Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1929, Page 10

10 ® SUBURBAN NEWS. PUBLICITY DELAYS LICENSING OF INNS | Prince Georges County Pro- prietors Slow in Making Applications. BY GEORGE PORTER. Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 4.— Woman in Council Apparently disquieted over the unfavor- | able publicity given their establishments | following the gunplay and murder in | two of them in recent months, the pro-‘\ prietors of Prince (lorges County moad- | houses are backwand in applying for the necessary licenses to continue oper- ations required under the new law which went into effect June 1. i Only about a week remains in which to file application for the licenses, yet none of the proprietors has as yet taken steps to secure them it was re- vealed at the office of the Prince georgrs County Commissioners yester- ay. As the law requires applicants to pub- lish their intention of securing a road- | house license in a paper published in the county at least two weeks prior to the granting of the license, and as the licenses must be obtained by July 1. James C. Blackwell, clerk to the county commissioners, points out that road- house proprietors have barely a week in | ‘which to file applications. Opens Way for Objections. ‘This publication of intention to ob- tain roadhouse licenses is for the pu pose of giving all persons having objec- tions to the issuance of the license to file protests or appear before the county commissioners, who will conduct a hear- ing on the matter in much the same fashion hearings are now conducted on applications for zoning changes. After such hearings, the county heads are given authority under the new law to issue or refuse to grant the license, or, in the case where licenses have already been issued, to revoke them. In publishing intention to secure & roadhouse license the law requires that the location of the establishment be given and the exact nature of the busi- ness conducted there be stated. Protests Looked For. It is expected several protests against the licensing of some of the roadhouses will be received, as at least two groups have previously voiced opposition to the conduct of such businesses in their community. Last week, following the shooting at the Prince Georges Inn, formerly the Ram’'s Horn Inn, on Queen Chapel road, the Mo(int Rainier Citizens' Asso- ciation, in a vigorous resolution de- nouncing the county’s roadhouses as “public nuisances,” went on record as specifically opposed to the further licensing of that particular establish- ment, while a short time after Wesley Poutra was fatally shot in Green Gables a delegation of citizens from Suitland Journeyed to Annapolis to urge that a stringent roadhouse law be adopted by the General Assembly. All protests of citizens against the issuance of licenses and arguments by proprietors in favor of such action will be heard by the commissioners at their meleLtmg on June 25, according to Black- wel Number in Doubt. Just how many establishments in the county should be classified as road- houses under the new bill neither the county clerk nor the sheriff could state. It is claimed, however, that a strict check-up will be made on any estab- lishment found to be operating without a license and prosecuted under the new law, which provides a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500 fine for persons convicted of violation of the statute. Proprietors who are tardy in filing their applications—that is, those who do not publish their intention two weeks before the hearing of June 25— will be forced to discontinue dancing at their establishments if they wish to escape convictions, it was pointed out. The bill as adopted by the Legisla- ture makes it unlawful to maintain or operate a roadhouse, restaurant, lunch- room, cafe, inn, hotel or club for profit, ‘where public dancing is permitted more than once a week, without securing a permit from the county commissioners. A fee of $100 is charged for the pe: mit and specification made in the law that this money shall be paid the road committee in the district in which the roadhouse is located, or, if in an incor- porated town, to the township for use in street improvements. JOIN IN PROTEST. Mount Rainier Mayor and Council Add Voices Against Roadhouse. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., June 4.— Joining the citizens’ association of their community, which last week protested against_the further licensing of the Prince Georges Inn, formerly the Ram's Horn Inn, scene of the shooting of Wil- liam Dietz, 35, on May 26, the mayor and council of Mount Rainier last night requested the Prince Georges County Commissioners to refuse to grant the establishment a license. The action was taken through the passage of a resolution offered by Coun- cilman Floyd B. Mathias, which de- clares the further operation of the inn 1o be “prejudicial to the best interests of the town of Mount Rainier.” In another resolution, the mayor was authorized to appoint at a later date s committee to urge the extension and completion of Eastern avenue from Bladensburg road to the Queen Chapel road as a matter of necessity in view of the growth of the town. Eastern avenue is one of the enw town bound- aries under the amended charter pass- ed by the last session of the Legisla- ture.” Its extension to Bladensburg road will involve the construction of a bridge guer the Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad Agreeing that their town balliffs were handicapped by wearing civilian clothes while using the town's newly acquired motor cycle in the pursuit of speedsters, the council voted to purchase Eugene Plummer, chief of police, a uniform snd cap. On recommendation of the police committee, headed by Rev. David Laing, | the council appointed the following town policemen: Guy Morgan, John G. Harrison, Leroy C. Schnopp, Floyd J. Mutchler, F. E. McLaughlin, F. E. Drae- ley, Henry Cleveland and J. Murdock. RAM SALE TO BE HELD. Maryland Stockmen’s Body to Hold Eale July 16. COLLEGE PARK, Md, June 4 (Spe- cial) —July 16 has been selected as the date for the third annual ram sale of the Maryland Stockmen’s Association to be held at Centerville, Queen Anne County, it was announced today by K. A. Clark, animal husbandry spe- cialist of the University of Maryland. As in the past two years, choice sheep from Maryland and nearby States will be selected for the sale, which annually attracts scores of sheep men from the Eastern States. Revive Byzantine Art. As part of the Byzantine revival in Europe, Mr. and Mrs. David Talbot Rice are on their way to Trebizond to un- earth what Rice believes to be the re- mains of a last center of Byzantine art. Rice, an Oxford archaeologist, has made valuable finds near Constantinople and in the monasteries of Mount Athos in Greece. His wife, a Russian, is the MRS. NAOMI P. CRAVER. POTOMAG ELECTS M. .P. CRAVER Chooses Woman for Town, Council Vacancy—First | to Hold Office. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., June 4.—Mrs. Naomi P. Craver last night was elected & mem- ber of the Potomac Town Council. to fill the unexpired term of H. C. Lusby, who resigned recently upon moving to McLean, in Fairfax County, after hav- ing served only nine months of his two- year term as a councilman. The name of Mrs. Craver, who was “covering” the Council meeting at the Town Hall as a newspaper correspond- ent, was placed in nomination by Coun- cilman S. J. Hammersley, seconded by Councilman J. A. Logan and passed by a 3-to-2 vote. Takes Oath at Once. She immediately took the oath of | office before Town Clerk John R. John- | son and was given a seat at the Council table at once. The new Council member, who is the | first woman to hold public office in the | 21 years of the town's incorporation, is | also the first woman to serve on the executive body of a city, town or county | in Northern Virginia and is thought to be the first woman to attain that honor anywhere in the State. Mrs. Craver is well known through- out Arlington County. She is secre- tary of the Potomac Citizens' Associa- tion, the Arlington County Civic Federation and the Organized Women Voters of Arlington County as well as secretary of the executive committees of all three organizations. She also is a former president of the Potomac Citizens’ Association. Native of North Carolina, ‘The new councilwoman is a native of North Carolina, where she lived at Lex- ington, Goldsboro and Greensboro. She was graduated from the North Carolina fit%ege for Women, at Greensboro, in Mrs. Craver lived at Manassas, Va., for two years before moving here in 1923. Since that time she has taught at Alexandria High School in Alexan- dria, Va., and also at the Mount Vernon Elementary and George Mason High Schools here. Mrs. Craver is the wife of R. G. Craver of Mount Vernon avenue and has three children, two sons and a daughter. OPPOSITION VOICED TOROSSLYN TRACK Citizens Object to Building Spur in Virginia—Zoning Board Delays Ruling. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., June 4—The public hear- ing held last night by the Zoning Com- mission on the application of Willlam P. Ames and his associates to construct & spur track along Lambden Terrace, in Rosslyn, developed into a protest meet- ing that left the commission still more in doubt as to what course to pursue. Ames stood before the protesting citi- zens for an hour and a half answering every question that was propounded to him and explaining each phase of the question according to his viewpoint. Voices Opposition. ‘The strongest opposition to the track, which would be three blocks in length, was voiced by C. H. Livingston, owner of Livingston Heights, which is bor- dered by and overlooks Lambden Ter- race. Livingston toid the commission that he had owned the property for 23 years, paying more than $20,000 in | taxes on it in that time, and that he | is just now completing preparations for | real development. The proposed track would ruin his subdivision, he said. | Rosslyn, Livingston said, should be a | beautiful gateway to the city and not | an eyesore, an appearance that at the present time it creates, he said. Livingston and his son, Kenneth Liv- ingston, told the commission that the National Capital Park and Planning Commission has worked out a plan of development for that section, and strongly protested the statement of Ames that Rosslyn will undoubtedly be zoned industrial. Following a statement by Mrs. Lora S. Cass, who owns property overlooking the street, that she has traveled all over the world and has never seen a more beautiful view than that of the city from the top of the hill, Livingston again arose and stated that he had seen plans for the erection above the street in question of a huge monument com- memora he ng of the Declara- tion of Independence and that such a monument would be defiled by having a rallroad track with box cars at its foot. Many Other Objectors. Many others objected on the grounds that there is not now sufficient road- way in that section of the county and that the track would prove a menace to the school children who would daily cross it. Acting on the suggestion of J. B. author of a book on Byzantine costume, Prominent people of Europe, among them the Queen of England, are taking Wp the revival, > D Shinn, assistant zoning engineer, the commission deferred final decision until the next have - ting, mee! Lo so_that it would toveonsultwith ~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE. 4, 1929. SUITT0 BE PRESSED |Funds Are Provided for An- alysis of Septic Tank Overflow. | Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., tion authorizing the appropriation of funds for a second analysis of the over- flow from the Mount Ida septic tank, the result of which will be used as evi- dence in the impending suit against the Mount Ida Citizens’ Corporation, was adopted unanimously by the Po- tomac Town Council at its meeting in the town hall last night. Mount Ida organization in an effort to obtain relief from an alleged unheaithy condition said to be created in the northwest section of Potemac by the septic tank’s overflow running into an open ditch within the corporate limits of the town. Asks for Funds. Corporation _ Attorney Walter U. Varney asked that the money be ex- pended for a second analysis that Ar- thur Rellly of the Industrial Research Laboratories, Inc., of Washington, can testify as to the present condition of the tank's overflow, the first analysis having been made some time ago. Varney told the council that he al- ready has taken six depositions and with the completion of the second analysis will be ready to appear before Judge Howard W. Smith in the Arling- ton County Circuit Court on June 17 to ask that an injunction be granted to stop the condition that is now alleged to_exist. The corporation attorney added that State Senator Frank L. Ball of Claren- don, counsel for the Mount Ida Citizens’ Corporation, has taken six depositions, which, together with Varney's, will be submitted to Judge Smith, who then will fix a date for hearing the arguments of the opposing counsel. ‘Would Change Tax Laws. Mayor Walter B. Fulton asked that the rules committee of the town coun- cil investigate the advisability of chang- ing the aged ordinances governing the town's business taxes in order to equ ize the taxes. Mayor Fulton told the council that the ordinances were drawn up some years ago and he knew of several in- equalities that “on the face of things do not appear just.” He said that one local merchant pays an annual tax of $60, {while & merchant directly across the street pays only $15.50, although the latter enjoys a business approximately 10 times greater than the merchant who pays the higher tax. A resolution was adopted authorizing the mayor and Town Treasurer Charles Adams to issue certificates of indebted- ness, payable six months from date of issuance, to the First National Bank of Alexandria, Va., in renewal of cer- tificates of indebtedness which come due this month in the amount of $7,000. The resolution also provides for pay- ment of $210 interest due upon the cer- tificates this month. ‘The May report of the town treasurer was submitted, showing a balance of $471.19 as of May 1 after $1624.42, overexpended from the general fund, had been deducted from a previous bal ance of $2,095.61. General fund re- ceipts were given $523.78 and the sewer fund receipts at $112.70, or a total of $636.48. Expenditures from the gen- ;l‘ll f:lnd :lel”ezsx'liven, l.ls follows: Fire lepartmen ; police department, $365.15; _ sireet department, $173.37; town hall, $40.03; contingent, $65.60, and interest on bonds and certificates, $19.50, or a total of $960.65. Receipts totaling $2,208.31 were re- ported in the sewer fund from Janu- ary ‘1 to June 1, while the general fund for the same period was over- expended $2,061.29, leaving a net bal- ance of $147.02, as of June 1. Bills mounting to $244.74 were ordered paid. To Level Avenue, A recommendation that a two-foot drop at the intersection of Stewart and Mount Vernon avenues be leveled was made by John Harding and re- ferred to the street committee with a recommendation from W. H. Van Syckle that Windsor avenue, in front of the town hall, be oil treated to eliminate the dust from the cinder and dirt roadway. Councilman H. A. Hampton, chair- man of the public safety committee, who has been authorized to sell the Potomac Fire Department’s chemical engine, asserted that he has written 42 fire departments in Virginia and Maryland in the hope of disposing of the apparatus, which has been relaced with a modern 850-gallon-per-minute pumper. Councilman 8. G. Heddings, chal man of the bullding committee, re- ported that two homes are now in the course of construction here, RUN DOWN BY AUTO. Alexandrian Injured About Left Hip and Foot. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., June 4.—Clarence Strudder, 18, of 312 North St. Asaph street, Alexandria, was injured about the left hip and foot early this morning when he alighted from a Washington bus of the Alexandria, Barcroft & Washington Rapid Transit Co. on the River road, near here, and was struck by an automobile driven by Elmer E. Harley, 31, of Stafford County Court- house, Va. Strudder was picked up by Harley and David 8. Houston of 219 North Colum- bus street, Alexandria, and rushed to the Alexandria Hospital, where an X-ray was taken to determine the extent of his injuries. Harley is being held at the Alexandria police headquarters, where he reported the accident, until an investigation of the case is made by Police Sergt. A. F. Driscoll, chief of the Potomac police orce. "CONDUCTED. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., June 4—Funeral services were held for Mrs. Sarah Porter Scanland of Mulhall Station this morning. She died Sunday at Garfield Hospital. Rev. L. L. Storck, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the services, assisted by Rev. Willlam 8. Abernethy of Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. 'Interment was in the family lot at Merrifield, Va. She is survived by her husband, g-l{x:n. and a daughter, Mrs. Cleo arks, —_— Portrait Painter Dies. PHILADELPHIA, June 4 (#).—Rich- m'dd Lantry Pl:rt , = and California, portrait pain here yesterday after & short iliness. He was a native of England and studied ainting under his father, J. H. E. Part- ngton, and Sir Hubert Herkomer. He is '“m:\\': by his widow, a brother and TS, — e Allen J. Saville, zoning engineer, re- garding it. The commission last night approved the application of the Washington Golf and Country Club to erect a new addi- tion and a new caddie house. It also approved the erection of a number or residences, including a on unds of the Y. W. O.IL Vacation - ’ POTOMAC SANITARY June 4—A resolu- | The suit will be instituted against the | | i By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June 4. Because Sheriff Charles S. Early and the chief of police of Virginia Beach literally got their wires crossed, Deputy Sheriff A. W. Hepburn of Prince Georges County made a futile 450-mile automobile trip over the week end. Saturday night Sheriff Early received a telegram from the Virginia police chief that Chester Ellis, living at the Burtonia Cottage, Virginia Beach, whom the Maryland authorities wanted | to answer an embezzlement charge, had been apprehended and was being held. Sheriff Early immediately wired back that he would send for the prisoner and dispatched Hepburn. [Maryland Sheriff Makes 450-Mile Trip to Find Prisoner Released When the deputy sheriff arrived at Ithe seashore resort Sunday morning, | however, he was told Ellis had been re- | leased on bond about an hour before. The bond, it was explained, was for the | man’s appearance before Justice of the | Peace H. W. Gore, at Marlboro, but no particular date was set, as far as the Maryland police could learn. How the Virginia authorities figured | they could take a bond for a man's ap- | pearance in Maryland, as the former State would receive the money and the | latter, the one in which the alleged offense was committed, be left “holding | the bag" should the man forfeit his | bond, has got both Sheriff Early and | State's Attorney J. Frank Parran wag- | | ging their heads in wonder. CROWD AT CARNIVAL. Clarendon Fire Department Opens Annual Event. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 4—Despite unfavorable weather conditions a large crowd was present for the opening of the annual carnival of the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department last night. The affair, which is being held in the public park at Taylor and Virginia avenues, is for the benefit of the main- tenance and operating fund of the department. The carnival will be con- tinued tonight and tomorrow night. In addition to the regular carnival features the committee in charge will present special added attractions each evening. | Rev. Mr. Steenson to Be Inducted at Special Services. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 4.—Rev. | Issac Steenson, who assumed the pastorate of the Clarendon Presbyterian | Church early in May, will be formally installed by the Washington Presbytery at special services to be held at the church Thursday night. ‘The principal sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Church of Wash- ington, Others participating are Rev. E. R. Palmer, Rev. A. B. Altfather and Rev. J. R. Duffiel PASTOR TO BE INSTALLED.! LAWRENGE NAMED AS CITY MANAGER ‘New Alexandria Executive | Succeeds Paul Morton, Who Leaves for Petersburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 4—Wallace Lawrence, 32-year-old city executive of | Salem, Va. yesterday was named city manager of = Alexandria by the city | council at a special session called to | appoint a successor to Paul Morton, ' who is to accept the management of Petersburg, Va., July 1. The appoint- ment came at the end of an all-day meeting of the council, interrupted only for lunch and the hearing of a State welfare worker. ‘The new manager will come here at a salary of $4,500 per year, the same | sum paid Morton when he became city manager four years ago. Since that time, however, Morton has been raised to $6,500 and Lawrence will be given every opportunity to make the same ad- vancement, Mayor Willlam Albert Smoot said today. New Head Arrived Today. 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Since leaving Cornell he was engaged in municipal work, mainly in consult- | ing capacities as an engineer, until be- coming city manager of Salem three years ago. | © He went immediately to the office of | Lemuel J. Houston, jr., consulting engi- neer of Baltimore, upon leaving college, and remained with Houston, who is now city manager of Fredericksburg, Va. for four years. He then became chief | engineer officer of the Western Railroad Co., working on railroad valuations. Lawrence then took over the construc- | tion of a $650,000 sewer project as eity | sanitary engineer of Paducah, Ky. He remained in Paducah for one year and then designed a complete sanitary sewer system and water works for Salisbury, Md., before going to Salem. ‘The new city manager is vice presi dent of the Virginia League of Muni- clpalities, & member of the American Association of Engineers and a certified professional engineer of the State of Virginia. 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