Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN NEWS,' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX. P C, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929.° COUNTY DEBATES RETURN T0 CAPITAL Arlington Again Takes Up Discussion of Restoiing 0ld D. C. Lines. Note articles restoration 2o the Dist This is the the' ren, BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Now that Washington has become | ©k¢ of the great c Is of the world, | overflowing the present boundaries o! the District of Columbia in all direc- tions and promising more than to ful- i fill the fondest dreams of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other far-seeing statesmen of the young Republic, consideration is being given once more to the old question of restor- | ing the original lines of the Federal District, so as to embrace the “ten miles_square” laid off by order of the first President in accordance with the | terms of the Constitution, or at least the major part of the Virginia portion | ©of the old District It is in Arlington County itself, which under the old name of Alex- andria County formed a part of the District for more than half a century, that the proposal to bring the Vir- ginia portion back under Federal juris diction is being agitated anew. As they watch the progress of the City of Washington, just across the river from them. many men and women of this smallest of Virginia counties are pondering t ntages and disad- vantages of a n of their terri- tory to its former status Sharp Differences Arise. But now, as in the past this subject has been discussed sharp | differences of opinion are arising among the citizens of Arlington Coun Some welcome the agitation because they think the time is ripe for it and that ultimate success is certain, and because they. want to share in the prog- ress of the National Capital more di- than is possible under present conditions. Others, who have not made up their minds fully in the matter, welcome the movement as a means, at least, of call- ing attention to what they consider the backwardness of the county under existing conditions, hoping that it may| be a stimulation to county reform By a large number of the inhabitants of the county, including most of the older and the native Virginia families and county office holders, the movement is vigorously opposed and _belittled. They declare that there is mo appre: ciable sentiment, either in the county or the District, in favor of a change. They insist that the advantages of self- | governmen: and the full rights of American citizenship, which they enjoy and the residents of the District of Co- whenever | i | lumbia do not, outweigh all supposed | benefits _claimed in behalf of restora- | tion to Federal jurisdiction. | Has Not Gone Far. The movement, investigation discloses, | has not gone far. It is only in the initial stage and it is entirely too early to predict whether or not it will grow to any appreciable extent. The few who are thus far taking an active part in it admit frankly that the most ef- fective argument which they have to meet on the other side is that the peo- ple of the District are deprived of the right of American citizens to vote for President and Vice President and are not represented in the Congress which makes their laws. Some citizens of Arlington County, with whom a representative of The Star talked, are willing to forego the vote and representation in Congress, as well as local self-government, for the advantages which they expect to get from having their present homes in cluded within the District. But for | the most part there is a widespread | hesitancy to give up these rights, no matter what is offered in their place. In fact, many of the residents of the county have gone there from the Dis- trict so as to obtain the rights of cit- izenship in full, and they want to be allowed to work out their own destiny. 1f the present movement in the Dis- trict, fostered by the Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation, should be successful in its effort to have Congress and three-fourths of the States approve a constitutional amend- ment to Americanize the inhabitants of ‘Washington, the principal objection to the present agitation in Arlington County would probably be removed, in the opinion of those persons who are familiar with sentiment on the Vir- ginia side of the river. ‘Watching With Interest. For this reason many men and women of Arlington County are watching with & degree of interest only second to that of the residents of the National Capital the present campaign for national | representation for the District. When this is achieved, and when a fair ap- portionment of the expenditures for the | it should be made and pressed by | Federal Government, | Meeting This Afternoon Expected | sity of increasing appropriations all {along the PARTICIPATE IN MEMORIAL EXERCISE | Eleven members of Marr Camp, Confederate Veterans, who attended the of the All surviving members of the camp dance. Seated, from left to right Russell, George K. Pickeit, Dr. Charles and Charles E. Davis Right: Dr. Charles Russell of Confederate Veterans, and probably in the practice of his profession welcome such a request, but if the some persons be- lieve Virginia would hesitate to refuse. There are many Virginia lawyers who not only regard the legality of the retrocession act of 1846 as a purely academic question, but who claim that there is no real sentiment anywhere, either in Arlington County, the District of Columbia, in Congress or the coun- try at large, for an enlargement of the District by extending its boundaries into Virginia or Maryiand. They s therefore, that there is no substantial | ground for agitating the question at this time, or later. insist that Arlington County. like the nearby counties of Maryland i progressing at a normal rate. deplore the present movement, declaris that it cannot be successful and will only result in injury to the county. Along these lines of cleavage senti- ment has split. Apparently time only | will disclose whether the renewed agita- | tion has any solid foundation or is a mere flash in the pan. MONTGOMERY BOARD TO FIX TAX TODAY woul to Adopt Present Rate of Levy. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 4—The gen- eral county tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1 will be fixed and the | annual le signed by the county com- missioners this afternoon. Notwithstanding an increase during the year drawing to a close of Approx- imately $4,000,000 in the county's tax- | able basis, a reduction in-the present tax rate of $1.30 on each $100 of Teal estate and personal property is mot thought. possible, in view of the neces- line, especially for public schools. The rate is expected to re- main unchanged. The commissioners are expected to| transact the usual routine business be- fore giving the levy final considerataion. Berry E. Clark, clerk to the commis- sioners, after several weeks of hard work, has everything in readiness and the signing of the levy is about all that remains to be done. LICENSED TO WED. Maryland Couples Get Permits at Upper Marlboro. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER_MARLBORO, Md., June 4— Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: James Wallace Clough, 22, of Brent- wood, and Edith Virginia' Knight, 17, of Riverdale. Ira L. Phelps, 22, and Margaret T. Dugan, 23, both of Bowle. Robert Dudley White, 30, and Hedwig Amelia Steiner, 30, both of Washington. Johann Sivent Osman, 41, and Fran- ces Parkham Hitchcock, 44, both of Baltimore. —— District is made between the local and | the Federal Governments, the move- | ment for the restoration of Arlington | County to the Federal Government will, 1t is believed, be given new impetus. | The independent city of Alexandria was once also included in the District of | Tolumbia, but the primary purpose of | the present agitation is to bring only Arlington County back to its old status. Sentiment in Alexandria has been found by inquirers to be strongly against any change of this sort, and it is Tecognized by the leaders of the movement that an effort to include an already independent and thriving city in the plan would be attended by complications that might jeopardize the movement unnecessarily. Furthermore, the relationship be tween Alexandria and the National Agricultural operations in France have been delayed this year on account of the drought subsequent to the frost. James H. Wiley, Robert Wiley, H. H. Swimley and John P. Chinn memorial services at Fairfax. They are grouped in front of the monument erected on the Fairfax Courthouse green in memory of Capt. John Q. Marr of the War- renton Rifles, first man to lose his life in the war between the State: services commemorated not only Marr's death 68 years ago. June 1 | also the twenty-fifth anniversary man for whom the local camp was named The 1861, but erection of this marker in honor of the save one. H. H. Hatcher, were in atten- Thomas H. Lee, Comdr. Standing, left to right: J. N. Russell, W. S. Ball, Judge J. M. Love Herndon, 90-year-old adjutant of Marr Camp the old: t living doctor still activel FAIRFAX HONORS CONFEDERATE DEAD engaged I Tribute Paid Dr. Charles Rus- | sell, 90-Year-0ld Veteran | and Camp Adjutant. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., June 4 —The annual memorial services for those who sup- | ported the Confederate cause in the war between the States were held Sat- urday at Pairfax Court House on the | twenty-fitth anniversary of the erection | to Capt. John Q r of the Warrenton Rifles, first man of the monument Mt | to lose his life in the strife, June 1.1861. | Representative Moore in calling to mind this second anniversary stated that at that memorial service and dedi- | cation, Fairfax had entertained not only | the governor and most of the State officials. but also all of the men then living who took part in the convention of 1861, which adopted the ordinance | of secession. 11 Veterans Attend. Eleven of the 12 remaining veterans on the roll of Marr Camp attended | yesterday’s service. H. H. Hatcher was the absentee. The roll call of the camp’s adjutant, Dr. Charles M. Rus- | sell, as answered by Comdr. Robert | v, Judge J. M. Love, James H. Wiley, H. H. Swimley, John P. Chinn, J. Follin, W. S. Ball, Charles E. and George K. Pickett. There were 140 on the original list Representative Moore, in introducing the speaker of the morning, Senator | Tom Connally of Texas, emphasized the close part Virginia played in Texas his- tory. Senator Connally's remarks eulo- gized the bravery of the men and espe- clally the women of the Confederate cause and commended to the young people of the present the practice of erecting monuments to their fllustrious heroes. “I have no fear for the future of the South. if the young men and women of today will model their lives on the heroes of this previous genera- ion.” The invocation was made by Rev. L. B. Atkins of Fairfax. The band from Fort’ Humphreys gave a musical pro- gram. Mr. Moore in closing paid tribute to Dr. Charles Russell, 90-year-old vet- eran and adjutant of the camp, stating that he was the oldest physician in the United States still actively engaged in the practice of medicine. Following the ceremonies at the court- house the large company adjourned to the cemetery, where flowers were placed on the Confederate mound at the base of the monument. Taps were sounded by one of the buglers from Fort Hum- phreys and Mr. Atkins gave a prayer for the dead. The veterans were entertained at dinner in the tavern by the members of the United Daughters of the Con- federac; —_— Imperial Airways of England is boast- | ing that it has just celebrated its fifth birthday and has not had an lccldenb‘ resulting in injury to a fare-paying | passenger for four years. | in Bethel Cemetery. | eral children survive, ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 4 (Spe- cial) —Daughters of the Confederacy, R. E. Lee Camp of United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans jointly celebrated the anniversary of Jefferson Davis’ birthday here last night at exer- | cises in the Lee Camp Hall. An address on Jefferson Davis was delivered by Col vocal selections were sung by Miss Mar. Callahan and Mrs. Harry Kirk. The onfederate Cross of Honor was awarded to Harry Poss, son of the late Harry Poss, Confederate soldier, by Rev nest M. Delaney, who also presented the Confederate Medal of Honor to Ray mond Padgett, World War veteran, who is a descen Mrs. Clarence H Last Song.” Mrs. president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy here, was hostess, and Carroll D. Woolf of the Sons of Vet- erans presided as master of ceremonies. Vernon Slaughter, who attended the recent convention of Rotary Interna- tional at Dallas, Tex., as the delegate of the Alexandria Rotary Club, made a trader read. “The Charles W | report of his trip today to the club at its luncheon meeting in the George Mason Hotel. Funeral services for George Phillips 56, a ship carpenter, who died yesterda at his home, 718 South Fairfax street will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence by the Rev Percy Foster Hall, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Interment will be His wife and sev- A board of governors, composed of the two bodies assisting in restoring Gads- by's Tavern and the old City Hotel as a home and World War memorial for | Alexandria Post, No. 24, American Legion, has been appointed as follows: Robert S. Jones and Clyde C. Lamond, members of the citizen: committee; Thurlow White, George F. Downham, Richard B. English _and F. Clinton Knight, members of Post 24. Robert -S, Jones has been elected chairman of the board, with F. Clinton Knight, vice chairman; George F. Downham, secretary, and Luther H Dudley, treasurer. The arrangements for accommodating New York tenement children for a two- week's vacation in this vicinity next month will meet tonight in the George Mason Hotel at 8 o'clock Final rites for Miss Virginia Ogden, who died Sunday at the home of her nephew, G. Frank Beckman, 913 Prince street, were held at the residence today by Rev. Dr. W. S. Hammond, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Interment was private at St. Paul's Cemetery The monthly meeting of the Mary Custis Lee, 17th Virginia Regiment Chapter, United Daughters of the Con- federacy, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Lee Camp Hall. The chapter will adjourn for the Summer months after tonight'’s meeting. John H. Trimyer, while | nt of a Confederate soldier. | Howell, | Alexandria committee handhnz‘ COUNTY 10 START * ROADWORK SO0N Action Follows Approval of Montgomery Program by State Commission. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of Tre Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., June Montgomery County’s road tion program for 1929 was appro! the Maryland State Road Commission following a conference yesterday be- tween members of the road body and County Commissioner Lacy Shaw of the northern metropolitan _district and E. Brooke Lee, Democratic leader. The conference was sought by the men | | from the local county in an effort to speed up the construction work with a view to having it completed during the Summer months. The commission, | Mr. Shaw said, agreed to begin work immediately and informed him that the engineers and survey parties would be sent to Montgomery right away to lay out the work for the con- struction gangs, which will follow shortly. Kensington Grade Crossing. The county authorities also discussed with the commission the matter of the elimination of the grade crossing in the town of Kensington, which has been a matter of much dispute between vari- ous factions on the point as to whether an overpass or an underpass should be provided. Commissioner Shaw _said that he was informed by the State road officials that the two plans, one for the overpass and one for pass, had been completed forts were now being mad with the town officials of to arrang: Kensington and plans of the State road engineers would be submitted to the people of that town and discussions sought. The commission also made it known that this hearing would be held at night and on the day that it is arranged the full membership of the commission will | come to Montgomery County and make a tour of the roads which have been approved for new construction this year. The State road body also informed the county officials that* the plans for the underpass, which is to carry the new Silver Spring-to-Bethesda highway under the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks just west of Georgia ayenue, would be completed within a few days and that bids for the construction by private contractors would be sought. Early Completion Expected. 1t is expected inat this part of this road will be completed within the rex 190 days. At the same time the com- mission approved the design and loca- tion of the proposed bridge which is to this highway over Rock Creek to be located, Commissioner Shaw said, on the Ray brothers' farm. The proposed new bridge will be 52 feet { wide over all, with a_40-foot concrete vehicular roadway and two 6-foot-wide sidewalks on_either side. The whole | stretch is to be of concrete. The new road construction projects which are to be started by the commis- | sion follow: From the end of 1928 mac- town toward Dawsonville, $20.000; from Dawsonville to connect macadam road now being built from Old German- town toward Dawsonville, $20.000 from Browns Corner toward Spencer ville, macadam, $15,000; 16-foot con- crete highway from the end of 1928 | the | for a public_hearing when the designs | adam construction fram Old German- | | construction, southwest of Old Ger- | mantown toward Darnestown road, $20,000; 16-foot highway from Olney to Laytonsville to Etchison to Damac- cus, $100,000; Damascus to Laytons ville by way of Woodfield for 1.7 miles 16-foot concrete highway, $50.000; 16- foot concrete highway on_east side of Connecticut avenue from Bradley Lane |to Chevy Chase Lake, $30,000. and | Georgia “avenue extended at North Woodside to Forest Glen, concrete road on old street railway right-of-way. $31,000. Of Standard Width. The above roads are all for the stand- ard width of 16 feet, and by a special agreement with the State Road Com- mission the county’s plans for the con- struction of the following 9-foot- wide concrete roads have been approved, in order to provide some sort of hard surface for people who are mow ham- pered in their travel by mud road: From Purdum toward Lewisdale, $15,- 000: from the end of the 1928 macadam construction running westerly from the Germantown Railway Bridge, Neilsville, $20,000: Cedar Grove toward Kingley, 20,000; Travilah to Potomac Cros: ronds, $10,000; Clarksburg toward King's Old_Distillery, $15,000; toward Sugar- land from the end of concrete con- struction southwest from Dawsonville, $15,000: from Comus toward Dickerson by way of Mount Ephraim, $15,000; backfill for shoulderwork for 2 miles of reconstruction of the Muncaster Mill road, one mile on the northern end and one mile on the southern end of this | highway. $22,000, and the Columbia { boulevard from Georgia avenue at North | Woodside toward the Baltimore & Ohio | Railroad_and_Sixteenth street at the District line, $15,000. Stretch Appropriation. The county authorities decided upon | these 9-foot™ highways instead of the | usual 16-foot highways in order to make the road appropriation for the current year stretch into as many sections of the county as possible. In addition to the 9 feet of concrete it is proposed to put on either side of these roads 3-foot- wide stone shoulders, making in all a 15-foot-wide part surface road. In addition to these projects which were approved by the commission, the Montgomery County Board of Commis- sione: wrote to the commission sking it to include in the construc- tion for the current year the following projects: A road from Dickerson toward Martinsburg, $30,000; from Dickerson to Sugarloaf Mountain, $20,000; Pooles- ville toward Edwards Ferry, $30,000, and from Laytonsville toward Goshen, $20.000. These projects were included in the 1927 program, but up until this time | there has been no funds available with which to construct them, but the last | Legislature authorized this work and the | county commissioners want them in- | cluded in the current construction. | OLDEST RESIDENT DIES. Mrs. Mary C. Jones Was 97 at her | Death in Jefferson County. | Special Dispatch to The Star. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va, June |4 —Mrs. Mary C. Jones, 97, Jefferson | County’s oldest resident, died at the | home “of her son, Charles E. Jones, Monday. She was the widow of David | T. Jones and was born in_Frederick, | Md., daughter of the late Philip and Dorcas Reich, and moved to Jefferson |in 1870 Her ancestors were among the {early settlers of Frederick. The son is the only survivor. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at Frederick. River DmggeE for Boy's Body. | _Police today are still dragging the Potomac River for the body of Franklin Greatorex, 15 years old, of 15 Evarts street, who was drowned while canoeing Sunday. Since the accident the harbor police have been working continuously at the spot where the boy was last seen. 1 smou b SUBURBAN NEWS." ' TRITTY pPDY us A ——— e L 7 Mmmmmenn vz . ...and what ajoyitis to be relicved of the washing and ironing these hot days!” ULTRY Summer is no time to bother with home’laundering. Give yourself a deserved vacation. Send everything to the laundry. You'll be delighted with the quality of the work. And the cost is sur- prisingly small. ALL-FINISHED iv. 20c (Equal Amount of Flat and Wearing Apparel) Our Other Services Damp Wash. 4e 1b, Thrifty Wash.....7¢ Ib. Rough: Dry......10c Ib. ‘All Your Clothes ‘Are Washed In NET BAGS at the Old Colony Laundry Takoma Park, D. C. PHONE GEORGIA 200 Capital is not so close a5 that between the latter and the county, which lies directly across the river and is only 10 or 15 minutes’ ride from the center of Washington, with direct connection by three bridges. The completion of the Arlington Memorial Bridge will still further cement the relationship between Washington and the transpotomac county. Loath to Express Opinion. While it has been claimed that sen- timent in Arlington County in favor of Testoration to the District has been in- creasing with the influx of thousands of residents of Washington and the Northern States and the growing busi- ness and social intimacy with ¢he Cap- ital City, investigation discloses a gen- eral hesitancy to express opinions on th~ subject at this time. ‘We want to know more about it be- | fore we say anything.” is the answer of most of the inhabitants of the county | to all requests for theirviews ‘There are some on both sides of the question, however, who do not hesitate to speak out vigorously. Those who are working at this time for a restora- tlon of the county’s former status are approaching the question from _two points of view. Some lawyers have taken the position that Congress had no_constitutional authority to_retro- cede any part of the original District of Columbia to Virginia, and that the Tetrocession act of 1846 was illegal and may be set aside by the courts. They would like to see the question decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Would Have Congress Act, Some advocates of restoration, who hold the opinion that nothing can be accomplished by attacking the question through the courts, would like to induce Congress or the President to open nego- tiations with the State of Virginia in an effort to have the State, at the request of the Federal Government, re- turn Arlington County. This is looking @ long way ahead. There are no present. indications that the Etate government SETH .. THOMAS JEWELED BANJO .. 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