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REPORT ASKS NEW ARLINGTON SEWERS Recommendation for Modern System Made to Board of Supervisors. BY JOHN T. LIPSCOMB, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., February 15.— Establishment of a modern sewer sys- tem for Arlington County to meet the | present as well as all future needs of | the county, ultimate cost of which fli estimated at $3,658,985, is recommend- ed in a report submitted to the boar®l of supervisors in regular session at the court house today by County Engineer C. L. Kinnjer. The estimates were pre- pared by Thomas N. De Lashmutt, sanitary engineer of th county. Cost to meet construction for pres- ent-day needs is placed by tne report at $1,118,705. This would place modern sewerage in all of the thickly populated ! areas of the county. The estimates for | first construction provide only for trunk | line construction, six septic tanks and | facilities for treatment of the effluent from the tanks. The plan calls for two | outlets, the Potomac River and Four- Mile Run. Interceptors and disposal plants are said not to be absolutely essential at this time, and are provided for in the estimates for future sewer development. The engineer suggests the floating of the entire bond issue at once, so that! the money may be used as the require- ments demand. Estimates Presented. | Estimates for a completed system for the Potomac area are given by the en- | gineer as follows: Immediate construc- tion, $490,908; five-year program, $181,- 704; future program, $192,252; inter- ceptor, $330,121; disposal plant, $232,- 000; total, $1426,985. Those for the Four-Mile Run area are: Immediate construction, $627,807; five-year pro- gram, $375979; future program, $214.- 392; interceptor, $553882; disposal plant, $460,000. The septic ‘anks could be constructed and maintained and the effiuent treated for less than the in- terest charges on the money required for the establishment of the interceptors and disposal plants, and all purposes will be just as satisfactorily served, the ineer states. “fhe 2&1\ provides for taking into the gystemof all privately owned and com- munity sewers built within the last five years or so under the supervision of the county engineer’s office. Immediate relief from what was described as_deplorable sewer condi- tions, caused by the overflow of an open sewer drain i the Lyon Park section of the county, was asked of the board in a petition presented by Arthur Orr for the Eyon Park Woman's Club. The petition was signed by 200 residents of ths Long Branch area. It cites that the condition not only is causing a great de- preciation in property values but llse offers a serious health hazard. Reliel is asked for befcrs the coming of Sum- mer, (he petition expressing the fear | that nothing can he done as a result of the propessd bond issue for a com- plete sewer Icast two years. Engineer Kinnier, instructed by the board 10 look into the matter, prom- ised aid, declaring that a larger pipe would be run from the Lyon & Fitch septic_tank to the drainage pipe, and | that this would, he felt sure, result imr | an improvement of conditions. Building Improvemsnts Asked. Plan for remcdeling the ‘brick build- | Ings recently acquired for a health cen- | ter for Jeflersqn District was submitted : to the bozrd smd approved. It is esti- mated that the improvements will cost approximately $2,500.. Bids will be asked for the work, which, besides in- cluding all modern facilities for a health and dental clinic, will also embrace quarters for a public library. Comple- tion of the improvements was assured ; dalzxnuon from Jefferson District by pril 1. The board authorized the purchase of 4,200 feet of fire hose at an average cost of $1.Q7 per foot. The new hose will be distributed among the volunteer | -of the county as follows: | 1,000 feet; Baliston, 1.000 feet; , 200 - feet; Cherrydale, 500 feet: Falls Church, 500 feet; Jeffer- son, 1,000 feet.- Efforts of the fire departments to have the county pay their gasoline and oil bills are about to meet with success. | members of the board being unani- mous - in agreement that the depart- ments should have a regular appro- | priation for things which are essential to the operation of the fire apparatus. Engineer Kinnier was instructed to as- certain the, needs of the various de- partments in this respect. At present the departments are dependent on in- dividual donations and benefit affairs for money with which to purchase gasoline and ofl. New Jail Proposal. A resolution from the Cherrydale Citizens’ Association favoring the new county jail propcsal was read to the ‘board and ordered filed. The resolution suggests that the necessary money may be raised by bond issue or loans, to be redeemed by special levy. Much time was taken up with a dis- cussion of the rights of Jefferson dis- trict with respect to the building of a new high school there to replace the o“no:‘k)fl to the district through annexa- G. O. Basham, heading a large dele- gation of Jefferson district _citizens, | made A strong appeal for a full-fledged high school structure, declaring that | the people were entitled to it. “It has| been suggested,” he said, “that we do not have a sufficient number of stu- dents in the district to warrant the establishment of such a school. I want to say, too, that if we are given the school we will supply the students. Population follows a school, and if a first-class high school is established in our district it wouldn't be long before the need for it would become apparent. As it is, we are losing population.” ‘The speaker looked with disfavor on a suggestion of Supervisor Hedrick that it would be preferable from an eco- namic standpoint to enlarge Washing- ton-Lee High School to a size to take care of all county children rather than tol purchase a new site and erect a lower high school in Jefferson district, ch is he said, that could be for at this time. He expressed & doubt that even that much could be gte without the citizens of the dis- shouldering an additional and high levy. New School Proposed. The citizens of Jefferson district pro- to have the new school erected Lee Frank, Washington art connoisseur, The above Sevres-China bust of George Washington, replica of the famous Houdon bust made from life at Mount Vernon in 1785, was presented by Charles A. F. and A. M. This was Washington’s mother lodge. The bust had been in Mr. Frank's family in New Orleans for many years. It is claimed to be one of several others brought to this country by Gen. Lafayette and given to his friends on his sccond visit. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, to the Fredericksburg, Va., Ledge, No. 4, Junior Officers’ By the Assoctated Press. NORFOLK, Va. February 15.—Rear Admiral W. A. Tyler Cluverius, com- mandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard and highest ranking officer among the sur- vivors of the ill-fated U. S. 8. Maine, was the principal speaker tonight at exercises commemorating the sinking of the battleship in Havana Harbor Fgb- ruary 15, 1898. The observance was held in the Portsmouth City Auditorium un- der the auspices of the Norfolk and Portsmouth camps of United Spanish War Veterans. Admiral Cluverius, a midshipman at the time, recalled vividly events sur- | rounding 'the disaster. “I had the watch from 4 to 8 o'clock in tns evening. Nothing of event pc- curred,” he said. Men Were Daneing. “At 6 o'clock Lieut. John J. Blandin, who also was apparently in fairly good health for some months after the ex- plosion, developed a disease of the spine and brain as a result of the shock and died on July 16 following, relieved me. ‘The men were dancing jn the starboard gangway to an accordion’s music. One of the gunners’ mates, I remember, was playing a mandolin in the after-turret. ‘We were accustomed to turning in early, and by 9 o'clock several of the officers were already asleep. Many of us in the junior officers’ quarters ‘were writing. At 9:30 o'clock I was still writing, but with little clothing on—for it was very warm between decks. RANKING SURVIVOR DESCRIBES ESCAPE FROM SINKING MAINE Admiral Cluverius Was Writing Letter in Explosion Came. FEBRUARY _16. SLIPPERY ROADS |EDUGATION GAINS LEAD T0 INJURIES Ten Persons Are Hurt in Auto Mishaps in and Near District. Automobile accidents resulting from slippery roads last night brought serious injury to two men in Maryland, while eight persons were less seriously hurt in accidents in the District. Four persons were injured here when knocked down by motorists. Arthur Jenkins, 27, of 921 East Capi- tol street, was seriously injured when the automobile in which he was return- ing to Washington from St. Marys County, Md., skidded off the Southern Maryland highway about 10 miles from the city and struck a telephone pole, throwing him through the windshield. 8. B. and B. H. Duke of Leonardtown, Md., who passed the wrecked machine, brought Jenkins to Casualty Hospital, where it was found he was suffering from deep lacerations about the face, a possible fracture of the jaw and shock. He was treated by Dr. L. Jimal. His ct:::tmm was reported as serious last night. Grantley Jameson, riding with Jenk- ins, was not injured. Jenkins, who is married, is employed as a painter with the Thomas A. Jameson Co. Skidding Car Hits Another. Will Doran, 20, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was seriously hurt in an accident on the Washington pike near Laurel, Md., last night when the car in which he was riding skidded, collided with an- other machine and was knocked off the road. He was brought to Casualty Hos- pital here, where it was found he was suffering from possible fracture of the skull and jaw, shock and lacerations. He was treated by Dr. Jimal. Several hours after his arrival at Casualty, Doran was placed under a police guard. It was announced at police _headquarters that he had been identified as an inmate of an insane asylum at Poughkeepsie. Police say they had been notified by New York au- thorities that Doran made his getaway on Thursday. They further charge that | the automobile in which he was riding | at the time of the accident was stolen by him near the asylum. Mrs. Hattle Koonce, 63, and her daughter, Miss Maude Koonce, 40, both | of the Clifton Terrace Apartments, were knocked down by an automobile as they were crossing Fourteenth street at Clif- ton street yesterday afternoon. Neither was seriously hurt. Quarters When “The letter finished, I was sealing it, when suddenly a report—the firing of A gun, it seemed—startled me. The first explosion was followed & moment | later by an indescribable roar, a terrific | crash, intense darkness and the deck giving way beneath, Groped Way Out. “I groped my way out into the mess room, where I found Bronson, a class- mate (Bronson is Capt. Amon Bronson, assistant commandant of the fourteenth naval district—Honolulu). ‘Come on,’ he yelled. ‘We'll make it. “In the passageway, where the water was now ankle deep, we felt a draft of air. It was blowing in through the forward end of the ship, torn entirely away by the explosion. Bronson and I made for the junior officers’ hatch. We found it blocked with wreckage, though several near us were attempting to get out that way. Around the engine room hatch, down which the water poured, Bronson and I picked our way aft up what had been the ladder of the ward room hatch, out through the cable pas- d, climbing the outside after- we found ourselves on the PRI of the o “All of the ers except two—Licut. Friend Jenkins and Ensign Darwin Merritt—and a few of the men on watch, fortunately had reached this place of safety. We could hear the poor wretches, pinned beneath the decks, drowning and burned and torn, screaming in agony.” COLLEGE PARK EXPENSE FUND DRIVE PLANS MADE Civic Organizations Arrange Cam- paign to Cover Community Expenses of $1,250. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md, February 15.—Representatives of the Home and School Association, the Volunteer Fire Department and the Prince Georges County Citizens' Association, meeting in the school here last night, completed arrangements for. the first phase of the anni campaign for funds for community expenses, includ- ing d{lgmning. fire protection and other needs. Circulars will be distributed, and later a house-to-house canvass will be made. A total of $1,250 is called for in the budget, and every effort will be made to raise it by March 1, when the light- ing bill will be due. BRAKEMAN INJURED. Employe of Potomac Yards Taken to Alexandria Hospital. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 15.— G. W. Hill, 37, 123 Howell avenue, this city, a brakeman employed at Potomac yards, sustained undetermined injuries to his back, leg and thumb when he was hurt while at work late this after- noon. He was brought to the Alexandria Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. M. D. Delaney. X-rays will be taken tomorrow to determine the exact ex- tent of his injuries. The accident is Lad, 14, Observing “Boy Scout Week,” Sentences Man, 49 By the Associated Press. ‘WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Feb- ruary 15.—A 14-year-old boy to- day sentence on a 49 year-old man in Winston-Salem Municipal Court. In the observance of Boy Scout week here, Earl Clowers, the boy, was allowed to occupy the bench with Judge Tom Watson for an ‘hour. John Crews, who had been tried earlier in the day for drunkenness, was brought back into court for resentencing. He hm{( been ll;lbh }'fi, pay a fine. “You sentence him,” said wnés&rtn ':n Clowers. o “Sixty days on the chai it ‘eonvick:d of drunktzxfr:ensg again,” announced the - out hestitation. i SUBMIT $3,750,000 BID FOR DANVILLE PLANT Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., February 15—A bid of $3,780,000 for the municipally owned 8as and electric plants of Danville, was submitted to the city council today by the Tri-Utllities Corporation of New York. The offer is the result of a call for bids by the city council recently, after the franchise had been amended to provide more attractive collateral advantages. ‘The offer was referred to the finance committee, which will report back to said to have occurred when & car over- turned at the yards. the council at a meeting to be the call of the prenden'L s Alexandria for the annexed territory. Chairman Edward Duncan announced the matter of establishing a school in the district was entirely ip the hands of the school board and that the super- , who control the fund, are ready make a_settlement on the schools. He asked Prof. Fletcher Kemp, Com- and and determine the proportionate share > the various funds of the county of the fund. 1. Kephart, representing the Ar- District Council of Citizens' As- it oy areing that. distrip: urging tha ribu- the fund be deferred until the of the county as a whole can be thoroughly determined. board indorsed the bill providing the creation of a new court in Ar- County, which was offered in ths House of Delegates yesterday by Delegate Hugh Reid of Arlington. The board will suggest to Mr. Reid, how- ever, that the bill be amended, making selection of the jus by vote of the . qualified voters of county instead of by election by the General Assembly. i b SKYSCRAPERS IN U. S. “FOLLY,” SAYS BRITISH PREMIER’S SON The women were treated at their home for bruises. The automobile was driven by Rufus Vaughan of 2715 Mills avenue northeast. Less than two days after installation of traffic lights around Thomas Circle, James Dixon, 45, of 1325 N street, was knocked down there by an automobile last night. Frank Choate of 1730 M street, driver Ml L:llne g:r. ul\ok‘ gfim, nt: mergency Hosj L veral of aeth"'/ r{ knol::ked out and his right shoulder badly bruised. ‘While crossing Eighteenth street at K street yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Ida Anderson, 78, of 1812 K street, was struck and slightly injured by an auto- mobile operated by Edward A. Mc- Greeny of 1906 H street. She was treated at Emergency Hospital: for Iaterations to her head and bruises to her left arm and right leg. Four Hurt in Collision. Four. persons were injured, none seri- ously, in a collision between two auto- mobbiles at Renonremd and Fessenden street yesterday afternoon. Hmla(yle):\ M. Warnick, 37, of 722 Min- nesota avenue southeast, and Gustave Kisser, 43, of 1429 Columbia road, pas- sengers in a car operated by Joseph E. Young, 36, of 129 Webster street, | were treated at Georgetown University Hospital for bruises and cuts about the head. Eddie Combashner, colored, 56, of 1815 Benning road northeast, driver of the other car, and John Nelson, col- ored, 18, of the same address, an oc- cupant of the machine, were cut and bruised. Combashner was treated at Preedmen’s Hospital, while his com- | panion refused medical attention. ’ ETHER WAVE MUSIC IS DEMONSTRATED Russian Artist Plays Instrument by Waving Hands in Air. Ether waves of the aif were caught and translated into music for the first time in a public performance in Wash- ington at Memorial ntinental Hall last night. Zenaide Hananfeldt, daugh- ter of a Russian family prominent in affairs in the Capital when the Rus- sian embassy was open, was the demon- strator. Her instrument was Leon Theremin’s remarkable invention, which was first brought before the public in New York about two years ago, but which, until now, had never been heard in this city by an audience, except a private group at the Bureau of Stand- ards. This novel “ether wave music” held a good-sized audience, which included many- distinguished members of diplo- matic circles as well as leading musi- clans of this city, spellbound. ‘The Theremin looks exactly like a very slender desk, unusually tall for its width. Mme. Hanenfeldt said in a brief explanation between numbers which her daughter played that the tone range was limitless, being capable of creating light at the finest degree of vibrations obtainable. ‘With her right hand vibrating (so as to givé a rounded note, otherwise the sound is flat and metallic) the per- former last night played the melody of her compositions. With the left, simul- taneously, she controlled the volume, that quality Increasing the farther her hand was raised away from the loop- like rod. o As for the notes, the higher she point- ed her fingers of her right hand and the nearer the straight rod above the cabinet the higher was the tone in the scale. Miss Hanenfeldt, herself of Russian parentage, is studying with Mr. There- min in New York, learning to inter- pret this novel instrument. She is one Alister Macdonald, Architect, Mounts 12 Flights of Stairs Before Radio Speech. By the Associated Press. 4 Alister G. Macdonald, son of the British prime minister, expressed to a radio audience last night his dislike for American skyscrapers, terming them “monuments of folly.” But his audience was not told that just before speaking the British architect had climbed 12 flights of stairs in five minutes to get to_the microphone. Macdonald, speaking over the Colum- bia chain, expressed his appreciation for kind and courteous treatment he had received on a trip to the Pacific Coast, told of his impressions of the grandeur of the Far West and turned his attention to skyscrapers. “It seems to me that it is just a de- lightful and fascinal monument of folly,” he sald of skyscrapers. “These buildings collect great masses of people together in one spot and literally pile them one on top of each other in order to give somebody else the job of trying to regulate trme."' Macdonald reached the mi breathless because the elevators the building were out of order. He had arrived at the building just five min- utes before he was to begin speaking, and found he must climb 12 flights, which he did good naturedly, so as not to delay the program. “Finally let me say ‘Thank you' to all the friends I have made here all over the country,” Macdonald said. “I can now appreciate why my father and sister Ishbel, despite the very heavy gogrlm they had to go through, en- yed every minute of their recent visit No wonder my father, the prime minis- ter of Great Britain, came back to Eng- land full of enthusiasm and gratitude to the American people, and it seems to me that with such a sincere atmo- sphere as was created by the meeting of your President, Mr. Hoover, and my father, the prime minister, that the naval conference is bound to make a hone good contribution to world peace.” of a very few people to whom the in- ventor ‘gladly gives permission to ap- pear in public concerts with his instru- ment. Both the Philadelphia and Cleveland Symphony Orchestras have installed these instruments as integral parts of their orchestras. Malton Boyce, well known pianist and organist of this city, assisted Miss Hanenfeldt as accompanist and gave several groups of compositions between her selections. MRS. VANDERBILT ILL. Undergoes Treatment in Davenport, Towa, for Old Ailment. DAVENPORT, Iowa, Pebruary 15 (#). —Mrs. Cornelius _Van t, jr. the former Miss Mary Weir of Davenport, is in St. Luke's Hospital here undergoing treatment for recurrence of an ail- .ment experienced last September. Mrs. Vanderbilt had previously been with her husband in Philadelphia, but when it was determined that hospital treatment would be necessary, she de- sired to be near her father, W. R. Weir, Her condition tonight was reported fair. ot Cuba’s most profitable industries this year are expected-to sugar, tobacco and the entertainmentyof tourists. ‘CITED BY MORGAN Editor Tells District Teach- ers’ Association of New Ideals of Profession. The growing number of life members of the National Education Association, who have made possible construction of a major addition to the organization's headquarters ~at Sixteenth and M streets, is evidence of the new ideals which are coming into the teaching profession, according to Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of :Ee journal of the peaking last night at the annual banquet meeting of the District Teach- ers’ Association at the Mayflower Hotel Mr. Morgan pointed out that more than 1,000 teachers qualified in 1929 for life mcmbershl})s. Wwhich cost $100, making ;:e‘t;tlnn of the building possible this The meeting was given in honor of Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, president of the National Education Association. The increase in the life membership roll, Mr. Morgan said, suggests the higher standards which are ing set for teaching. “The fact that the National Educa- tion Association has 25 times as many members as it had in 1917, when head- quarters were moved to Washington, shows a remarkable wth of profes- sional zeal,” he declared. “The fact that more than 250,000 teachers each Summer give their vacations to study shows the lifting power of the new “%he Amer “The American teaching personnel 1s gaining both in numbers P:nd in its quality. The improvement of the school is leading to the ng‘ld development of libraries. Within the next 20 years there probably will be added to the educational forces of America from 50,- 000 to 100,000 professional librarians, which means a rapid rise in the in- formed intelligence of the people of the Nation.” PROBE IS ORDERED INTO RUM SHOOTING Formal Complaint Is Filed Against Activities of Coast Guardsmen. By the Associated Pres PATCHOGUE, N. Y., February 15.— An investigation into charges that Coast Guardsmen have fired upon Long Island citizens will be made Tuesday at a “John Doe” inquiry, Alexander G. Blue, district attorney of Suffolk County, announced today. Supoenas have been issued to both Coast Guardsmen and citizens who have made complaints of the alleged shootings, Mr. Blue said, to appear at the investigation. He added that numerous complaints have reached him over a period of thres weeks, but a formal protest entered by James H. Hildreth, member of the State Conser- vation Commission, has prompted an official investigation. Hildreth asserted that last night, while driving near Easthampton, eight or nine shots were fired near his ma- c?‘lae as he approached a Coast Guard station. he stopped. A number of uniformed Coast Guardsmen surrounded the ma- chine, he reported, and their comman- der apoligized for stopping the party, explaining that they were looking for a liquor truck. —of our claims to this Bona-Fide offer 1930—PART ONE, Senator Ball Urges Police Benefit Bill After Rum Shooting | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va, February 15.— The matter being forcibly called to his mind by the wounding of Police- man Raymond Crack of the Arling- ton County force in an alleged rum chase Wednesday, Senator Frank L. Ball yesterday introduced a bill allowing cities and counties to ap- propriate money for policemen who are totally disabled, either perma- pently or temporarily, in the dis- charge of duty. The bill provides that the added compensation is not to exceed the officer’s regular salary. Senator Ball also introduced three other bills, one to provide that all excess fees of officers be paid in full to the counties or cities they repre- sent. instead of half going to the State. Another makes it a criminal of- fense to skip a bill in a lunch room to the same extent that it is now an_offense to skip a board bill. The third, introduced at the re- quest of the League of Virginia Municipalities, authorizes any city or county to establish airports. at GIVES $2,000 BAIL ON SHOOTING CHARGE George Plaster of Washington Al- leged to Have Fired on Four Near Bluemont. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va, February 15— George Plaster of Bluemont and Wash- ington, who was indicted last Monday by the Loudoun grand jury on a charge of felonious shooting March 15 of four men near Bluemont, appearcd this aft- ernoon before the clerk of the court and gave bond for $2,000 for his ap- pearance at court April 14. His wife ‘was his bondsman. According to the information received by Commonwealth Attorney John Dal- leher, the defendant is charged with the malicious wounding of William K. Jawish of Washington. ‘The shooting is alleged to have taken place the opening day of the hunting season, when Jawish and threz com- panions were gunning on land said to adjoin Plaster’s place at Bluemont. Plaster, according to the account given Commonwealth Attorney Dalleher, is said to have been awakened by shoot- ing, and then telling Jawish and his friends to stop firing about his place. They are alleged to have paid no at- tention and continued hunting. Plas- ter, it is charged, then fired upon them. Plaster declared that he had not ap- peared before today because of a cold from which he has been suffering for some time. SHIP GOEé ASHORE. Admiral Benson Reported Ground at Columbia River. SEATTLE, Wash., February 15 (#).— The steamship Admiral Benson was reported ashore near the mouth of the Columbia River in a message picked up here tonight by the Seattle Harbor radio station. No details were given. ‘The ship was bound to Portland, Oreg., | Francisco. There were. several cars in the party, | “Ene a4 Hildreth said, and as he was in front, | ‘The Admiral Benson is owned by the Admiral Line and is operated in the coastwise trade. The ship is 2,308 tons net and was built by the Beth- lehém Steel Corporation at Wilmington, Del, in 1918. The vessel is 209.6 feet long, 45 feet wide and 22.6 feet deep. San Francisco is the ship's home po; FURNITURE making is evi- denced by the scores of testi- monial letters we have re- ceived from satisfied cus- tomers during the . WE st few ILL BE ears . . FLEASED TO SHOW THEM (0L S R MLLA, EDTOR, SUCCUNBS Prominent Front Royal, Va.,| Resident Gained Na- tional Reputation. Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va., February 15.— Col. Samuel Rolfe Millar died at his home, Mountain View, near Front Royal, after an iliness of several months. He was born in Front Royal May 21, 1857. Col. Millar was assistant editor and part owner of the Davenport Demo- crat, a great Western daily of its time, and his devotion to the Warren Sen- tinel, & county paper edited in Front Royal, of which he has been the owner and editor for the past 30 years, was the result of a pledge to a dying friend. In 1886 he was appointed united States consul at Leipsig, Germany. He lectured on economics at the University of Virginia and at Washington and Lee University. Later he was offered the presidency of this institution. In 1900 he founded Eastern College at Front Royal, since destroyed by fire. His patriotism was associated with a strong belief in proper national de- fense, and he served in the first line of his country in the National Guard in every capacity from private to colonel with great interest and fidelity for more than 20 years. His service was with the 72d Virginia, the 2d Virginia and the 116th Infantry Regiments. He was retired in 1918. He was a Mason, Knight Templar and & member of the Shrine (Acca Temple). He was active in every business en- terprise of the community, a past g::lident of the Rotary Club and had n for years a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church here. He is survived by the following chil- dren: Mrs. Alfred Pochon of New York, Mrs. Carlo_Loizeaux of Plainfield, N. ; Mrs. Florence Millar of Front Royal, Miss Elizabeth Millar of Wash- ington, D. C., and Maj. Samuel Rolfe Millar, jr., executive of the 9lst In- fantry ~Brigade, Virginia National Guard. His wife, who was Miss Bertha Riedel of Heidelberg, Germany, pre- ceded him in death about two years ago. FORMER BOLLING FIELD FLYER DIES IN CRASH Capt. Clearton Reynolds, Known Here as Squadron Commander, Has Auto Accident. By the Associated Press. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., February 15—Capt. Clearton H. Reynolds, 42, commander of the 15th Observation Squadron, at Selfridge Fleld, died of injuries suffered last night in an automobile accident near the entrance to the field Capt. Reynold’s car crashed into a concrete. guard rail as he was driving to the Officers’ Club to attend a dance. Defective steering gear was believed to have caused the accident. Mrs. Reyn- olds and Lieut. Bert P. Meyen, pas- sengers in the car, were slightly hurt. Capt. Reynolds was born in Province- town, Mass. Capt. Reynolds was well known at Bolling Field, where it was said he was formerly stationed as commander of a squadron. Mrs. Reynold's brother, A. Harmer Reeside, is manager of Westheimer & Co. of this city and resides at 2501 OKLAHOMA JURORS STUDY RUM CASES Far. From Agreement After Six Hours of Deliberation in Conspiracy Trial. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, February 15.— ‘After more than six hours of delibera- tion, the Federal Court jury in the Pottawatomie County liquor conspiracy trial was far from agreement on & ver- dict late today when it returned to the court room to hear reading of evidence pertaining to two of the defendants. Frank Lemons acted as kesman for the group, indicating he had been selected as foreman. In answer to Judge Edgar S. Vaught's query, Lemons said there was “no chance for a ver- dict” at present. Officials’ Fate Is in Doubt. One hundred and two persons orig- inally were indicted on the conspiracy charge, but only 12 defendants re- mained on trial when the case reached the jury. The group on trial includes County Attorney Randall Pitman and Frank Fox, former sheriff. Twenty- eight persons who pleaded guilty will be s:’enmnced bl::xt 's::‘urdlx me members of the group originally indicted are fugitives, o'trl?e'rg 'fle.;l! or- dered acquitted on directed verdicts be- cause of insufficient evidence, and one of the original defendants is dead. The ranks of the defendants were further reduced by dismissal of charges by the prosecution and the sustention of de- murrers by the court. ‘The jury's request for the reading ot evidence involved Forrest Anderson, wealthy Earlsboro colored resident, and normymnoot.h, operator of an Earlshoro Conspiracy Is Charged. ‘When the jurors returned to the court room Judge Vaught pointed out to them that, through demurrers which had been sustained, all charges of the indictment save that of conspiracy had been removed from the case. This had been mentioned during the trial but :‘t‘r?xctbl.:n oi'n;.lgted from the be;un'n in- ns. e case was submitted for dekmtbn “l lolzbfl am. e conclusion 6f the read of the requested testimony Judge Vl:gaht told the jurors to retire for further de- liberation. —— ——— PREACHERS ARE NAMED FOR LENTEN SERVICES Hyattsville Pastor Selects Visiting Aides, Who Will Officiate Wednesdays. !pecltlA Dispatch to The Star. piscopal Church, has com- pleted the list of visiting preachers who will be heard in the church on Wednes- day nights during Lent. Services will be held at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Brown also will visit several churches in this section to conduct Lenten services. Clergymen are to visit Pinkney Me- morial Church as follows: March 12. Rev. Freeland Peter, D. D, canon of the Washington Cathedral: March 19, Rev. J. Manly Cobb. rector of Trinity Church, Takoma Park, D. C.; March 26, Rev. W. W. Shearer, rector of St. Co: lomba’s Church, Tenleytown, D. H A‘pnl 2, Rev. Robert Browning, rector of Asceision Church, Baltimore: April 9. Rev. Wallace Rollins, D. D., professor Calvert street. regardle: FURNITURE t Virginia Theological Seminary. FURNITURE —and even as much as $100 ALLOWED THEM—and perhaps they r decides—ASK US! —No matter how worn out your suite or odd pieces may be— of the condition—WE WILL ALLOW $30 FOR worth as much as $100 CASH, depending upon what Special DAY ONLY Bargains Items “price-reduc- ed”—for 2 days only. High grade items TO CLOSE ouT! $29.75 Walnut-finish Gum- wood Chifforobes, made with ample e $15.95 $49.50 One-piece Porcelain. lined Refrigerator, large fam- ily Ena; B‘rnlh-l Suites, your o ivory able three Piece $15 when ¥ CASH ALLOWANCES SUITES $169 Luxurious Living Room Suite, made with loose revers- ible spring-filled seat cushions, very best woven jacquard velour coverings, 3-cushion davenport and your choice of fireside, wing or chesterfield chair. Re- duced to $109. 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