Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN COUNTY ABANDONS NEW ROAD PLANS Arlington to Stop Mount Ver- non Avenue at Annexa- tion Line. P Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT: HOUSE, Va. May 9.—Following_the | precedent set by the Virginia State | Highway Commission in refusing to re construct that part of the Washington Alexandria Pike lying within the terri tory awarded to Alexandria by the spe- cial annexatton tribunal, county officials | will not construct Mount Veraon ave- nue beyond the new tentative limits of the city. it was revealed today. | Mount Vernon avenue was to have | been the biggest single road-building project ever attempted by the county, and the work was to have started thi: Spring, but was delayed to await t outcome of the annexation proceedings. Plans Are Undecided. According to C. L. Kinnier, county | directing engineer, it has not vet been definitely decided whether any of this work will be done at this time, but if it is the project will start at the Co- | lumbia Pike and continue south to | Four Mile Run, the new corporate limit | sot by the tribunal for Alexandria. Mount Vernon avenue and the Wash. ington-Alexandria pike are parallel roads, both connecting Washington and Alexandria. The former is owned and | maintained by the county and_the, latter by the State. The Virginia State Highway Commission stated yesterday that it 1 not carry the widening an reconstruction of its highway but a half of the distance planned. The county last year constructed th first of what was to have been the widening and reconstruction of the en tire Mount Vernon avenue project, car- ing the road through the town of Potomac. It had been planned to start at that point this year and complete the road. Road Needs Repair. As the matter now stands, there will be a section approximately a mile in Jength of narrow road that is badly in need of repair between the work done by the county last year and that contemplated for this year by the coun- ty, while on the lower road Alexandria is faced with the construction of nearly two miles of the most heavily traveled road in the State. A similar condition exists as regards: Glebe road, another State-owned high- way. The northern end of this road is to be widened and paved this year and residents had hoped that it would be completed to the Alexandria limits next year. Unless the Court of Appeals reverses the decision, however, there will be aproximately a mile of this highway, too. that must be constructed by Alexandria in order to complete the connection. COTTAGE CITY WOMEN ELECT CLUB OFFICERS | Mrs. Albert Craig Is Chosen Pres dent and Mrs. C. A. Locke Vice President. Special Dispateh to The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md., May 9—The ‘Woman's Club met at the home of Mrs, | W. A. Bobb, and elected the following | officers: President, Mrs. -Albert Craig; vice president, Mrs. C. A. Locke; re- cording secretary, Mrs, Edith Forshee; corresponding secretary, . R. Weaver, and treasurer, Mrs. Henry| Caspare. Mrs, Locke, Mrs. Martin B. Waters and Mrs. A. C. Troctor were appointed as a_committee 1o make arrangements for the annual banquet of the club in June. Mrs. George M. Wells read a paper on Switzerlands A farewell reception was given to Mrs.: Nevitt, who is leaving for Philadelphfas A social meeting will be held May 21, at the h ‘of Mrs. Troctor, with Mrs. Henry e and ‘Mrs. H. C. Sul- livan ass g the hostess. The club serve a banquet tomor- row night;in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. - 2 The fown commisloners have fssued an ordinance levying the 12 cent fire tax recently approved by referendum vote. It {5 expected that approximately $900 will ‘be received from this for the maintenance of the local fire company. The commissioners have also announced that for the balance of the Spring and Summer, garbage collections will be mldke ys and -Pridays of each week. YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHURCH CONFERENCE TO BE HELD 200 Delegates Expected at Prince Georges County Council Meet- *"ing Tomerrow. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Sta MOUNT RAINIER, Md., May 9.—Two hundred delegates, representing every | denomination in the county, are ex- pected to attend the annual conference | of the young people’s division of the Prince Georges County Council of Re- ligious Edugation in the Mount Rainier Methodist Chureh tomorrow, Five important religious questions of the day will be discussed at the morn- ing’s session of the conference, while in the afternoon there will be addresses |’ by Rev. J. Herndon Billingsley, Rev. ;Voseph H. Cudlipp and Rev. Keith Cus- i s Other features of the all-day pro-| gram include a banquet and moving| picture show. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 9 (Special). —The county commissioners have dis- approved the application of Capt. Frank L. Hewitt of Silver Spring for a re- | zoning of lot 5, block B, section 5, of Seven Oaks, near Silver oring, and have so notified the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Capt. Hewitt asked that the property be changed from residential co mercial, but the proposition arous:d a storm of protests and the commissioners decided that, in view of the objections, the lot would have to continue as resi- dential property. Brainerd H. Warner petitioned the | commissioners to rezone a portion of 431 acres in Wheaton district which borders on the proposed extension of Rock Creek Park, but the application was not in the required form and no action was taken. Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church officiated at the marriage here yesterday of Russell E. O'Bryan, 21, of Frederick, and Miss Irene E. Zepp, 18. of Frederick Junction, the ceremony taking place at the home of the min- ister. Announcement has been made that the strawberry festival the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Rockville Baptist Church planned to hold at the church Saturday evening has been indefinitely postponed. Miss Elsie C. Miller of Brentwood, Md., and Ridgely J. Clarke of Wash- ington were married at Woodside on Monday by Rev. W. R. Wood of that place. The funeral of Lawrence Lowe, life- long Darnestown district resident, who died at his home at Travilah, aged 66 vears, following a 1 ~ g illness, tock place yesterday afternoon from the Baptist Church at Travilah. Rev. Henry Nicols pastor of the Church, conducted the NEWS. THE EVENING STAR, VIRGINIA HONO { | | | | | RS INDIAN HERO ORPHANAGE FIGHT INJUNGTION SOUEHT }Society Continues Legal Bat- l tle to Retain Cottage City | | Institution. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE. Md., May 9.—Hav- | ing lost the opening skirmish of what ' promises to be a prolonged legal battle {to keep their orphanage in Cottage City | yesterday, the American Child Aid So- clety, through its attorney, Charles | Calvert, today signified its intention of applying for an injunction requiring the town authorities to show cause why a | permit has been refused them. | The soclety lost the first court fight | over the orphanage when Judge J. Chew | | Sheriff of Prince Georges County Police | Court yesterday convicted John T.| | Smelly, superintendent in charge of the | | orphanage, on a charge of violating a | RESIDENTS VOTE DOW Riverdale Heights Defeats Plan to Incorporate by Narrow Margin. By a Staft Correspondent of The Sjar. RIVERDALE HEIGHTS, 'Md, Ma 9.—An effort to incorporate the town of Riverdale Heights failed by the nar- row margin of 10 votes in a referendum taken yesterday when the citizens of this town voted 81 to 71 against the proposition. The balloting represented practically 100 per cent of the registered ers of the town. n the campaign prior to the election to work up sentiment in favor of incor- poration, proponents of the measure used aggressive tactics. The town was circularized, and on Tuesday night a mass meeting was held in the fire house at which the opponents were challenged to refute any of the arguments ad- vanced in the circular, The bill upon which the referendum N TOHN PLAN | town ordinance by failing to obtain the | signatures of 75 per cent of the property Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Cool | veils a tablet to Chanco. who saved the hirds of the people were killed and by a monument in Virginia. had not warned them. Chanco was a Christian Indian and the first to be honored The mcnument is at Surrey Court House. owners within 500 feet of & proposed | business concern. | k. the last of the Pamunkey Indians, un- | Under $100 Bond. | amestown colony from massacre in 162! Smelly was firied §5) it Appeaisd tha| 1d have 0! S ol 1 wwould have been massacred If Chance | decision_and was released under $100 | bond. The man was arrested Monday by Prince Georges County Policeman | —Assoclated Press Photo.| Glayde Reese, when the orphanage was | ANNEXATION PLAN NOT PUBLIC CUR Arlington Supervisor De- clares Present Improve- 4 ments Will Continue. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., May 9.—A feeling among the residents of that section of Arling- ton County recently awarded by a spe- | moved from its long-occupied site on John Marshall place to the Old Friends | House in Cottage City despite the fact ,thnt the town commissioners of that municipality had refused to grant the society a permit. At ‘yesterday's trial V. A. Simmel, vChll\'mm’\ of the board of Cottage City { town commissioners, testified that the town had such an ordinance and that the society falled to comply with it. Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, president of the society, told the court the organization was a charitable one and explained the way which its funds | were collected. She admitted that if | 0LD SCHOOL PLAN FAVORED BY BOARD {Fairfax County Body Votes to Maintain Present System. parents were_able to pay for the care of their children, money was accepted, | but insisted that there were no fixed | charges. Receives No Compensation. Smelley himself testified that he re- ceived no salary for his work, taking| his compensation in his board and lodg- Special Dispatech to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 9.—The Fairfa | County School Board Monday, deliber- |{'® | ating in executive session, voted to con- | Defense Attorney Calvert asked to be |. | tinue the three high schools in Dranes- |sworn and denounced the manner ‘in ville istrict on the same basis which |Which Smelley was arrested, accusing the town of being a community of boot- | b; | was held. passed at the last session of the General Assembly, provided for the election and succession of a mayor and council and authorized them to make annual levies, not to exceed 20 cents on 1 each $100 assessable valuation, of real and personal property within the town limits, for public improvements. Opponents to incorporation were lead y John G. O'Donnell, president of the Stephen_Citizens of the judges of the election. The proponents were organized into | a committee headed by L. J. Kohlmer and including W. R. Thompson, E. O. Closuit, T. C. Gardner, L. W. Nelson, Mrs. Mack Henderson, Mrs. C. O, Tay- lor, Charles Gale, A. J. Bullard, Frank Kauffman, C. S. Kernan and C. B. Ford. Besides O'Donnell, the board of judges consisted of Bullard and Kauffman, while the clerks to the election were Mrs. Eva Stewart and Charles Gale. Balloting was conducted at the fire- house, polls being open from 8 am. to 8 pm. Members of the ladles’ auxil- 1ary of the Riverdale Heights Fire De- partment served the election officials with lunch and dinner. CLUB TO BE SOLD. House, Golf Course, 199 Acres of Home Sites to Go on Block. Bpecial Dispatch to The Sta HARRISONBURG, Va., May 9.—The | WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1929. 6235-37 Another Asco Store? Opens Tomorrow Morning at 8 O’Clock A complete food store, selling only Dependable Foods at sensible prices, and pre- paréd to give marketing satisfaction at all times. OPEN FOR INSPECTION TONIGHT FROM 7 TO 9 P.M. WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT WITH US ' SUBURRAN NEWS." . n#*. .11 1 Located at Georgia Ave. NW Special for This Week! All 3 for Association and one' cial court to Alexandria that they are, they have been maintained this past to suffer from lack of atterition during | year, with the exception that the prin- | the period that must elapse before the | cipalship at Floris Agricultural and Vo- | case can be reviewed by the Virginia | cational High School be combined with ; by | the agricultural instructorship. e | Court of Appeals was dispelled today by | yot, on the Floris situation was 5-4. | Edward Duncan, supervisor of Af“"!“. Under the county unit tax law the | ton district. \ | cost of supporting three high schools in | “No matter what the final outcome | one district will be borne by all tax-| of this proceeding may be,” Duncan de- | payers. The vote leaving high school clared, “I intend to continue the up- | instruction at Forestville next year keep of thekschoolx,lhlnhways and other | stood 8-1. county projects as long as I am super-\ visor of the district. The residents lre’ ris School Discussed. paying their taxes to Arlington County,| A committee from the Pomona and will continue to do so at least until | Grange, Wilson D. McNair, W. C. Wal- January 1, 1930, and are entitled to the | ker, Ronald Blake, H. M. Gaston and same consideration as the residents of | Harvey S. Clapp, urged the jmportance other sections of the county. i’or continuing nlzric\mu"al ar‘;d voca- tional work in the county, and recom Zeting £y by Ence. | mended that it be continued at Floris The two members of the zoning com- | which now had the necessary buildings ission. from that section, Maj. W. R.| for this work. They also recommended rds and J. E. Spaulding, are to be | that the agricultural instructor and| retained In' their present positions, and | principalship be combined fn one office, the .area will be zoned just like any | as was later ordered. | other section of the county. He expects | Mrs. C. R. Wickline asked the board | the zoning to be completed before this | not to discontinue the school at Colvin area could be turned over to Alexandria, | Run entirely next year, but to leave one even if there had been no appeal, since | teacher for the primary grades. The the judges ordered the change not to | board deferred action pending investl- become effectlve until January 1, 1930. | gation of the condition of the road be- The only work that he may delay | tween Colvin Run and Forestville. L. B. | is the reconstruction of that part of | Morris and S. M. Follin, as a committee | leggers and gamblers, Others to testify were Lucy C. Shaw, John C. Foster, officials of the society. J. Wilson Ryon, former States attorney, acted as counsel for the town. et At the last international trade fair at Saloniki there were 336 exhibitors of Greek products and 292 exhibitors of foreign products. , ‘Wm-Rosendorf 1215 G St. Washington’s A BEAUTIFUL FOX SCARF FOR MOTH We're celebrating the occas making special a reduction of Mount Vernon avenue that lies south | from Great Falis Grange, asked the of Four-mile Run, the boundary of the | territory to be annexed. This is due to | the fact that he could not construct this | highway entirely of taxes collected this | year and does not wish to obligate the remaining part of his small district to pay the cost without the assistance of the revenue from Potomac Yards and the rest of the affected territory. Rallway Taxes Only $29,456. The amount of F. & P. Railroad for last year, for Pe- tomac Yards, was given yesterday by Harry K. Green, commissioner of reve- nue, as $29,456.40. According to E. Wade Ball, county treasurer, however, they paid a total amount to the county of $34,902.66. The valuation of Po- tomac Yards was given as $1,178,256. According to Green the total value of Jefferson_district is $8,677,862 and of the territory awarded to Alexandria $5,119381. The latter amount is 60 per cent of the total valuation of Jef- ferson district and 18 per cent of the total value of the county, he said, the entire county being valued at $27,710,- 188. The actual loss in taxes will amount for next year to approximately $140,000, he said, since the affected area last year paid $127,984.52. If it were es- sential to rsise this amount by an ad- ditional levy it would be necessary to increase the present levy 60 cents on jeach $100, he sald, but since a large amount of this money was spent in the section from which it was collected, this will not be necessary. He does be- lieve, however, that an increase in the taxes must result from the loss of the territory, if it is finally awarded to Al- exandria. 32 U. OF V. FRATS BAN All College Chapters Pass Resolu- tion Forbidding Keeping of Liquor. By the Associaled Press. RICHMOND, Va., May 9—Dr. Ed- win A. Alderman, president of the Uni- versity of Virginia, said vesterday that the 32 fraternities of that institution have unanimously passed resolutions forbidding the storage of liquor in their chapter houses. He said they also an- nounced willingness and intention to co-operate in the observance of the uni- versity's strict rules against drinking. News of this action was communi- cated yesterday by Dr. Alderman to Edwin H. Gibson, assistant attorney general of Virginia, who represented board to defer action on the Forestville situation. Mrs. John Howdershell, W. N. Miller and a committee from Lincolnia stated it had been rumored:-their school 25% taxes paid by the R. | ~ LIQUOR IN HOUSES| was to be consolidated with Annandale, and they asked for continuation on the present basis. Messts. Lynch, Woodson and Styles reported as a_committee on the Falls Church colored school situation, and the board adopted a resolution expressing its sympathy with the aspirations of the colored citizens for a new building and its regrets that no funds were avail- able for immediate construction. The board approved the plan of the colored citizens to purchase for $2,000 the two acres approved by the commitice and the erection of a building to cost not over $7,000. A delegation of colored citizens from Herndon, headed by A. T. Shirley, asked for a new school at Oak Grove, but no action was taken. Reciprocity Report Made. | Herbert Willlams reported that he | had interviewed R. G. Bowton, super- intendent of Alexandria schools, in re- gard to reciprocity between Fairfax | County and Alexandria City on school | tuition, and that Bowton had viewed with favor and promised to present | to the City School Board for ratifica- | tion the proposal of Williams that Alex | andria pay to Fairfax County for tui- | tion of its children attending Lee- | ‘Jucksan School the same tuition now | pald for Fairfax County children_at tending Alexandria schools. Mr. Wi liams also proposed that Fairfax County pay to Alexandria for tuition | of colored children at Seminary a fee | based on the proportionate cost of in- | | struction in_colored and white schools. | i Samuel Styles, representative from | Palls Church, reported that the school tax situation there had been solved | satisfactorily and that Commissione |of Revenue J. U. Kincheloe had ex- | tended to the town taxpayers the 95-| cent county school levy assessed against the remainder of the county, in ac- cordance with a ruling entered by At torney General John R. Saunders. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. May 9 (Special).— | Using a gilded ‘'spade, Mayor Willlam | Albert Smoot this morning broke | | ground for the new office building of | | the Virginia Public Service Co. which | | is to be erected at Prince and Wash- | i ington streets. The work of excavating will be started immediately and the | structure is expected to be ready for occupancy November 1. City Manager Paul Morton, who is to become city manager of Petersburg, | va., on July 1, has been invited by the Peetrsburg Post of the American Legion | to make a memorial address May 30, | National Memorial day, at the National | Cemetery in_Dinwiddie County, near ‘We have made special ar- rangements to make our greatest contributions tor this occasio.. Boxes of Choice Spring Flowers at $2.50 Rosebushes at $1.25 Geraniums and Other Plants for Bedding, at- tractively priced. Sweet Peas at 75¢ bunch Full ortment of various at most especially small prices. 807 14th St. N.W. Franklin 5442 “Hasting’s” “HOME-GROWN” ON ALL NECK PIECES A fine group of selected Pointed and Brown Foxes of the $55.00 grade, cut to........ Make a deposit on your choice! Floral Tributes For MOTHER’S DA flowers C&C Flower Stores New Potatoes 4 1~ 20c Attorney General John R. Saunders in | Petersburg. He has not decided as yet | a recent investigation at the University | whether he will accept the invitation. of Virginia growing out of charges of | B. B. Erzine Construction Co., Inc, drinking there. Dr. Gibson, after the | has sold house and lot 417 North Co. Spinach . . investigation, made a_ favorable repart on the enforcement of the liquor laws. MAN WOUNDED SERIOUSLY Tried to Get Rock, He Says. Special Dispatch to The Star. May 9.—Walker spradlin, 19, who was shot twice in the left leg and hip Sunday by Policeman Watts, is in a_critical condition at Lynchburg Hospital, and it is believed he has only slight chance to recover. Spradlin was stopped in an automo- bile by the officer, and when he boarded the running-board four occupants made fell he grabbed Spradlin and pulled him out on the ground ‘with him. A wheel ran over one of the of r's legs. The services, burial being in the cemetery at Darnestown. shooting occurred, the ofdcer sald. when Spradlin started to pick up a rock. Policeman Fired When Prisoner| an effort to push him off. As Watts | | lumbus street to W. F. Stuart and wife, | Ella W. Stuart. The deed was placed on record this morning at.the office of Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of the Corpo- ration Court. Ascension day services were held to- | day in the St. Mary's Catholic and St. Paul's and Grace Episcopal Churches. 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