Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1930, Page 4

NING STAR, WASH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1930. HEREDITY OF CANCER D. C, HARPER CHOSEN HEAD, T LANDS SOLGHT roperty Owners in Prince ‘Georges to Baltimore Road “ to Be Sounded on Purchase. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Cotrespondent of The Star. i BILVER SPRING, Md. February 8. -Acquisition of the lands on both E:lh of the Anacostia River, from the trict line to a point in the vicinity the Baltimore-Washington Boulevard, the purpose of establishing the first public parkway in the metropolitan dis- frict of Prince Georges County, has been tentatively planned by the Mary- ational Capital Park and Plan- Commission, it was learned today. no actual overtures. have been made to the property owners, Daniel C. Fahey, jr, city planner of Hyatts- ville, has been authorized by the com mission to interview the property own- ers on behalf of the commission to :eguln the cost of purchasing these inds. Land Is Marshy. The land included within the pro- posed area as laid down on the plans of the planning commission is for the and of no practical eral rament -from Benning B 1o the District of Columbia-Maryland boundary line. In the area between the District line and the Washington- Baltimore Boulevard the commission has received a tentative offer from the suthorities of the Fort Lincoln Cemetery to dedicate 50 acres, with certain con- ditions stipulated, such as improvement and voice in the manner of improve- ment. There is a hope that other prop- erty owners vill dedicate the necessary jand and receive the benefits of ulti- ate imj vement. m'rhe !Av'rl:umre of ‘Maryland in 1927 gave to Prince Georges County a fund of 000 to_be used for the acquisi- tion of park lands in that county and 8 similar amourit to Moptgomery. This. fun been in the State treasury since that -time, ‘but the 'interest 1is. collected by the State, and all the county will get will be the principal, no matter how long it remains in the State coffers. Jt_is this fund which it is pr o use for the purchase of the geh lands of the proposed costia Park, provided the lands can C:“m.m at & reasonable price. ‘Two Roads Provided. The plan of the park commission dup for two roadways along the of the Anacostia through the park. However, ;lla.s: me;;x::t : il consideral ~ Rl done, s portant s goncemn evunce FIRE. PROTECTION Catholic Congregation Will Con- clude Services on Tuesday, Feast Day. The Catholic Church of Bethesda, Md., will conclude a novena in honor of its patroness, Our Lady of Lourdes, on the feast day, Tuesday. Services have been held 'h evening during the past week at 8 o'clock, with devo- tions at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Dr. George Johnson of the Catholic University of America will deliver the sermon this Sunday evening and the Very Rev. Ignatius Smith will preach on Monday. On Tuesday evening a number of prominent members of the Catholic clergy will be present and will assist the pastor, Father James J. O'Connor. CITIZENS COMPLAIN OF CHLORINE WATER Decatur * Heights Association to Take Up Matter With Sani- iary Board. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. DECATUR HEIGHTS, Md., February 8.—Excessive chiorine in the water fur- nished the residents of this place, mak- ing it unpalatable, it was alleged, was discussed at the February meeting of the local citizens' association held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, 8. P. Can- non Tuesday night. The president, W. R. Beattie, was requested to take up the matter with the Washington Sub- urban Sanitary Commission. The pre: ident announced the following commit- tee appointments, the first named in each case being chairman: School—A. R. , N. O. Brigham Mrs. E. J. Cannon, Mrs. G. M. Harr! Harris, George Lloyd, E. C. Leonard, F. G. Williams, Mrs. Maurice Jarvis and Mrs. S. H. Thomas. Program and entertainment—Mrs, A. P. Owens, Mrs. E. C. Leonard, Miss Gertrude Bicknell, Mrs. F. G. Willlams, Mrs. N. O. Brigham, Mrs. H. Mingin, Mrs. H. W. Gilbertson, Maurice Jarvis Myron Potter, Mrs. Joseph Osterma F. B. Curran. Roads and streets—E. J. Cannon, A. P. Owens, S. P. Cannon, L. B. Rose, Joseph Osterman, H. Mingin, Edward Scott and Mrs, A. R. Lee. Welfare—W. R. Beattie, president: G. M. Harris, vice president; Gertrude Bicknell, secretary; E. J. CAnnon, as- sistant secretary, and F. B. Curran and Mrs. L. B. Rose, directors. E. W. Hubbard, F. B. Curran, H. , E. J. Cannon and W. R. Beat- tie were named delegates to the county federation. OPPOSE CRAMTON BILL. Williamsburg. Va., Folk Object to Terms of Measure. Special Dispatch to The Star. BURG, Va., February 8. —Considerable opposition to _certain features of the Crampton bill exists here, as manifested by a petition sign- ed by more than 200 citizens. So strong is the feeling aroused that Mayor George Coleman has arranged for a mass meeting of the people Friday . | night, when W. E. Carson of the State ximately m'!nm i it is proposed to acqu! - Baltimore i Sk e - e jun o Northwest Branches, timore boulevard, in the vicinity of Peace Cross in nu.;:mb\;r:&nh 3 Pproposed to leave a strip of val m # feet “1’2 width, with the she buuuvn:‘." ‘There also would be on for a frontage of property on mw road which it is proposed to have skirt the banks of the river when it is reclaimed. On the west bank it is proposed to ire the land as far west as Bunker fl'm. In this area provision can be made for & eoupl; of %;lr:. lak,.e‘tm:y draining the marshes. acqul n of this area also would include the preservation of an old mill with its mill race. Flood Studies Being Made. ‘While it does not appear now that %m is much hope of obtaining the ds from the county for improvement, i is known that the Pederal Govern- ment is conducting certain flood-control studies in the section, and, of course, there is the possibility that the Federal engineers might recommend the recla- mation as a Federal project. But this is remote, and “quicker improvement could be obtained by the putting into effect of the 7-cent tax. The stream in the Bladensburg area ims e o e Do | entation waa both entertaining And. i | Conservation Commission has been in- Federal ownership of any property for the purpose named in the bill‘is one point of attack. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 8 (Spe- —"A Talking Movie on China,” in which the characters were taken by 32 pupils of the fourth grade of the Rock~ ville Public School, of which Mrs. Hat- tie Kingdon is teacher, featured the bi- weekly meeting of the Rockville Wom- an’s Club at the Montgomery Country Club, Rockville, Thursday afternoon. The children, all in Chinese costume, told and showed what they saw on an ry trip to China and the pres- structive., The meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. Thomas D. Grifith, and was well attended. paper on ence books and magazines for childfen and Miss Frances De Lashmutt sang several solos. son of Woodside, this county, which disposes of a substantial estate, has phans’ Court at this place. It was executed June 18, William ‘Rea Pattison, husband of the testatrix, and Allen Stevens Pajtison executors. to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home of the District of Columbia and the children of the testatrix, Nellle V., James R."and Perry H. Pattison, and erties and money invested be paid to the. daughter, Nellle Virginia Pattison, has been the source of attack for some | time. Its unsightliness and unhealthful- mess has been attacked in the Legisla- ture by the Prince Georges members, In the Summer, when the water is low, the ares is filled with a repulsive stench; caused by the exposure to the air of dumped materials, and in lods .ol heavy rains and melting snows the boulevard is made dangerous and im- phssable when the river overflows. HARRY S|NGL.AIR REPORT CORRECTION IS MADE| Qil Man Did Not Organize Con- tinental Trading Company. By the Associateq Press. - NEW YORK, N. Y., February 8.—An Associated Press dispatch from Cannes, France, January 19, in telling of the desire of James E. O'Neil, former presi- dent of the Prairie Oil & Gas Co. and missing’ witness in"the famous Teapot Dome oil scandal, to return to the United States, contained the following paragraph: “The Government wanted O'Neil and ackmet to testify regarding the ex- tinct Continental Trading Co., a con- cern formed by Harry Sinclair for pur- chase of crude 4il, some of the profils of which, it was charged, went to Al- bert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior.” “The reference to Harry Sinclair in this connection was erroneous. The 3:11 records at Washington show that . Sinclair had nothing to do with the organization of the Continental Trading Co.. as stated in .the Cannes dispatch and that his connection with the trad- ing company was to guarsntee that the Oontinental Tradihg Co. would pay for purchased from Col. Humphreys cf xas, who was seeking a purchaser of 1§rge quantities of crude oil. - The Associated Press, following iis in justice to Mr. Sinclair. ismcms IS IDENTIFIED. ATON ROUGE, La.. Februa 8. man who shot himself to death River levee here this po- until she marries. In the event of her ‘marriage husband, and should he remarry, then it is t0 g. in equal parts to the three children. F. Bache Abert, town clerk and treas- urer, has, by direction of the mayor and council, prepared a list of all real estate in Rockville on which . | proof construetion; that no pad! The will of Mrs. Nellle Mina Patti- | S 1920, and names | Afeh re The instrument makes small bequests | u directs. that the income from all prop- | W¢ the income is to revert to the | BILL INTRODUCED Virginia Assembly Gets Measure Making Changes for Frame Schools. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 8.—Rad- ical changes in the methods of fire pro- tection in two-story achools of frame construction, ch which will greatly affect m of the buildings in the thickly settied Northern Virginia sec- tion, are provided in a bill introduced mcher:louu of De G. B. Col- gS, Newport News. Hugh Reld, Ar- lington County, appears u'a co-sponsor. Fire Drills Provided. ‘The first provision of the bill is that there shall 6’-7“. xn drill in every pub- lic school in Virginia during the ses- sion and that additional exits shall be provided, if , 80 that the en- tire building may be emptied without injury in not exceeding three minutes. The bill provides that “all public &chool bulldings now in use, unless of fireproof construction, of more than one story in height shall, for each room above the ground floor, have an exit by door opening on & fire escape of non- combustible material. If, however, the corridors and stairs are of non-com- bustible material, no fire escape or ex- terfor exit shall be required.” | Other Provisions. Further provisions of the bill are that | a1l plans and specifications for school | buildings be lpgumvad by the super- | visor of school buildings, State Board | of Education: that auditoriums in such | bulldings shall have exterior exits by | doors opening outwardly: that audito- riums shall have one-foot width of exit for every 150 feet of seating space: that no auditorium shall be above the sec- ond floor unless the buflding is of fire- locks or chains shall be used for fastening ex- | terfor doors at any time. Requirements of the bill shall, upon passage of the measure, be complied With by school boards of all counties. cities and towns in the State. Failure to do so will be considered a misde- meanor, MEETINGS ON TOBACCO. Series of Educational Sessions Plan- ned for Prince Georges Growers By a Staft Correspondent of The UPPER M. RO, Md., ruary 8.—A series of educational meetings for tobacco growers of Prince Georges County is announced for the coming week by Walter B. Posey, county agent, who will conduct them. Growers are requested to bring a few bundles of tobacco for a practical demonstration. The_schedule of meetings is as fol- lows: Monday, Baden; Tuesday, Mitch- ellville; Wednesday, Brandywine: Thurs- day, Marlboro, and Saturday, Piscata- WAy, Mrs. Roxanna Leach Dead. STAUNTON, Va., Februa: cial) —Mrs. Roxanna Leach, died at her home near McKen Church, near here, after 10 days iliness. She was a lifelong resident of this community, spending practically her entire life on the Leach home- stead near here, She is survived by 1 daughter, 8 sons, 32 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. ' SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED. rideetown—Puerto Colombia. .. January 28 A Iy \iPebruary "¢ M AL Veendam—Rotteroam Duchess of Redford—West Indies cruise. DUE_TOMORROW. Calamares—Pert Limon Ban_Jacinto—V. us. France—Medite America—Hambur, .January 20 DUE MONDAY, PEBRUARY 10. | Ancon—Cristobal osmo——Santo Domingo Ci usdor—San _Francisco. Muenchen—Bremerhaven Porto_Rico—8an Ju Eort 8t Georse—Be Favorita—Kingston been admitted to probate in the Or- | Santa Cru: bruary bruary bruary | avana February | bruary 1 February 1 DUE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, Patria—Marseilles . /estph Hamb) Munargo—Nassau Rosalind—8t. Joh inica—Trinid Bermuda—Bermud tion taxes for the fiscal year, which began July | Orizal 4, are unpaid and on which water rents are due, and has given notice that all such property will be offered for sale at public auction on Wednesday, February 26, if the amounts due are not paid by that time. The delinquents, so the list shows, number 14, representing taxes and water rents in the amount of $1,218.73 due. All properiy thus sold may be redeemed within oue year, the law provides. Montgom County's crack hound, Waters Goshen, president of the Maryland Fox Hunters' Association, made a fine :mm? at the annual show of the Maryland held in Baitimore. He won five first, one second and three ‘special premiums, fox An affection of the heart and com- | POx plications, of which she had long been | M 1ll, resulted in the death in her home gx g:ekvllh 8he is survived by three daughters and three sons, Mrs. William | 5 , Misses Mattie and Ma: et of , and Lawrence and Walter Harmon of W L Mrs. Harmon, who was formerly a West, was & native of Wi nse been issued by the clerk of the Circult Court here for the mar- riage of Thermistocles Plockos, 21, and Miss Helen May Blay, 19, both of ‘Washington. Montgomery County's annual list of delinquent taxpayers, just made public ker, shows 1,362 pieces of real estate in all sections of the county listed for sale day in April because of non-pay- ment of State and county taxes Jor the fiscal year which begins July 1. While the list is unusually heavy and represents many thousands of dollars in taxes due, a very large majority of the owners are expected to pay up before sale day rolls around, and it is thought that not more than the usual number % meelb—-lomethlnl like 200—will be e a filling ‘ednesday by L. H. Doughty, In order to prevent their property delinquents will have to pay all taxes due, with t from Se ber 1, "and part of the cost of . '(mm being sold under the hammer the !"3,' r{elonm 10 Z. McCubbin | Hevan, ennel Club recently | 12 %; Jesterday of Mis. Emma S , widow of Richard L.| He by the county treasurer, J. Forrest Wal- | p fuer variable ‘custom of correcting errors|at public auction here on the second |A! its news dispaiches, this | Mong OUTSOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. Aquitania—Cherbourg and Southampton. Carmania_Havana. Hambure. Conte Grande—Gibraltar, Naples and Genos. Fonce—San Progreso and Vers Qrus. mouts, ‘Boulosne' ana Ton: ntiago, Kingston, ‘Tela and Co bh and pland—West 1 ayari—Puerto Favorita—Kingst of Swa rtez. Liverpool. dies cruise, lombia. on. Capetown. SAILING TOMORROW. Toltec—Port Cortes. SAILING" MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, erson—Norfolk. ty of Chattanooga—8avannah. ING TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. -West Indies eruise. ‘rintdad and Georgetown. Colombia. SAILING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. Mauretania—Havan: ort. 8t. Geor uise. Cristobal, _Cartagens. and Santa’ Marta. Puerto Cabello caibo. —Plymouth, Cherbours apd Ham- —Havans. SAILING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. America ker—] N Presie ‘:Jlnn I"lingosgm cruise. Arol ‘muda. Muenchen—Southampton, Boulogne and Bremerhaven. Coamo-—8: d_Sant, ingo City. N R Dominica, ribo, Manuel Arnu nd Barcelona. Vulcanin-—-West Indies cruise, 1 DE- | weight, with corrections noted in 8 | GROWTH IS NOTED ' than the enrollment for 1928. The at- 3| been & 100 per cent member for two ©eunSAILING FRIDAY, PEBRUARY 1. %"&J'—mu do Ji Santos, | or o ence s | the cradle roll and the home depart- e s e AUTO SAFETY BLL Chooses T. R. Burch President. Special Dispateh to The Star. BERWYN, Md., February 8.—At the annual election of officers of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Rev. Father Leo J. Fealy, pastor, T. Raymond Burch was elected president, Mark Kiernan vice president, Richard E. Wills treas- urer, Joseph Wenzel secretary and Vin- cent’ Kiernan marshal, President Burch has named a spe- cial committee to conduct a member- ship drive and the society has decided to hold & card party at the Holy Re- deemer rectory, Central avenue, the evening of February 22, . REPORT SUBMITTED ON COUNTY HEALTH Mrs. Herbert Seamans, Nurse, Recounts Activities for Year. Special Dispatch to The Star, FAIRFAX, February 8.—Mrs. Herbert Seamans, county health nurse, has submitted her semi-annual report to the county board of supervisors. This lists 396 instructive or nursing visits, which include 1 pre-natal case, 1 - natal case, 18 visits to bables under 1 year of age, 154 home visits to pre- school children 1 to 6 years old, 147 visits to school children 6 to 16 years old, 26 tubercular cases and 55 general adult cases. Seventy-eight of thesc patients were referred to the family hysicians, 80 to the dentist, 165 to clin- cs, 1 to the hospital and 10 to & tuber- cular sanitarium. Two hundred and fifty-seven smallpox vaccinations were made, 137 throat cultures were taken and 41 toxin antitoxin immunizations made. School Work. In the school work sanitary condi- tions in 8 of the 43 schools inspected were declared unsafe and 32 homes were inspected and found safe and 19 | unsafe in sanitation. Mrs. Seamans gave 8 general talks on health, arranged 4 exhibits and distributed 260 bulletins. Thirteen dental clinics were given, last- ing 81 working days, and 449 patients were treated. Four tonsil clinics were held and 17 patients treated. Two tuberculosis ciinics were held and 61 new patients located. In the schools 541 five-point children have been listed to date, with 28 among the pre-school groups. Children with one or more defects numbered 1,447, of which 507 have been corrected. Of the 89 defects found among pre-school chil- | dren 4 have been corrected. Complete | medical examinations have been given to 102 pre-school children. Dental Defects Lead. Dental defects head the list among school children of the county with a total of 1,285, of which 459 have been corrected; tonsil and adenoid defects numbered 414, of which 23 were cor- rected; 203 defects in vision were listed, with 7 corrections; 31 children have de- fective hearing, 413 were over or under cases; 48 showed skin eruptions; 3 or- thopedic defects, 4 were mental cases | and 2 showed sym| s of goiter. One hundred and fifty-three visits were paid during the six-month period to 56 dif- ferent schools and 199 class rooms. The | tain nurse and doctor together inspected 260 colored and 1,687 white pupils; nurse and dentist inspected the teeth of 1,580 white children. - Health talks in the class rooms have been given in 18 col- | d ored wmmu and 24 white schools; progran.s given schools. ‘The e health unit shows that one-third of the 4,500 homes in the county have been inspected by San- itary Officer R. J. White and sanitated necessary. o- IN BIBLE SCHOOL Purcellville Organization Has Grown From 29 to 245 Pupils { in Five Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va., February 8.— Starting with 29 pupils five years ago, the Purcellville Baptist Bible school, which has been recognized by the Sun- day School Board as a standard A-1 school for the past four years, has a total enrollment now of 245, including ment, as shown by the ynrlY‘ ‘This is an increase of 216 pupil years and an increase of 50 pupils more report. in five tendance for the year, pupils and visitors, is 6,346, with a total weekly average of 122. The 100 per cent members for the year are Mrs. J. H. Emerick, Mrs. T. M. McDaniel, Miss Ruth Emerick, W. E. Paxson, Clayton Paxson, F. H. James and Curtis Paxson. Curtis Paxson has years and Clayton Paxson has attended Bible school every Sunday for five ears. The junior girls' class won the anner for best grade work in ele- mentary classes during the past year. Officers of the Bible school are: Pastor, Rev. C. T. Taylor; superin- tendent, Paul P. Popkins: associate su- rintendent, O. L. Emerick; secretary, layton Paxson; financial secretary, Miss Ruth Emerick; superintendent of elementary classes, including cradle roll, Mrs. M. C. Paxson; assistant to Mrs. Paxson, Miss Margaret James; superintendent of home department, Mrs. Luther Otley; director of music, H. P. White; pianist, Mrs. 8. A, Chamblin. The teachers are: Fidelis class, Mrs. J. H. Emerick; Fellowship class, F. H. mes; Live-Wire class, Mrs. F. H. Sunshine class, Mrs. F. W. Comb; young men, O. L. Emericl Blue girls, Mrs, C. P. Hutchison; inter- mediate boys, Curtis Paxson; junior girls, Mrs. Walter Presgraves: junior boys, Robert Robey; primary, Miss Ruth Emerick; beginners, Mrs. Robert Pan- coast; cradle roll, Mrs. O. L. Emerick. BAIL IS REDUCED FOR KIT KAT GIRLS Five Taken in Raid Appear Before Commissioner—Hearings Postponed. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 8.—Five girls, arrested in the recent raid on the Kit Kat Inn, Washington Boulevard, and held in jail, appeared before United States Commissioner Supplee yesterday and had their bail reduced from $2,000 to $500 each. The hearing of the girls and six men taken in the raid was tponed until Tuesday to give Federal authori- ties an opportunity to K’mduco addi- tional witnesses. Two colored employes of the night club, Thomas Vaughn and Joseph Painter, were dismissed. The raid on the Kit Kat is said to have been the opening gun in an in- tensive warfare on white slavery. The night club had been under surveillance for two months by Department of Jus- tice agents, it is said, and is belleved to have been an important link in a Nation-wide white slave chain. te German of duties on { vision conferring upon the courts the ford, t | Robert E. Lee | Confederacy are sald to have pledged PASSED BY SENATE Ball Puts Through Virginia Body Measures Requiring Permits. of at He BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Ster, RICHMOND, Va., February 8.—Fol- lowing a somewhat lengthy debate, in which Senator Frank L. Ball of Arling- ton sponsored the measures, the Senate yesterday passed the companion Lesner- Ball operator's permit and safety re- sponsibility bills. The measures were fought by Senators 8. L. Fes , Ap- pomattox, and E. L. Kendll%':fl:.p The first of these measures provides that any person in the State who op- erates & motor vehicle must have an operator's permit, which will be issued by the division of motor vehicles in much the same manner as automobile tags are distributed. For Motorists’ Protection. The companion bill, which is de- scribed by its authors as an act to protect motorists and pede “drunken, unfit and reckl 3 provides for the lulgeomon of the per- mits of operators who have three cone victions for reckless driving or who have failed to satisty judgments for property damage amounting to more than $100. In his_speech on the floor of the Senate Ball declared that the bills have both been approved by the Na- tional Safety Council, the Hoover com- mission of the Department of Agri-| culture and the American Automobile Association. The measures were condemned by Senator Fes as being useless. He declared that the requis procedure of having two witnesses to a certificate in order to obtain a driver’s license, as of complied with by anybody. Both Sen- ators Ball and Lesner replied that they were willing to make the provisions more stringest, but that it would be hard enough to pass the bills in their present form. Right Vested In Courts. In the permit act there is a pro- tal Tel right to recommend the revocation of the permits of persons in certain classes of physical and mental incapacity or who have been convicted of crime or Wwho are morally unfit. It also provides & penalty for & person operating a ve- hicle after his permit has been revoked. | The bill provides a fee of 81 for each private operator's permit, with no re- newal fee, and $5 for chauffeur's per- mits, with a $2 renewal fee. Senator ' Ball estimates that it will cost approx- imately $225.000 to put the two meas- ;:::s into effect during the next two - Parents or guardians may be held liable for ne‘lilmce of persons under the age of 18 years who are licensed. No persons under the age of 16 may be licensed to drive a pleasure car and no persons under 21 may be issued a | chauffeur’s permit. I Safety Responsibility. The safety responsibility bill is desig- | nated to obviate the necessity of lia- bility insurance for the careful driver. This bill provides that in order to ob- & permit any person who has been convicted of driving while drunk reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, or not satistying a judg- ment for injury or material y lamage, must convince the director of the division of motor vehicles of his ability to meet damages to the amount of $5,000 for one person or $10,000 for two or more persons and of $1,000 property damage. The measure will reach the House ‘on Monday morning and it is expected that a real fight will be made there to prevent passage. Proponents, however, are confident of victory, MARYLAND TOPS GIFTS TO RESTORE STRATFORD Leads in Contributions to Bring Back Birthplace of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 8.—More been contributed by Maryland m-:': the purchase and restoration of Strat- he Virginia estate t:‘hen Gen. 5 Wwas born, other of the 30 States lnmt:dbzl .flr‘ll{ DS Marylana e Maryland committee includes Gov. Ritchie, George C. Jenkins, :lllx' Lee, Mrs. Edward Guest Gibson, Mrs. | Willlam Cabell Bruce, Mrs. Miles White, | Mrs. George 8. Jackson and Miss Elise FoCeal tak ¥ Wi e $740,000 to turn Strat- zgx;?. in Westmoreland County, into a ne. Mrs. Winder Laird of Wilmington, Del, whose husband's r-mu';' came from the Eastern Shore, raised $11,000, to be added to Maryland's contribution. Gifts totaling $50,000 have been re- ceived, the United Daughters of the an equal amount and $80,000 8| reported in sight, ’ b ALEXANDRIA, February 8 ht_celebration held b; the 0. 0. F, on ALEXANDRIA, V: (Special).—A ladies’ and surprise party will Potomac Lodge, No. 38, . Valentine day, Februafy 14, beginning at 8 pm. The affair will be held at the Odd Fellows’ Temple, on North Columbus street. W. C. Cunningham is chairman of the committee in charge of the arrangements. The sec- ond degree was conferred on a class of candidates at a meeting of the lo% held klutx nll t. e work of clearing the fleld near Donaldson's store, just outside the eity limits, for use as & student training fleld in conjunction with the Hoover Field commercial flying, has been near- ly completed and rs for the training planes will be built in the prln!A e location of the fleld is considered well adapted to the use of student pilots because of the distance from the plane-filled atmosphere of Washington. The operators hope to have the fleld in use by July 1. The fleld will also be avallable for emer- gency landings. Many auto owners here discovered tickets under their windshields last night and morning instructing them to appear at headquarters in connection with having purchased no city license tag for their cars. The drive will con- tinue here for several days or until all car owners purchase tags. Steam escaping from a heating plant at the residence of Walter Martin, 32 Linden avenue, North Braddock, caused an alarm of to be turned in yester- day morning. BServices of the Fire De- rtment were found not requ: Bey arrived. T Alexandria Post, No. 24, eld an important mcem'"“‘lltl ‘Tavern last night, at w) participation of the legion in saulting Gordon Hill, a former member of the police force. Hill was taken into custody by Sergt. Lawrence Padgett and is being held under $1,000 bond for his ::pmh. ln:o {n rv;:lcfi Court. Hill is said ve broken Hall's jaw and cv with a knife, . g A the tnereasing Wafiuirm ed quota, Dr. for il ‘The proced Butler of the an when SEEN AS NOT ALARMING Clarence Cook Little Tells Scientists Money Is Needed for Study of Malady. By the Associated Press. ORE, February 8.—Heredity eed not cause public present, but money is needed quickly % study, Dr. Clarence Cook Little told a meeting of scientists at Johns kins University yesterday. e afirmed heredity as either a source of cancer or of tendency to the disease, but said the inheritance trails were too complicated and at present too little known to be matters of “serfous concern.” Dr. Little is ma: American Society BALTIM! cancer n Approximately police along the Pl Sunday. perfect, lights. g director of the 3 Spoke at ‘the Senool of r and Spoke at the 00l of fivgione 'and Public Health, STATE POLICE INSPECT AUTO HEADLIGHTS 1,000 Motorists Stopped on Philadelphia Road by Maryland Officers. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 8.—Approxi- mately l.oflulln lu:‘on}n lles yere stopped for ins e al oiice”aion adelphis Tond last Of that number, however, only six motorists were summoned for driving their machines with improper or im- ure, according to Capt. police, is a weekly one and is designed merely for the purpose bringing an end some motorists who drive with their | running lights dimmed or extinguished | d those who drive their machines | their lights are in need of repair. | to ‘Worry biles were stopped the habit of | WILLIAMSBURG FOLK FIGHT CRAMTON BILL Mass Meeting Opposes Inclusion of Shrine in National Monu- ment Area. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Pebruary 8— A portion of the Cramton bill, pend in Congress, which would make Wil- liamsburg a part of a national monu- ment along with Jamestown and York- town, condemned in resolutions passed a mass meeting here last night. The resolutions favored inclusion of Jamestown and Yorktown in the jument area. ™ The protest meeting followed a gen- eral assembly resolution indorsing the bill and efforts of the supporters of the State conservation and c>velopment program to have such a measure in- uced in Congress. Objections were voiced on what speakers termed a threat of eminent domain to put them out of Virginia and into a national reservation. Circuit Jug Frank Armistead sald: ‘dfiue is not one square inch of 1and in Willlamsburg that is needed by the United States Government for & national monument.” The bill was introduced in Congress last month by Representative Cramton, Republican, Michigan. Assult Case Settled. \m{cnfifimm, Va., February 8 (Spe. cial) —Under terms between J. D. Mayberry and his son, W. W. Mayberry, they will pay fines of $10 and costs for an assault upon R. T. Jones, & teacher at the Lee Junior High School here, and withdraw a war- rant they had caused to be issued against Jones, charging him with an assault upon J. D. Mayberry's son at the junior high school. This disposed of the appeal of the Mayberrys to the OF GREAT FALLS ROAD Two New Dirsctors Also Elected by Association—Good Financial Report Made. Special Dispatch to The Star. MCLEAN, Va., February 8.—Robert N. Harper of Washington was re-elected president of the wnhlngm. QGreat Falls and Dranesville Highway Asso- ciation at the meeting of directors yes. g | terday afternoon in the las Mackall in Washington. D. 8. Mackall, sr., of McLean was re-elected vice president; Herman Gasch of Wash- ington and Spring Hill, treasurer, and Ralph T. Powell of McLean, secretary. 'wo changes were made in the board of directors at the annual meeting of stockholders of the highway assocla- tion held in McLean. Albert G. Schmitz of Great Falls and A. C. Speight of Forestville were elected di- rectars, replacing John Galliher of Leesburg and Peter Drury of Washing- ton. Other directors elected include E. T, Simpson of Leesburg, Mark Turner, Sidney M. Follin, O. T. Wright of For- estville, J'nhn !i Mackall and John W. Preston of McLean. ‘The financial report for the year was read and discu: by the stockholders. The toll gate receipts showed consid- erable increase in revenue over the two previous years. The company’s roadbed 18 also in better physical condition than ever before. HELD FOR GRAND JURY. Robert Douthat Charged With Manslaughter in Auto Crash. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va.,, February 8—Robert Douthat was held for the grand jury on a charge of manslaughter in com- | neetion with killing of 8-year-old Ver- non Black, son of Mrs. Pearl Black, in traffic accident here on January 27. Similar charges against Earl Ander- . C. —Dr. Geo resident of provided in the former bill, could be | former State librarian, died in a i- wes 83 years old. widely as a writter and a lecturer on ligious subjects. " | Corporation Court. Dr. George E. Reed Dies. e HARRISBURG, Pa., February 8 (7). Edward Reed, former Dickinson _Coll 1 here last night of heart disease. He He was known 3 torium February 17. Card Party for Parent-Teachers. ege, and | By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLINTON, Md., Februaty 8.—A card party for the benefit of tl Teacher Association of the Surrattsville School will be given in the school audi- Parent- evidence was introduced to Du:thnt was the driver of the machin: An honorary life fellowship of the R.ns:‘ Institute has been bestowed on Dr. G. Chandler Chatterjee of Bengal for hial work in connection with malaria control. WooDWARD & LLOTHROP 1880 Gorp N ANNIVERSAR AR 1030 Next Week—Our Golden Anniversary Year Brings A Fashior. Showing and Selling of New Spring Celanese Rodna Petrie Brings New Spring Frocks of Fashion's Loveliest Celanese Fabrics Glorious colorings in prints, and shades for daytime and evening are exploited in crepes, satins, taffetas, chiffons . . . all the more im- portant because they are Celanese. Incidentally—all the more important, too—be- cause Celanese is sunfast, and po es prop- erties that resist humidity. Fashion sponsors these lovely new fabrics with a new fervor this season; you cannot have them fashion too many of your new frocks for Spring and Summer, Crranest Fasnics, Second FLOOR. lawese Fabrics in the chhibit Celanese Taffeta, 52 Dancing colors are chosen for the young frocks that use Celanese taffe Celanese Ninon, $1.65 A Gossamer member of the Celanese family, that ever 8o many of our new frocks will wear i the afternoon. Celanese Moires, $2.95 Crisp Celanese fashions in young evening fabrics. The plain colors are young, too. Fine Porcelain from Copenhagen On display here next week in a Golden Anniversary Year exhibit of unusual interest Among other unusual and beautiful pieces, this exhibit brings an illustrious little zoo . . . kingfishers, big polar bears, panthers, monkeys, peppy ter- riers, police dogs, and ever so many more . . . from the old-world capital of Denmark, where they are ingeniously created. Collected the world over for their beauty and worth. (Each little porcelain animal’s color scheme is applied with a preparation, the base of which is 22-karat gold colored with vegetable dyes.) Be sure to see this display. You will find us anxious to tell you unusual facts about Copen- hagen pottery and the important place it holds in today’s smart homes. CoPENMAGEN PORCELAIN Exmisrr, Firrs FLooR.