Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1929, Page 7

SURTTRBAN NEWS. OUONHLLPLEARS © FORMORE POLC School cfiildren E}ndangered by Speeding on Highways, Women’s Club Says. By » Staff Correspondent of The Star. TUPPER MARLEBORO, i | | Maj. William M. King Pioneer Grange Organizer and Re- tired Government Worker. Has Been Resident of Ball- ston Community for Past 38 Years. gered by speeding on State highways, | g5.cia1 Dispatch to The Btar. and at the same time to ous injury to the autolsts,” m: the Ozon Hill Women’s Community Club have appealed to the Prince Georges ‘forestall seri- County comm!ssioners for adequate po- | lice protection. ‘Through their secretary, Mrs. R. J. Campbell, the club has requested that speed limit warning and stop signs be placed along the road. Mrs. Campbell states that ths highways in the Oxon Hill district are not safe for the chil- dren to travel on back and forth to school; claims that motorists use the thoroughfares, especially Toad, for a speedway, and that the auto- ists park their cars “in the most con- venient place without regard to safety, traffic regulations or road courtesy.” Adulis Also in Danger. 3 B, Willlam M. King, Livingston | ! ol r of the Grange and a etired United States Government em- loye, celebrated his ninety-seventh irthday anniversary at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Willilamson C. Welburn, Wilson Boule- vard and Ballston avenue, Saturday. Ma). King has been a resl community for the past 38 years, He was on a farm near Geneseo, Livingston County, N. Y., October 5, oined the Grange in St. Louis, Mo., 1872, and has been active ever since, later serving as master of Poto- mac Grange, No. 1, and in 1926 being le honorary master. Norman J. Colman, a former Governor of Missouri and owner of a rural agricultural paper g i Sedirs, e ke the | e O B e as the daytime endanger aduits by speed- ing, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated at night, the secretary says. ‘The offenses occur on both the and county roads, it is alleged, and en- appointed commissioner of agriculture in 1885 and subsequently was the first tary of iture, and he soon the organization in Washington, D. C., danger the children both physically and | (0 8eFve 28 8 school of ipstruction in the ‘morally. Potomac Grange, No. 1, was The "complaint of the women's club | Organized with Gov. Colman. master: bmufiht a prompt reply from James C. Blackwell, county clerk, traffic conditions on the Livingston road are the worst in Prince Georges County. He points out that no county officer Willlam Saunders, treasurer, and Maj. him as master of the Grange. stationed along the road and that the | followed & decline in attendance, and nearest State ;'un—o)mm 1s at Waldorf. | the Grange was discontinued for about The only dlrect police protection the | 40 years. and was reorganized on community has is a constable, and he was immediately instructed by the 18, 4. e ‘With the rapid growth of the Depart- county commissioners to give particular | ment of Agriculture, which brings many attention to the traffic problems of the community. Commissioners’ Letter. In their letter to the women's club the county commissioners said: “We are in full accord with the xe- quest for full and adequate protection on the roads of Oxon Hill district. “‘However, the matter cf police patrol for the State roads, such as Livingston road, should be taken up with the com- ‘missioner of motor vehicles with the re- quest that he assign an officer to the district, which the county commis- sioners feel has been more or less neg- lected in this respect.” ‘The request of the Oxon Hill group i only the last of a long list of similar requests from various communities in the county for traffic protection. The State force, high in quality, but low in numbers, cannot begin to patrol proper ly the 100 miles of State Southern Maryland. The inadequacy of the force is particularly demonstrated whenever it is necessary, as during the IVIL WAR VETERAN OBSERVES 97th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1929. dent of this MAJ. WILLIAM M. KING. research men to Washington, Maj. King claims that these men recognized the value of the organization in their work. He entered the Department of Agri- culture in 1885, and, after 30 years of ; | service, was retired in 1915. Maj. King, possessing & keen mind and very re- markably active, attributes his long life to his out-of-doors activities and to modest method of living. He enjoys & good smoke, either mild cigars or cigar- ettes, Maj. has written many articles appearing in leading farm journals and many have been ized as author- ity on agriculture. A birthday party was given for him Saturdey I‘l‘lfiht at the recepticn to Rev. Henry J. ler, new rector of the St. 's Episcopal Church, by the d of the church and he had the or of cutting a large cake lighted with 97 candles. Beside being & member of the Grange, Maj. King is a past commander of George G. Meade Post, No. 5, G. A. R., Department of the Potomac, and s member of the Masonic fraterni SUCCESS MARKS FLOWER DISPLAY. Hyattsville Show. Brings Out {23 Fine Exhibit Despite Weather Conditions. roads in | Special Dispatch to The Biar. HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 7.— Marked success attended the annual present month, to take men off the Fall flower show of the Hyattsville regular assignment to perform special | Horticultural Society held Friday and | Saturday evenings in the lobby of the | duty during the Laurel races. A force of 15 men, much needed at the track, has 50 been assembled, most- Iv from the districts adjoining Wash- ington, leaving but three men operating out of the Laurel substation, the ter- ritory of which embraces all of South- ern Maryland. Under these conditions, esch patrolman is making an effort to cover more than 1,000 square miles of territory. STORM BRINGS BIG LOSS TO APPLE GROWERS Nearly 50 Per Cent of Crop Blown From Trees in Maryland, Survey Shows. Specis! Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 7.—Apple or- chards of the State, especially tI ‘Western Maryland, were seriously dam- aged by the heavy rains and wind- | third. in | cactus—Fred Lutz, First National Bank of Hyattsville under direction of & committee of which Parker Reinohl was cbairman. The exhibits were exceptional in view of | the recent unfavorsble weather. J. B. 8. Norton was the judge. The results follow: Dahlias (three-flower group)—Cactus, Mrs. William Kneessi, second; hybrid cactus, Mrs. John Harlan, Miss Isabel Freeland, first; Prof. W. R. Ballard, second. Decorative—V. XK. Chesnut, Show—Mary Crosswhite, first: Henry Crosswhite, Mrs. Charles Dr. first. One-flower group—Ca: Mrs. John Harlan, Miss Isabel Freeland, first; Mrs. Willlam Kneessl, second. Hybrid first; Mrs. B, H. , second; Mrs. Willlam Kneessl, Decorative—W. E. Thorne, first Roberts, storms last week, according to reports | Mrs. E. H. Roberts, second; Mrs, Wil- Teceived by the local Weather Bureau. |liam Kneessi, third. Show—E. H. Rob- Trom 20 to 50 per cent of the apples | erts, first; Mrs, Willlam Kneessi, third. on trees were blown off, & general sur- vey indicated, causing inestimable losses For Best Vase. to growers. Practically all other crops| Best vase of dahlias (arranged for bad been harvested before the storm. ‘The high wind and rain telephones in Maryland out of commis- sion, the majority of which were in the counties. ut 2,000 | Heringtos effect)—W. E. Thorne, first; Mrs. n, second; Miss Melserott third 3 H etzerott, Best basket of dahlias (arranged for In lower Dorchester County | effect)—Mrs. John Harlan and Miss old residents termed the storm the | Isabel Freeland, first; Mrs. Charles E. worst since September, acres were under water. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 7 (Spe- cial).—The annual meeting of the Montgomery County Council 1876. Many | Holmes, second; E. H. Roberts, third. Best baske! 't of Fall flowers—Mrs. Willlam Rneessi, first; Mrs. Henry lmnh!rd , second; Mrs, B. H. Nicolit, Zinles e, B, H.dm‘oio)lt.uflr‘t: . . P T, second; 2 H. Brown, third, o o MU Pompon xinnias—Mrs. John Harlan of Home |and Miss Isabel Freeland, first; Prof. and School Associations will be held in | W. R. Ballard, second. the gymnasium of the Rockville High School Friday evening, ‘The program, arranged by the execu- tive committee, shows that Lewis R. Alderman of the United States Bureau of Education will be the principal speaker and that short talks will be given by Edwin W. Broome, county su- perintendent of schools; Thomas W. Pyle, county supervisor of high schools, and Miss Kristine Nillsson, Huldah Kristine 3 Brist and Miss Elizabeth Meany, county | goimes, second. supervisors of elementary, primary and rural schools, respectively. Officers will ™ e Beitram M. Osgood of the Ba v. Bertram M. o p- tist Church officiated at the marria; here a few days ago of Miss Lillie liam T. Graham, jr., of Washington, at the home of the minister. Miss Estelle T. Moore, president of the Montgomery County Women's Clubs, has announced that a meeting of the executive board of the federation will be held at_the community house, Sandy Spring, Priday morning. Miss Moore has ly requested the pres- ident and director of each of the affili- ated organizations to attend or send Tepresentatives. November 8. | H Meteger of Richmond, Va. and Wil- | id; second; Asters—Mrs. W. P. Starr, first; Mrs. Crosswhite, secon: d. Delphinium—Prof. W. R. Ballard, Roses—Mr. L. L. Perkins, first. ‘Wild Flowers. ‘glld flowers—Mrs, Luther Munson, Giadioli—Mrs. John Harlan and Miss Isabel Freeland, first; Charles E. Annuals—Mrs. Luther Munson, first; Mrs. B, :l‘ Gaither, second; Mrs, Mos- tyn, L Pompon dahlia—Mrs. K. H. Roberts, first; Mrs. John Harlan and Miss Free- Mrs, Willlam Kneessi. Decorative fruits—Mrs. W. P. Ma- 1 gruder, basket of Chinese lantern, first; OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD The citizens’ committee of Martin's | BY the Associated Preas. N addition to Chevy Chase was asked for| All the world’s ®yes were turned to bids for the collection and removal of sh and ashes in the sub- the hands of the secretary, J. F. Gulick, by not later than October 15. Garbage must be collected twice a | century already ‘week and trash once a week for the en- tire year and ashes once a week from November 1 to May 1, so that two sep- | ter wenl for tomorrow evel for the final days of drive. e Minister that all | ference with Washington thls week. The arrival of Prim Macdonaid for his con- President Hoover, which to-set world disarmament |in is expected far on the road to success, is' one of the great diplomatic events of a marked many Dafl' minis- momen! changes. ‘The Pren':mt and the e n e Mountains over b the lodge in the Blu the time, he assured the world that no | TRAINMAN HITS BRIDGE. | Baltimorean Badly Hurt at Hyatts- | ville Viaduct. By 3 Biaft Correspondent of The Srar. H.YA’I’]'SVILLI. Md., October 7.— Falling to see a low arch bridge, Morley Chiswell, 47, of Baltimore, sustained a possible fracture of the skull last night he was walking along the top of a freight train near here. He was rushed in an unconsclous con- dition to Casualty Hospital by the Prince Georges County Rescue Squad and treated by Dr. J. Rogers Young. His condlltgun this morning was described as “fair.” - 'PRESS CLUB OBSERVES | POE ANNIVERSARY s | Offigial Custodian of Poet's Tomb Marks Eightieth Year of | His Death. | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 7.—The sight- feth anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe is being celebrated today by the Baltimore Press Club, which is the official custodian of Poe's tomb in old Westminster Churchyard here. A luncheon will be held at the Southern | Hotel, and there will be addresses by Bentley Mulford, vice president of the Edgar Allan Poe Soclety of New York; Dr. David E. Weglein, su of Baltimore’s puhlic Charles E. McAllister and Rev. Bruce McDonald of Westminster Church, who looks after the old churchyard. x Since the Press Club assumed custody of the Poe Tomb in June, 1925, more than 50,000 persons from all parts of the world have visited the shrine and registered. 1In September there were 933 visitors from 32 States, Great Brit- ain, France, Spain, Australia, Canada and Porto Rico. Poe died 80 years ago almost unrec- ognized and alone, but today his mem- the most remote parts of the world. CLUBS PLAN EDISON FETE. Cumberland Organizations to Hon- or Inventor's Golden Jubilee. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 7.— ‘Thomas A. Edison’s golden jubilee will be honored in Cumberland tomorrow | night in Masonic Temple, when the Rotary, Kiwanis and Monarch Clubs of Cumberland and the Rotary Club of Frostburg will hold a joint meeting. Dinner will be followed by an ad- dress by O. E. Ottinger, a personal friend and associate of Mr. Edison. His subject will be “Personal Glimpses of Edison’s Life” The weekly noon luncheons of the four clubs will be sus- pended this week. ———— Mrs, E. 8. Chesnut, basket of berries, second, Clematis—Mrs. E. 8, Chesnut. first. Best dahlia bloom in show—E. H! Roberts. Sweepstakes—Mrs. John Harlan and Miss Isabel Freeland One ve event produced on the interna 1 horizon a little cloud that might become a great storm. This was the death of Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, Germany's ablest post-war statesman, at 2 moment when so much mwmcluflng the all-important Dended on BIS pertonsl Telenianip win len W uu?’vl !'.rfi‘fl:‘ "m"'pon for the ann’s sup) for 11 Young plan and for Briand's great European confederation idea luv%: a - | Episcopal Church on November 21, it ory draws thousands of visitors from | ¢, gep ‘in an relations which it in Germany, Pres] von Hinden- burg acted quickly to forestall a crisis for the Mueller vernment. Dr. Jullus Curtius, minister of economic affairs and one of ths German repre- sentatives at The Hague conference alliance | Far IDEPUTY SHERIFF { FATALLY WOUNDED Former Officer’s Foe, leo; Shot, Is Under Arrest at Hagerstown. Specis! Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md.,, October 7.~ Luther Grey, 37, former deputy lhmfl.l is dylng in the Washington County | Hospital here from a bullet wound in his abdomen, and J. W. Pierce, 40, of Shenandoah Junction, W. Va., is under arrest, charged with the shooting. Plerce also was wounded in the right shoulder, and he told officers that. he | shot Grey in defense after he himself | ‘had been wounded. i Held as Witnesses. Lawrence Rose and J. E. Wyndham, who witnessed the shooting, were also taken into custody as material wit- nesses by West Virginia and Maryland officers early today. The trio were standing on the porch o; the home ot‘ sel;bl::l l:lrs)g!l. near Sharpsburg, last night, when Grey ap- prolchei'An argument followed be- tween the two men, and both pulled guns and began shooting. Trouble Started Sunday. Roy Grey, the deputy's brother, told Oflu{‘s that the trouble dated back to last su’!;dly.wwl;ldx kl:luce m“dd g:; companions stop) a car @ wmg. to offer assistance, believing they were in trouble. Plerce, according to Grcy, became abusive, and when the pair met yesterdsy the shooting took place. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 7 (Spe- clal) . —Convicted for the fourth time on & charge of operating a “numbers” game, George Carter, 58, colored, of 726 North Patrick street, was sentenced to serve six months in jail by Judge Wil- liam 8. Snow in Police Court here this | morning. Carter was arrested by Po- lice Sergt. Lawrence E. Padgett and Patrolman Henry Grimm late Satur- day, when = number of lottery tickets | were found in his possession. i Arral ent of Samson Weinstein, 26, of the 1300 block of Fourteenth street northwest, Washington, who was | arrested here last Wednesday by Sergt. Padgett and Motor Cycle Policeman Ernest Suthard for operating & “num- bers” game, has been set for tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in Police Court. Two of the seven squares of King street, from Royal to St. Asaph streets, to be 1epaved, are expected to be com- pleted by the latter part of the week. One block from Royal to Pit} streets 1s already open to traffic, while the square between Pitt and St. Asaph is nearly finished. City Manager Wallace Lawrence has | transferred one of his two stenogra- | phers, Miss Mary Davis, to the city tax office to replace James Bayliss, whom | he has ordered back to the police de- partment, where he served for several| years before being assigned to collect delinquent_taxes by former City Man- ager Paul Morton. Charles Stewart, former motor cycle policeman, who was crippled several years ago when his motor cycle was, struck by an automobile, has been made | superintendent of the city market. Stewart served as cashier at the| municipal swimming pools here this Summer. Final reports pn the religious survey and personal evangelism campaign, just flmefixded by the Alexandria Ministerial Associatior, will be made tonight at a’ supper conference to be held by the | campaign workers in the Westminister Building at 6:16. Bishop Henry St. George Tucker oi | the Diocese of Virginia will conduc’ confirmation exercises in the Christ | was announced today. i Funeral services. for Mrs. Helen Ham- mill, 37, who died Thursday, were held this afterncon at Demaine's mortuary chapel, and interment was in the Pres-; byterian__ Cemetery. Her husband, Charles Hammill, survives. Final rites for Willlam H. Woodyard were held at the residence, at 815 North | Columbus street, Saturday afternoon. ! with Rev. George J. Hooker, pastor of | the Methodist Protestant Church, con-| ducting. Burial was in Bethel Ceme- ery. Rally day was observed in the First | Baptist Church yesterday, with the new pastor, Rev. Pierce 8. Ellis, formerly of | Union Springs, Ala., delivering the ser- | mon. Mayor William slbert Smoot has is- | sued a proclamation asking citizens of Alexandria to observe National Fire- prevention week, which opened yester- day. ‘The Alexandria Garden Club will meet tomorrow at the home of Mis.: Alexander Zabrieskie on Seminary Hill. = | WINS YARD PRIZE. ! Stewart Avenue Garden in Poto-| mac Adjudged Neatest in Town. | Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAGC, Va., October 7.—The yard ! of Thomas Presoznick, on Stewart ave- nue, has been adjudged the neatest in Potomac by the committee u:rpnlnted‘ by the Potomac Citizens’ Assoclation to | conduct its second annual Better Yards contest. Presoznick has been pre- sented with the $10 award offered for the winner. ‘The ds of P. P. Clark, Clyde avenue; Maurice Delano, DeWitt ave- nue: James I. Gordon, Howell avenue; Elmer Williams, East Peyton avenue: G. R. Keith, DeWitt avenue, and Maurice Crabill, Randolph avenue, were | accorded honorable mention. The_selections were made by Mrs, E.D. 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