Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1929, Page 6

COURTHOUSE LAND PROEPAT 5 SEN Cfimmissioner' Lacy Shaw ~ Optimistic After Confer- ence With Miners. BY WILLIAM J. WHE! Stafl Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August Owners | of proparty if the square w of the! courthouse here, which it is proposed to purchase as an additional site for | new county building, show- | Siiion yesterday to dispose of | thelr land to the couniy, without the | necessity of instituting formal condem- | nation proceedings. according to County | Commissioner Lacy Shaw, vice president | of the board. The owners were tendered | a price for their respective holdings, as | decided rpon by an appraisal commit- | teo of the courthouse building commit- tee at a meeting here last Tucsday. i | | | rity to Sell Mr d that in his opinion a | majority 1> property holders would | selltheir land to the county for the | county building site. No effort was made to get a cecision from the landholders | yesteriay, but they were informed of | the grice which had been fixed, and | werw asked to re’ rn on Monday and | infArm the speci: | - mmittee whether | they would a hose before whom the ¢ TS were Preston B 1 cuit | Court; Mr. Shaw, Berry Clark, clerk o the board of commissioners. and | Joseph C. Cissel of the law firm of Cis- sel and Woodward, counsel to the board of county commissioners. | The owners were given until 2| o'clock Monday afternon to reach a | decision. and when they are made | known to the members of the commit- tee, they will be compied and laid before the board of county commission- ers at the regular meeting on Tuesday. At that time, it is expected the board | will make a final decision as to what | parccls are to be accepted at a private | sale, and what pieces will be sent to the | Circuit Court under condemnation pro- ceedings. Suits Ready {o Be Filed, The condemnation suits have been! prepared by Charles W. Woodward and are all ready to file, but they were withheld on recommendation of the! counsel, who suggested that the own- ers again be called into conference and offerd a price for their land. Previo 1y the owners only had been requested | to fix a price. It following this | action that the commissioners directed the institution of the condemnation | suits, because the ssked prices were| considered away out of proportion o] the fair value of the lahd. But at that time no counter offer was made. i As a result of the carrying out of this | suggestion of the counsel, it was said (o | be probable that a large block of the! land could be bought at private sale and would save the condemnation costs. | Further, it was pointed oul that some of the owners have taken inlo consid- eration the possibility that they would not obtain as good & price under the | condemnation proceedings us they would under the private sale, and par- ticularly was this sald to be so if the condemnation jury was made up of farmers from the upper end of the | county. | From other sources it was learned that | many of the owners felt that the price; offered by the county commissioners| was much too low, i some cases belng as much as 50 per cent below the prices | asked by the owners in the original| offers. There also was declared by | some of the owners o be oo great a i disparity between the prices offered for | some of the parcels. It was declared | by some of the owners that they are | entirely dissatisfled with the prices the county had offered them. POLICE IN RUM CASE | SUBURBAN | Va., last night, NEWS. Fire gulted the paint and oil mixing wing and record room of the Fruit Growers' Express Co. plant at Seminary, The above photograph shows the ruins of the frame structure. approximately $10,000. TO00FREGUTS ALEXANDRIA PLANT Freight Car Destroyed—Cats Who Escaped Flood Un- ! hurt in Blaze. ‘ Special Dispatch to The Star. SEMINARY, Va, August 2—Fire, believed to have been started by spon- taneous combustion, destroyed a frame building, the paint and oil mixing and storage shop and record room of the Fruit Growers' Express Co. plant, here last night. A new refrigerator car sit- ting on a nearby siding also was totally destroyed. while two other cars were badly dumaged before they could be mov “The d shorlly be- fore 11 by Charles Petlit, & night watchman, who summoned em- ployes of the cxpress company. living in the Cameron Park subdivision Realizing their efforts to extinguish the fire were hopeless the company eni- ploves called out the Alexandiia Fire Department after fighting the for more than 10 minutes. | Alexandria Firemen Respond. | No. 4 and No. 5 Engine Companies | responded and succeeded in extinguish- | ing the blaz after more than a hour of valiant fighting, under the direction of Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr.| Volunteer companies rol Arlington aud Fairfax Countles, attracled by the blaze, which U the skies for miles, of- | fered their aid and stood by for action. The damage was estimated by Fruit Growers' Express officials this morning at spproximately $10.000. ‘Ihe building Lousing the oll and paint shed record room was valued at $2.500, paint and oil and other materials de- stroyed at $5.000. while the new refrig- erator car destroyed was said to cost about $3,000. Compliment Firemen. | Cumpany officials also stated that but for the quick response of the Alexandria firemen and the dead caim at the time of the fire the entire plant would have been gutted by flamee. A cat aud lier two kiltens, mascots of the company employes, could not be found in thie building. where they were kept, 1ast nlght and they were given up for lost. They were found this Wmorning, however, calinly sitting betide the re- maius of the structure and it is thought | thut they must have escaped unnoticed during the excitement. | 1t was the second time the pets have! escaped death. The building was flooded one night with two or three feet of drain water during the heavy storms in July, Lut they were found the nest morning riding safely in & bucket. {ond vice commander: THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929. ICOUNGIL PROVIDES New Alexandria Project to Eliminate Health Menace. $1,500 Appropriated. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 2.—An| | appropriation of $1,500 was authorized | by the City Council at its meeting ves- terday afternoon for the construction of bulkhead across the King street vharf to connect with the bulkhead now being constructed by the Old Do- ! { minion Boat Club in front of its club- | house. | The bulkhead will eliminate a health menace created by debris from a nearby sewer washing back to the boat clun « property and the King street dock on low tide. QGrass will be sown when the bulkhead project is completed and flowers will be planted to beautify that The damage was officially estimated at portion of the river front. —Star Staff Photo. IRA BRASHEARS HEADS | ARLINGTON LEGION POST | Vice | Commander—Other Officers Chos- | | | George D. Ricker Elected en at Clarendon Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va.. August 2—1Ira L. Brasheats, residing here. was_elected commander of Arlington Post. No. 139 | American Legion, at the annual meet- ing of the organization in Communiiy Hall here last night. g | George D. Ricker was elected first vice commander. Other_elections re- sulted as follows: Walter R. Gould. sec- C. W. Hanger, adjutant; H. J. Stephens, finance offi cer; Dr. W. C. Welburn, welfare offic Dr. J. A. Boston, child welfare officer J. D. McDonnell,” athletic officer; C. P. Heins, historian: _Steuart Thompson and Howard Duckson. color bearers, and Frank Sherwood, chaplain, The Woman's Auxiliary of Arlingtor Post, meeling at the home of Mrs. Mar- in Eubank, elected the following offi- : Mis. H. W. Beattle, president; . S. H. Yorkdale, vice pre Mrs. E. M. Eubank, secretary: Mrs Mitchell, treasurer, and Mrs. E. Nall tinancial secretary. Delegates to the annual State meeting to be held in Petersburg Scptember 2, 3 and 4 wers chosen es follows: Mrs. Yorkdale, Mrs. A. J. Porter, Mrs. Frank Sherwoo ternates selected are Miss Virginia Me- Donnell. Mis. Ira Brashears and Mus, Jobn Maycock. TEACHERS ARE NAMED. Special Di ') WARRENTON, V. Fauquier County School Be nounced the uppointments of teacher; for the coming session for Warrento: | High School us follows: Principal, P. 2. Smith; high school department, T A, Smith; Miss Lillie Hotchkiss, Mi: Mildred Brown., Warrenton: Miss Emu cler Peutt, Roseland, Va.: M “lizabeth Sextol Blueheld, W. Miss Madelne Smith, Beaverdam, Va Graded school —Mrs. Grace Fletch arrenton: Miss Loulse Dunnington, powling Green, Va.. Miss Katlierine Omohundrs, Gordouville, Va.: Miss Dorothy Nedle. Munday Point, Va.; M Maude Lee, The Pluins, Va.: Miss Alice Payne, Shiloh. Va.; Miss Frances Hund- ley, Center Cross, Va.. Miss Virginia Brookwell, Petersburg, Va.: Miss Maiy Ribble, Casanova, Va.; Miss Mildred Lake, Warrenton: Miss Mildred More- . Newport News, Va, | The school will open on the 12th of | September. B! ANTLAERIAL GUNS Portion of Project to Cost $3,000. Harry F. Kennedy and J. M. Reed, president and vice president of the boat club, respectively, appeared before th council and asked that the appropri on be made to complete the projec ¢ portion of the work being accom- stallation of & sewer from Hooff's Run to Junjor street, $3,000 for the construc- tion of & sewer on Russell road from Chapman street to Maple street, and $900 to cover the additional cost of the eight new fire plugs to be installed on King street from Royal to Fayette streets were made. A resolution appropriating $1.800 for the proposed sewer on Masonic View avenue, from ‘Russell road to Junior street, was held in abeyance while a resolution appropriating $1,500 for a sewer on Queen street, from Fairfax street to the Potomac River, was re- ceived and held over. A temporary loan of $45,000 to pro- vide operating expenses of the city for August and September passed on its sec- ond reading, as did an appropriation of Targets Towed by Planés; Attacked by Artillery Boys at Fort Monroe. Special Dispatch to The Btar. FORT MONROE, Va, August 2. With guns blazing away at targels towed by planes from Langley Field, the men of the 260th Coast Artillery Anti-aircraft Regiment of the District National Guard, in training here, opened a series of air maneuvers at 10:30 o'clock this morning. There i keen rivalry among the various gun crews, and the men went about their practice with & vim Col. Isaac C. Jenks, National Guard ( officer of the 3rd Corps Area at Balti- | more, arrived before the mancuvers began, to inspect the regiment and of ziate over the maneuvers. : Aside from this military phase of c p life, the men of the 260th Anti- | Aircraft Regiment are loking forward | to their regimental dance which will | be held at the post auditorium to-! morrow evening. Maj. Walter W. Burns, | Headquarters For commanding, has arranged to trans- port about 50 young women from Noi- | folk and & number from Wl\llinklun“ who have accepted invitations. The light Convoy of the regiment wil leave camp | at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to meet | the guests in Norfolk, and will arrive back in camp at 4:30 o'clock. Jumes M. Doran and Mrs. | ich of Washington and Mrs. r of Norfolk, will be mvt s as follows: | chaperons. ‘The dance committee Sergt. C. W. Royston, Baltery A, chair- ergl. Jolin I, Heavener, Battery B, music; Fust Sergl. Harry A. Gehr- wan, Baitery C, and Sergt. M. Lerer, Battery C, Tel ments; Maj. Burns will act us dance floor manager, while | Maj. Stewart M. Grayson, Medicel Corps, and Pirst Lieut. Willam J.| Heale, adjutant, have been detailed as members of the commanding officer’s staff for the dance. | At midnight the light convoy of tour- | ing cars will convey the visitors back to Norfolk. ‘Toronto, Canada, is to have a 2,000,- | 000-bushel grain elevator. Your Credit Is Good EISEMAN'S BULKHEAD FUNDS Offxccr By s Staft Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., August 2.— Concrete evidence that it is poor judg- ment to let the spirit of competition get the best of you when driving along the Montgomery County roads at night was produced last night by Montgomery County Policeman Joseph C. Nolt: of the northern district station here. Officer Nolte started to go alongside of a car last night, but the driver thought it was some one who wanted to show a little speed. So they went neck and neck down a long grade and around turns on the Colesville road be- tween White Oak and Burnt Mills. ‘There the chase stopped, and finally ended the police station, when Nolte Betwcen $1,500 to cover the fees of Attorneys Gardner L. Boothe and C. C. Carlin for thelr work in executing the agreement retary of Agriculture for the use of ‘Washington street as a portion of the Mount Vernon boulevard. The council gave a rising vote of thanks to City Engineer E. C. Dunn, who has served as acting city manager for the past five weeks. City Manager Wallace Lawrence, who assumed his new duties yesterday, attended the meeting. Fire Committees to i{eet. BALLSTON, Va., August 2 (Special) —The convention and_jubilee commit- tee of the Arlington-Fairfax Countits | Firemen's Association will meet in the board rooms house tonight at 8 o'clock. General | Chalrman R. E. Kendrick urges a full ! attendance of subcommittees to com- | plete final details » TUNE IN Majestic Theatre of the Airover Columbia ‘and American Broad- casting Systems every Sunday night, 9 to 10 Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Head- liners of the Stage and Screea. can Police Station Is Finish Line in Race between the city’ council and the Sec- | of the Cherrydale fire | SUBURBAN and Speeding Autoist| wrote the following incidental on the | report book: | “Auto Case.—Height of poor judg- ment: Racing an officer. ~Arrested Horace S. Athey, age 19, white, Belts- | ville, Md., after a spectacular chase down the Colesville pike from White | Oak to Burnt Mills. This man said the | reason he was driving so fast'and reck- less was that he thought I wanted to race him, but he did not know it was an officer after him. Athey was charged with reckless driving, no operator's li- cense in possession and no registration card in possession.” He put up $19.50 collateral, following a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Charles P. Clark, for his ap- pearance in the Rockville Police Court. NEWS. SERUNI IS URGED - | INTYPHOID SCARE | Outbreak Following Arfington Luncheon Held Not to Be Epidemic. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE, August 2.—While emphasizing that the present situation with regard to a number of typhoid patlents that developed from a Women's Christian Temperance Union | luncheon is not to be construed as an epidemic, Dr. P. M. Chichester, county REPORT ON SESSION. Clarendon Monarths Submit Details | of National Meeting. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | CLARENDON, Va.. August 2.—Nine of the members of the local club who attended the meeting of the national organization in Washington on Wednes- day made reports yesterday at the | weekly luncheon meeting of the Arling- ton County Monarch Club. E. K. Kloman was voted a new member, Last week’s celebration of the birth- day of a member having proved such a success, the club yesterday celebrated the_birthdays of its president, Walter U. Varney, and of H. W. Poole, a mem- | ber. In addition to a large birthday cake, yesterday's celebration took the | form of the presentation of individual | Fgifts from the members. | health officer, today said that any dan- | ger of the spread of the discase may be dispelled by the immediate innocula- tion of all persons who have not here- tofore been given the preventive treatment. The innoculations can be had through the health office. Dr. Chichester said that all of the 11 cases are improving and that no fatalities are expected. 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Gaither to strengthen | general orders outlining procedure for | patrolmen having knowledge of dry-luw | Violations. eral Dry Law, District Attorney Asserts. A second . Mr. Woodcock sent-s letter to Com- | missfoner Gaither. calling attention that | under the recently re-enacted Jones law police who fail fo report violations of national prohibition laws to Federal au- | thorities are liable to imprisonment for | three vears. fines of $500, or both. . Commissioner Gaither replied that | policemen were already under orders to | Teport dry violations to the captains of their districts. who, in turn. would re- | port them to Federal authorities, Col. Woodcock declared that under the law patrolmen themselves must re- port the violations to Federal officers, LINCOLN YOUTH WINS DIAMOND MEDAL PRIZE il , “True ! Chooses for Declamation, Americanism"—Will Study Law. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va. Augist 2.— Werner Lutz Janney, 16 years of sge, son of Mr. and Mis. A. M. Janney of Lincoln, was the winner of the dia- mond medal i the contest held under auspices of the county W. C. T. U. He chose for his declamation “i'rue Amer- {canism.” by Senator Wesldy L. Jones of Washinglon. Other ¢ tanuts were Anna Branch Nichols, Esther Smith, Henrietta Taylor, John Darden, Lilltan Keister and Travis Poole. In order to compete for the diamond medal, con- testants must have won & silver, gold and grand gold medal. According to Mrs. H. M. Hoge. State president, who presided. this 1s the fitth diamond medal contest that has ever been held in the State. Janney, who is a fourth-year pupil ot Lincoln High School, expects to study law after completing his school work. Others on the program last night were Rev. C. T. Taylor, Purcell- ville Orchestra, Mrs. Arthur Jenkins, soloist, of Leesburg and a flag drill by | young people of Hillsboro Union. The medal was presented by Rev. W. i1 Compton, pastor of Leesburg Mcs. dist Church. Has Ben;s;- Vlhii lkemory. 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Cromwell. who also was @ member of the high school's taculty, have resigned. it was announced al the oftice of the Board of Education yesterday. ‘Che couple have obtained teaching | positions 1n a school at Brunswick, | Md e announcement said. well is the fourth Prince| Georges County High School principal to vesign this year. 'here are nine white schools in the county. New piincipals, have already been obtained ior the other three vacancies, and Supt. of Schouls Nicholas ~ Orem sald he has 8 number of appli- cants for the Marlboro principalship. John Albert Miller, newly appointed asslstant superintendent of schools in the county. took office yesterday and | | Supt. Orem entered upon his’ third | four-year term as head of the county school system. | 8l FARM BUREAU PICNIC. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., August 2— Dr. T. B. 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