Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1929, Page 11

SUBUKBAN NEWS., * PUPILS PROVIDED BUSSES FOR TERM Prince Georges County Con- tracts Renewed, With Two Exceptions. By a Slaft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 14.—Settlement of most of the arrange- ments for pupil transportation during thé coming year and of several matters pertaining to school bulldings and grounds was effected at the monthly meeting of the Prince Georges County Board of Education yesterday. With two exceptions, the board con- tracted with all the parties which fur- nished transportation to the ecounty pupils last year under the same terms as were in force previously. The excep- tions were in the cases of the Bowie and Landover Schools. For Bowlie the board contracted with Norman Beckett to give transportation over & g:nod of three years at $1,200 & i:"' the route to be followed havin, en recommended by the trustees of that school. For Landover the board employed Harry G. Mercer to tra a maximum of 45 pupils for $1 year. He is to use a glass-inclosed bul capable of carrying that many children, which is a considerable increase over last year, when only 28 pupils were carried to the school. An offer of the owner of one-and-a- half acres of land adjoining the River- dale School, to sell the property at & reduced price if bought at once, re- sulted in the board accepting the offer, the money to be supplied out of avail- able funds. The land will be nsed for a playground. The “board authorized the sale of, the old Meadows colored school for $400. The purchaser, John Broadus, is to establish a church there. Requests of a delegation from Fair- mont Heights for a new roof and im- proved totlet facilities at their school Jed the board to authorize Assistant Superintendent J. Albert Miller to have the work done. Elmer L. Hatter, public accountant, was employed to audit the treasurer's books for the year ending .1u)y 31. Arrangements were comj le!ed between the board and court of 1o convert the petty jury room at mc courthouse into a school board room for use when the court is not in session. FAIRFAX VOTE REGISTRARS ARE CALLED INTO SESSION Ballot lookl to Be rllrgid After Lacking Revision for Many Years. FAIRFAX. Va. August 14 (Special). ‘—Benjamin P. Nevitt, clerk of the Fair- fax County electoral board, has asked | 9¢ the registrars of the 25 voting precincts in Fairfax County to assemble at the Court House, August 24, at 10 a.m., to receive instructions in the purging of the registration books. le under the law, the electoral board is required to purge the books at definite pe- riods, it has not been done in this county since the new State constitu- tion went into effect in 1902. All of the books are in bad shape, with names carried of voters who died or moved away many years ago. ‘This was revealed forcibly in the cam- paign last November, when for the first time in years, there was sufficient in- terest or contest in the November elec- tions to warrant any general canvass of the voting lists, or any contested regis- trations. New books are to be issued for each precinct. A movement also is on foot to present to the next State Legis- Jature a bill for & general reregistration | | throughout the State. CITIZENS MAKE PLANS TO OBSERVE LABOR DAY Elaborate Program Outlined for Ceremonies on School Grounds in Edmonston, Md. 3pecial Dispatch to The Star. EDMONSTON, Md., August 14.— Plans for elaborate field day cere-| monies, to be staged on the grounds of the local public school, Labor day, September 2, got underway at a meet- ing of the citizens’ association Mon- day night. Mayor A. E. Bost was named chairman of the general committee to arrange detalls, his assistants being Mr. and Mrs. George Fenwick, Council. men Martin U. White and D. W. Lewis and Former Councilman M. M. Clark. Mayor Bost will later fiame subcom- mittees for the various detalls. The money derived will be used for the nyln: of l\devulh within the corporate imits, and known as “the “aldewulk lund & At the next meet- ing of the mayor and common council, Friday night, Auf\m 16, that body will appoint & committee to work in con- Jjunction with the citizens' association’s committee, and the Parent Teacher Association will also appoint a com- mittee to assist in making the affair a success. Valuable prizes will be of- fered for the various athletic and other events. A resolution was adopted calling on the State Road Commission and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., establish an underpass at the crossing over the Shepherd branch of the rail- Foad at Wells avenue. A lengthy discussion ensude anent the deepening and widening of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River as far north as the Northwest Branch, in the rear of the town of Blandens- burg, and a resolution calling on the Senators from Maryland to use their best efforts in this behalf was adopted. Charles F. Luebener was named chairman of the publicity committee for the field any l'lsflvltlr.t DETOUR IS ANNOUNCED ‘Wilson Boulevard Widening Causes 8hift in Traffic. By » 8taft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, August 14.—Due to the exca- vation being made by the county and public utility concern in connection with the widening of Wilson Boulevard & detour for eastbound traffic from the courthouse to Rossiyn was today an- nounced by the office of the county dit engineer. It is as follows: Turning right from Wilson Boulevard traffic 80 by the way of Washing- ton Boulevard, Alexandria avenue and Westmorland street, emerging at the | eastern end of Wilson Boulevard at | Rosslyn. Westbound traffic will be permitted to use that part of Wilson Deuleurd which has not been torn up. Although the contract for the widen- lnl of lhe highway will not be awarded | 1l tomorrow, John Olcutt, low bid- | T, has aiready snmd work. RITES FOR F|RE VICTIM. Body of Ottoway Davis of Alexan- dria Taken to Chatam, Va. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 14.—The body of Ottoway Davis, 36, who was fatally burned in the fire at the Baker Motor Co.’s garage here early Sunday morning, was taken to his former home at Chatham, Va., yesterday. Funeral services and interment were to take place at Chatham today. The deceased is uur\‘hed by his| mother, Mrs. Homer L. Davis of| Ohatham; three sisters, Misses Esther L. | and Mary Davis. both of Chatham, and Mrs. R. W. Smith of Charlotte, N. C. ‘-nd four brothers, John, Norman, James and Raymond C. Davis, all of | Chatham. Salute a New Era rican Maritime Enterprise THE EVENING SUIT FOR 81,542 FILED BY COUNTY | Sureties for Late-A. L. War- then Asked to Make Good Alleged Shortage. Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va, August 14.— The ‘Board of Supervisors of Warren County has brought suit in the Circuit Oourt here against A. L. Warthen's ad- ministrators and the Aetna Casualty & | §an. Surety Co. of HaFtford; Conn.; the Na- tional Surety Co. of New York and about 70 individuals who are sureties on the various bonds given by the late A. L. Warthen to recover an alleged shortage dud to the county of $81,542.14. ‘The bill alleges that, beginning with July 21, 1921, the accounts of A. Warthen, deceased, as treasurer of War- ren County, have been duly audited by the State accountant and reports made annually, and by final audit it is shown that at the time of-his death Warthen owed. the county the sum of $81,542.14. Wt Appointed in 1915, ‘Warthen was first appointed on November 3, 1915, and lml: that date to the date of his death he continued as treasurer of Warren County. He gave various bonds covering his terms of office with individual sureties until he was elected on November 6, 1923, and on December 31, 1923, he qualified by giving bond in the penllly of $43,- 000 with the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. as his surety. On October 1, 1927, the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. insti- tuted proceedings to require Warthen to give a new bond and asked the court to release it as surety, and it claims | m::!dnn m!gber ll) 1927, the court an order relieving it from an !ufrzgrr liability. o ’ e court then passed an order re- quiring Warthen to give a new bond by | October 24, 1927, and failing to do so the court passed an Warthen from office. SRy or;lxl)’nqwtefil!l-l O&Rkle court :o rehear its ler Warthen SSceptionia October 31, 1927, the coi um nd md‘ the order of October 24, m-: :nd er- then furnished a suspending bond in the penalty of $60,000 with 45 individ- uals as sureties, in amounts rang ging from $500 to $10,000. Warthen then | applied to the Supreme Court of Ap- | peals of Virginia for & writ of error and ppeal from the orders of October 13, 25 and 31, 1927, with supersedeas, d it being mn!ed ‘Warthen executed bond in the penalty of $63,000 and on November 19, 1927, executed bond with 40 individuals as sureties, in amounts 2 | ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Posts New Bond. ‘While the matter was ding before the Supreme Court, Warthen in Novem- ber, 1927, was duly elected treasurer of ‘Warren County for another term, and on December 31, 1927, gave bond for $60.000 with the National Surety Co. of New York as his surety. In the present suit, and order of the court was passed on July 9. 1929, giving an additional 30 days to all defendants in which to file answers, nnd also re- ferring the case to John , com- ;lhsl‘?ner of chancerv. ol ‘Winches- & On behalf of the county, the case is being handled by John H. commonwealth's ~ attorney Royal, and former Representative T. W. Harrison of Winchester. The Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. is represented by Weaver & Armstrong of Front Royal, The Natlonal Surety Co. by Harry Kerns of Winchester, and about 60 of the individuals being sued as sureties have retained Walter G. Olmstead with whom will be associated ex-Senator E. H. Jackson of Front Royal and possibly another attorney to be selected later. L. | state SIAR, WABHINGIUN, D. C,, SONS OF AMERICA PARADE AT SESSION 300 Delegates From Virginia Camps Attend 25th Annual Conven- tion at Manassas. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., August 14.—The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Virginia camps of the Patriotic Order Sons of America was held yesterday, with more than 300 delegates regis- tered. An address of welcome Wwas given by Mayor Harry P. Davis and the Tesponse was made by National Master of Forms J. H. Patton of Washington, after which'the executive sessions be- The following State officers were elected for the year: W. P. Mangum, Roanoke, president E. Adams, State secretary; A C. Nelsen, Richmond, treasurer: B. E. Nunnally, South Rich- mond, vice president; G. W. Pettitt, Stafford, State master of forms; Al- gernon Wine of Stafford, State con- ductor; N. 8. Sacrey, Fredericksburg, State inspector; C. H. Wine, Manassas, guard, and P. P. King, South Richmond, State truste At noon the delegates and members joined in a parade, many in unique uniforms, headed by the Quantico Ma- rine Band, and proceeded to the court- house, where patriotic addresses and services were held in ition of the dead of the order and particularly in memory of those who had made the supreme sacrifice for their country. Last night members of the order were entertained at a banquet given under auspices and for the benefit of the churches of Manassas. ~ ey FINDS FOUR FATAL CASES OF SLEEPING SICKNESS Baltimore Health Commissioner Confers With Mayor on Plans to Halt Spread of Di Special Dispatch to The Btar. BALTIMORE, August 14—Four deaths from sleeplnt sickness here last month, caused Dr. C. mmp.on Jones, health’ commissioner, to hold con- ference with Mayor Willlam F. Broon ing yesterday, dunn which the mat- ter of taking precautions to guvem the spread of the disease was Dr. Jones said that little was known about the disease and no specific pre- cautions could be advised except a gen- eral admonition to maintain one’s health and not take any chances. Mayor Broening pointed out that if there is any danger of the disease be- coming active the public should be warned. Dr. Jones replied that hewas in possession of no facts that would in- dlduu any unusual activity of the mal- ady. FOUND DEAD FROM SHOT. Former Druggist of Harpers Ferry Ends Life on Hares Island. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, August 14—William L. Erwin, 64, former local druggist, took his own life by shooting himself in the head late Tuesday eve- ning on Hares Island, on the Shenan- doah River here. He left no note or explanation. He went to a barber shop in the early evening, was shaved, and then went home to don fresh clothes. A half hour later his body was found on the island by two boys. He is known to have been suffering business losses. A year ago he under- took unsuccessfully to operate a local hotel. He is survived only by his widow, ‘whose whereabouts is not known. Au- thorities held the case a suicide and deemed an inquest unnecessary. At the helm of the great transatiantic fleet of the American Merchant Marine — the United States Lines and the American Merchant Lines—eleven splendid ships—is a new command, that of a vast erganized group of loyal, successful American citizens. Undu its leadership you are now offered a complete North Atlantic service flying the Amodcun flog. A pcrhcf passage for every purse. If you want swiftness enriched by usury "ah the lcvioflwn, world's hmn lmr ¥ you mll m. sum ftotal of fim ammdcnom, flm food, fine comfort ‘ot low m'u choose = ene .f these superb cabin llmrl ++ ~George chl\lnmon, Amoncc, Republic, Pnddom Roosevelt and President Muvdhg. Wnlxly sallings direct from mvflmmnnmmmwdmmflmwmnw +Sail under the Stars and Stripes. LEVIATHAN, Aug. 17, (1230 A M) GEORGE WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 AMERICA, Aug. 27 PRESIDENT HARDING, Sept.4 REPUBLIC, Sept.6 - FOR RATES AND ACCOMMODATIONS CONSULT YOUR LOCAL STEAMSHIP AGENT OR UNITED STATES LlNES 1727 GonnecticutiAve. iy e Wm s 5% A wam-«fia,v WEDNESDAY, EDUCATION COST CUTS1.03 APUPL Prince Georges County Re- |at port, However, Shows In- creased Expenses. By » Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 14.—Submitted more than two weeks earlier than usual, the annual financial report of the Prince Georges school sys- tem, showing the educational work of the counfy has developed into & half- | million-dollar-a-year business, was to- dly transmitted to the State Depart- ment of Education by order of .the Board. which covers the yesr ending July 31, was given the County Board yesterday by Nicholas Orem, superintendent of schools. Salient features of the report include an analysis of the cost per child, show- ing it to be $1.03 less during 1929 than in 1928, desp! In increase in current expenses of $26,000; a detailed a of the receipts and e: ditures, h, when compared witl nwu of last year, showed & decrease in only one item, “general control,” which was $511 less than the previous year. $579,000 Net Receipts. ‘Total receipts for the year were 1$707,490.61. ance on hand, August 1, 1928, of about $128,000 for bulldings then under con- struction, so that the net current re- ceipts were approximately $579,000. State aid accounted for $175.157 of this total; $386,753 was contributed by the county; interest on bank balance amounted to $4,148; tuitions from joining counties, $3,007; Rosenwald fund, $4,060, and the ‘remaining $4,000 came from contributions, sales and in- surance. Expenditures were: For debt service, psyment of interest, sinking fund on bonds, etc., $580.20; construction of bulldlnn. $87,977; operating expenses, -nm leaves a bank balance of $67,438. However, lll but 8796 of the balance been ted for the con- ol , 80 tllll the lat- "El‘h -~ u:l'il divided e operal exmm were among flva cmet items, by far the largest of which was instruction serv- ice, which cost the county $427.731, This sum includes & bal-: d | fixed charges of the university, nclud- Auubint 14, 12y, $337,65¢ of which went for teachers’ ‘The operation of the school plant, in- fuel, janitor service, suj lights, water, etc., cost $46 tenance of the school plant, repair and upkeep of buildings, grounds and equip- ment cost $31, 110. auxiliary agencies, such as school libraries, health service and trlmpvruthn of pupils, amounted to $24,893 and general control cost $15,- 477. The latter item includes the sal- nrlu and expenses of the school board ‘nu total current expenses were $26,- more than last year, the principal increase being $23,000 expended for 16 udm«m teachers. verage for the county per child' was $47.11, as against $48.14. The decrease is probably caused by an inereased enroliment. for the number of teachers, according to Supt. Orem. Although the financial report is not due at the State Department of Edu- cation until September 1, the county was able, through concerted effort of | its office force, 1o complle the report| mnaldenbly ahead of time. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. Special Dispatch to The Star. LA PLATA, Md., August 14.—The trustees of McDonough Charity School of Charles County have renewed schol- arships to the University of Maryland for the following: F. Adelaide Gray, }s(':rnnm Wade and Margaret Graham | Scholarship appointments are made for one year and renewed upon evidence of satisfactory work by the student. Misses the sophomore class at the college and will enter the junior class in the Fall. Miss Stone was’a freshman last year and will be.a sophomore this year. ‘The scholarships cover the regular board, lodging and tuition. e trustees of McDonough Charity | School incorporated in 1807. Income | from an invested gund furnishes the | means for these scholarships. e Whooping Cough Epidemic Wanes. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., August 14.—The whooping cough epidemic here has been reduced to 120 cases, 8 patients having been released Monday night. The dis- ease caused 3 deaths here last month. DSUbUKL... FIRE DESTROYS BARN. ies, | $8,000 Loss of Dr. Ladson, Near Oakdale, Md., Partly Covered. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 14.—Fire of unknown origin caused the destruc- tion yesterday of a barn on the farm of Dr. Herman H. , near Oak- dale. A large quantity of wheat, hny. etc, also was consumed, the total being placed at around $8,000, pl.rtly by lnlunnu ‘The Spring, Rockville IM Sliver Bprl.ng Volunteer Fire ments responded to the alarm and Edmonston & Co. INCORPORATED > No ‘Branch Steres models. EIEIEEEEEEH 612 13th Street There are 28 cases of mumps, 2 of chickenpox, 1 of diphtheria and 1 typhold fever. @i°—|o/———[o]c———[o]c———[o Body and Engine by Pisrce-Arrow—and Pierce-Arvow in every part! 612 13th St. gt 8,5 ™ Two Irresistible Bargain Tables WOMEN'S SHOE S— many styles, kinds and sizes. Reduced to.............. MEN’S SHOES — high- grade footwear in many Reduced to...... EdmonstonzTo Three Enter Air Derby. SANTA MONICA, Calif,, August 14 Ohlo. Nine previously had entered. Carl M. Bets, Msr. 5.85 $5.85 West Side— Bet. F & G Sts. e e e I Pcople went without cars While Waiting for This Pierce- Arrow! N eagerness, rare in these sophisticated days, prompted many people not only to order a new Pierce-Arrow Straight Eight on sight, but to insist upon turning in their old cars immediately. Disappointment in many cases was of course inevitable. The new Straight Eight is not a car to be turned out in quantity —regardless of ‘a natural desire to serve Pierce- Arrow patronage at all costs. Demand simply had to wait on production—in many instances, for months. Today sees this situation well in hand, however— with everyone who went without cars while awaiting Pierce-Arrow delivery, now feeling well rewarded for the deprivation. Some of the most favored models in the new Straight Eight line are on display today. 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