Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 10

SUBURBAN NEV CITIZENS T0 STUDY + RATES FOR WATER Civic Group Protests Charges on Basis of Minimum Quar- terly Consumption. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., May 8.—Adjust- ment of charges made for water in the county to conform to a rate prom- | ised prospective consumers before the system was installed is advocated by a Tesolution adopted by the Arlington County Civic Federation at its regular meeting in community house of Lyon Park last night. Charges are made in the resolution that prior to the installation of the system and when the matter of a bond issue was pending residents were advised that water rates would be established on a minimum basis of $0,000 gallons per annum. ‘This has been changed according to the resolution, consumers being billed on & minimum basis of 10,000 per guarter, with the result that a water user consuming not more than 40,000 per annum, but more than 10,000 in any one quarter, is required to pay a eater charge than the per annum rate for 40,000 gallons. Investigation Is Ordered. The resolution, which was offered by phe executive committee through its thairman, Hugh McGrath, instructs the sanitary committee to investigate the . matter and to endeavor to obtain an adjustment which will result in the original rate plan being put in force. #An amendment to the resolution, offer- ed by Arthur Orr and adopted, provldes| that the committee inquire into the reasonableness of the excess rate. Investigation and report on sewerage problems now before the county is also asked of the sanitary committee by the June meeting by another resolution. Putting the finishing touches on & project which for several months caused grave concern among the civic workers and property owners of the county, the meeting adopted a resolution of thanks to the N. Auth Provision Co. of Washington for withdrawal of its application for permit to erect an abattoir on its property on Columbia ike. g Various organizations and individuals of the county, the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Md., are tendered thanks for their “able assist- ance” in connection with securing the Withdrawal of the abattoir permit ap- | plication, by a resolution offered by the executive committee and adopted. Favor Road Project. George B. Harrison of Herndon ad- dressed the meeting seeking co-opera- tion of the federation in a movement “for road improvements that would give & good and direct highway from Arling- ton Memorial Bridge to Mount Weather, | ‘which been suggested as a Summer ‘White House. A resolution offered by Mr. Harrison and adopted puts the | federation on record in favor of the| project and urges necessary action by | ihe governor of the State and the State | ‘highway commission to make the im- jprovement possible. The importance of all factions of the county coming to an immediate decision s to the most desirable type of develop- ‘ment for ‘Arlihgton County of the fu- ture was stressed in an address by P. P. Woodbridge, secretary of the Arling- ton County Chamber of Commerce. The, county lacks a definite idea or plan for development, Mr. Woodbridge de- clared, and the people must soon decide if the county is to be residential or in- /dustrial. While not making any rec- ommendations as to any particular type of development for the county, Mr. ‘Woodbridge cited the growth of other communities to show what might ‘be expected in the way of economic bene- fits from both residential and indus- trial development, leaving the decision as to which would be most advantage- ous to the judgment of the citizens. Acting on motion of Mr. McGrath the meeting started plans for a county- wide clean-up campaign. The motion provides for the appointment of a com- mittee rmauve of the three mag- isterial of the county to sub- mit & plan of action. 21 PUPILS SCORE PERFECT IN MUSIC MEMORY TEST {Thres Rural Schools Tie for First + Place in Annual Competi- tion at Marlboro. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 8.— Twenty-one pupils of the rural schools of Prince Georges County made perfect scores and three schools tied for first place in the fourth annual music mem- ory contest in the Parish Hall here Monday. . When the tie was broken, Forestville ‘was awarded first place, Glen Dale cap- tured second and Silver Hill third. The pupils who made perfect scores were: Mildred Wilson, Accokeet; C. Hy- miller, Camp Spring: R. Lusby, Camp ; Dorothy Pete::, Cheltenham; Elizabeth Wetherall, College Park; Har- old Tallman, College Park; Elizabeth Taylor, Berwyn Heights; John Bickford, ‘Berwyn Heights: Robert Springer, Bald Eagle; Marian Pollock, Jane Anderson and Bernard Mattingly of Forestville; Lilllas Keim, Robert Beatty and Lester lein of Glen Dale and Helen Middle- n, Elizabeth Duvall and Edith Per- kins of Silver Hill. SECOND JURY BRIBE TRY BARED IN ELLER'S TRIAL Venireman Approached in Chicago * Case on Election Riots, « Officials Learn. "By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 8—The second at- tempt to bribe a prospective juryman in the trial for election disturbances of Zour followers of City Collector Morris Eller, head of a political faction here, was disclosed late yesterday. Earlier in the day another venireman told of having been approached in an effort to get his vote for acquittal in event he was selected for jury service. Frank Szymanski, being examined 85 a prospective juryman, told the court three men had promised him $200. to $500 if he would agree to return a ver- dict of acquittal. Michael Heppe, the first venireman approached, named Paul Harters, a former candidate for alder- man, as one of the men who asked him to “give the boys a break.” Judge Frank Comerford in Criminal Court asked Szymanski to name the three men who attempted to bribe him and ordered the trio brought before the court as soon us apprehended. ‘The four Eller aides on trial are: State Senator James Leonardo, Sam Kuplan, Rocco Fanelll and John Ar- mondo. No sdditional jurors ‘were se- cured todsy, eight having been pre- viously accepted. VETERANS Cl:lANGE MEET. ‘Confederate Group of Virginia to Parley in Petersburg. DANVILLE, Va., May 8 (Special).— The annual convention of the Virginia Confederate Veterans will be held in Petersburg and not in Danville as planned, it is learned. The executive committee which an- nually selects the meeting place made sthe change, The meeting will be held A June, w . yre e MARYLAND 0-EDS CROWN MAY QUEEN Rose Alice Laughlin Rules for Day at Fete for Seniors by Jurfiors. University - of Maryland co-eds crowned Miss Rose Alice Laughlin of the class of "29 Queen of the May in the annual junior May fete given on Gerneaux Green yesterday in compli- ment to the senior class. Miss Laughlin has won miany honors during her college career. She is pres- ident of the Pan-Hellenic Council, secre- tary of the senior class, secretary of the students’ assembly, member of the Foot- light Club and New Mercer Literary So- clety, sponsor for the first battalion, R. O. T. C., and president of her social fraternity, Kappa XIi. Dances Tell Story. In a ceremony depicting the union of the land and the sea, Neptune chose his queen, and, after crowning her and selecting her court, presented a tableaux of dances introducing to her the “sub- jects” of their watery realm, including the winds, the oceans, starfish, sea flowers, sea sirens, Circe, walruses and a bevy of green sea waves, who danced a “sea pole” dance as the climaxing fea- ture. Interspersed between the dances were several vocal selections, with Misses Leonore and Virginja Blount al- ternating in solo numbers and offerin several duets. They were accompanie by Edgar Jones. Attending the queen as maids of honor were Misses Emily Herzog, Edith Burn- side, Betty Garber and Mary Murray, Miss Mitchell Is Neptune. Miss Margaret Mitchell carried the role of Neptune; Miss Rosalie Nathan- son was Triton, and Miss Isabel Bewick was Circe. Others in the cast were: Oceans, Misses Elizabeth Jones, Caro- line Chesser, Genevieve Wright, Curry Nourse and ' Virginia Fooks; «sea fish, Misses Adelalde Grey, Felisa_Jenkins, Elizabeth Kirkwood, Loraine Magruder and Elsie Stanford; sea flowers, Misses Aline Boswell, Minna Cannon, Char- lotte Clemson, Ruth Reed, Marion Lane, Katherine _Siehler, 'Christine Simmonds, Edith Stinnette and Isabel ‘Tolson; winds, Misses Elizabeth Car- michuel, Margiret Karr, Maryvee Glass, Roberta Harrison. Sea sirens - Misses Catherine Barns- ley, Norma Finch, Rosalie Goodhart, Roberta Howard, ~Virginia Kalmach; Lilllan - Lunenburg and ner. Misses Dorothy Aspinal, Eleanor Baumel, Madeline Bernard, Mildred Kettler, Ruth Miles and Vir- | ginia Smith; echo and narsissue, Misses Marian Bullard and Jane Hammack. Waves—Misses Marguerite Claflin, Margaret Creeger, Regis Dunnigan, Isa- bel Dynes, Eames Harrison, Estelle Hoffa, Margaret Leighton, Grace Max- well, Florence McLeod, Margaret Meigs, Evalyn Ridout, Elsie Ryon, Barbara Schilling, Annie May Snodgrass, Alice ‘Taylor and Louise Townsend. o FINES . TOTAL $1,835.45. Prince Georges County Court Sub- mits Monthly Report. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. May 8— Fines and costs totaling $1,835.45 were collected in Prince Georges County Po- lice Court during April, it is revealed in the monthly report Thomas R. Hen- ault, clerk, submitted to the commis- sioners yesterday. The sum was realized from 179 cases, according to the report, 102 of which involved infraciions of the motor ve- | hicle laws. | . Woman in Race for Legislature. STAUNTON, Va.. May 8 (Special). — Mrs. John W. Todd. jr., has announced herself as candidate for the House of Delegates, subject to the Democratic Lower: Principals in celebration presented by juniors of University of Maryland. the queen and Margaret Mitchell as Neptune. 4 ESCAPED CONVICT SHOT BY GUARD Prisoner, Wounded Twice in Lung, Eludes Officers for Two Hours. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALDIE, Va, May 8—Struggling through mountain underbrush for sev- eral miles with two gunshot wounds in his lunge, Wilbur L. Sorrow, a convict, sentenced to 15 years, was finally cap- tured by guards after he had escaped from a prison road camp near here yes- terday with another 10-yeat™ prisoner. The gunshot wounds were inflicted by James Edward Lawler, guard, who along with other guards pursued the two men through the mountain passes here. The 10-year man, whose name could not be learned, is still at large and a posse is at present beating the moun- tainous area here in search of him. Lawler found Sorrow lying exhausted in a wooded patch several miles from Aldie after he had followed a trail of blood through the heavy wooded growti. He lifted the wounded convict to his back and carried him to Aldie, where he was later removed to the Warrenton Hospital. Physiclans there say his condition is serious, but have hopes for his_life. The sensational escape came late yes- terday afternoon, while more than 200 convicts were working on the State road between here and Middleburg. The men. suddenly threw down their tools and made a dash for liberty. Some dif- ficulty was encountered by pursuers, due to the heavy underbrush, and it was two hours before Lawler discov- ered Sorrow and shot at him. The con- viet struggled on through the moun- tainous region until he fell exhausted and was captured. Sorrow was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Danville court for robbery. Police here expect to capture Sorrow’s companion within a few hours, SPECIAL VALUE! 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It was followed by a recessional in which the queen of May was escorted in triumphant procession before her kingdom of health, wealth and wisdom. ‘The festival was arranged and staged by the teachers of the school, Miss Zola B. Payne, Miss M. E. Sharp, Miss Helene Brown, Miss Mary B. Miller and Miss Cecile Brewer. Six-year-old Mary Alice Fabre was the queen. Her court consisted of Catherine Blandy, Audrey Gemeny, Mary Elizabeth Thompson, Madeline St. Jacques, Lilllan Andrews and Charlotte Smith, maids of honor; James Birchell and Herbert Broderick, heralds; Charles Smith and Russell McCormick, pages, and Betty Chinn and Dorothy X, flower girls. . Willlam McCrory died recently in Belfast, Ireland, just before reaching | his 109th birthday. THE “CLASSIK” —Castelberg’s latest creation in an 18-kt white gold mounting. This charming ring will improve the beauty of your diamond and will make it right up-to- date. To introduce this handsomely made mounting we are offer- ing it at an extrémely low price. WEDNESDAY, MILDER DRY LAWS Declares Jones Law Probably Will Defeat Self Through Its Consequences. | By the Assoctated Press. WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May 8—| George W. Wickersham, former Attor- | ney General in the Taft administr: | tion, believes a more general observance | | of the prohibition law would result from | |a legislative scheme of small penalties | easily enforced. i Speaking befors the students of Wil- | liam and Mary College, he said: | “The policy of the Jones law, which | seems to_compel observance of the pro | hibition law by more rigorous penalties, - | probably will defeat itself through the | | consequences it entals. It requires the | prosecution by indictment and not by | information in every case. This will| | mean one of two things, either a very | large increase in the number of Federal judges or the continued embarrass-- ment of civil litigants in the delavs | caused by the swelling tide of criminal indictments and trials under the pro- hibition act.” Mr. Wickersham's address was the setond lecture of the Cutler Foundation of the Marshall-Wythe School of Gov- ; ernment and Citizenship on the Consti- tution of the United States. Dr. John Garland Pollard, dean of the Marshall-Wythe School and candi- date_for governor of Virginia, presided. Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin, who was instru- mental in securing the establishment of the $100,000 Cutler Foundation, in- troduced Mr. Wickersham. | Yesterday Dr. Goodwin was host to | the speaker and to Mr. and Mrs. Henry | Ford at Restoration House. Pastor Receives Call. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 8 (Special). —John C. Petrie, pastor of the Unita- rign Church here, has been asked to consider a call to the pastorate of First | Unitarian Church, Memphis, Tenn. different _qualities wi Jerred MAY 8 SUBURBAN NEWS Left to right, front row: George Wickersham, former United States Attorney General, and Henry Ford. Secend row: Thomas Mott Shaw, architect; Dr. A. R. Goodwin, director of restoration. Striker and Mrs. Thomas Mott Shaw. | | | | Third row: Mrs. Henry Ford, Mrs. M. —Assaciated Press Photo. Mr. Z.E. Hargett, of Charlotte, N. C. *A lubrication engineer’s definition of oiliness: ... . two _lub ing the same viscosity ma differences are commonly re- to as oiliness.” - FIREMEN NOT TO PARADE. |clared today by captains of local fire- Winchester Convention Celebration |ciation unanimously decided to have Abandoned—Expense Cause. WINCHESTER, Va., May 8 (Special). —There will be no “fireworks” or parad- ing during the annual convention of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association here August 13, it was de- t The executive committee of the asso- the .convention meet late in the Sum- mer here, but Winchester firemen said they did not feel financially able to sponsor a celebration, in view of the ex- penses they incur annually in thelr ap- | ple blossom festival participation. Hawali's population now is 348,767. STUDYOF CNDUT ROAD AREAIS S Senator Tydings Notifies Cits izens of Survey to Begin About July 1. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CABIN JOHN PARK, Md., May §.— " Study of the area adjacent to Condutt ’ | road from the District of Columbia line” to Great Falls, with a view to widening'® and providing other improvements for’* the expected increase in traffic, when " the new bridge over the Potomac is’ constructed at the falls, will begin about July 1, it was disclosed Monday night at the ‘meeting of the Cabin John Park Citizens' Association. The information was contained in a letter from Senator Tydings, who was instrumental in hav- ing the appropriation for the survey provided. The study will be made under the direction of Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States Army engineer in charge of the Potomac River district. Provision of a water supply for fire- fighting purposes in the area has been made, it was announced, by obtaining permission from the Federal authorities | to take water from the conduit, which supplies the Capital city. The_association unanimously indorsed Mrs. Mina Church Brann for the posi- tion on the board trustees of the Glen Echo-Cabin John School. The action of the Montgomery County Civic W. | Federation on the school program and the Rockville courthouse project was also unanimously approved. Mrs. C. R. Smith, vice president, pre- sided during the first part of the meet- ing, and President A. C. Wilkins the latter part. Attend Woman's Convention. BRADDOCK, Va., May 8 (Special). — Mrs. Harry Kirk, Mrs. Walter L. Gar- nett and Mrs. Richard A. Roseberry are attending the annual convention of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the diocese of Virginia as representatives of the Em- manuel Episcopal Church. TEST TRAIN —sixty-five miles an hour and “Standard” Motor Oil functioned perfectly 50 miles an hour. 60 miles an hour. 65 miles per hour most of the way. The gallant little Ford driven by Z. E. Hargett, of Charlotte, N. C., accompanied by G. W. 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