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10 v CAP RITCHE DAY BURSTSIN NEHT 40,000,000 Gallons of Water From Lake Royer Sweep Valley. SUBURBAN NEWS, THE EVENING STAR, -WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDXNESDAY, JUNE i9. 1929. RURAL WOMEN ATTEND SHORT COURSE AT COLLEGE PARK @pecial Dispatch to The Star. PEN MAR, Md., June 19.—The village of Rouzerville, Pa., was inundated early this morning and practically all the small live stock and poultry between | Camp Ritchie, the Maryland National | Guard camp at Cascade, and the village was killed when the dam impounding the waters of Lake Royer at the camp went out. ‘The break occurred with a thundering roar at 4 o'clock this morning and 40,000,000 gallons of water swept down the valley. All roads in this section of the county have been closed and the railroad trestle above Rouzerville is so weakened that trains are bcing re- Touted. Tae first alarm of the break was spread through the valley by Willlam Benchoff, the railroad agent at Fair- field, who heard the roar and notified Tearby residents by telephone A party of 15 high school girls from ‘Waynesboro, Pa., who were camping at a cottage just below the dam, was saved | when Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shryock, | their chaperons, got them out of the | building and on high ground with only a minute to spare. The Blue Mount | Chocolate Co.'s factory, which i situat- | ed on a small rise of ground in the, middle of the valley, was not damaged, | but it was_inaccessible early today. | The break came entirely unexpectedly, 1n spite of the fact that all the streams in this section are near flood stage and the discovery of a leak about the size of a 50-cent plece near the base of the | dam a week ago. Engineers inspected the structure a few days ago and could find no evidence of an increase in the | size of the leak and reported that no | danger existed. The destruction of the dam creates | a serious situation at Camp Ritchie, | the first contingent of militiamen being | due to arrive there in less than two | weeks. The break, which was 15 feet | square, was high enough above the | bottom of the lake to keep approximate- ly 10,000,000 gallons of water still im- pounded, but this amount is considered entirely inadequate for the accommoda~ tion of the troops who use the camp. | Work will be started immediately in an effort to have the dam temporarily re- { paired by July 5 and the lake at least | partially filled. | WOMEN’S CLUB PLANS DEBATE ON RECESSION Lyon Park Organization to Hear Discussion of Arlington County Question. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LYON PARK, Va., June 19.—A de- bate on the retrocession of Arlington County to the District of Columbia is to feature the meeting tonight of meg Lyon Park Women's Club at the Com- munity House. The affirmative side is to be argued by J. Cloyd Byars, a local attorney, who | is spending a great amount of his time | in the interests of retrocession, and the negative by Frank G. Campbell, patent attorney and active county civic worker. In announcing the debate, officers of | the club stated that the meeting will be attended in a body by the Lyon Park Civic Association and that representa- tives from practically every other civic body in the county will be present. FIREMEN WILL HOLD JUBILEE IN AUGUST, Arlington-Fairfax Counties’ Asso- ciation Votes Event—First-Aid School Planned. | i Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. [ ARLINGTON, Va, June 19—The| Arlington-Fairfax Counties Firemen's | Association last night at its monthly meeting definitely decided that they would hold their annual convention and jubilee on August 15, 16 and 17 | at a place to be selected by R. E. Kend- rick, general chairman. | On recommendation of J. H. Beattie | of McLean the association instructed | him to report on the advisiability of organizing a first aid school under the direction of the Red Cross. | Clayton C. Donaldson, treasurer of | the ;e]le( fund, reported about $5,750 on | and. CAPITAL BOULEVARD WIDENING IS STARTED Work Begun on 3-Mle Stretch on Baltimore-Washington Highway. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE, June 19.—Work was | started today on contracts for a three- mile stretch of the Washington Boule- | vard widening, with completion ex- pected before October 1 The State Roads Commission awarded | contracts for the operations to P.| Flanigan & Sons' Co. of Baltimore, Thomas, Bennett & Hunter of West- minster and the Baltimore Asphalt | Block & Tile Co., at a total cost of $310,000. There will be no interference with traffic while the shoulders, 10 feet wide, at either side of the road, are placed in position, making a new total width| of 40 feet. | _—— BOUTS SCHEDULED AT ARMORY TONIGHT Silver Spring Guard and District | Boxers to Meet for Service Benefit. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., Juae 19— | ‘Boxers of the District of Columbia Na- | tional Guard and the Service Company of the 1st Maryland Infantry, National Guard, stationed here, will 'be pitted against each other tonight in a series | of bouts to be held at the local armory. | Both outfits, it was said, have some | good material, and plenty of action is | promised. Lieut. Ward Caddington, athletic of- | ficer of the Maryland outfit, in charge | of the arrangements, said that the or-. ganization is operating under the Amateur Athletic Association law. The | bouts are planned as a benefit for the local company. , They will be refereed by Col. Erickson, Kid Sullivan and Sergt. Mouton. Lieut. William T. Roy of ‘the 29th Dijvision Military Police pany of the District Guard, is man- - aging the District Sghtezs, T Group of Maryland women attending the seventh short course at the University of Maryland, snapped on the steps | of the Administration Building during noon recess yesterday. —Star Staff Photo. WISCONSIN AVENUE WORKIS ADVOCATED Bethesda Chamber of Com- merce Urges Improvement From District Line. Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md., June 19.—An im- | provement of Wisconsin avenue from | the District of Columbia line to the Bank of Bethesda was advocated last night at a special meeting of the | Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, held | in the County Building of Bethesda, Md. The resolution offered by Emory H Bogley also urged establishment of a | park along Wisconsin avenue at the | Maryland-District of Columbia line. It | further urged that sidewalks be con- | structed for the entire district along | both the east and west sides of Wiscon- | sin avenue from the District line to| the bank except in front of the Chevy | Chase Club property. The resolution | also advocated the raising of the entire | west side of Wisconsin avenue to the | same level as the east side. The county commissioners have al ready authorized funds for such an improvement along the west side of | the avenue between the bank and Brad- ley lane, and the action of the chamber | last night was a request that the high- | way also be raised from Bradley Lane | to_the District line. | B. W. Parker, who was elected pres- ident at the last meeting, presided. The | 34 members present voted to hold another meeting July 16. DUES ARE REDUCED. Rockville Chamber Lowers Rate to Get in New Members. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19 (Special). —In the hope of increasing its mem- bership and otherwise stimulating in- terest in the organization, the Rock- ville Chamber of Commerce had its monthly meeting last evening, amend- ing the by-laws and reducing the annual dues from $10 to $5. It was stated that the membership has been gradually dwindling and the amount of the dues was held responsible. Critic] of the service provided by the Montgomery Bus' Lines, which operate between Gaithersburg, Rock- ville and Washington, resulted in the matter being referred to the public util- ities committee. T TAKOMA RAIL FIGHT STARTS TOMORROW Controversy Over Use of Public| Land by B. & 0. Gets Hearing. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19.—The| long-standing controversy between the town of Takoma Park and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. over the use of public land in the Maryland town by the transportation company as a siding for the unloading of freight will be heard in the Circuit Court here tomor- row morning at 10 o'clock before Judge Robert Peter. The town attempted to oust the rail- road company from the use of this space, o that the former could improve it as a public park, but the railroad, about a year ago, sought and obtained a temporary injunction restraining the town from interfering with the use of the area for freight discharge. Towns- people declare that the matter is a ublic nuisance. | L DUCKETT APPROVED. Montgomery Commissioners 0. K. Prince Georges Nominee. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19 (Special). | —In compliance with a legal require- | ment that all appointments as members | of the Washington Suburbah Sanitary | Commission of Maryland be approved by the county commissioners for both Prince Georges and Montgomery Coun- ties, in which counties the Washington suburban sanitary district wholly lies, the county commissioners for this county yesterday afternoon passed a resolution approving the appointment, of T. Howard Duckett of Prince Georges County as a member of the commission to succeed himself. —_— ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Vi June 19 (Spe- cial).—Plans for a membership drive in August were made last night by Virginia Lodge, No. 1076, Loyal Order of Moose at its meetiing in Carpenters’ Hall. A committee composed of W. P. Thomp- son, Homer Bauserman, I S. Groves, E. H. Magruder and R. P. Whitestone was named to make arrangements for the lodge’s annual outing which prob- ably will be held next month. Virginia Lodge accepted an invitation to attend a class initiation to be held by the Annapolis Lodge at Annapolis, Md., Friday and it is expected that 20 members will make the trip to the Maryland capital. With the appearance of fireworks in this city, Police Capt. W. W. Campbell today issued a warning that the ordi- nance limiting the sale of fireworks to | July 3 and 4 and the use to July 4| will be strictly enforced. The ordinance | provides for a fine of $10 for each vio- | lation. Funeral. services for Mrs. Louise | Estelle Earhart, who died Sunday, were | held today at the residence at 212 South Patrick street and interment was | glxlh; Presbyterian (.‘,'eame'.ery,T Bel\'.‘ yland T. Dodge, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, conducted the rites. Miss Marguerite James, Miss Laura May Peverill and George Smith have been elected delegates to the Massa- | nutten Springs Conference, July 8 to 14, by the Epworth League of the Meth- odist Episcepal Church. s e More than 3,000000 bicycles are in Wse in the Netherlands. AUTO KILLS WIFE; HUSBAND IS FREED Coroner Declares Crash Which Mrs. Burns Died Unavoidable. in| 85 a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | LAUREL, Md., June 19.—Mrs. Ann Burns, 45 years old, 5313 Seventh street, ‘Washington, was fatally injured about 2 o'clock this morning when an auto- mobile in which she was riding-with her husband, Harry Burns, sideswiped another machine and overturned on “Dead Man’s Curve” of the Baltimore Boulevard, near here. Mrs. Burns was pinned beneath the | wreckage and was pronounced dead at | St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, where she | was rushed by Harry Dorsey, near whose | residence the accident occurred. Burns was held at the Southwest po- lice station, Baltimore, until Dr. Ger- | manes France, automobile coroner, in- vestigated and declared the accident to have been unavoidable. According to Maryland State FPolice- man Carroll Serman, who investigated the crash, the Burns car failed to keep to the right of the road and sideswiped an automobile goine in the onmcaita Al rection, driven by Dr. John Hill Focht of SNAMOAI, La. AuC Piyos il James Mulliner, a passenger in his car, escaped with minor injuries. Both cars were wrecked. VIRGINIA SCHOOL HEADS TO DISCUSS NEW LAWS Conference of All County Superin- tendents to Be Held at Rich- mond June 11. By the Assoclated Press. legislation conerniig the public sohool ation conce: e ic school system and including improved meth- ods of school accounting will be dis- cussed at a conference of all Virginia county school superintendents to be held here on July 11 and 12, it was an- nounced today at State board and edu- cation offices. The conference is being held instead of the Midsummer conference of school superintendents that was to have been conducted at the University of Vir- ginig early in August in connection with the Institute of Public Affairs. Supervisor Resigns. CUMBERLAND, Md, June 19 (Spe- cial).—Roderic Clary has resigned as supervisor of assessments for Allegany County and has gone to Reading, Pa., with Mrs. Clary to reside with their son Roderic. Mr. Clary had been su- ervisor since 19 SCREEN GRID RADIOILA 46 RCA RADIOLA 46 Beautifal walnut and maple veneer comsole cabinet with RCA Elec- ro-Dysamic Speaker, 17900 (loss Rodioswons) THE greatest radio value ever offered in this city—and we have it. Once you hear this Radiola No. 46 you will never be satisfied with any other. More selec- tive . . . More sensitive «+«+« Two-in-one control «..Local-distance switch «..built-in RCA Electro- Dynamic Speaker...and many other new features. House & Herrmann, Seventh at Eye CHICKEN-KILLING DOGS INFEST HYATTSVILLE By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June 19.| —Bloodthirsty. chicken-killing dogs so infest the vicinity of Hyattsville that chicken raisers cannot even take a shower bath without having some of | their chicks killed, according to a writ- ten complaint received by the Prince | georges County commissioners yester- | ay. i The complaint is from Harry E. Schindel. route 1, Hyattsville, who de- clares his tribulations as a chicken- raiser in “this dog heaven” climaxed Sunday when he decided to “take a | shower bath and get a little sleep.” When he finished his shower bath he found two more chickens had been killed by the dogs Urged as Census Supervisor. MARTINSBURG, W. Va. June 19 (Special) —Harold O. Keedy, deputy county clerk here, has been recom- mended by Representative Frank L. Bowman, second district, for appoint- ment as supervisor of the census in the third West Virginia district, and F. E Tallman for the eighth districh Choice of ESSIEX, ISIT our showrooms and see a remarkable display Y in motor car color design—a variety so wide as to give almost individual distinction, at no extra cost. It is a new industrial achievement. DOUTHITT GIVES UP I BRBERY CASE Former Dry Leader Confers With Commonwealth At- torney Gloth. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE,; June 19.—Harry N. Douthitt, former, Washington dry leader, until recently owner of the Clarendon Chronicle, today surrendered to county authorities to face an indictment charg- ing him with the attempted bribery Circuit Judge Howard W. Smith Douthitt went immediately to the office of Commonwealth Attorney William C. Gloth and conferred with him. Douthitt stated it appeared very strange to him that he should have been indicted for the writing of a letter which was intrusted to him as to its receipt by Judge Smith and which re- mained in his possession for a period of 10 days. During this 10-day period, he said, he compared the type with samples from various typewriters in the county and then took it to the Bureau of Standards in an effort to have the type traced to its source. The letter bears his signature, he admits. He denies, however, that he had anything to do with writing it. The letter itself offers to Judge Smith ghe sum of sso& t‘n decide in Douthitt's avor in a_ suit instituted against the Intter by Morris A. Bealle.” editor of the Montgomery Independent of Rock- ville. Md. The $500. according to the letter. was to_have been furnished by I!e:l d:mn Lee, Maryland political $20,000 LOSS IN FIRE. Port Republic General Store and Dwelling Are Burned. HARRISONBURG, Va, June 19 (Special). —Downs Bros.’ general mer- chandise .store and an adjacent dwell- ling at Port Republic, 15 miles south- east of here, were destroyed at 4 o'clock this morning by flames of unknown origin. The damage is estimated at $20.000. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Spitzer and their child, who occupied the dwelling escaped the flames clad only in their night clothing. Mrs. Robert Lee owned the store building and the house. Y FIREWORKS STANDS PERMITS REJECTED BY COMMISSIONERS | Prince Georges Heads Turn Down Plan- 1 ning Board's Recommendations. ; Unfair to Regular Merchants. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. two-week permit, starting June 20, | —Refusing to accept the recommen- P | dations of the Maryland-National Capi- | at least 30 days. | tal Park and Planning Commission, the | The one application approved was | Prince Georges County commissioners | that of the Cottage City Fire Depart- | yesterday declined to issue permits for ment to erect a stand on Bladensburg | the erection of two fireworks stands in | road, near the District line. The | residential zones, and deferred action | Bladensburg Fire Department is plan- on all but one of the 14 applications |ning a stand in the same vicinity, but | for permits to bulld stancs in commer- | their formal application has not reached | cial areas. the county commissioners. The applications disapproved were | Just before the matter was presented |those of C. L. Mikules and Willlam |to -the board by James C. Blackwell | Bickerdyke, both of the 200 block of D |clerk, three new applications reached | street, Washington. Mikules asked for | the ' county —commissioners' office. | a permit to erect a $25 stand on Rhode | County Commissioners Brice Bowie and |Island avenue between Thirty-ninth | William ~A. Duvall, representing the street and Eldridge avenue, while |suburban area, declared they had re- | Bickerdyke wanted to build a stand at |ceived numerous complainis against |the same cost on Queen Chapel road |the stands as giving unfair competition | near the District line, to regularly established merchants and | The Park Commission had appmved‘ | the applications by recommending a [ABATTOIR REGULATIONS jJAPANESE BEETLE ARE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1/ _— | Cissell's Ordinance Draft Is Ap-|State and Federal Forces Join in Battle—Too Early to De- termine Results. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19.—Regula- | tions governing the establishment of | State and Federal forces have joined abattoirs in the metropolitan district | hands and are pushing the fight against will become effective August 1. board of county commissioners, meeting | too early to determine with what suc- | here yesterday. approved, without | cess the war has been waged. accord- | amendment, the ‘draft of the ordinance | ing to F. W. Besley, State forester. submitted by Joseph Cissel, county at. | The State will remain under quaran- | torney. ¥ 2% | tine until the beetle is exterminated, | In giving the order for this ordinance. | Mr. Besley said. He ad County Commissioner Lacy Shaw of the | northern metropolitan district and vice | Sections, but our investigations thus far president of the board, said that it have revealed the pest only in and ‘should include regulations designed to 2round Baltimore and Chesapeake the Baltimore Boulevard. proved by Montgomery County | Board of Commissioners. | | prevent the keeping of hogs within the City.” residential sections of the district. How- i ever, Clssel explained that the pig sties B . Wollld have o be made the subject of | O¢TmANY's leading airline company a separate ordinance, which he will Xpects to carry 11,000 passengers this draw up in a few days. | year. causing additional traffic hazards along | FIGHT BEING PUSHED| BALTIMORE. June 19.—While the | The | the Japanese beetle in Maryland, it is | “We have had complaints from many | SUBURBAN NEWS. SHIPPERS' PARLEY ~ SETFORJUNE 25 | Conference at Winchester to Be Open to Virginians Using Freight Lines. UPPER LBORO, Md., J: . but the county commissioners held the | S Neth une 19. | O cants should first obtain a change | zoning, a process that would require | Special Dispatch to Tha Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., June 19.—Ship- pers and receivers of products of all kinds, whether raw or manufactured, together with business men, city and town officials and others interested in counties of Northern Virginia, have been invited by the Chamber of Commerce to be Irepresented at a meeting of the Vir- ginia State Transportation and Public Utility Advisory Commission, to be held here June 25. - Mason Manghum, chair- man, will preside. Attendance is not to be limited, and the object is to get a full representa- tion of various interests from everv county, city and town in the northern section of the State. The commission, composed of & rep- resentative of each of the 10 congres- sional districts of the State and a mem- ber at large, is making a survey of the traffic sftuation throughout the State, and will report to the next Legis- Jature. The report is to be a guide for legislative action. Mr. Manghum states that the commission was much sur- prised and gratified at the interest shown in recent meetings in Rich- mond and Norfolk. Mr. Manghum said the investigation | not only involves rates within the State, but also involves interstate rates, add- ing that “our recent meeting in Nor- | folk demonstrated that it was very | much better for the individual ship- pers to express themselves than it was for some one person to speak for a group of shippers. PAIR IS INDICTED. HARRISONBURG, Va, June 19 (Special).—Otis Patterson of Chester- field County and Miss Cora Snyder of Rawley Springs, Va., were te Monday by a Rockingham Circuit Court | grand jury on charges of felonious as- sault and attempted robbery. The charges grew out of their alleged | attack upon George Frye, recluse and | antique dealer, at his Woodland home, three miles east of Harrisonburg. N ffia//enger service in five months — is the popular answer to how it upholds its sweeping challenge to motordom. More than 225 different color combinations on various models were delivered last month by the Hudson Motor Car Co. That is why, although nearly 200,000 Essex the Chal- lengers are in service, there is a sparkling variety and individuality about each! car, instead of the monotonous sameness ex- pected in big production. 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