Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 11

SUBURETR NEWS: THE EVENIRG MAY 23 1928 TAKOMA FIREBUE S AGAN SOUGHT Police Believe Blaze Last Night Was of Incen- diary Origin. a Staft Correspondent of The Star. NAVAL ACADEMY OFFICER GIVEN $25 TRAFFIC FINE | Lieut. Sperry Convicted Second Time for Reckless Driving. | By & Stamt Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 23.—Lieut. William Sperry of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, yesterday entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving before Police Court Judge J. Chew Sheriff and was fined $25. 8 Chief of Police C. M. Blanchard here, who made the arrest, said Lieut. Sperry » TAKOMA PARK, Md, May 23.— |forced him clear up on the sidewalk as he was driving along a local street. Operations of another firebug in this |y, omeer admitted & prior conviction town has set the police machinery in | on the same charge. motion, and a close watch is being kept | on all vacant homes, which seems to be the principal object of attack. A fire last night, believed to have been of in- cendiary origin, started in the dwelling, ‘vacant at the time, owned by Mrs. Wal- dron, at 127 Philadelphia avenue. The house was completely destroyed, with #: loss estimated by the police at $1.500. The fire gained such headway before the arrival of the Takoma Fire Depart- ment that it demaged the adjacent | Property to the extent of about $200 his property wrs occupied by E. B. McGowan. | Chief of Police L. A. Cutshaw said | that he received a call about 9:30 last | Willlam Green, colored, accused of illegal possésston of three and one-half gallons of liquor, pleaded gullty and drew a fine of $150. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Harry Robinson and County Policeman V. M. Nichols. BEETLE TRAPS SET OUT OVERCPTAL night to come quick to the Philadelphia | avenue address, and when he lrrl\'ed_‘Departmentv of Agnculture ml"fnuncfhmae it “t"d nre:en, and nLr‘)L' police, - they wanted. He prompuy | Moves to Gauge Extent ‘\ of Pest’s Visit. turned in an alarm. The fire was discovered by Mrs. Mc- | Gowan, according to Chief Cutshaw, | and apparently had started on the sec- | ond floor of the house. Shortly before the-discovery c(1 the ‘blnz‘e three colored i i men were seen loitering in the vicinity, | Preparing to ‘get an accurate line on and: police are searching for them. | st st S mn"g"“; the infestation locally of the Japanese by - Chief Cutshaw and taken to the beetle, the Department of Agriculture is police station, bat was subsequently re- | distributing in the White House grounds eased. The officer said that he expects and elsewhere over and nearby the to make further arrests this afternoon. Capital “traps” that are haited as a lure ‘This is the first fire of incendiary | for this horticultural pest, and while not | f origin which the town has had since emploved as a contro! measure, serve s the arrest in March of Arthur Beall of | 8 barometer to show the extent of its POWER PERMIT . UNDER DISCUSSION Annapolis Company’s ‘Appli- cation Must Be Settled by Commissioners. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md, May 23— Studies made by Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, general counsel to the board of county commisioners, of the applica- tion of the Annapolis & Chesapeake Bay Electric Light & Power Co. for per- ‘| mission to extend its lines in Mont- gomery County have indicated that there is no legal question involved, and | that the matter of granting the permit lies within the discretion of the county ! commissioners, it was said today by | Capt. Cissel | The matter will be referred back to the commissioners with’ this opinion. Capt. Cissel said it appears the company has complied with the statutory require- ments as to advertisement, and there was nothing to legally stop the issuance of the permit, except the decision of the county commissioners. However, Capt. Cissel said he would communicate with S. R. Bowen, counsel for the Potomac Electric Power Co. of Washington, who protested at the public hearing Tues- day against the granting of the permit. | This was only & verbal protest, and| Capt. Cissel said that he would inform the Washington attorne: desired to make an issue, he should file a written protest against the issuance of tion. the permit. . It was disclosed at the hearing before the county commissioners there was on le with the Ma: nd Public Service - - = o STAR. WASHINGTOXN, D.”T. THURSDAY, Commission an agreement between the | Companien . 1o ihe’ terhtory vmey | STABLES OF SOLOMON | would serve. However, this agreement R | would ot be binding upon tne county| ~ DUE-FOR'DESTRUCTION| | commissioners, one way or the other | P a1 | | The extensions immediately proposed, | ; v : | 18 was said, are in the northern district. ‘C“Y of Canaanite Kings Found | County Commissioner Lacy Shaw, gov- d iUne | ernor of this district, is inglined to the SR i s | belief _that “thed Man‘lalndd~ t;:!mfi-ny; covered. should be allowed to exten nes | : A |in the eastern side of the county, in| CHICAGO (). — King Solomons) the_ interest of the people there, ~He |Stables, where in biblical days he kept | potnted out that the Maryland com-|‘he fine Egyptian steeds he obtained | Pany can install the original service |When he married a sharach's daughter, | cheaper than the Washington company | 1000 x"r'fh‘e" Lot in the search at this time, because the former's nne;:““;m urther evidence of lost civiliza- are closer. The question is not one of g 4 ol - | , Discovered last Summer by the Megid rates, but the cost of the orlginal In- | 4o expedition of the University of Chi- 2 : | cago, vestiges. of a still eariier king-! Cost Instance Cited. <om, a city of wealthy Canaanite kings, | Mr. Shaw cited one instance where |have been found below their level. | | it would cost the District ‘company Everything of scientific value found | several thousand doliars to' run in.the In the.stables has been. carefully sur-| | service, which, of' course, would haye ! veyed and all possible data have been | to be advanced by the consumers seek- Obtained, the expedition leaders assert. ing the service, whereas the other come ———— | pany’s cost would be a matter of hun- dreds of dollars, simply because its m.ml line was closer. He pointed out that the people should be considered, and given the benefit of this lower cost, and he did not think that the Potomac Co. | should be given ‘an exclusive right in | the matter of this original installation. | In view of the fact that Capt. Cissel hes ruled that there is no legal question involved, the matter now is left entirely with the county comimissioners. Further, as most of the territory involved is in Commissioner Shaw’s _ district, it _ is certain that his opinion’ will have great weight in making the final decision in NEW YORK BOY MISSING. Representative Lindsay Asks D. C. Police to Aid in Search. Representative Lindsay of New York has asked ‘Washington: police to search for Seymour Freeman, 16 years old, son of Harry H. Freeman, 135 West Fort; fourth street, New York City. Phila- delphia police told the lad’s father th believed"he' trailed the circus to Wash- ington. Friends of the missing boy thought he Takoma Park, now awaiting trial on charge of setting fires In the area. SEHOOL PRINCIPAL INJURED BY AUTO iy | the department. Hyattsville Official Hurt Says Ac- | < cident- 'Was Unavoid- 4 =iable: Bpecie]l Digbateh-to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 23.—Prof. K. J. Morris was struck and hurt by an automobfle driven by Norval Spicknall. | Jr., this morning in front of the post office here. He was on his way to the high school, on Arundel avenue. He was taken in & dazed condition to the office of Dr. Guy W. Latimer, who d & wounded forehead. Prof. Morris will be laid up for some time, and his place will be| taken by Edgar Long, assistant princi- pal of the Hyattsville High School. | Prof. Morris believes the accident ‘was unavoidable. | ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May’ 23 “(Spe- | eial).—Boys of the graduating class of Jefferson Elementary School will be the | guests of ‘the Scottish Rite Masons to- morrow night at a banquet ih Odd Fel lows' Temple at 6 o'clock. City Man- ager Paul Morton, R. C. Bowton, perintent of public schools; Henry T. Monc! principal of the Alexandria High I; C. H. Strader, principal of Jefferfon School; City Councilman J. E. W. Timberman, Rev. Edgar Car- penter, rector of the Grace Episcopal Church, and Robert South Barrett will speak. Charles Wenrick, master of the Virginia consistory, will preside. ‘The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Alexandria 24, American Legion, will | lay sale of popples Satur- e benefit of disabled men in itals, the national child ‘welfare work and relief work for local service men and their families. Mrs. W. Cameron Roberts is chair- man of the poppy sale, while other members of the committee are Mra. George Rogp, Mrs. 8. D. Shelton, Mrs. Milton Glasgow, Mrs. Zora Peyton, Mrs. Louis Hoy, Mrs. Forest Remschel, Mrs. Charles M. Shepperson, Mzs. Richard B. English, Miss Florence Evans, Mrs. John H. Trimyer, Mrs. F. Clinton Knight, Miss Kathleen Douglass and Miss Mabel Blunt. Less than 2000 persdns have filed their income tax reports with Commis- sioner of Revenue Charles H. Callahan, leaving approximately 3,000 reports still out. A penalty will be imposed upon those who do not make their returns by June 1. ‘The degree team of Front Royal, Va. eonferred the fourth to fourteenth de- | ees upon Scottish Rite candidates g’m yesterday at the annual reunion of the Shenandoah Valley division and Northern Virginia lodges. The fifteenth to thirtleth degrees will be conferred upon the class by the local team today, while the same team will confer the thirty-first and thirty-second tomorrow, the final day of the reunion. ‘The graduation program of the senior class at Alexandria High School has been completed. Class :night - will- -be held June 12, senfor prom on June 13 and the graduation exercises on June 14. Canton Alexandria, No. 1, Patriarchs Militant, will meet_tonight at 8 o'clock in Odd Fellows’ Temple to make ar- rangements to attend the Grand Lodge meeting at Danville, Va.. May 27-30. Representative J. A, Garber of Har- risonburg, Va.. addressed the Alexan- dria_Kiwanis Club today at its weekly luncheon meeting at the George Mason Hotel. Pitegerald Council. Knights of Co- lumbus, observed Home Association night last night at its meeting at the Knights of Columbus Home. E. E. Downham, secretary of the Home As- sociation, submitted his annual report. PICKS DAKOTA WOMAN. France Selects Model War Worker | WAHPETON, N. Dak. (#).—When France selected a_model for a painting of an American Red Cross worker, it | chose Mrs. Frances Lauder Ambler of | Lake Forest, Ill., daughter of a pioneer | North Dgkota family. | rinto the glass container which forms the 1 | nual budget of the public schools of | |identified with From Northwest. | Chamber of Commerce ever since its in- visitation. ‘The beetle is not due to make its ap- pearance immediately, but the “traps” or “scouts” are being placed both in areas where the beetle has been ob- served in pervious years, and where it might be expected to show up this year, according to Dr. S. B. Fracker, in charge of domestic plant quarantine at The devices are fashioned from metal | and glass and suspended from a crane around foliage where the presence of the beetle is suspected. The upper section of the trap is.a metal cylinder, in the top of which are | fixed, at right angles, four baffle plates. In the interior is a funnel which leads lower section. ‘The bait is placed in the bottom of the metal cylinder, and is composed of ‘hemical, geraniol, the odor of which attracts the beetle; brand and molasses Seeking the source of the odor, the ies to the trap and strikes one of the baffle plates, bein the funnel and then container. ‘Wherever the beetles appear in these traps the department will launch con- trol measure and issue such restric- tive orders as may be necessary to pre- vent the spread. At present the beetles, in grub stage. are in the ground, and Dr. Fracker sald it would be at least a week, and prob- ably two, before they show up. The local infestation has been manifested in only the past.year or two and is still very light. MONTGOMERY SCHOOL BUDGET BEING DRAWN Total to Be Asked Will Be Larger Than Last Year's Schedule, Due to Expansion. Special Dispateh to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 23.—The an- Montgomery County for the year be- ginning_July 1 is being prepared by Edwin W. Broome, county superinten- dent, to be presented to the County Board of Education Tuesda: ‘While some of the items already in- corporated show slight decreases ovcr similar items in the budget for the present year, the total amount the county commissioners will be asked to appropriste will be substantially in excess of the amount then provided. The necessity of employing 20 addition- al teachers for the next school year and the increases in the salaries of the present teachers are re ible. Prof. Broome has notified the teach- ers that a law enacted by the last Legislature requires that Memorial day exercises be held in all public schools on May 30 and that the schools of the county must be kept open at least & part of that day, white public achools of the county will close Priday, June 14. The colored schools closed last Friday. FAIRFAX COUNTY MAN . SEEKS DELEGATESHIP Capt. Thurlow White of Baileys Cross Roads Announces Candi- dacy in Democrat Primary. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 23.—Capt. Thur- low White of Baileys Cross Roads has announced his candidacy for the House of Delegates from Pairfax County, sub- ject to the Democratic primary in Au- gust. Capt. White is at present the busi- ness manager of the Burton Linotype Co. of Washington. He has been a resi- dent of Fairfax County for the past 15 years, and until four years ago operated a dairy on his farm near Baileys Cross Roads. . He has had experience as, a civil engineer and as'a rancher in Mex- ico and Cuba, and during the World ‘War served as captain in the Air Serv- ice, spending a year in France in com- mand of one of the technical units at the front, conducting experimental tests on salvage and repair. Capt. White has been prominently the Fairfax County The all-steel cally sealed ception in 1925, being one of the foun- ders and serving for two years as sec- retary. Benefit Dinner Tonight. CLARENDON, Va., May 23 (Special). BUT two months ago General Electric announced the first ALL-STEEL refrig- erator ever built. Now this outstanding scientific development of the times:h been made available in six popular models. fs strong—built to last. The doers, fitted by hand at the factory, retain- - :-:. .- their close fit. The new exterior- baked enmamel finish, smoothly white, as hard and durable as porcelain, has the added virtue that it does not check or crack. Coupled with these advantages is the previous perfection of the GeneralElectric mechanism which is permanentlyself-oiling,hermeti- o7 iputs extra hurry R | weuld enlist in the Army, Navy, Marine | Corps ,or Coast Guard. but a.check-up | through the departments at the solicita- tion of Representative Lindsay shows that he has not enlisted. | The missing youth s described as of | Affiliates With Bureau. | CHICAGO, May 23 (#).—The Univer- sity of Chicago today anngunced afila- | | tion with the Bureau of Personnel Ad- - | ministration, an organization TEPresen- | Lyawe Bt wemerena S o pye |ting_all civil service commissioners. of | When' He disappeared he wore & beows |;‘r;r gnundmstr:teks and <:un}:uh.1 Ttllle af- ' suit and blnc{ shoes. . He is 5 1:&‘2 | filiation wi ake researches in the s i id weighs about 145 pou Cial ‘selences available 1o the comumis. | 2o0es tAll ard welghs about’ 145 pounds. sicners. it cent_establishment of contact with the International City Managers'w Associa- Ultimate Fate of Amex:ic;n Film. .. What. becomes of old American. films | has been learned. . French . itinerant caravan shows and British taverns uti- lize them .for. low-cost. or. free enter- tainment. i -t - London women . are .wearing party | wigs. dédddddade refrigerator cannot warp. It Listen in on the temperature control. At a touch of the fin- the freesing ‘of in a steel casing’and ice cubes. GENERAL @@ELECTRIC ALL-STEEL REFRIGERATOR National Electrlc Supply | for. joint use of the Southern Church’s mounted up on top, safe from dust and dif- ficulties. Quietly,economically,itconstantly maintains the temperature in the refriger- ator at several safe degrees below the danger line of 50. It freezes ice cubes rapidly. Yet, notwithstanding these exclusive fea- tures‘these new models are offered 4 at surprisingly low prices and on our plan of conveniently spaced payments. The small family model, at the factory, is priced at $215. New all-steel models in six dif- ferent sizes at our display rooms invite your inspection. Hour every Saturday, 8 to 9 P.M,, Eastern Standard. Time, over the N. B. C. network of 42 stations. 450 PARK BENCHES LISTED FOR PURCHASE Replacement An‘d Equipment of New Areas Planned by.Grant for Monday Contract. Lieut. Col. U. & Grant, 3d, director of the Office -of*Public Bulldings and Public Parks, is goi into the market for the purchase of additional park benches, needed for the replacement program and to equip new areas that are being developed. Bids being re- quested, call for one lot of 400 park benches, and this - contract is to be closed next Monday. Another contract, calling for 50 benches, will be closed | the last day of the:month. i Frank T. Gartside, chief of the park | division, explained today that the addi- tional park benches: are needed in the 650 parks and reservations throughout | the city, and a number of them will be gleuud in Sherman Circle. Benches will laced .on.the outer walk of the circle. Other benches will be dis- tributed as required. ¢ Since 1925 Mr. Gartside has’had some | 800 benches plaéed in”the parks and reservations under the replacement and expansion program. New benches were | placed in Grant Circle recently. Twen- ty benches were recently placed in Fort Bayard, and in Lafayette and Lincoln Parks now there are some 170 benches each. None of the néw benches will be used in Rock Creek Park, as the rus- tic type is in use: there. 'MAY UNITE CHURCHES. COLUMBIA, Mo. (#).—Like an es tranged couple reunited by their chil- dren, the Northern and Soutnern Meth- odist Churches in this school town may be reconciled to serve students at the University of Missouri. Divorced since 1844, when the church split over the slavery question, leaders have reached a tentative agreement new $600,000 edifice. A proposal that the pastor be chosen alternately from each congregation will be submitted to the State conference next September. General ‘Electric Co. . like we’ve done’in this adv.!!! $11.75 $189.00 $22.00 $69.00 $29.00 $15.00 $29.00 $34.50 $398.00 Burl Walnut Veneer 7- $219.00 Ten-Piece $15.00 $98.00 Overstuffed Living Fine velour with 72-inch davenport and club chair. $39.00 Colonial 4-Poster $475.00 All-Mohair 90-in. Ches- ' SUBURBAN NEWS." Bargains READ! - -$9.75 Closely-Woven Summer Grass Rugs Floor samples in 9x12 and 8x10 sizes. $18.75 “Lane” Genuine - Re Cedar Chests Makes fine gift for June brides. Simmons Walnut Beds All gizes in two styles. Three-Piece Living Room Suite Fine quality woven jacquard velour. Finest Coil Bed Springs Guaranteed for 25 years; all sizes. All-Mohair Fireside Chair Has tapestry reverse on cushions and back. and $39.00 Simmons Enameled Beds Your choice of blue, green and Chinese red. Pure Cotton Mattress Extra heavy, fine ticking. “Lane” Genuine Cedar Chest In fine grained walnut veneers Simmons Dcuble Day. Bed With cane panel mattress and cretonne Pc. Bedroom Suite. All drawers and robe with genuine cedar lining. ’ $39.00 -All-Layer Felt Mattress With imperial edge and heavy ticking. i Dining Room Suite Al large oc: ned walnut veneers. in genuine Sulky . 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She l endon Presbytorian Church have plans soon went overseas and served in hos- about completed for another of a series pitals near the front at Complegne, at | of dinners for the benefit of the church Montdidier and in the Noyon sector. building fund, to be given this evening Harold Ambler, an aviator, won her in the basement of the church. The heart. They were married by the mayor committee on arrangements is headed of Paris. by Mrs. C. W. Harris. One-piece porcelain lining. $49.50 Inner Coil Spring- Filled Mattress 10-year-guaranteed fine ticking. LOW TERMS 1328-1330 New. York Ave. Main 6800 Freed for Shooting at Neighbor's Dog, Man Asks Authorities to Kill Canine By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | Sheriff dismissed the case on the ground UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 23.— | that the law grants citizens permission Having himself shot at, but failed to to shoot a dog found molesting live kill, an airdale dog belonging to his | stock. neighbor, Frank W. Miller, 100 block of | Some hours after the trial, Miller Second street, Laurel, Md., has asked | wrote the commissioners, one of the the Prince Georges County commission- | witnesses for the owner of the dog came ers (o have the dog killed. { to her house, placed the dog in a closed In a letter to the commissioners 'car and drove away. Miller went Arranged Weekly or Monthly "General Electric Refrigerator Dealers WASHINGTON CITY DEALERS Atlantic Radio & Electric Co., 2016 14th St. N.W. J. C. Harding & Co., Inc., 1336 Conn. Ave. H. F. Dismer Hardware Co., 3124 14th St. N.W. Potomac Electric Appliance Co., 14th and C Sts. N.W. DeMoll Piano & Furniture Co., 12th and G Sts.'N.W. C, Schneider’s Sons, 1220 G St. N. Edwards Motors Service, Inc.,, 1503 R. L. Ave. N.E. Service Hardware Stores, Inc., 4710 14th St. N.W. 3 COUNTRY DEALERS AT NEARBY POINTS Brosius Bros. & Gormley, 219 Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Md. Marlboro Electric Supply Co., Upper Marlboro, Maryland. A. D. Davis, Occoquan, Virginia. N Mitchell Motor Co., La Plata, Maryland. P. 0. Dunaway, Charles Town, West Virginia. North Beach Electrical & Construction Co., North Beach, Md. Edinburg Garage, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia. ' Page Power Co., Luray, Virginia. John S. Solenberger & Co., Winchester, Virginia. Between Miller relates that he shot at the dog after it had killed one of his chickens. Although the man declares the dog thowed no signs of being hurt. the animal's owner, Mrs. Thelma Aliman had Miller arrested for mutilating a dog, claiming the.shot-took effeet. in the air- €ale’s leg. - Police Court Judge J. Chew through the form of submitting a claim for the poultry alleged to have been killed by the dog, but stated he did not want the claim paid; he wanted the dog killed. As the commissioners were informed however, the police have been unable to loeate the animal, no action was taken. H. C. Fleming Motor Co., Hyattsville, Maryland. Gaithersburg Electric Co., Gaithersburg, Maryland. Frank P. Jenkins, Star Grocery Co., Culpeper, Virginia. Leonardtown Motor & Hardware Co., Leonardtown, Maryland. T. H. Maddux & Co., Marshall, Virginia. George B. Thomas, Berryville, Virgini Walter Trobaugh, Harrisonburg, Warner & Gray, 905 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Silver Spring Electric Co,, Silver Spring, Maryland. Virginia. 827-829 7th St. N.W. O H and Eye