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6 * SUBURBAN NEWS. STEPHAN HAS VIEW | OF ARTILLERY SKILL General Witnesses Search- light Crews in Camp “Spot- L ting an Enemy.” District National Guard artillerymen | in camp at Fort Monroe were visited . yesterday by their commander, Maj. | Gen. Anton Stephan, who witnessed a | night demonstration of the ability of the anti-aircraft searchlight crews to “spot” an “encmy” raider, over from Langley Field for the occasion, i | The mimic air raid was conducted hy Lieut. Dudley D. Hale, who approached | the National Guard positions fro.: a | helghth of 8.000 feet, but was soon Jocated by all the searchlights in au average of 10 seconds, regarded as an excellent record by Army observers. Target Practice a Suecess. THREE HURT WHEN TROLLEY DEMOLISHES TRUCK Gen. Stephan arrived too late to wit- ness the target practice, during which members of the 260th Coast Artillery Anti-aircraft Regiment fired on waigets towed by planes from Langley Fitld. | As proof of their marksmanship, al- though the official score has not been tallied, the gunners shot away one tar- | et and riddled another with 27 hits at ] ;.Mfl feet. ot The visitor, after spending the night in eamp, made the return trip to Wash- ington this morning by airplane. He was also carried by plane to the camp yesterday. Pleased With Progress Shown. Gen. Stephan expressed gratification at the progress of the Guardsmen, & result which he attributed to the co- | operation they have received from Army Regulars at the fort and Air Corps representatives from Langley Fleld. Target practice is continuing today at | the camp, while another “air raid” will be staged tonight. BLAZE DAMAGES HOME. Valuable Antiques Saved in $2,000 | Fire at Middleway. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MIDDLEWAY, W. Va. ‘The home of the lafe Dr. A. M. Evans, | which houses a quantity of valuable antique furniture and curios, was dam- | aged by fire, but tiie valuables were | saved, Sunday afterncon when the | House caught fire from the burning home of S. M. Ring. across the street. Some furniture had to be taken apart hurriedly to be carried from the Evans home to safety. ‘The Ring family were at dinner when | the fire started. Their loss, the house being destroyed. was put at $2,000. The origin of the fire is thought to have been from a defective flue. Fire com- panies from Charles Town and Martins- | burg were called. PLANS FLOOD SAFEGUARD. | Bpecial Assessment Levied in Cum- | berland to Raise Fund. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | CUMBERLAND. Md., August 6.—The mayor and city council yesterday passed an ordinance fo establish a special | assessment district on the west side for flood prevention funds. Properties enumerated in the ordinance have a total value of $1.000.997, and $12,500 is the amount to he raised by special as- | sessment on these propertics, to be tributed over a period of five years. number of residents of the district ap- peared and protested against inclusion | in the district, saying that their prop- erties were not damaged by high water. ‘They were told they were too late. | August 6.— Al COUNTY BUSINESS REPORT ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- | HOUSE, Va., August 6—The monthly report of the county clerk’s office, made | ublic yesterday, shows the following | usiness transacted during the month | of July: Deeds recorded, 414, on which there were taxes of £61,482.72; wills and ad- ministrations, 4; taxes for the Stat $8.30; chancery suits, 15; State tax, $22.50: actions at law, 15; State ta $15.70; fines in prohibition cases, $165 costs, $374.25; fines in other cases, $80; costs, $148: deliquent real estate taxes, | for State, $110.02; for county, $104.40. Total amount collected for State, | $2,040.40. | BOND ISSUE RATIFIED. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., August 6.—Bruns- wick ratified a $20,000 street improve- ment bond issue yesterday at the an- nual municipal election by a vote of 508 to 324. Anticipating ratification by the voters Mayor C. Albert Orrison has planned an extensive improvement pro- am for the town, which will be put to effect as soon as possible. ‘Three candidates were clected to the ecouncil as follows: First ward, Ernest L. Main; second, William R. Williams, and third, Chester Phillips. Holdover eouncilmen are David Riser, first ward; J. L. Malone, second, and Earl Kelley, third. Mayor Orrison’s terms does not expire until next year, DIES TRYING TO SAVE LIFE Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BLOOMINGTON, Md., August 6.— Charles E. Moon, 10, employed as a 1aborer by the United States Geological Survey, building a weir in the Potomac River, near here, who drowned last week in the Potomac near his home. died. it is stated, in an effort to save Lester Barnard, one of the lads who was with It it stated Moon was seized with cramps, but later investigation by his ::;h:r and others brought out these MRS. EMMA CRACK DIES. @pecial Dispateh to .he Star. BALLSTON, Va., August 6.—Mrs. ¥mma Crack, 89 vears, died suddenly this morning at the residence of her son Thomas J. Crack, Lacey street. She was born in England and came here in 1004. Surviving her are seven sons and three daughters: Robert, John E., Thomas J., Harry Crack and Mrs. Alice Wright of Ballston: Edward, George and Frederick Crack and Mrs. Jesse Plum- mer and Mrs. Katie Manning, who are in_England. ‘The funeral services will be held from the residence Thursday at 2 p.m. Inter~ ment will be in the Columbia Gardens. Weekly Newspaper Suspended. SALISBURY, Pa., August 6 (Spe- eial),—R. H. Johnswn, editor and pub- lisher, has announced ' the discontinu- ance of the publication of the Somerset County Star, a weekly. The printing establishment will be turned over o Job work zxchmvel{. Mr. Johnston as- sumed the editorship in 1909, John G. .lv:\':'mmn has been with the paper since ! Child Dies of Sarcoma. WINCHESTER, Va., August 6 (Spes ial).—The death of Catherine Marie Fauver, 3-year-old daughter of Earl E. Fauver, yesterday from sarcoms was rded by physicians as very un- Three persons were injured and traffic tied up for more than an hour yesterday when a truck was struck at Frazier avenue, Virginia Highlands, Va., by a of the Alexandria, Washington & Mount Vernon Railway. The injured, Charles Mumford, Mount Ida, . M. Dudley, driver of the truck, and Robert Crawford, a passenger, both of ington, were treated at the Alexandria Hospital by Dr. 8. B. Moore. Their Injuries consisted of cuts and _-uises. —8.": Staffl Photo. Smith Wlm.'Slm(l Lincoln’s. Horses Dies at Age of 83 fi:ather of 2; Wins Freedom on Rum Charge Because of Many Children dpecial Dispatch to The Btar. | Baltimore County. ‘The dry agents , August 6.—Being the| Went there, it was testified, and pur- i ‘meimed o freq | CHAted two. bottles of beer. They pro- t o ¢ L | ceeded to raid the house without a George McCann, who was tried yes-| warrant. They found. it was reported, cerday on a charge of violating “the | about 75 bottles of home brew beer. Volstead act. . McCann declared he had no inten- Spocial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 6—Mat- thews Powers, & blacksmith, who shod President Lincoln’s horses, dur- ing the Civil War, died at his home in Ellicott City Sunday. He was 83 years old. A familiar figure in Ellicott City since the Civil War, Mr. Powers was able to recall having shod Presi- dent Lincoln's horse on several oc- casions while working in the Gov- ernment blacksmith shops at Wash- ington. Born in Ireland, Mr. Powers came to this country when he was about 12 years old. "He learned the ! trade of blacksmith in New York and then went to Washington to work in the Federal shops. .Just after the Civil War, he moved to Ellicott City. McCann went on the witness stand | tion of selling the beer, but merely in- | in his own defense and in the course | tended to donate the two bottles to his | of his testimony said proudly that he | caller. The agents persisted, however, had reared 24 children, all of whom |according to the testimony, and Mc- | are living. He is 63 years old. | Cann finally accepted 30 cents. | “Any man who has done so much| ~Commissioner Abercrombie ruled | good for his country deserves a little | that the conduct of the agents war | consideration, and I am going to dis-| improper, and that he could not even | miss you,” sald United States Commis- | hold the prisoner for possession of the sioner Harry N. Abercrombie at the home brew. | conclusion of the hearing. “The sale of beer,” the commissioner McCann was arrested last week by said, “is not enough for search, with- prohibition agents at his home inlout analysis first having been made.” PRINCE GEORGES ROAD |$3,000 FIRE DESTROYS e SURVEY WORK FINISHED | RESIDENCE AT CHEVERLY EXPECT MANY AT PICNIC. | = 2 County Affair to Be Held at Mo- nocacy Park August 15. Special Dispatch to The Btar. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star, Soscial Disvata FREDERICK, Md., August l,—sm‘-‘ UPPER MARLBORO, Md. August| “(':‘l';‘“"':;.'l'y" “’J;' 5’;’- el eral thousand persons are expected to | " A s (ANEH —The 3 6.—Surveys of most of the roads to be | premises occupied by J. A. Harris at attend the West End Montgomery Coun- e ty picnic to be held August 15 at Mon- | bullt this year in Prince Georges e Blonde and Bellevue avenues, this ocacy Park, when W. F. Schilling, mem- | County out of the lateral road fund | [icmorning. The nh’-a"’.;'o‘,“-‘,’d > vnidn in for New Highways to He.Nelghbnr, Aroused by Barking of Constructed Through County Lateral Fund. Dog, Discovers Blaze and Summons Engine. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR LAW LIBRARY State Reports and Important | Tno Documents to Be Loaned | Arlington Law Body. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | CLARENDON, Va. August 6.— | Rooms on the third floor of the court- house are to be made immediately available for the I library of the Arlington County Bar Association, it , was announced yesterday at the regu- ! lar monthly mesting of the association by Edgar W. Pumphrey, chairman of the committee selected to arrange for -library quarters, | The definite dacision of the Board i"‘ County Supervisors to provide space for the library will for the first time 1in the history of the county provide ' such a convenience to the members of | the bar and brings to a successfull con- clusion an effort that has been under | ta: way for a long time. In addition to the library already ilmmhlod by the asasociation, Com- 6, 1929. monwealth's Attorney Willlam C: Gloth, announced that he will loan the association his complete library, including all State reports. The rooms to be used are those vacated by the Health Department, which has been moved to the first floor. Arrangements for the annual field day of the sixteenth judicial gistrict were infrusted to a_committee consist- ing_of Lawrence chairman; J. Hammond Brewer, jr.. and Claude O. mas, the committee being appointed by Charles T, Jesse, president of the association. g Pollowing the reading of a letter from Lyle Page, State chairman aof the committee on constitution and citizenship of the American Bar As- sociation, in which the co-operation of local associations was asked in the for “Constitution week," association voted to co- operate in any plans that may be made for the celebration. Thomas R. Keith of the Fairfax Bar Association is the chairman in charge of the six- teenth judicial district. Gloth made a report on the recent meeting of the State Bar Association at Hot Springs. Both Gloth and Judge Harry R. Thomas attended the meet- ing, returning Saturday. movement the local An official at Brixworth, England. is now serving as sanitary inspector, bujlding inspector, sanitary surveyor, colleetor, gasoline inspector, super- intendent of the isolation hospital, dairy inspeetor factory inspector and rat officer. SUBURBAN BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BY COUNTY = New Construction Work in| Prince Georges Will Total - Over $21,000. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, August 6.— Construction of several industrial struc- tures, including five coal bins at Hyatts- ville, three tourist camp buildings in Daniels Park and a barbecue stand st College Pare, are among the bulldings authorized in permits issued the Prince Georges County commissioners | for th: week ending August 3. The making of $1,800 worth of repairs on the Methodist parsonage at Forestville | was also authorized. | Altogether 24 permits were issued, 10 | more than the week before. The estimated value of the structures in- volved, however, was only $21,345. ‘The list of permits issued includes the following: Sidney Martin, owner; $400 dwelling, ‘White House Heights. NEWS. James A. OCampbell, owner and builder; $800 dwelling, Fairmont Heights. Delta Chapter, Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity, owner: Richard H. Rhine, contractor; repairs, fratérnity house, College Park, $250. y.:, Fink, owner; $4,000 dwelling, Joseph P. Colbert, owner: three $65 tourist camp buildings, Daniels Park. Hazel Pauline Beckwith, owner; Car- roll L. Beckwith, buflder; $600 dwelling, Fielder B. Hayes, owner: $600 dwell- ing, Greater Capitol Heights. Preston B , _owner; Walter ?ngxu, builder; $1,600 dwelling, Lake- and. Max Horenstein, owner; E. Beckwit bullder; 3250 garage, Hyattsvile. @ Dickey Bros., owners; 5 coal bins, Hyattsviile, $750 Frank R. Burton, owner; repair, dwelling, '$150, West Berwyn, o wyn, G. thias, owner; Leo Bewley, l;:uxkler. $1,600 barbecue stand, College k. Everett ‘!;.so;nd allyxflll A. Owens, owners; E welling, B s g, radbury E. F. Shinghuff. owner: Nicholas Bortner. buflder; $1,100 t s Mgdgllg}:; ; obaceo barn, . G. lel, owner and builder; $600 dwelling, Glenn * C. C. Wi Dale. owner and builder; Plata road. . Berlin, owner; addition to store, Bowle, $900. Methodist Episcopal Church, owner, Eugene Entwisle. builder: repair par- sonage, Forestville, $1.800. | been prepared for the event, which is ber of the Pederal Farm Board, will be | and the county bord issue have been the speaker. An elaborate program has | pyqe by the State Roads Commission, Jargely patronized by residents of both | James C. Blackwell, clerk of the county Frederick and Montgomery Counties. | "ommissioners, was advised yesterday | Communities co-operating are Dawson- | in a letter from the chief engineer of | ville, Poolesville, Dickerson, Barnesville, | the commission. ‘The letter stated that all roads which Comus, Boyd, Clarksburg and Hyatts- | town. | The committee: Mrs. Walter G. But- ler, Sellman, chairman; Mrs. E. O.| Brown, John E. Oxley and Miss Blanche Corwin, the commissioners plan to construct out of the bond issue funds this year had been surveyed except the road between Largo and Upper Mariboro. the 115 mile of macadam work on the Livingston road and the Croome road. Tt was further stated that Riggs, road the PFirst National Co. of Baltimore. | According to Harris, the loss is esti- mated at $2,000 on the house and $1.000 on the furniture, covered by insurance. Harris was alone and the fire was dis- | covered by Skat Hansen, who lives next door, who was aroused by the barking {of his dog. He discovered the flames | coming from the roof. When he aroused | Harris the latter was surrounded by smoke and in getting out fell down the steps, injuring his leg. The Bladens- | burg Volunteer Fire Department, Chief | Andrew Gasch in command, responded | Railroad passenger train on the Mount | Alto, Pa., grade crossing. near Waynes- usual, and of rare occurrence for one 50 formea ‘Two operations had been J}"' at & lmnaml in the past three months, and e there was some relief the |and prevented further damage. —_— TRAIN CRASH. KILLS TWO. Accident at Waynesboro, Pa., to Be | Probed by Rail Officials. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., August 6.—Their automobile struck hy a Pennsylvania in Montgomery County. is now under | contract, ?nd the Hall Station road con- | tract would be awarded as soon as the R oy | Maryland Plans Game Preserve. Bids have been asked on all of the| CUMBERLAND, Md., August 6 (Spe- roads to be built out of the lateral fund | cial) —Eighteen hundred acres of land except River road, the commissioners| on the east side of Polish Mountain, Nerednformed . bisected by the National Highway, or U. S. Route 40, were purchased yes- terday by State Game Warden E. Lee | L~ Compte for the Maryland Conserva- | tion Commission for $4.650. The land, | the property of the Allegany Orchard Co., was sold to satisfy taxes. Accord- ing to Game Warden Le Compte, the land will efthe rbe used as a game pre- | serve or a public shooting ground. Hotel Keeper Dies at Franklin. FRANKLIN, W. Va,, August 6 (Spe- cial).—Dick M. Byrd, 45, hotel keeper and merchant here, well known throughout the South Branch Valley, died at the home of a sister at Upper Tract, near here. Death followed an operation at a Keyser, W. Va., hospital some days ago. Surviving are the widow and one brother. boro, Pa. yesterday afternoon, D. H. Roberts, San Francisco, Calif., and Miss | Ellen Hughes, 23, a student nurse at the | Mount Alto Sanitarium, were instantly | killed. An investigation is being conducted | by the railroad and Pennsylvania offi- cials. 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