Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1929, Page 10

10 DEBATE DEVELOPS ON RETROCESSON Taking of Arlington County‘ From D. C. Declared Unconstitutional. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. LYON VILLAGE, Va., May 30.—Ap- pearing last night before the regular meeting of the Lyon Village Citizens’ Association, Richard L. Eacho, a mem- ber of, and George M. Yeatman, presi- | dent of the Ashton Heights Citizens' Association, took opposite sides on the question of the retrocession of Arlington County to the District of Columbia. Eacho, who had been invited to ad- dress the meeting, in conjunction with J. Cloyd Byars, was unaware of the fact that he was to participate in a debate until he arrived at the meeting and found that Yeatman had preceeded | him there, having been invited to | present the negative side of the question. Arguments for Retrocession. In support of the move to recede the | eounty to the District, Eacho Pfl\nledi out first the differences in the cost of | automobile tags. He claimed that the average cost of tags in Virginia is $15, ' as against $1 in the District. | His second reason was that, although the telephone rate in Arlington County | is the same as in the District, there is a 5-cent toll charge for every call made | in Washington and that most of the calls made &re subject to toll. The electric rates are higher, he claimed, with little chance of a reduc- tion, since the Potomac Electric Power | Co. and the Virginia Public Service | Co.. both of which operate in the coun- ty, have an agreement whereby the| former company will not increase their | service and will not interfere with the | pres=nt rates charged by the latter com- pan o he said, costs twice as much as in the District, despite the fact that it | is furnished by the same company.| ‘Water rates are muelr cheaper in the District and sewerage would be installed without the necessity of a bond issue or other technicalities, he declared, and the streets and sidewalks would be ina» mediately cared for. Yeatman replied that he was a na- tive Washingtonian and had moved to Virginia for the advantages that he could get here that were not available in Washington. His decision was based upon many years of civic work in the District, he declared. “I do not belleve there is any one here tonight who has ever attempted to accomplish anything through the ‘red tape’ necessary in Washington who will ever want to go back,” he said. Self government and the right of suffrage were advanced as the prin. cipal arguments for remaining under State control. Stresses Legality. Byars confined himself to the legal points involved in the original granting of Arlington County to the leral Government and stated that he did not believe .that the Constitution per. to cede it back to Virginia. There has always been a doubt in the minds of attorneys as to the validity of the act by which that part of the original “10 miles” square” was returned to Virginia, he claimed, stat- ing that the onl‘euu on record that was carried to the United States Su- preme Court did not result in & decision as_to the validity of retrocession, buf only tni.: 'e: ).hue 1;!:::& nlht.h;u State g Virgt collect taxes county. The return of Arlington County is in his ailnmn not only unconstitutional, but is illegal in that the agres ment was “consummated in a quadri- lateral contract between 19 property holders, the United , land for the establishment of square” and ‘that “neither alter or abrogate that contract without the consent of all parties thereto.” The association passed a resolution instructing its delegates to the Civic Federation to work for any plan that would result in'the increase in the number of ‘users of county water, with the resultant decrease in the present rates, or for an increase in the con- sumption permitted under the present rates. It was the consensus of opinion of those present that the present rates are entirely too.high. Recommendations Approved. In %onnldenuon of the % nx:- r dévelopment program of - ty Chamber of Commerce, | civic associations h‘vei ipate, the follow- ing re ‘were approved : Regulation of signboards, the estab- lishment of & municipal eventual of & joi house or civic center in which could be housed the chamber of commerce, Zoning Commission and lar organizations, ble . changes in the present form of the county government and the reorganization of the voting precincts of the Clarendon. section. Louis C. Carl, chairman of the com- munity house committee, reported that his committee has perfected a whereby the association can build a community house this year and sug- gested that a special meeting be held to consider the S meeting was set for June 12 at the home of 8. S. Eareckson. A strawberry festival is to be held on the lawn adjacent to the officers of Lyon & Fitch on June 7 for the| benefit of the association treasury, it was | announced at the meeting. LETTERS AWARDED 39. Athletic Honors Conferred at Gluni High S8chool, Lynchburg. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 30.—Thirty: nine athletic letters were awarded a the Glass High School here Wednes y, 32 of the awards being made to students who were thus honored for the | frst time. The awards were: Foot ball—Clark, Goldenberg, Cand- ler, Stovall, Maniates, Rodenhizer, Bris- | kill, Kulp, Hawkins, Wooldridge, Burks, | McFayden, Cralle, Perkins, Davis, | Sydnor and Brewer. Basket ball—Johnson, Forge, Adams, Booth, Maniates, Haas. { Base ball — Wooldridge, Perkins, | Stump, Coleman, Burch, Higginbotham, | Haas, Godsey. ck — Ballou, Barese, Baldock, Mrs. Mary Eliza t |ty has instituted “Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris,” Eva Layman, New Castle, V: Tenn.; Margaret Gailbreath, Students at Randolph College, Lynchburg, which they produced in the original Greek. Left to right: Claramond Harper, Albany, Ga.; Doris Minkwitz, Meriden, Conn.; Edith Walthall, Atlan! Mary Broughton, Atlanta; Mary Tillette, Norfolk; Catherine Travis, New Britain, y lice Armstrong, Ashland, Va.; Lydia Diehl, Roanoke, Va.; Leniel Edwards, Bell Buckle, shville, and Mary Burfoot, Norfolk. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. MAY 30. 1929. . STUDENTS PRESENT ORIGINAL GREEK PLAY Va., are shown during their presentation of the ancient Greek pla: Rebecca Wright, Mobile, Ala. Zoe O'Ferrall, El Dorado, Ark. Con Mary Hendrix, Decatur, Ala.; —Assoclated Press Photo. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 380.—Has the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad the right to charge $10 for allowing a telephone wire to cross its tracks at a public road crossing and an annual fee of $3 for the privilege? This question has been put up to the Public Service Commission by D. P. Darne, a resident cf Sellman, Mz)ntgomeryt counzly. whg in his letter of complaint says, in part: "cl blpvl: in hand a bill from the rail- road company (B. & O.) for crossing thelr tracks above Barnesville Station with telephone wires. “These wires cross at the county road crossing and there is a deep cut at this | $13 Charge to String Telephone Wire | Across Railway Protested by Rcsident‘ | place and the road crosses with a bridge. | “The telephone line has been ap- proved and passed according to their rules. “There isn't anything setting on their property at all, just the wires passing overhead: “This bill was sent to the Poolesville Telephone Co. and they forwarded it to me. crossing fee and $3 for annual fee. “I am writing to you because I feel that it isn’t a fair deal for me to have to pay such a bill. I don't feel that it is the right thing for me to be taxed with an annual fee all the time at a public crossing.” ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 30 (Special). Mrs. Ethel L. Walker, wife of Jesse W. Walker of Potomac, this county, died yesterday in a Washington hospital, where she underwent an operation sev- eral days ago, aged 37 years. She is survived by her husband, two daugh- ters, Dorothy Belle and Margaret Walker; her father, Reuben Ingall Potomac, and a sister, Mrs. Clifton Huddleston of Chevy Chase. 5 Walker was an active church worker. John A. Gray has been appointed a forest warden for this county and has subscribed to the oath of office before the clerk of the Circuit Court here. ‘Wilson of thumwunn’- e Circutt- Court here for an absolute di- vorce from James Wilson of Washing- ton, charging that she was more than three years ago deserted without just cause. She i5 represented by Attorney Albert M. Bouic of Rockville. The bill states the couple were married June 27, 1907, and have no children. In the Orphans’ Court here yester- @ay, lettg; 'c: fim% &n the personal estal ysses were to_Humphrey D. Wolfe and lysses Griffith, executors named in th ‘will; Allen B. Craver, e; of David S. Craver, passed his first and final account; Harvey J, White, exec- utor of estate of Mrs. Nannie ‘White, passed his first and final ac- count, and Grant Woodfleld, executor of estate of Charles E. Woodfield, passed his final account. * Joseph. John Guazza of this county has filed suit in the Circuit Court here for an absolute divorce from Mrs. Mary Guazza, also of this county, charging infidelity. He is represented er Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of Rock- lle. The bill sets forth that the couple were married in Baltimore, in 1925, and have one child, Joseph Clinton Guazza, aged 3 years. Miss Cornella C. Jayne, formerly of ‘Washington, died on Tuesday at Chest- nut Lodge Sanitarium, Rockville, aged 61 years. The funeral took place yes- terday afternoon from-the chapel in Rock Creek Cemetery. Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Olin Lamar Merchant, 21, and Miss Fiance Josephine Fitz- gerald, 18, both-of Washington. Miss Estelle Mae Lawson and John L. Wright, both of Washington, were married at Bethesda a few days ago by Rev. Clarence R. Ferguson. On the ground of infidelity, Carl Ru- dolph Stone of Gaithersburg, has been granted an absolute divorce by Judge Robert B. Peter in the Circuit Court here from Mrs. Edith I. Stone of Chambersburg, Pa., the decree also awarding him the custody of the cou- ple's two children. The couple, accord. ing to the bill, were married in Bal more, October 5, 1912. The plaintiff was represented by Attorney Vivian Simpson of Rockville, Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Presby- terlan Church, officiated at the mar- riage_here of Miss Josephine Woods nii ?\;:i D. McCammon, both of Glen- ale, Md. FINED FOR ASSAULT. Defendant Charged With Hitting Woman With Saucepan. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 30—Ed- ward Riles, colored, is & poor substitute for sunshine, at least in the opinion of Anna Green, also colored. Last Sunday, according to the wom- an’s story before Judge J. Chew Sheriff |in Police Court yesterday, she opened her front door to let in a little sun- shine. But before the sunshine a chance in came Riles, who hit her over the head with a saucepan. Dunnington, LeGrand, Scruggs, Mason, Berger. Riles pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was ‘fined $5. BALTIMORE PROMPT Express Motor Coaches Hourly service—8:00 A. M. to 8:00 P.M. —then 9:30 P. M. and 12:00 Midnight REDUCE Washington Ticket Office and Waiting Room p RaTEs *1* round trip D. C. AUTOIST TO SERVE 30 DAYS AT WINCHESTER | L. B. Davis Posts Bond for Appear- ance June 6 on Charge of Driving ‘While Under Influence of Liquor., Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., May 30.—L. B. Davis, Washington, D. C., convicted in City Court of operating an automobile while under the influence of. liquor, posted certified bond today for his ap- pearance June 6 to begin a 30-day jail sentence imposed by the court along with a fine of $100 and costs and revo- cation of license. He was allowed 10 days in which to} wind up business affairs here before going to jail. DOG LOCKED IN CHURCH. Howls Keep Number Awake Until Release Is Affected. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 30.—Mid- night howling of a dog, locked in the auditorium of the Methodist Protestant Church, Church street, kept occupants of nearby hotels and apartment houses awake until long after midnight Tues- day night. Two policemen finally obtained a key to the church and liberated the canine. The dog is thought to have slipped into the church during an evening service. They have it billed $10 for | OFFICIALS CHANGE DENTAL CLINIC HOURS Classes at Arlington Will Be Held in Morning From 9:30 to 12 0’Clock. By s Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., May 30.—In making up the June schedule for the preschool dental clinics, Dr. P. M. Chichester, county health officer, laid special em- phasis upon the fact that the hours have been changed from afternoon to morning. Whereas the clinics have been held formerly between the hours of 1:30 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. they will be held now from 9:30 until 12 o'clock in the mornings. ‘The clinics will be held as follows: Clarendon Health. Center, Woodrow Wilson School, Fort Myer Heights, June 4; Potomac Health Center, June 5, and Cherrydale Health Center, June 6. The following annual change of hours at the health centers for healthy bables also will become effective at the first services in June and remain perma- tober: Clarendon Health Center, at Woodrow Wilson School, Fort Myer Heights, Tuesday and Friday from 9:30 to 12; Potomac Health Center, Wedne?- e m. to 4 pm. At the Potomac and Cherry- dale Health Centers Dr. Chichester will be in attendance from 9:30 to 12 in- stead of 1:30 to 4. A compilation made today by Mrs. N. R. Davies, county school nurse, re- veals that 1585 children were given the Schick diphtheria tests last week. ‘The tests were given by Dr. Chichester, with Mrs. Davies assisting. Garden El:bl to Hold C;nvention. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., May 30 (Spe- cial).—The Garden Club of Virginia will hold its annual convention here June 11-13, with the- Winchester and Y“I:rke County Garden Club acting as t. State are expected to send delegates. There is to be a large flower show, with prizes offered for best exhibits, in ad- dition to the business sessions of the ! State organization. * ORANEE BLOSSOM nent until the first services in Oc- | the | Clubs in all sections of the | ARLINGTON FIXES BUILDING DEPOSIT $15 Fee Required on All | Commercial and Industrial } Structures. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. | | _ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., May 30.—All persons de- | siring to construct any commercial or | industrial building will in the future be | required to post a $15 deposit with the | | county engineer when making applica- | i tion for a permit, it was decided yes- | terday at the meeting of the board of county supervisors. | The decision to require the deposit, | was made as a result of the public | hearing scheduled for next Monday on the application of William P. Ames to | construct a spur track on Lambden ter- | race, Rosslyn. It was decided by the zoning commission that it would be necessary to advertise the hearing in the county papers, but the commission was unable to decide who should pay for | | the advertising. County Directing En- | gineer C. L. Kinnier brought the mat- ter before the board and they unani- mously decided that the fee should be pald by the applicant. Change in Right of Way. Acting on the recommendation of Kinnier and C. W. Fitch, the board au- thorized a change in the right of way | of Rucker avenue, in Lyon Village, to eliminate the sharp curve at the inter- | section of Courthouse road and provide a direct connection with Wilson Boule- vard. Rucker avenue is to be widened and repaved by the county and will pro- vide a direct connection from the Lee Highway to the new Arlington Memorial Bridge by. connecting with the proposed Lee Boulevard. Supervisor B. M. Hedrick, Common- | wealth’s Attorney Willlam C. Gloth and Kinnier were instructed to work out some plan for issuance of building per- | mits. It was suggested that a charge of $10 be made for each permit, the cost to cover ap investigation by the | engineer’s office to see that the build- | ings are properly located. This would certificate of location to take the place of surveys made by companies placing loans. The matter is to be discussed | with the zoning commission. Compensation Commission. A special compensation 'commission, consisting of J. E. Spaulding, Frank | Upman, A. H. Richards, C. T. Jesse and | L. W. Douglas, was appointed to fix the | amount of damages to be pald to_the | Payne estate for the extension of Wil- | son boulevard down Pickett's Hill. Bids were opened for the widening iand repaving of Mount Vernon avenue |and for the purchase of two new 600~ gallon fire engines. In order that the | blds might be carefully studied, the | board decided to delay the awarding of | the contracts until next Wednesday, at | which time a special meeting will be held for that purpese. | COUNTY OBSERVES DAY. Held Schools and Cemeteries. Special Dispatch to The Star | ROCKVILLE, Md, May 30.—Me- | morial day is being generally observed in Montgomery County. Exercises were held in the public schools and the vari- ous cemeteries were visited by hundreds {‘:Dn;h!he ;oull'lhy.hthe District of Co- im] and elsewhere and the aves strewn with flowers. b ‘The usual exercises were held this morning at Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg, and the cemetery at Goshen, the speakers being Rev. A. E. Spielman, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, and Rev. Lin- wood Hammond, pastor of the Goshen Methodist Church, respectively. ican Legion members, specially named purpose, visited the various cemeteries and- decorated the graves of their departed comrades. Mayor Ernest in Hospital. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. KENSINGTON, Md., May 30.—Mayor Lucien B. Ernes is 'at the Garfield | Hospital, Washington, where he under- went o major operation yesterday. It I‘lnd sald today that his condition |t Montgomery Exercises in| Stars at Soda Fournfains In every picture of ment, with a soda fountain as a “loca- tion,” these Orange-Crush stars are taking the leading parts. Every live dis- penser today is a competent director of Orange-Crush drinks, suggesting endless | district, permit the engineer's office to issue a | THVEAR SENTENCE N ROBBERY CASE Man Indicted on House-, breaking and Arson Charges in Fairfax. ! Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 30 —Walter Si-' mons, indicted at the present term of court on two counts, felonious house- breaking with intent to commit larceny | and arson, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Howard Smith to a 10-year term in the State penitentiary, as a member | of the State’s convict road force. Si- mons pleaded!umy to entering the store of Frank Reid, on the Ox road, in Lee last May, and stealing mer- chandise valued at $33. The store burned later that night, as a result of lighted matches dropped by Simons and his companion, William Southerland, the loss amounting to $3,000. Simons was given a five-year sentence on each indictment, the second sentence not to begin until the expiration of the first. | Committed to Hospital. Southerland, indicted with Simons on both counts, was commiited to the| Southwestern State Hospital for the| criminal insane and placed in the ! tubercular department. ~The superin- tendent of the hospital was directed to report on his condition ‘to the court from time to time to the end that if he be restored to sanity and his physical condition permit he be returned here for trial on the charges with which he stands indicted. Special Officer Henry Magarity left last night with Souther- land for the hospital. Elmer Emery, indicted for grand larceny in connection with the theft of money, clothing and merchandise from the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sherwood, where he and his wife took | lodging in April as tourists, pleaded guilly and was given two years in the penitentiary as a member of the State's convict road force. The case against Pearl Emery was continued to the Sep- tember term of court and her recog-! nizance of bail enlarged to that time. | Emanuel Dove, pleading guilty to transporting liquor and operating a car while under the influence of liquor was fined $50 and costs and given a suspended jail sentence of one month. Summoned as Witnesses. The clerk of the court was directed | to summon W. M. McNair and the| Herndon Milling Co., Inc., to appear on | Priday morning as witnesses in the suit | of the Morris Plan Bank of Washington against W. G. Mills, and to produce the | books of the company and the common | and preferred stock which Mr. Mills has assigned as security for his indebted- | ness. F. J. Linton was awarded $48.11 | and costs in two cou from J. G.| Dunn, in an appeal from a decision of | the justice of the peace. i Upon application of J. V. Davis, vice | president and general manager of the ! ‘Washington & Old Dominion Railway Co., Judge Smith appointed Willlam S. Oliver, a police agent of the county, | wit hority in all cases involving the holdings of the railway company, to exercise a1l powers which can be law- fully exercised by any constable for the preservation of peace. Oliver later ap- peared before the clerk and qualified. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 30 (Special). —H. A. Arrin , office manager for the Craddock-Terry Co., at its central plant, had two fingers so badly man- gled Wednesday in a power pump at his home near New London that they ! were amputated shortly afterward at| Virginia Baptist Hospital here. A third | finger was badly mashed. Cardinal Enjoys Flying. ! ROME, May 30 (#).—Cardinald Hlond | | o Poland likes to fly. He enjoyed im- | mensely a trip from Warsaw by plafe. | He_made several stops en route. 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