Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1929, Page 6

6 * ' H. ALLEN HEADS - FAIRFAX CHAMBER President Webb of Annandale Retires Amid Plaudits for Service. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, July 10.—Edmund H. Allen of Newington, Va., last night was elected president of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting of the chamber. Martin T. Webb of Annandale, past president, unanimously urged to serve for another term, stated that he was unable to accept the position owing to pressure of other work. Webb was highly complimented by the chamber for work done. He was prevailed on to serve as first vice president, Will Cleve- jand of Seminary being elected second vice president; R. R. Buck'ey of Fair- fax re-elected treasurer and Mrs. E. D. Vosbury of Merrified re-elected secre- tary. The question of the appoint- ment of a full-time secretary, with office at Fairfax, was left open for dis- cussion at a later meeting, Mrs. Vos- bury declining the assignment. The directors elected to fill the six vacancies, ; one from each magisterial district, were Thomas R. Keith, Providence; J. Sid- ney Wiley, Lee; Miss Gladys Winfield, Centerfield; F. H. Wilkinson, Mount Vernon; Marvin Perkins, Dranesville; C. H. Powell, Falls Church. R i e i Colross, built in 1785 by Jonathan Swift at Alexandria, Va., which is {o be taken down and re-erecled on a large plot Princeton, N. J. The house is a masterpiece in Colonial architegture. near SEABROOK SCHOOL LAND CONTROVERSY HEARING POSTPONED RVERDALE ASKED D. C, WEDNESDAY, MUDD IS BELIEVED - AGCIDENT VIGTIM Arlington Officers Say Fatal Blow May Have Occurred in Truck Ride. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ! ARLINGTON, Va., July 10.—Follow- ing the release today of Mrs. Marion | Mudd, wife of Willlam Francis Mudd, | 1101 W street southeast, Washington, | D. C, who died early Sunday after a party in Arlington County, Common- wealth Attorney Willlam C. Gloth an- ' nounced he had exhsusted every effort to determine how the man met bis | death. The theory being advanced by mem- bers of the party and now accepted as a likelilhood by investigating officers is that Mudd must have struck his head either on the side of the truck or upon some of the tools that were carried in the rear of the truck while he was be- ing removed to his home in what his :&Tp-nlcm describe as a drunken con- lon. Four Are Released. Four of the seven persons held as a result of Mudd's death were released yesterday afternoon. With Mrs. Mudd’s release there are now but two members of the party ‘still in custody. They are Paul W. Cable of the Army Air Serv- Program Committee Chosen. Justice Clark at Sligo Acts on Plea ice at Bolling Field, and George Craw- JULY 10, Coroner B. H. Swai and a physician examining the truck in which William Francis Mudd may have met his death while being conveyed from a party in Arlington to his home in Washington, where he died. Court tomorrow morning for the pur- pose of having them released by Judge Harry Thomas of Police Court. Efforts to locate another member of | the party, known only to the police as | else who admits having either seen or heard a fight. The questioning of nelghbors yester- | day failed to reveal any one in COUNCILGONFIRYS BRENTIOOD LT Mayor’s Appointees 0. K.d and Two Tracts Received for Thoroughfares. | | | \ | | Special Dispateh to The Btar. | BRENTWOOD, Md. July 10.—Con- firmation of the appointment of three town officers by Mayor James E. Samp- son and annguncement of the donation of two pieces of land for important thoroughfares featured the meeting of the mayor and council last night. The appointments were Phillip C. Chipman, town electrical inspector; Isaac D. Arnold, police justice for the town, and C. H. Easterday, councilman for_the first ward. The council agreed to close Highland avenue, an unused street, containing about 8.000 square feet, and give it to an abutting property holder, who had donated a portion of his land for the extension of Rhode Island avenue. In connection with his report on the proposed paving of Thirty-fourth street William H. Mahaffey announced that | the owner of the land lying between that street and Fenwick street had donated a right of way, which, when developed, would supply another route | through Mount Rainier and Brentwood | to_Hyattsville. | The road committee chairman re- ported that the town was ready to pro- ceed with the paving of Thirty-fourth street and the work will probably be | done late this Summer, in co-operation i- | with Mount Rainier, the boundary be- ford of Mulhall, Va. Crawford was the driver of the truck in which Mudd was taken to his home following the party. | tween the two towns running through | the center of the street. A plan to tall wood curbing along Charles That Maryland Garage Coun- sel Is Absent. “Jimmy,” failed yesterday as did also | cinity who heard any noise other information furnished to Gloth by a |some one thought to have been Mudd woman who claimed she had learned | talking in a Joud voice. 10 BE REOPENED T0PAVE2 STREETS President Webb appointed Mrs. G. Ashley Money, Capt. Thurlow White, Mr. Cleveland and Mrs. Vosbury a com- ‘mittee to co-operate with Robert D. Graham. secretary of the Fairfax County Fair Association, in planning a Chamber of Commerce program during the fair. Road Improvement Plan. Upon motion of Mr. Keith the high- ways committee was instructed to assist in developing a project outlined by George Harrison of Herndon for the improvement of the road between Langley and Dranesville, known as the ‘Washington, Great Falls and Dranes- ville Highway. This road- was rebuilt and improved about eight years ago by private capital, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors granting the com- pany permission to install a toll gate on the road to reimburse them for their + expenditures. Efforts have been made without success to get this road into the county system. With the opening of the bridge across Great Falls and the need of a proper outlet for the trafic from Maryland, development of this highway is declared imperative. Mr. Harrison'’s project calls for the sur- render by the stockholders of all their Trights in the road, the rebuilding of the highway in accordance with State specifications, and with three-foot con- crete shoulders on each side by the Great Falls Bridge Co. at an estimated expense of $102,798; the taking over of the road by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors after its construction and its maintenance as a part of the county system until such time as it may be incorporated by the Federal Govern- ment as & part of the 60-mile drive around Washington as visioned by the Cramton bill for the Mount Vernon Parkway. Mr. Harrison was given au- thority to arrange for a meeting under the auspices of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, to be held in the Grange Hall at Forestville, to bring together the officials of the Great Falls Bridge Co., stockholders of the Turn- pike Co., County Board of Supervisors, county engineer and other interested parties to endeavor to work out a method by which this highway can be turned over to the people and properly improved. Airport Survey Promised. Mrs. Vosbury reported that A. Pen- dleton Taliaferro, jr., chief of the Field Service Section, Aeronautics Branch of the United States Department of Com- merce, had promised to include Fairfax County in the survey for available air- port sites to be made by investigators from the department, the local investi- gation to be made in about a week. M. E. Church brought to the atten- tion of the chamber the probability that both the Lee Highway and Wilson Bou- levard will be closed to traffic at the same time, thereby creating a serious situation for the residents of Fairfax County who are dependent on those Toads to get to Washington, particularly 1o Georgetown. His suggestion that the chamber suggest to the State Highway Department that it postpone its work on Lee Highway until the widening of Wilson Boulevard had been completed ‘was not favorably received by the mem- bers present, who felt that in view of the demand for and need of improved highways, the individual traveler must be content to ‘put up with temporary inconvenience in order to achieve re- sults as soon as possible. A. C. Speight, representing the Forestville community, asked the cham- ber to assist in the extension of elec- tricity from the Leesburg pike. The re- quest was referred to the public utilities committee with a pledge of speedy ac- tion. Thomas R. Keith reported exten- sion of electric service from Oakton and Shockeys Station to the Lee Highway. George C. Smith was appointed to co- operate with E. C. Gibbs in getting a ruling from the State Corporation Com- mission on the right of the residents of Franconia to get telephone service from the C. & P. lnpsuld of the Lorton Co. Exhibit Housing Committee. Wells A. Sherman, George C. Smith and Neil Miller were appointed a com- mittee to co-operate with H. B. Derr, county agent, and with the county board of supervisors to work out housing the county agent’s proposed exhibit of the agricultural resources of the county, with authority to spend $50 for shelving or other ¥mprovements. The committee was instructed to ascertain from the supervisors the dis) of the old clerk’s of building, in view of the rumors that the building may be ula';n down or moved from its present site. ‘The highway committee was in- structed to co-operate with the citizens of El Nido and Chesterbrook, to ascer- tain what can be done to have the Yoad from the Glebe road in Arlington county hard surfaced through Chester- brook to El Nido. George Harrison, chairman of the special committee on the Mount Weather road improvement, reported that he had hopes that the deadlock between the State éfohvlly ,Commission, the Loudoun unty supervisors and Col. Robert N. Harper would be terminated at a meeting ar- ranged for the near future. Nine-Year-0ld Twice Convicted. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., July 10.—Floyd Stringfellow, 9 {ours old, son of Mrs. ‘Wayne Stringfellow of this place, has been twice conyicted in Juvenile Court, once for theft of money and ice tickets and yes- to Judge Johnson, sent to the Reform School. Geese Cause Auto Wreck. Special Dispatch to The Star of al st a their way across the road ition to be made | Clar] Legal Requirements Will Be Met by Next Fall, Board Is Convinced. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, July 10.— Convincing the members of the Prince Georges County Board of Educaticn that they would have enough pupils to meet the legal requirements for & one- teacher school next Fall, the citizens of Seabrook yesterday succeeded in having the hoard order their school building reopened. I‘P:r nearly a year the citizens have been fighting for this. The school was closed last Fall by order of the board and pupils were sent by bus to other schools. Although the citizens used every effort to have the board reverse its ruling, even appealing to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, the school remained closed, the board maintaining there were not enough pupils available to Justify its maintenance. Transportation an Issue. The ibility of a change in policy of the Q"fia in regard to transportation of high school pupils will be considered at a special meeting to discuss trans- portation problems July 23, cided yesterday after two large delega- tions requested free transportation to high school children lving in rural communities. Heretofore it has been the custom to have high w::‘%lnpupfls for their own transpor! 5 p‘éelm the matter is decided Supt. of Schools Nicholas Orem will confer with the county commissioners to determine thelr attitude on furnishing transporta- tion to high school pupils. Tippett and Mullikin Requests. The delegations which asked for this transportation were from Tippett and Mullikin. The former urged extension of the bus route of the Surrattsville High School, and the Iatter for trans- portation to the Upper Marlboro High School. A request for transportation of the children from District Heights to a graded school was also presented to the board and will be decided upon ter. hContnct for the Bowie School bus line was awarded C. E. Clark, whe is to provide a glass-inclosed bus to seat not less than 40 children. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 10 (Special). —Following a _brief illness, Mrs. Ger- trude Dade Darby, widow of James W. Darby of Poolesville, died on Monday at the home of her son- in-law and daughter, Mr. Mattingly, in Warrenton, Va., 71 and d ‘daughters—Reginald J. Darby Isaac Fyffe of this county and Mrs. Mattingly. The funeral took place this morning from St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Pooles'xme. the rector, Rev. Dr. Crook, conducting was in the cemetery at Beallsville. Mr: Darby was formerly a Miss Dade, and was & ll(;lnnx resident of the upper sec- tion of the county. Rev, Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church officiated at the marriage here late Monday night of E. Harrison Taylor, 27, and Miss Elizabeth 8. Evans, 18, both of Washington, the ceremony taking place at the home of the min- ister. Among the couples married by Rev. Dr. Frank A. Taylor of the Meth- odist Church_within the last few days were: Elmer Le Roy Barr, 21, and Miss Lois Lucile Barr, 21, both of Roverdale, Md.; Walter F. Cavell, 21, of Richmond, Va., and Miss Ruth Margaret Arm- strong, 21, of Doe Hill, Va., and Elick E. Burriss and Miss Marcelina Mary Vir- ginia Burriss, both of Colesville, Md., the home of the minister being the scene of all the ceremonies. Picnie Date Announced. Announcement has been made that mo‘gi“cnlc of the Ald Society of Church rksburg yea two Mrs, at_Clarl be helg in ‘xlionn Woods, near ugust 3 m‘m Lohman, arrested by Deputy Game Warden Carroll Waters several “fice‘n‘;on a charge of fishing without a , was not in the Police Court here yesterday when his case was called for trial, and Judge Samuel Rl; clared his collateral of $12.50 forfeited. Others paying fines or forfeiting col- laterals were: Violations of motor ve- hicle regulations, Ray Guston, $12.50; Henry Joppy, $16; Wade H. Bennett and W.l'mnnc!a;;. Lhfil) ecv%h iul;hmp 8. Kline, Jerry C. Souf s Hitus 2. $3.50 each; disorderly conduct, Lenor and Lawrence W. Dodd, $12.50 ‘While C. R. Ritenour of this vicinity was leading two horses along the Fred- erick ¥lle. near Middlebrooke, Monday, one of the animals was run into by an automobile driv 1 by Carl Cross of Sykesville, Md. Wau was to blame will be determined in the Police Court here July 16. 014 Penalty Ymposed. Clifton Simpson, colored, was found gullty in the Police Court here some months ago on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, and was given a suspended sentence of one year in the As_a resulb of Court yesterday g weapon, he will have $o serve that sen- tence, so Judge Samuel decided. clA delegation egx Poo] Al district tizens appeared befare county commissioners here yesterday and urged early improvement of one-half miles of the S; road, from Poo] . | su ike and Leesburg pike to traffic. rs. She is survived by a son| the services. Burhl; By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SLIGO. Md., July 10.—Hearing in the controversy over the land at the south- east corner of Georgia avenue and the Colesville road, between Dr. Anna Bartsch Dunne of Washington, the owner, and the Maryland Garage, lessee, which was scheduled for last night be- fore Justice of the Peace Charles P. Clark, has been postponed. This ac- tion was taken by Judge Clark upon representation by officials of the Mary- land Garage that they could not prop- erly proceed with the case without the presence of their counsel, Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, now in camp at Cascade, Md., with the Maryland National Guard. George H. Lamar of Rockville, at-| torney for Dr. Dunne, strongly pro- | tested the continuance, but Judge | Clark said that it was the only thing that he could do. In the meantime, Dr. Dunne is remaining in occupancy of the land, occupying a tent which she had erected last Saturday. The continuance, Judge Clark said, will not exceed 14 days, and he added that he was trying to get in communication with Capt. Cissel with a view to ar- ranging a hearing as soon as possible. STORM FELLS TREES | IN FAIRFAX COUNTY | ‘ | BAILEYS CROSS ROADS, Va., July| 10 (Special).—A wind and rain storm that for speed, suddenness and severity | resembled a cyclone hit this section of Fairfax -County yesterday afternoon between 4:30 and 5 o'clock. Rising ap- parently in the reservation of the Alex- andria Water Co. on Columbia pike, it | swept swiftly through a narrow strip | of country adjoining Baileys Cross| Roads and down the Columbia pike throu Barcroft and Glen Carlyn in rwn County, dying away almost as quickly as it had arisen. In the half hour while the wind raged trees were blown down on all sides, telephone and | electric light wires broken and several of the main highways blocked. One of the homes that suffered the | greatest damage was that of C. W. Oliver at Baileys Cross Roads, where a driveway of silver maples was wrecked by the wind. Practically all the trees in the grove at the rear of the house either were ugmomd or so split and broken that they will have to be cut down. Mr. Oliver, his son Woodrow and several colored farm hands were in the dairy barn when the storm broke | and the building shifted an its founda- | tions, first from one side, then to the | other. | Men in the neighborhood immedi- ately got out with axes and trucks and | cho and hauled away the wreckage | tly to open up the Colusbn ec- ic_service was resumed about 8:30. So far as can be learned there was no injury to any person. ‘ ised to give the matter early considera- | tion. The commissioners reappointed | Robert D. Hagner of Bethesda county auditor. | A license Was issued by the clerk of | the Circuit Court here yesterday for | the marriage of Arthur H. King, 21,| and Miss Virginia V. Roberts, 18, of Jersey City, N. J. The NEW. Puget Sound or Portland?... It Leaves Chicago daily, 9:00 p. m. vations, call, write or phone Philadelphia, Ps. Phone Rittenhouse 3275-6 the thre¢ and | $832.74; EMPIRE BUILDE has the most observation caprq built ‘Why not avail yourself of the last word in travel comforts on this new 63-hour Great Northern flyer between Chicago and Glacier National Park, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other enchanting Northwest vacationlands. The Empire Builder is the new companion train of the Oriental Limited. For reser- EDMUND H. WHITLOCK, District Pass. Agt. 504 Finance Citizens Seek Immediate Im- provement of Cecil and West Madison. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md.,, July 9.—First to act under the road law, ratified by the town in a special referendum July 1, residents of Cecil and West Madison avenues made formal application last night to the mayor and council for im- mediate improvements. ‘The Cecil avenue project involves paving from the Hyattsville line north- ward to the Colesville road, a distance of 2,812 feet, and will open the street at the rear of the Bennett property. The petition was indorsed by owners representing 71 per cent of the front- age abutting the street. The Madison avenue project involves the paving of 1,744 feet from the Baltimore Boulevard westward to the Hyattsville line at Cal- vert street and will include sidewalk: curbs and gutters. This petition was indorsed by 100 per cent of the front- age affected. Steps were taken for an immediate topographic survey of all streets in the town. Bridge Bid Accepted. ‘The council accepted the bid of Her- | bert Recby to erect a new bridge on Maryland _avenue, approaching the Standard Oil Co. property, at a cost of $457. This project was proposed by the Standard Oil Co., which agreed to pay half the cost. A resolution was adopted requiring competitive bids on all estimates for work and purchases exceeding $100. Treasurer H. C. Weeks submitted his | report for the year ending May 31, as follows: General fund—Receipts, $4.- 552.06; disbursements, $3,891.75; bai- | ance, $660.31. Road fund—Receipts, $4,968.90; disbursements, $3,214.60; bal- ance, $1,754.30. Fire fund—Receipts, disbursements, $813.83; bal- ance, $1891. Property Values Increase. The board of assessors reported a net | increase of $62.384 in taxable property | for the year without increase in ap- Results of a census taken by the ‘Women's Club to determine the number females, 503; minors, 58 total, 1,581, In Chile's new campaign for sanitary education nearly 4,000 teachers are tak- ing correspondence courses school iene. GINGER TIGER °AE: NONE BETTER .A. G. HERRMANN 750 Tenth St. Southeast Phone Lincoln 1981-1983 TROPICAL WORSTED SUITS $25 en a charge account EISEMARN'S, 5th & F of course ... is radio equip: hicago time) for (10:00 p. m., Cable accompanied them. ‘Those who have been released are May Carlson of the 700 block of Sixth street northeast; Olin W. Chisholm, 1100 W street southeast; Mrs. Margaret Scan- lon, 18, of the 200 block of Twelfth | street northeast; Spencer E. Coxen of the 1200 block of Ninth street, all of ‘Washington, and G. C. Good of Arling- ton, at whose home the party took place. Unless he received further informa- tion today Gloth indicated that he will have Crawford and Cable in Police ADE MARR THE GIANT POWER FUEL of a fight in Washington, in which Mudd could have received the injury that caused his death. Evidence Is Lacking. Despite the fact that Coroner B. H S./ain reported that Mudd died from a cerebral hemorrhage as a result of a blow that must have been delivered by human agency and that one of the women of the party reported a fight in which Mudd could have been injured, Gloth has been unable to find any one Fay, REG VS PAT. ¢ Mrs. Mudd has insisted from the be- ginning that her husband was appar- ently uninjured at the time he got {in the truck and started for Washing- | | ton. She found him dead when she ar- rived home later. 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