Martin replied. that he vould do that, but he thought the commission should have before it the motives and Feasons for the opposition. Mr. Bruce said that the commission would determine the sons for itself, Stress Traffic Need. F. D. McKenney, who said he had his country home in Kensington, tcold the commission that he concurred in what Mr. Warner had said. He pointed out that traffic throuvh the town was increasing and there was a need more or less for a parallel through Ja He ted president of the Alexandria High sald that the traffic going to Roc > | School unit of the Parent-Teacher As- should use Connecticut avenue, and that | sociation, with F. Clinton Knight vice the other traffic should use Prince | President, Mrs. Elmore Mudd secretary ‘George or St. Paul street, and have an |and Mrs. C. C. Batcheller treasurer. overhead or underpass at either of their | A delegation from Virginia Lodge, No Junctions with the railroad track. [1076. Loyal Order of Moose, will go to Any underpass that ted, he | Marlinsburg, W. Va., tomorrow to pay jecontended, could be so lighted and po- | & visit to the Martinsburg lodge. Hiced so that the people conld have no| ‘Taylor Burke, Herbert Cross, Dr. Nel- fears about using it. He said that un- |« iray, Alfred Thomson, Joseph iderpasses were being put in everywhere. y, Dr. H. A. 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