Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1929, Page 11

D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1929. SUBURBAN NEWS. » 11 FAIRFAX TAXES SUBURBAN NEWS. 31, , mfl |Girl-Mother Held EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THE ANNEXATION CITED | m BE 26 I,"[ me In Abandonment of Council Decides It Cannot Buy Wider Right of Way Into Boulevard. Special Dispatch to The Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md, October 31— | There will be an entrance to the| ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard from | Wells avenue of approximately 26 feet when the new highway bridge now | under construction is completed, ac-| cordizg to indications today. The | mayor and common council last night at & special meeting decided that it was without funds and that it would be setting a precedent to buy rights- of-way for the widening of the road | at this point. Members of the council felt that a wider approach to tne boulevard would be highly desirable, but firally decided against purchase of property for the purpose offered by Councilman J. M. Edlavitch. Councli- | man Edlavitch did not vote on tae | proposition and one member of the council, Dr. Perley F. Brookens, voted | against it. Offer From State Board. The State Roads Commission, througn Chairmar Williar, yesterday offered to buy a part of the store property owned by Councilman Edlavitch on the south side of Wells avenue in order to straighten out Wells avenue and en- able it to retain its original width ot 20 feet for most of the way, despite the retaining walls which are being erected. Councilman Edlavitch proposed that the town buy additional property than that which the State has offered W buy in order to widen the Marylana avenue approach. He declared he ex- | to lose money in the matter in | any evert. To relieve an emergency it was de- cided to bulld A permanent sidewalk at once from the Fenwick property on Hope street to Central ue w the north side of Schley avenue. Such » sidewalk was necessary to give citi- wens living east of the Fenwick prop- erty means of ingress and egress i = westerly direction into the town. Waldo Burnside, corporation counsel, was directed to prepare an agreement for signatures by certain property own- | ers on Hope street and Central avenue walving the requirements of the law as | to assessment for street work in regard | 10 notice to owners and advertising and | to authorize the town to contract for the laying of the sidewalk on a part of | these streets and to levy an assessment | against the owners upon Whose property the sidewalk will abut. 01d Pumper Rebuilt. ent of approximately $5300 for thr.x-{';‘uudmg of ghe old pumper of the | Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department ‘was approved. A l:g!pldfliun at the west end of West Madison svenue near New Cut road, where the sidewalk is too high, was called to attention of the council by Dr. Perley F. Brookens, one of the council- ‘men from the fourth ward, and was or- dered referred to the road committee. It was announced that Councilman Harry Boswell, chairman of the roads committee, would get in touch with the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. With regard to the taking up and re- placing some distance east the sidewalk on the west side of the ‘Washington- Baltimore boulevard between Spencer and Marlon streets. The telephone company, which has applied for per- mission to lay conduits from Johnson’ avenue to Franklin street, recently ex- pressed its desire to co-operate with the mayor and common council with regard %o the situation between Spencer and Marion streets, where a part of the jects. mfu:fi "i.';imon. newly appointed full-time policeman, whose appointment is effective tomorrow, has been sworn in for special duty tonight and also for his full-time post. BIG PARADE TO MARK COUNTY BROWN MEET ———e Tmpressive Celebration Planned for Last Appearanec of Candidate at Clarendon. a Staft Correspondent of The Star. :}yLARENDON. Va., October 31— Plans were completed today by the Ar- lington County Republican comntittee | for an impressive celebration to mark the last visit here before election of Df. Willlam Moseley Brown, coalition for governor. am;rown iss?o speak tomorrow night at, the Washington-Lee High School, Béliston. Since the meeting will start at 8 oclock, a parade wil form cn Mount Vernon avenue, Potomac, at 7:30 o'clock. Headed by a band of 40 pieces, the parade will continue along Mount | Vernon avenue to Columbia Pike and | alpng Columbia Pike to Arlington, | where another contingent of machines avill have formed. j | From there the procession will move | %o Clarendon, to be joined there by an-| other contingent, which will form on | Clarendon avenue, between Wilson | Boulevard and Taylor avenue. It is also | planned to have another processicn | from Fairfax and Falls Church come | down the Lee Highway and thence to the school along Clemen's avenue. There will be but two speakers at the | pally, Dr. Brown and Louis A. Mc- Mahon, Republican candidate for the House of Delegates. | ‘""At 6 o'clock tomorrow evening the| twWomen’s Brown-for-Governor Club’ | will hold a dinner meeting in the Ruck- | er Building. going from there to the | meeting in & body. It is hoped to have Dr. Brown at the dinner. | MRS. LYNN WELFARE PRESIDENT FOR FAIRFAX Appointed by Court to Head County | Board—District Chairman Named. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va, October 31.—Mrs.| Russell A. Lynn of Herndon received a letter last night from Judge A. C. Richie | of the Court of Domestic Relations and i ton spoke on “Our Birthday Objective | for 1930.” of_the Juvenile Court of Fairfax County, | stating that she had been nppumudi e president of the Welfare Board of th county the Circuit Court. Chairman of the several districts in -the county were announced as follows: est Lee Robey of Herndon, chairman for Drainesville district; Mrs. J. Randolph Caton of Mount Vernon district; John W. Brookfield of Lee dis- trict; Miss Mattle Gundry of Falls Church district; Mrs. J. Hunter Mack of Providence district, and Robert R. Butler, Centerville district ! “'They are to report at the Board of Supervisors' meeting at Fairfax tomor- TOW. Hyattsville Sophomores Elect. HYATTSVILLE, Md, October 31 (Special) —Esther Pyles has been elect- ed president of the sophomore class ot Hyattsville High School with Frederick Glasgow, vice president; Chares Gude, secretary; Gene Miller, treasurer: Don- ald Mutzabapgh, sergeant-at-arms, and ‘Audrey Bosher, chairman of the social been selected as facuity advisor. | reported stolen by Willlam Grant of “4Vheaton on August 7 last. At that time by Judge Howard W. Smith of | Baby in Alexandria Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va., October 31.— ‘The mother of Alexandria’s found- ling baby girl has been located and is being held at the local police sta- tion here pending a hearing tomor- row morning. She is A. Ardell Clegg, 18 years old, who lives in a moun- tain home nine miles east of Front Royal, Va. The woman was arrested late yesterday by Capt. W. W. Camp- bell “and Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims, of the local police, and brought here last night. She confessed to police that she was the mother of the baby girl and that she left it in the lumber yard last Saturday night. The baby is named Lily May, according to the mother’s statement. Police worked on information gathered from several sources here. The mother, in her statement to police. said that she was unmarried. There were 12 children in the family in the mountain home, according to the police making the arrest. TWO WOMEN HELD FORMISSING AUTO One of Defendants Says Car Was Given to Her by Owner. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SLIGO, Md, October 31-—Charged with the larceny of an automobile, Mrs. Frances Susie Petty, 21 years old, and Mrs. Marion Dorothy Williams, 24 years old, were lcdged in the Rockville jall yesterday, following their delivery to Officer Joseph Nolte of the northern district station here by the District of Columbia police. Both gave an ad- dress in the 1100 block of Fifth street northeast in Washington. Reported From Wheaton. The automobile which is alleged to have been taken by the two women was he reported to Sergt. Guy Jones, in charge of the local police station, that there was $260 in money in the car and a revolver, Several days ago Officer Crabbin of No. 13 precinct in Wash- ington called Sergt. Jones and told him that he had the car and two women who were arrested. Mr. Grant identified the two women in the District police station as having been at his place of business about ‘the time the car was taken. 3 Mrs. Williams told the police that she was at the place of business of Grant on the afternoon of August 7, and he told her to come back at night, which she did. She further alleged that after spending part of the evening at Grant's place of business he gave her the keys to the car, and she drove him home and continued to use the car, taking a trip to New York, where she said, a sailor stole the gun, for which he was later arrested. She emphatically said that there was no money in the car at the time it was taken. The records of the District traffic office show that District license tags were issued for the car the day it dis- appeared, and Mrs. Williams said that she took the tags with her when she returned to the Grant place of business. ‘These were subsequently substituted for the Maryland tags. Some Detective Work. Officer Crabbin made the arrest and recovered the car only after considera- | ble detective work. He reported to Sergt. Jones that several days ago he gave Mrs. Williams a ticket for passing a car on the wrong side in the vicinity of | the Walter Reed Hospital, and when | she failed' to appear in answer to the officer’s summons he swore out & war- rant. After tracing the woman to sev- eral places he finally located her and placed her under arrest and upon ex- amination of the engine number of the car found it listed among the lookouts for stolen cars reported by the Mont- | gomery County police. Mrs. Williams indicated to the police that she would have an interesting story to tell the court about the happenings on August 7, when, she alleged, the keys to the car were given her by Grant. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETS AT BETHESDA Organization of Potomac Presby- tery Holds Annual Session in Church There. Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md., October 31.—The sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Auxillary of Washington District, Po- tomac Presbytery, met yesterday in Presbyterian Church here, with Mrs, A. L. McGavack of Waterford, chair- man; Miss M. N. Fournoy was pianist and Mrs. A. J. McKelway timekeeper. The registration was opened with Mrs. F. W. Robinson of Herndon, Va., chairman of credentials committee, and with Mrs. Harvey E. Hanes of Herndon, Va,, assistant. Rev. Stanley White con- ducted the devotional exercises, Mrs. P. F. White had charge of the greet- ings and Mrs. McGavack responded. Mrs. Rufus P. Clark reported on the work at Montreat; Mrs. James Trimble of Washington reported on the work at Massanetta; Miss Regina Kimbell on the work of the synodical; Mrs. Thomas G. Carr made the report on | the conference of the young people. Mrs. John B. King of Washington was leader in. the conference hour; Mrs, J. Alexander Johnson conducted the class in Bible methods, studying: Romans. The late Mrs. James A. Dor- ritee of Washington was _eulogized. After special music, Mrs. F. W. Robin- sin_made her report on registrations and after prayer recess was taken for luncheon. At the afternoon session Mrs. A. C. Mathewson of Baltimore conducted the R. Wilson of Hangchow, China, made an address. Mrs. John G. Brat- Mrs. Frederick W. Robin- son again reported on the number of registrations for the entire meeting. Miss Katherine Douglas of Aldie was chairman_of the resolutions commit- tee and Mrs. Josephus Carr of Lees- burg chairman of the place of meet- ing._ Prayer and benediction was made by Rev. Stanley White. AUXILIARY ORGANIZED. | spectat Dispaten to The star. LINCOLNIA, Va., October 31.—The girls of this community met this week at the home of Mrs. Severyn J. Barley and organized a Girl's Auxiliary as one of the activities in connection with St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel. George Weat, | one of the students from the Theolog- ical Seminary, who is in charge of St. Paul's mission, talked to the girls and outlined the scope of the work, Meet~ foreign mission session and Miss Annie | in the AGAINST POLICEMEN Loss of Revenue Under New System in Arlington Held Cause of Elimination. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Btaft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., October 31.—Following a conference with Judge Howard W. Smith, during which time it is under- stood that they discussed the opposition to their previous announcement that the three temporary policemen would be dismissed November 15, the board of county supervisors yesterday had a long conference with Commissioner of Revenue Harry K. Green, who informed them just what the loss is to be in revenue through the annexation of a part of Jefferson District by Alexandria. After the conference with Green, Ed- ward Duncan, chairman of the board, made public the following figures, citing the loss as the reason that the govern- ing body does not at this time feel justified in increasing expenses through the permanent employment of the extra policemen: The assessed real estate value of the annexed portion of the county is $3,~ 285,560; tangible personal property, $409.450, and public service concerns, $1,420371. This makes a total of $5,- 119,381, exclusive of new improvements for 1929. For county purposes, or the administration of the county govern- ment, exclusive of highways, schools and other items for which there are special assessments, there is a tax rate of 75 cents on the $100 of valuation. This makes a minimum loss to the county for the purpose of government of $38,395.35 annually. Reason for Board's Action. ‘While the county will be relieved after January 1 of the cost of constructing and maintaining roads and schools, Duncan pointed out, there is little or no difference in the cost of administer~ ing the government, since there were no officlals especially employed for the annexed territory. “That is"the reason,” Duncan de- clared, “that the board decided to stop the pay of the special policemen after Noveraber 15. However, we are to have another conference with Judge Smith on November 14, If the people of Jefferson District will have confidence in me I will work this thing out to the satisfaction of every one. When this term expires I will have been a member of the board of supervisors for 24 years and I am not now, just be- cause my home is being taken into Alexandria, going to desert them and their causes.” At the suggestion of Ashton C. Jones, a member of the board of directors of the Arlington County Chamber of Com- merce, the board instructed the secre- tary to write to Gov. Harry F. Byrd and ask him to set the latter part of No- vember as the time for the conference that he recently announced he would call for the purpose of perfecting defi- | nite plans for an approach or ap- proaches to the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The secretary was instructed to in- | form the governor that any date he set | would be acceptable to the board. Members of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Virginia Park and Planning Commission, Arling- ton County Zoning Commission and Arlington County Chamber of Commerce | are also to be invited to attend the conference, it was said. ! Oil Permit Granted. In view of the fact that the zoning commission had already acted favorably on a application of the National Oil Co. for a permit to erect an ofl storage plant on the property to be acquired by the company from the N. Auth Pro- vision Co. on Columbia pike, the board granted the permit. ‘The board, at the suggestion of County Directing Engineer C. L. Kin- nier, followed the recommendations of the zoning commission with respect to the application of J. C. Boss for a permit to erect a moving plcture theater | in Cherrydale. Boss has protested the | setback required by the commission. Other business transacted at yester- | day’s meeting was as follows: | A contract for the installation of an | oll-burner heating system in the Clar- endon Health Center was awarded to Willlam E. Wolff of Clarendon. The price was $855. The Commonwealth’s attorney was instructed to draw an ordinance prohibiting the keeping of hogs or dog kennels in the county. The secretary was instructed to write to the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., requesting them to place their cables underground along Mount Vernon ave- nue from Frazier avenue to Columbia pike. Supervisor E. C. Turnburke of Wash- ington district voted to restore to Wil- liam Miller of the engineer’s office the $800 yearly that was recently cut from his salary, but was voted down by the two other members of the board. HYATTSVILLE GARBAGE COLLECTION TO START New Service Will Begin Tomorrow in Second District of Town, Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, October 31.— Collection of garbage by the town will begin here tomorrow, when the second district will be visited. This district in- cludes all homes north of Spencer street and Owens avenue and south of Arun- del avenue, and hereafter collections will be made in the district each Tues- day and Friday. On Saturday there will be a collection in the third district, which includes all the homes north of Arundel avenue. Hereafter collections will be made in this district each Wednesday and Sat- urday. Collections will be made in the first district, which includes all the homes e first and second wards and south of Spencer street and Owens avenue, each Monday and Thursday, starting next Monday. ‘There will be no direct charge on the householder for the collection service, which is being done under contract by the town. Garbage cans, to be furnished by the householder, must not exceed 10 gal- lons in capacity and must not contain liquids, fh&! or poisonous substances and shall be placed in a convenient lo- ctltm? near the sidewalk or adjoining street. Further information with regard to the garbage collection will be furnished by Councilman Thomas E. Hume, chair- man of the health committee of the mayor and common council, wi tel- ephone number is Hyattsville 704-W. Junior League Reorganizes. LINCOLNIA, Va. October 31 (Spe- { ctal). —The Lincolnia Junior League has reorganized for the school term electing Jean Lewis as president, Claire Ernest as vice president, Dorothy Much ings will be held twice a month. | Anne Kreamer was elected president of the new group, Jean Lewis, vice pres- ident; Claire Ernest, secretary; Irene Much, treasurer; Kathleen Melton, re- Miss Nona A. Miliner has porter. Mrs, Barley has consented to act as leader. as secretary and Harry Much as treas- urer. Wade Lewis was selected as chairman of the school athletic com- Co-Ed Student Head MISS ALICE LOVE ARMSTRONG, Of Ashland, Va., who was recently elected president of the student body at the Randolph-Macon Women's Col- lege at Lynchburg, Va. —Assoclated Press Photo. ROCKVILLE TO GET WAR HERO ROSTER Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, October 31.— Miss Martha Sprigg Poole, chairman of the committee in charge, has ex- tended an invitation to the public to attend exercises to be held in the court- house here the afternoon of Armistice day, when the Montgomery County committee of the Maryland war records will present to tne county commission- ers the official roster of the men from the county who served in the World War. William F. Prettyman, president of the Rockville Bar Association, will pre- side, and the program will include the their lives in the service and of those who received honors. Aside from a furnished room at the Montgomery County General Hospital, at Sandy Spring, Montgomery County has no war memorial and is said to be one of the few counties of the State which has not expressed in permanent form appreciation of its sons and daughters who gave such splendid ac- count of themselves in 1917 and 1918. It is planned, therefore. to inaugurate a movement here on November 11 to provide a fitting memorial. The roster to be presented to the county on Armistice day will be kept Court in a_handsome cabinet to be pro. vided by the county commissioners. will be available for inspection at all times. Margaret Keller Dead. MARYLAND PARK, October 31 (Spe- cial).—Margaret Keller, 68, died here vesterday afternoon after a long illness. Interment will be at Prospect Ceme- tery tomorrow afternoon. She leaves three sisters in Washington, Mrs. Annie Bitter, Mrs. Augusta Rogers and Mrs. Matilda De Perini; three brothers, Charles, George and Frederick Keller, and two sisters in Maryland Park, Mrs. Lena Ball and Mrs. Lottie Newgent. $1.98 Electric Heaters. . . $19.50 Breakfast Suites, 5 Drop-leal table and 4 Windsor style $2.98 Magazine Baskets. . $169.00 Bedroom Suite . . damask. $1.69 End Tables. . . ... 70x80 inches; rose, blue, green and 50-1b. pure cotton, with roll edge. mittee, with Joseph Deavers as chair- man of the school grounds committee and Miss Kathleen Clark as program committee. reading of the names of those who lost | in the office of the clerk of the Circuit | FURNITURE SPECIALS LOW TERMS T0BEPAID AT HOME Treasurer and Deputies to Sit in Districts for Payers’ Convenience. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. IAIRFAX, Va, October 31.—Begin- ning tomorrow, November 1, the treas- urer of Fairfax County or his deputies will sit for several weeks in the differ- ent districts of the county for the con- venience of taxpayers who have no means of coming to the courthouse. Although the law only requires that the treasurer shall sit one day in each dis- trict, the books will be available for consultation at several places adjacent to each neighborhood. On November 1 the books for Centerville and Lee dis- triets will be taken to Buckley's store at Clifton . On November 2 taxpayers of Lee and Mount Vernon districts can pay their taxes at Springman’s store in Lorton. On November 4 Mount Vernon and Falls Church district books will be at Broders’ store at Franconia. At Herndon November 7. On November 7 the treasurer will go to Herndon, where he will sit at the National Bank with books for Dranes- ville district and the town of Herndon. | Dranesville district books will be avail- able at Forestville November 8 at Fol- {lin's store. On November 9 books for | Mount Vernon, Lee and Falls Church district will be available at the office o. the Fairfax Mutual Co. corner Prince and Royal streets, Alexandria. On November 11 Falls Church tax- payers may go to Oliver's store at Balleys Cross Roads. On November 12 the same books may be consulted at Carter’s store at Lincolnia. November 13 the books of Dranesville and Provi- dence districts will be found at Oliver’s store at Kenmore. On the 14th Provi- dence district taxes may be paid at Storm’s store at McLean. On November 15 the treasurer will sit in the Falls Church National Bank with books for the town of Falls Church and Provi- dence and Falls Church districts. On November 16 at the Vienna Trust Co. | he will have the books for the town of | Vienna and Providence district. Several communities where the treasurer has sat in past years. including Burke, Cen- terville and Merrifield, have been omitted from the list this year. Taxes Are Due. Taxes are due and payable as soon as the bills have been mailed. If not paid by December 5 a 5 per cent pen- alty is added. This increases on June 15 to 10 per cent, with the addition of a 6 per cent interest charge until date of payment. Capitation taxes for those who reside in corporations in the county must be paid prior to December 5 in |order to insure participation in the |town election in June. County tax bills in the corporations show an increase this year in all towns except Vienna, due to the fact that the county is now collecting all of the chool taxes. This will, however, be ac- omnanied by a corresponding decrease in the corporation rates. 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