Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1929, Page 6

MI. WEATHER ROAD FIGHT T0 CONTINUE Fairfax Chamber of Com- merce Votes to Keep Com- mittee at Work. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MCLEAN, Va,, June 12.—The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting held last night in the auditorium of the schoolhouse at Me- Lean voted to continue the special committee, George Harrison and E. H. Allen, appointed tfvo months ago to work for the completion of the Mount | Weather road. Reports given by Mr. Harrison and Mr. Allen on the recent interview with Gov. Byrd and Chairman H. G. Shirley emphasized the value of the work done by the joint committees from Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun Counties in | bringing this problem to a focus. At | present only 6.1 miles are not in the | State system, of which only 3 miles re- | main to be hard-surfaced, after im- provements are made for which money was allocated last year. A deadloak exists between the State Highway- Commission and Col. Robert N. Harper of Washington and Loudoun County in regard to a right of way through his property in Loudoun County. According to Mr. Harrison and Herbert ‘Williams, improvement of the entire roadway is contingent on the successful outcome of the meeting which the com- mittees have arranged between Mr. Shirley, Col. Harper and the Loudoun County board of supervisors. Gave New Right of Way. Col. Harper 20 or more years &go purchased from the county the old right of way, deeded to Loudoun County & new right of way skirting the bound- ary of his property and built a road thereon at a personal expense of $17,- 000. Now the State Highway Commis- sion states that it will cost them $19,- 000 to hard-surface this road, as com- pared with $5,000 over the original right of way; that they are willing to split the difference in the cost if Col. Harper or the Loudoun County board will put up $7,000. Failing this they ask the return of the original right of way. Mr. Williams stated that in his opinion this problem was one of the most important confronting the people of Fairfax and Arlington Counties, that the improvement of the remaining links in the pike from Alexhndria to Win- chester and the removal of the toligate now operated near Leesburg would be of incalculable value to all this section of Northern Virg h E. C. Gibbs, chairman of the chamber’s public utilities committee, re- ported that C. T. Clarkson, manager of the C. & P. Telephone Co., had prom- ised to make survey of the desired tele- phone extension in the Franconia neighborhood, provided that J. Sidney Wiley, president of the Lorton Co. would agree to release this territory. Mr. Gibbs was appointed to arrange a meeting between Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Wiley to try to work out the situation without an appeal to the State Corpora- tion Commission. , Air Markers on Fair Building. J. W. Gaines, vice president of the Fairfax County Fair Association, re- rted that the executive committee ad granted permission to use the flat +» roofs of the buildings on the fair grounds for United States Department of Commerce airplane direction mark- ers. The secretary was instructed to ask the Department of Commerce to wmake a survey of the field and report on its suitability for use as one of the State aid atrports. A request of County ent H. B. Derr for an appropriation outfit the rooms in the old clerk’s office building to house an indusf exhibit of Fair- fax County's resources was referred to the agricultural and publicity commit- tees. Mr. Derr asked that at least 20 reresentative Fairfax County farmers be appointed to accompany to Fredericksburg on June 26 to attend the first of the seven public conferences to be held by the State-wide committee appointed by Gov. Byrd to study farm relief in Virginia. Approximately 25 of the members present indicated their intention of uniting with the Arlington and Alex- andria Chambers of Commerce in the Joint outing at Orkney Springs on Sat- urday and Sunday. Members will meet in front of the courthouse on Saturday morning at 7:45 to join the motor cavalcade to Orkney Springs. President Webb appointed the follow- ing nominating committee to nominate a director from each of the six districts to be voted on at the annual meeting in July at Baileys Cross Roads: C. C. Carr, chairman; J. W. Brookfield, George C. Smith, Herbert Willlams and H. B. Derr. The directors, whose terms will expire July 1, are: E. Mount _Vernon _district; Keith, Providence district; Miss Gladys Winfield, Centerville district; A. H. Buell, Dranesville district; J. Sidney Wiley, Lee district, and C. H. Powell, Falls Church district. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 (spe- clal).—The 90 girls graduating from Jefferson Elementary School this term, were guests of the Alexandria Business and Professional Women's Club last night at a banquet held at the George Mason Hotel with Mrs. Mary W, Troth, the club_president, presiding. Miss Charl O. Williams, education chairman of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, was the principal speaker. C. H. Strader, principal of Jefferson School, also spoke. Mrs, George E. Warfield, organist of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for the past 20 years, has resigned and will be succeeded by Milford Witts, who was named by the board of stewards after Mrs, Warfleld's resignation had been accepted with regret. Charles H. Callahan, commissioner of revenue, will be the principal speaker June 17 at the testimonial dinner to be given by city employes in honor of City Manager Paul Morton, who is to leave June 25 to become city manager of Petersburg, Va. Commonwesalth's Attorney Albert V. Bryan will serve as toastmaster. ‘The board of directors of the Alex- andria Chamber of Commerce will co- operate with the local committee which has been named to make arrangements for the convention of rural letter car- riers of Virginia here July 18, 19 and 20. ‘The directors will obtain & hall for the convention and will provide automobiles for sightseeing trips to the nearby points of historical interest. Holy Cross Alumnae of St. Mary's Academy was host to the eleven grad- uates of St. Malz"s Academy last night at a banquet the George Mason Hotel. Rev. R. Rush Rankin, dean of arts and sciences at Georgetown Uni- versity, addressed the graduates. Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Hale, who died yesterday in Baltimore, were held here today in the Methodist Protestant Church by Rev. Norman Roberts. Interment was in the Bethel Cemetery, Card Party and Dance Planned. @pecial Dispatch to The istar. CLARENDON, June - Business and Professional Women's Club of Arlington at its luncheon meet- ing in the Presbyterian Albert Cohe resident, THE EVENING Costumed up of children, from the first to fifth grade, inclusive, of the Marlboro School, which last week pre- sented a “Pum‘:: Ot s Brantiat ve part of a musical festival given by the school in Trinity Parish Hall, Marlboro. Mrs. Gladys Henault and Mrs. M. B. Edelen, teachers, directed the presentation. —Star Staff Photo. BROTHERS ON fRIAI. ON MURDER CHARGE | William and Richard Davis First| of Five Indicted in William Maddox Death. Special Dispateh to The Star. J MANASSAS, Va., June 12.—William and Richard Davis, youthful brothers, were placed on trial this morning in Circuit Court here charged with the murder of Willlam Maddox, January 16, near Joplin, Prince William County. Three others—Coleman and John Davis and Caton Carney—await trial under the same indictment. The four Davises are brothers. It was agreed that Wil- liam and Richard be tried together, their case first to be disposed of. ‘Thomas H. Lion is the commonwealth’s attorney, and the defense is represented | by Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria. | ‘The body of Maddox recently was ex- humed on suspicion of foul play and it is said that bruises, indicating he had | been attacked and beaten, were found. | ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 12 (Special) - i The will of John Wesley Walker, formerly mayor of Gaithersburg, this county, and at one time a member of the Board of County Commissioners, who died last week at Ris home in Gaithersburg, was admitted to probate in the Orphans’ Court here yesterday. It was executed March 2, 1926; names the Farmers’ Banking & Trust Co. of Rockville exec- | utor and disposes of an estate valued | at approximately $50,000. The instru- | ment bequeaths to the widow, Mrs. Frances E. Walker, one-third of the estate and directs that the remainder be equally divided among the testator's three daughters, Mrs, Willis B. Burdette of Rockville and Mrs. Walter M. Ma- gruder and Mrs. Edgar Fulks of Gaithersburg, and the three children of a deceased son, E. Wilson Walker, ‘The annual closing exercises of the Dickerson High School were held in the school auditorium last evening in | the presence of a large gathering. ‘They were conducted by the principal, W. Day Mullinix, and included an ad- dress to the graduates by Judge Robert I. Hardison of Washington, the presen- | tation of diplomas by Lawrence A. Chiswell, supervisor of assessments for the county; music and other features. The graduates were Edward Fowler Chiswell, Ida Elizabeth Dickerson, John Gilbert Gott, James Trussell Hoyle, | Charles Harriss Jamison, William Jhlnk]ln Jamison and Bernardine Mabel ones. ‘ Mrs. Mary Connor Dead. Mrs. Mary E. Ensey Connor, wife of John H. Connor, died Monday at her home at Unity, this county, aged 64 years, She was a daughter of the late John and Alcinda Kinsey of Goshen, Md., and leaves no children. The fu- neral will take place this afternoon from the home. | Miss Charlotte T. Mason of Fred- erick and William J. Severn of Mount » Md., were married at Clarksburg, | this county, Monday, by Rev. Willia E. Nelson, pastor of the Methodist Church at that place. | Upon being found guilty in the Police Court here of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicat- ing liquor, Leo Trout of this county was ntenced to jall for 30 days by Judge &Samuel Riggs. He was also required to pay fines and costs aggregating $25 on | two other ml,):ol;dve':!cle charges. | ‘When arraigns fore Judge Samuel Riggs in the Police Court here yester- day on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor, Gladys Luckett, colored, of the upper section of the county, demanded & juy trial and was released og bond in ‘the amount of $500 for her appea ance at the November term of the Circuit Court, High School Exercises. ‘The annual class night exercises of the graduating class of the Rockville High School were held in the school gymnasium Monday evening with & large number of the pupils, members of the faculty and others in attendance. Frank Marshall of the senior class was master of ceremonies. A mock marriage, distribution of gifts and numerous other amusing stunts composed the program, ‘There were several 8ongs by the senior class and the high school orchestra played. Similar exercises were held by the senior class of the Gaithersburg High School in the school auditorium Monday evening. following, charged with violations of motor vehicle regulations, forfeited collaterals: Ollle Lowe, $22.50; Walter Sickels and Wilbur- M. Monday, $12.50 each; Floyd G. Henderson, Cecil A. Beasley, Burroughs J. Russell and Charles L. Willlams, $7.50 each; Richard H. Hooker, $7, and Fred Lewis, $3.50. Under auspices of the Aid Soclety of Grace Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, an ice cream and strawberry festival will be held in the church hall tomor- row, it has been announced. Mrs. Marshall -Walker heads the committee in charge. BUSINESS BODY FORMED. Staunton Association Names Ed- ward Woodward President. STAUNTON, Va., June 12 (Special). —The Merchants and Business Men's Association of Staunton, Inc., is the name of Staunton's newest city enter- . Certificate of incorporation was y. Officers named are Edward Wood. . 'The board of directors will be composed of George Tulll ), A. L Davis, A. Weinberg, Edward Wood- ' THREE FALLS CHURCH | COUNCILMEN ELECTED | Charles W. Boyd, Dr. Julius H. Parmelee and Charles Gage Vic- tors in Light Balloting. Special Dispatch to The Star. | FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 12 | Falls Church yesterday held its annual | town election, one councilman being nt each of the three ear term. Two tickets were in the field for each vacancy and the election was accompanied by spirit- | ed rivalry, friends of both candidates claiming " victory and working busily STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ] DR. JULIUS H. P. CHARLES GAGE. PLAN ATHLETIC PARK. Winchester Citizens May Convert Rouss Spring Surroundings. WINCHESTER, Va., June 12 (Spe- cial).—Plans for developing 100 acres of city-owned- land surrounding Rouss Spring into an athletic and recreation- al park were outlined last night at a citizens’ meeting, at which H. Russell Potts was elected president. A rifie range and base ball diamond already have been constructed and it is pro- posed to install additional features. It also will be the site of the city’s central playgrounds. n, pi t was made gomen's crn::hwho ! 58’ meeting of the docal ciub June 26, colm Holidsy and Glenn Cline, Rivers of Africa ‘The Nile and have been connected by a motor road. | treasurer of the national conference on | against 132 for A. E. Rowell. |is & tobacco specialist of the Bureau of " New York, who recently was convicted ade pour a bottle of National Ginger Ale. | 1 i cious combination—refreshing [ and satisfying. puts a new flavor into lemonade that you'll like, delicat and fountains. until the polls closed at sundown. In the first ward, Charles W. Boyd, president of the Merchants Credit Co. of Washington, was elected with 154 votes, as against 126 for his opponent, A. L. Anderson. In the second ward, Dr. Julius H. Parmelee, director of the Bureau of Railway Economics and street and highway safety, received 151 votes, as against 128 for R. E. Kendrick. In the third ward Charles Gage, in- cumbent, was re-elected by 148 votes, as Mr. Gage Markets of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. The 282 ballots cast were by no means a record vote for the town, or as large as last year’s registration, when 306 votes were polled. Town Clerk R. A. Castleman and Counciimen Westcott and Roberts acted as judges of election. The new councilnen will take office September 1. REEVES T. STRICKLAND IS BURIED HERE TODAY D. C. Attorney and Former Aide in Wickersham Regime Has Private Service. Funeral services for Reeves Trench- ard Strickland, attorney of this city, who died in Garfield Hospital Monday, were held at the chapel of Joseph Gawler’s Sons, 1750 Pennsylvania ave- nue, at 11 o'clock this morning. Inter- ment will be private. Mr. Strickland was a graduate of the Georgetown University Law School and was at one time an assistant to At- torney General Wickersham, during the latter's term of office. After resigning from_that position, he continued the practice of law here. He also had prac- ticed for a brief period in New York. In addition to being chancellor of the Sons of the Revolution, in this city at the time of his death, Mr. Strickland was a member of its board of managers. He also was 8 member of Jackson Lodge of Masons of Alexandria, Va. Surviving him is his widow, Mrs. Minnie Riley Strickland. WOULD REMOVE MAIL BAN FROM SEX LITERATURE Representative La Guardia Seeks Revision of Law Under Which Woman Was Convicted. By the Associated Pre: ‘The case of Mary Ware Dennett of on the charge of disseminating sex hyglene literature through the mails, was called to the attention of Congress today in a resolution by Representa- tive La Guardia, Republican, of New York, who seeks revision of the laws governing such_literature. The New Yorker presented a measure to exempt Hterature of this kind from Federal statutes relating to mailing of obscene matter and asked that such matter, as a “medical or scientific pub- lication or part thefeof,” dealing with these subjects be mailable as well as | bulletins circulated by a Federal de- partment or States and territories, Action on the measure probably will | not be taken before the December ses- sion, g . Hawall’s sugar crop this year weighed 950,000 tons. GINGER ALE Try This ) Into your pitcher of lemon- It will give you a most deli- The gingerness of National C., CITIZENS FAVOR COUNTY HOSPITAL i Elimination of Bladenshurg Floods and Law Enforce- ment Also Approved. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md, June 12— {Erection of a hospital in Prince | Georges County, elimination of flood onditions at Bladensburg and law en-, orcement, especially in regard to road- houses, were enumerated by Judge Al- | fred D. Bailey, president of the Prince Georges County Federation of Citizens’ Associations, as the three principal projects which that organization should sponsor. Speaking before a meeting of the federation in St. Luke's Church parish hall last night, the judge secured the backing of the organization in his three-fold_constructive program. As an initial step in the effort to se- | cure a county hospital, Robert Mar-| shall of the Cheverly Citizens' Associa- | tion was appointed chairman of the special hospital committee. He succeeds Dr. Willlam 8. Keister, county health officer, as head of the committee, the physician having resigned because he believed an individual of longer residence in the county should head the com- mittee. He will reniain a member of the committee. O. J. Whaley, president of the Dis- trict Heights Citizens' Association, re- signed as chairman of the federation's membership committee. His successor will be named later. + Arthur P. Owens, president of the Hyattsville Chamber of Commerce, ad- dressed the meeting, explaining’ the efforts of his organization to secure a lower gas rate in the suburban area. Suit Against Railroad Lost. STAUNTON, Va, June 12 (Special) —Verdict in favor of defendant was brought in by an Augusta Circuit Court Jjury today in the $10,000 damage suit brought by the administfatrix of Rich- ard M. Maupin against the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Maupin was killed August 18, 1927, with his son, Richard F., when the small car he was driving crashed into'a N. & W. passenger train, National Ginger Ale is made today the same way that made it famous By case or bottle at grocers and tessens—served at cafes, clubs Guggenheim Co., 334 & K Street. W. 2508 WEDNESDAY JUNE 12, 1929. Mysterious Fire Wipes Out Sedan With Alleged Rum Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 12. —A high-powered sedan, fully loaded with one-half gallon jars of alleged corn whisky, was de- stroyed by fire shortly after last midnight on Telegraph road be- tween Accotink and this city, near Richburn Farm. The car, which bore North Carolina license 339-571, was headed north and had been pull- ed to the side of the road and bandoned by its occupants. A ng mark left where the rear tires had drug the road indicated that the machine had been brought to.a hurried stop. The Alexandria Fire Depart- ment was called out to save the automobile, but the blaze had gained such great headway before the alarm was turned in that the firemen’s efforts were unavailing. The car and all its contents were burned. Fire Chief James M. Dun- can, jr., sald there was no way of telling how the blaze started. HOME CLUB ORGANIZED. Camp Springs, Md., Women Pre- pare for Activities. CAMP SPRINGS, Md,, June 12 (Spe- cial). —Women here have organized un- der direction of Miss Ethel M. Regan, Prince Georges County home demon- stration agent, the Progressive Home- makers’ Club of Camp Springs. Mrs. J. R. Allen has been elected president of the club with Mrs. Ellis Middleton vice president, Mrs. Laura Biggs secretary, Mrs. Russell Padgett, treasurer, Mrs. Redman pianist and | Mrs. Harvey Pyles publicity chairman. ‘The club starts with a membership of approximately 25. Mrs. Eugene Pyles will entertain at the next meeting of the club to be held June 25, at 1 .m. Two Couples Licensed. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 12 —Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: Selman LeRoy Stinchcomb, 21, and Edith Marie Sal- mon, 19, both of Severn Park, Md. Robert Herman Morris Deleson, 31, of New York City, and Beatrice Albert, 26, of the Bronx, New York. 29 GEORGE MASON DIPLOMAS GIVEN Ninth Annual Exercises of Potomac School Held Before Capacity Audience. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., June 12—"“The re- | sponsibility for the modern youth should be placed upon the shoulders of the older ‘generation instead of upon the modern youth itself.” Dr. T. D. Martin, director of records and mem- bership of the National uuciuue su- sociation, told the graduating class of George Mason High School last night at the ninth annual commencement ex- ercises of that institution, held before | an audience that taxed the capacity of the school auditorium, o Three Challenges to Youth. Dr. Martin declared there are three | challenges to modern youth. The first X there never was a time when life was 50 interesting and challenging. The second is the rapidity of changes in life and the innumerable opportunities there are of making life interesting and chal- lernlgllxng, and the third is the worthiness of life, Twenty-nine members of the senior class were awarded diplomas by Fletcher Kemp, superintendent of the Arlington County public school system, as follows: Katherine Wilson "Adams, Virginia Marjorie Campbell, Julia Cohen, Ruth Beatrice Cohen, Ruth Gibson Gary, Melba Griffith, Alice Margaret Keller, Alma Katherine Keys, Grace Aileen Leich, Ann Elizabeth Lusby, Ruth Mil- ler, Marjorie Eleanora Nixon, Ruth Frances Roseberry, Dorothy Fisher Smith, Linden Virginia Thompson, Francis Virginia Walter, J. Everett Cassidy, | Harvey Thompson Cogan, Benjamin _Dearborn Clark, Leonard Watson Devers, .Robert Gary, Kelly Edward Grifith, John Milton Harding, Winfrey Elmer Mervine, Alva Rollins, Robert Theodore Reynolds, Davis Warner, Virgil Dennis Weimer and Thomas Edward Woods. ‘The program opened as the gradu- ating class, the girls attired in white dresses and the boys dressed in white flannels and blue coats, marched double-file into the auditorium, fol- lowed by the faculty, and took their AGAIN 4 250,000 USERS AND Nelson | of the Del Ray Baptist Church, offered invocation. The grad- ua class sang “America.” Miss Ruth Frances Roseberry delivered the salutatory address and the valedictory was given by ' Theodore Robert Reynolds. Rev. Willilam R. Hardesty, pastor of the Del Ray Methodist Episcopal Church, South, closed the exercises with benediction after Dr Martin spoke and the diplomas had been pre- sented by Superintendent Kemp. Baccalaureate Sermon. The baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class was preached at the Del Ray M. E. Church Sunday night by the Rev. Dr. E. V. Regester, presid- ing elder of Alexandria district of the | Baltimore Conference of M. E. Churches, “The world s waiting to see what | you graduates will make of your ed cation_and tools thus furnished you.” Rev. Regester said. “So, your grad tion is not only an honor but a re- sponsibility as well. The State, which has contributed towards your education, will expect some return from the invest- ment, and I can see that the State will not be disappointed.” The class night exercises of the senior class were held Tuesday night in the school auditorium, *with Harvey Cogan president of the class, presiding and de- livering the address of welcome to the guests. Alma Keys recited the class poem, followed by Katherine Adams, | who gave the class prophecy. 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