Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1929, Page 10

0% “INCREASED POLICE PATROL STRESSED More Adequate Protection On Maryland Roads De- clared Needed. BY GEORGE PORTER, w Stad Correspondent of The Star. ® LAUREL, Md, May 27—The re- fuest of the mayor and town council ©f Capitol Heights, transmitted last » - & 3 SUBURBAN NEWS Week to the Maryland State Commis- ' sioner of Motor Vehicles for more ade- &uate protection against speeding and Yeckless driving along Central avenue, ¢alls attention to the real need. not in Capitol Heights alone, but throughout Southern _ Maryland, for additional State traffic officers. ¥ At present there are only 11 men feporting to the substation here, pa- frolling all the State highways, county foads and city streets from the suburbs of Baltimore to the southernmost tip of the State. - Effective Record Held. That these men have a record not enly of punishing criminals, but of sctually reducing the number of acci- dents along the highways, does not alter the fact that they are spread out “too thin.” | % One man, for instance, is assigned | fo the terrifory from Beltsville, on the | Baltimore pike, to the Marlboro pike. His territory includes the heaviest trav- @led section of the Baltimore boule- yard, one of the busiest traffic arter- of the world; the Defense Highway, @5 far as Priest Bridge, Central ave- nue, and the lateral State roads as| far south as the Marlboro pike. | . Another man operating out of Leon- ! @rdtown has all the Southern Mary- Iand roads below Marlboro in Charles and St. Marys Counties. “A study of the square-mile area and | appioximate population of the counties gtr‘\‘d:‘r the command of the Laurel sub- station shows that an average of 248 square miles of territory and approxi- thaiely 19,727 people are “covered” by each State policeman. : Covers 371 Square Miles. Patrolman C. B. Dillinger, who works Qut of Leonardtown, is the only State policeman in the 371 square miles of $t. Marys County and in addition must dare for the lower pertions of Calvert and Charles Counties. The upper end of those two counties 15 patrolled by Policeman L. E. Dutrow, Who is stationed at Marlboro and also “works” a large part of Prince Georges County. " Policeman J. M. Bradley, assigned to Hyattsville, has as his “beat” all of the mense _suburban area of Prince eorges County and cares for special assisnment work in Montgomery County. The roads of Anne Arundel County are patrolled by State Policemen G. A. Wollenburn of Annapolis and W. A. Plummer of Glenburnie. Howard Gounty, where the substation is_lo- cated, has Policemen L. Bloom at Elli- cott City, W. R. May at Elkridge and the station personnel, comprising Sergt. €. E. Duckworth, Corp. J. B. Deutsch and First Class Pvts. C. E. Beasman and Harry Haines. No Reflection on Officers. 21t is no reflection on the work of those men to say that the roads are &n properly patrolled. Twice within e last week there have been fatal tomobile accidents which the State lice never have heard of until called several hours afterward by the news- Papers. +In one, on a Southern Maryland road, 4 woman was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Prince Frederick, Md., Hospital as a result of an automobile g:lldh’lg with a telegraph pole, yet the te police, up until Tuesday morning, g: received no report on it, and this pite a standing order to all mem. rs of the force to report immediately fatal accident. The other accident was on the Balti- fhore Boulevard and when the police substation was called two hours after ge man was killed no member of the rce was available to Investigate. |, These, of course, are the exceptions wather than the rule and do not mean t the State force was not on the b. In the majority of instances, whenever a bad accident occurs, a te man is on the scene before the jured are removed. ¥ Cannot Cover Ground. . Tt is a physical impossibility for a Man whose job is to handle the heavy unday traffic over the Southern Mary- d roads to be everywhere at once, d the commander of a substation ?nnuc dispatch men to the scene of fatal accident if the men themselves not available. Often he finds him- :le( with half his force on a special assignment, or on leave, or in a dis- glm city attending court, leaving such portant territory as the Baltimore ulevard from Branchville t6 Wash- gtori “wide open,” sometimes on Sat- wrday afternoon or Sunday when traf- fic_is heaviest. In Prince Georges and most other gounties the county force cannot ar- ¥est for speeding. The county officers and town constables can, of course, make arrests whenever an accident oc- eurs or in cases of reckless driving, but for the most part they are not equipped or trained to manage traffic. Esteemed by Residents. The State men in Southern Mary- land, the few that there are of them, Enow their job well and are every- where held in high esteem by the resi- dents. In some localities the authori- ties have even made the State police geputy sheriffs so that they can assist in general law enforcement and not be confined solely to traffic handling, al- though most of the time that problem alone is ore than enough to keep them occupied. With the ever-increasing number of cars on the highways and the addi- tional hazards from the now prevalent smoke screens and rumrunners, a senti- ment is awakening both in the. civil pulace and amohg county police au- Prbrities in favor of more State police- men for Scuthern Maryland. . ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 27 (Special). <~ Four couples were married in Rock- ville Saturday afternoon and evening by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church. - They were William Walker Hughes Margaret Obal Thompson, shington; R. Richard Hooker s Evelyn B. Jones, both of Alexandria, Va.; George G. Sheflield and Miss Mary M. Blackwell, both of Waynesboro, Va., and Charles Mathis of Brookville, Md.. and Miss Lillie Seal of Laytonsville, Md. Funeral services for Mrs. Effie G. Bean, widow of Columbus Bean, who died at her home at Lay Hill, aged 56 years, following an illness of only a few days of pneumonia, were held at the home yesterday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. Stockton Myerly, pastor of the Colesville Methodist Church. Burial was in Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg. At noon tomorrow the rounty com- missioners will hear protests, if any, in their office at Rockville, against granting to the Washington Amuse- ment Co. a permit to_conduct public dances at Chevy Chase Lake until about the middle of September. *The annual May procession of the children of St. Mary’s Catholic Sunday School, Rockville, was held yesterd: afternoon, with about 60 girls and bo; in line. Miss Edna Fisher was May queen. The church choir rendered spe- cial muslc, and Rev. John T. Coolahan, y , Catholic Church here Wednesday morn- substation has to patrol an average of guard 19,727 persons. Here are four of C. C. Serman. Every member of the Maryland State police force operating from the Laurel 248 square miles of territory and safe- the patrolmen (left to righi): Sergt. C. E. Duckworth, Corp. J. B. Deutsch, Pvt, First Class, Harry Haines and Pvt. —Star Staff Photo KENNETH HALL Tiny Lad Playing With Fox | and Dog Presents Strange Sight. Both Animals Prove Friend- ship by the Canine Ear- Chewing Method. FALLS CHURCH, Va, May 2".‘{ Motorists driving by the farm of L. D. Hall near here are greeted by the | strange sight of a 4-year-old boy, a | 2-month-old fox and a 6-month-old dog | playing gleefully about the yard. The fox is the more active of the trio, be-| ing still full of play when the boy and dog are worn out. | About six' weeks ago Hall captured three baby foxes in a hole on his| farm. He sold two of them and kept | the other for a pet for his small son, Kenneth. The fox has grown rapidly and is now so fleet-footed that the puppy can barely keep up with him. The dog and the fox, nevertheless, play together almost incessantly, chewing each other’s ears, neck and tails and racing back and forth about the yard, Kenneth_usually being but a few feet behind them. Hall has found that the fox seldom leaves the dog for any great distance so when he wants the smaller animal he looks for the larger. The fox is allowed his liberty during the day. but is carefully penned up at night, since he already shows a decided interest in the chickens on the place. VIRGINIA 0DD FELLOWS BEGIN PARLEY TODAY Lively Fight Between Six Candi- dates for Grand Warden- - ship Expected. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., May 27.—More than 600 Virginia Odd Fellows were here to- night for the joint session, when wel- nual convention of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Encampment, the Rebekah Assembly and the Patriarchs Militant, who will be in session through most of Wednesday. Nearly 1,000 are expected here to- night for the joint session when wel- comes will be heard. This morning sa the Grand Encampment and the P triarchs Militant in session and Grand Lodge committees were working, the open- ing session of the latter body being set for tomorrow, with Grand Master John Morris of Newport News presiding. No great question of policy is up this year, it is said, and the convention will be occupied with the transaction of routine business. A lively fight for the vacancy in the grand wardenship is expected, with half a dozen candidates in the offing. Lynchburg is virtually certain to be chosen for .the 1930 meeting. CURR!CULUM.CHATGES TOPIC OF CONFERENCE Final General Meeting of Instruc- tors Is Held in Rock- 5 ville. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, May 27.—The final general conference of the public school teachers of the county for con- sideration of proposed changes in the curriculum of the schools of the county, as suggested by Dr. Henry B. Huber, di rector of curriculum work at the Teach- ers’ College, Columbia College, New York, was held in the High School building here Saturday, with about 250 teachers in attendance. As at the other conferences, Dr. Huber was present and participated prominently. As a result of these conferences the County Board of £ducation, Edwin W. Broome, county superintendent of schools, stated today, will soon name committees of teachers to give the suj gestions further consideration and en- deavor to have some of the schools in readiness to tryout some of them at the beginning of the next school year. It will, according to Mr. Broome, take several years to revise the curriculum of the schools of the county completely. GOV. BYRD. TO SPEAK. Farm Life School in Virginia An- nounces Commencement. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., May 27.—Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia will on Wednes- day night deliver the commencement address at Whitmell Farm Life School in_Pittsylvania County. During the afternoon the governor will attend the planting of a “Shake- speare garden” by members of the graduating class on either side of the drive leading to the school. Several months ago members of the senior class engaged in correspondence with Miss Marian Calloway, a descend- ant of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife. She forwarded plants and seeds taken from the poet's garden at Strat- ford-on-Avon, —_— Steiner Services Wednesday. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 27 (Spe- clal) —Funeral services for Charles E. Eteiner, 76, who died.yesterday at Rich- mond, will be held from St. Mary's ing at 9:30 o'clock and burial will be in the St. Mary's Cemetery. The de- ceased was a resident of this city and for many vears a cigar manufacturer. pastor of the church, conducted bene- “cletion. # 1 CURIOUS AUTOISTS STOP TO SEE AND MENAGERIE KENNETH HALL, Four-year-old son of L. D. Hall of Falls Church, Va,, who likes his fox best of all his pets. The fox and Kenheth’s 6-month-old collie puppy are inseparable companions, the close proximity of the puppy at the time this picture was taken being responsible for the apparent de- sire of the fox to loose himself from the boy's grasp. —Star Staff Photo. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT VALUATION IS DISCUSSED Alexandria City Manager and Chief Counsel in Annexation Case Are in Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 27.—City Manager Paul Morton is in conference here today with Albert V. Bryan, chief of Alexandria’s counsel in the annexa- tion case against Arlington County, and A. B. Garrett of Potomac, a civil en- gineer and expert witness in the an- nexaiion case, to determine the valua- tion on public improvements in the annexed territory preparatory to sube mitting them to the court on June 12, 900 Enroll in Music Organization. DANVILLE, Va., May 27 (Special) .~ After a week’s campaign, 900 members have been enrolled in nville’s Civic Music Association assuring this city high-class musical entertainment dur- ing the Fall months, Membership in the association gives the right of admis- sion to these concerts and the associa- tion treasury furnishes the necessary guarantee required by well known per- formers and obviates the necessity of securing personal guarantor: beyond expectation. - It come in and look 1 A Home Credit QHomes that are kept Is yours such a home?, Screen Paints Porch Paints Roof Painls His wife and one daughter, Miss Mary Stelner, survive. o fastidious travelers. Yet...is it expensive? Not at all! - On the contrary. THE, WARDROBE TRUNKS . $38 to $450 THE HAND LUGGAGE It you would like to see something Uy ings over. You don't have to buy anything—unless you want fo . . . INNOVATION Retail Headquarters for the Smartest. ‘Trunks, Hand Lussage and 020 C. to the neighborhood and a cr QReilly-endorsed PAINTS STAINS, etc., can be depended upon to do the utmost in protecting and beautifying your home. Specially Ifow Prices HUGH REILLY CO. PAINTS & GLASS NGTON, D. C. ASCITY MAAGER Roanoke Engineer Believed; to Be Slated for Alex- andria Post. For Adoption Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 27.—The appointment of a city manager to suc- ceed Paul Morton, who has resigned to | accept_the city management of Peters- | burg. Va., on July 1, is expected to b2 the outgrowth of a closed session of the City Council being held at City Hall here today. While an official announcement. from the City Council last week stated that four candidates were still being con- sidered for the post, it has been learned from authoritative sources that C. Luckett Watkins, city engineer of Roa- noke, will receive the appointment. Formerly From Alexandria. ‘Watkins, who is 39 years old, is a former Alexandrian, and the son of Mrs. Annie E. Watkins of 106 South Columbus street, and the late J. B.| Watkins, who conducted a feed and | | grain business in this city until his | death. Watkins is a graduate of the Alexan- dria public schools and graduated from the Virginia Poly Institute at Blacks- burg, Va., as a civil engineer in 1909. Morton, the present city manager, is |also a 'civil engineer. 4 Held Several Positions. Watkins has ‘held several engineering positions in Maryland, _Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He became assist- ant_engineer of Roanoke on June 1, 1919, and was promoted to city en- gineer in October, 1922. He served for two years as engineer of the Water Works Co., at Hagerstown, Md,, prior to going to Roanoke and for a time was in charge of the highway engineering work in Summers County, W. Va” —— [JAIL ESCAPES Fi BY TIMELY D[SCOVERY Sheriff Finds nives and Loosened Brick in Outer Walls of Pri- son at Luray. OILED | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, May 27.—Discovery of a various assortment of eating knives and some loosened brick in the outer | walls of the jail by Sheriff E. L. Lucas prevented possible emptying of the jail of its 13 prisoners Saturday. According to the sheriff, several of the prisoners had been left in the cor- ridors, not enough cells being provided for them. Some of these kept back forks carried to them for eating and had dug the mortar out from between the brick. The last jail break here was made two years ago when Seldon B. Lam, al- leged notorious moonshiner now serv- ing a term in the penitentiary, led a | sensational escape. ~On this occasion | the jail was emptied. | | | HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES. |'Special Dispatch to The Star. ! LURAY, Va, May 27.—Graduation | exercises will be held Tuesday, June 4. | at the Luray, Shenandoah and Stanley | High Schools, the baccalaureate sermons having been preached Sunday. Luray High School graduates 14, | Shenandoah 11 and Stanley 7. Speakers at the events will be: Luray, Prof. W. M. | Brown of the Washington and Lee University; Shenandoah, Dr. William M. Forrest of the University of Virginia, | and Stanley, Col. H. J. Benchoff of Massanutten Military Academy. Fairfax Vestrymen Elected. FAIRFAX, Va, May 27 (Special) The Church of the Holy Comforter, Rev. William Marshall, rector. at its congregational meeting elected the fol- lowing vestrymen for the coming year: Charles E. Babcock, R. W. Wood, C. W. B. Smith, Dr. Lomax Tayloe, W. H. Gold- smith, G." W. Bennett, Arthur Smith, Thomas R. Moreland and Bently Wood. The vestry will elect its officers at its next meeting rdrobe Trunks and Han Luggage 30 : p £ "/NNOVATION" Luggage lives up to its name. It is distinguished by many newalties, exclusivities and con- veniences. Jt is extremely good-looking. It endures is the choice of the most $15to $150 ue in modern Luggage, e e e e earee RUNK CO. Closet Fixtures A That Is a to You well painted are assets edit to their owners. , VARNISHES, Floor Wax Stains and Varnishes GEORGE RUSSELL, Twenty months old, who is declared to have been abandoned in Children’s Hospital several months ago. Miss Agnes Duall, Prince Georges County social worker, is endeavoring to find a permanent home for him. At present he is being cared for by Mrs. Viola An- derson of Colmar Manor. TORNADO RELIEF FUND NEARS GOAL OF $18,000 Montgomery County Red Cross Sponsors Campaign to Assist Sufferers. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, May 27.—The $18,000 fixed as the amount necessary for the relief of the five families af fected by the recent tornado in Mont- gamery County will be in hand within the next few days as a result of the drive that has been in progress in the county for the last three weeks under the auspices of the Montgomery County Chapter of the Red Cross, in the opin- ion of Mrs, J. Somerville Dawson, chair- man of the chapter. Most of the money has come from contributions by individuals and organ- izations, but card parties and other benefits have swelled the fund. Several | of the districts, according to Mrs. Daw- son, have raised their allotments and one or two have gone over the top. The money will be distributed by a committee headed by George M. Hunter, president of the Montgomery County | National Bank of Rockville. 01d-Time “Grads” H;ored. DANVILLE, Va., May 27 (Special).— | Two graduates of half a century ago will be guests tonight when the Alumnae-Senior banquet of _Averett College is held here. Mrs. W. W. Wad- dill and Miss Sue Averett, who grad- uated in the class of 1879, are the only urvivors so far as is known and they will respond to a toast. The college finals will be held tomorrow night. WEAR A V.F. W MONDAY, MAY 27, 1929. COURT HOLDS FIVE FORGRAND JURY All Are Charged With Violat- ing Arlington Liquor ) Laws. | i | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- sons on charges of possessing liquor. lington County police during the week end resulted in the arrest of five per- sons on charges of possessing liquor. All were held under bond of $500 each for action of the grand fury by Judge Harry R. Thomas, in Police Court this morning. List Liquor Arrests. Those arrested were Augustine Fergu- son, taken at her home at Hall's Hill | by ‘Policemen James D. East, H. C. Jones and Raymond Crack: Joe Miller, arrested by Sergt A. F. Driscoll of Po- tomac. and Lewis Rust, Reginald Casey | and Wander Muse, arrested by Police- | man Ray Cobean in a house in a re- mote corner of the county. Small amounts of liquor were seized in each | case, ! Gets $14.25 Fine. John Williams, colored, was fined a total of $14.25. C. E. Cannaday, a spe- cial agent of the R.. F. & P. Railroad, arrested the boy after Willlams is al- leged to have broken into a car of mel- lons, taking one of the largest, pro- duced as evidence this morning. Fined for Speeding. Lorenzo Dennis, who was arrested by Policeman Raymond Crack, was fined $15 on charges of speeding. Cases of concealed weapons and reck- less driving, lodged against Joseph Romiti by Constable Herberi, T. Baker of Jefferson district, were continued until- tomorrow for a hearing. Baker claims that he found a pistol in Ro- miti’s car after he had arrested him on the reckless driving charge. VIRGINIANS CELEBRATE | AT 200-YEAR-OLD CHURCH | cillor Speak at Ketoctin Ceremonies. Special Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, V: May 3 27—W. J. Kendricks of Richmond, layman | sions and Education, |at the *“home-coming” celebration of the old Ketoctin Baptist Church, near- ly 200 vears old, near here. Homer J. Councillor, assistant_pastor of Calvary | Baptist Church, in Washington, D. C., spoke in the afternoon. The church is supposed to have been formed somewhere in the 1740's, but was not constituted and named until the year 1755 or 1776, and was named “Ketoctin” from the stream nearby. CLAFLIN Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 BUDDY | W. J. Kendricks and H. J. Coun- SUBURBAN Arrest Is Urged Of Pedestrians In Traffic Cases Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 27.—A law providing for the arrest of pedestri- ans who cross streets against traffic is the only possible way to make those afoot, obey the clectric sema- phores as well as motorists, accord- ing to Police Commissioner Gaither. “The. motor vehicular traffic is increasing in the city each year,” said the Commissioner. “But for the automatic traffic devices placed at busy intersections throughout the city it would be a difficult matter for pedestrians to make a crossing safely. But it is‘hard to educate pedestrians to the fact that they should make the street crossing at a time wherl the red light or ‘stop’ signal in the semaphore is stopping vehicles. "The majority of those afoot deliberately attempt to walk from one side of the street to the other when traffic is moving, some- times dodging from b-hind one auto- mobile directly in the path of another. “The only thing the police depart- ment can do at this time is to attempt to caution the public of the risk one fakes in attempting to make a crossing -in this fashion. There would be no use to make an arrest of the pedestrian, for there is no law on the statute books, the Police Court could charge was being violated.” College Professor Resigns. LYNCHBURG, Va, May 27 (Special).— Dr. Ferdinand W. Martin, professor of chemistry at Randolph-Macon Woman's College Mere since the opening of the college in 1893, has resigned and will retire from active work at the close of the present sessioj NEWS." COUNTY EXPECTS | \ I3 TAX RATE l iMontgomery Commissioners | Expected to Set Same Fig- | ure as Last Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 27.—After weeks of work on the part of Berry F. | Clark, clerk to the county commission- |ers, and his several assistants, every- | thing is in readiness for fixing the gen- | eral county tax rate and signing the levy for the year, which begins July'1, and thet county commissioners are ex- | pected to do so at their meeting tomor- row or the following Tuesday. | The commissioners held a speclai meeting here Priday afternoon to ap- prove accounts and consider other mat- | ters pertaining to the levy. ARhough the expenses of the county will be much heavier the new fiscal year | than for the year now drawing io a | close, the substantial increase in the county’s taxable basis during the cur- i rent year will make it possible to keep the general county tax rate at about what it now 1s, $1.30 cn the $100, it is stated. Dies From Heat Attack. CUMBERLAND, Md.,, May 27 (Spe- cial) —Returning from the base ball game at Community Park vesterday, in | the automobile of F. 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