Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1930, Page 4

MION-CAPPER + BILLIS INDORSED Civic Leaders Present United Front in Support of Park Measure. The civic leaders of Washington, nearby Maryland and Virginia, backed by many national organizations, pre- sented a united front in support of the Cramton-Capper park bill before the Senate District committee last night, but another meeting will be necessary to receive information relat- ing to possible waterpower development on the r Potomac. After committee had listened for two hours to a unanimous indorsement of the measure by more than a score of spokesmen for large groups, Elisha ‘Hanson, attorney for the Potomac River Corporation, applicant for hydroelec- tric_power development in the vicinity of Great Falls, arose to be heard. After the committee had rtllecldet:hlo postpone his appearance until another meeting, Mr. Hanson asked the com- mittee to call Maj. Brehon Somervell, Army engineer officer for this area, Who, the lawyer said, has prepared a report on the question of park and power development on the upper Poto- mac. He also requested that the com- mittee get from the Park and Planmngl Commission & report on park and power | combined, which, he said, was prepared | by Gen. Jadwin, former chief of en- gineers. Cramton Answers Hanson. resentative Cramton of Michigan, vmed the supporters of the park de- | velopment bill at the hearing, replying | to Mr. Hanson, told the committee that the Secretary of War has taken action on this bill. Mr. Cramton declared the Secretary of War sat in a con- ference, attended also by the present chief of engineers, and it was agreed that power is not involved in this measure. The Michigan Representative said it was difficult for him to see what could be accomplished by calling Maj. Somervell when the head of the War Department had already been con- sulted. One of the outstanding features of the bill is the E'."&""d George Washington Memorial 'way, along both banks of the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls, and at is the House the measure leaves for future determination by Con- gress the question of whether the upper Potomac should be utilized for ywer or navigation purposes. wllr. Hanson explained following the meeting that his only desire was to Senate committee receive and consider all the available information the mm of devel 3 it r‘u t‘l’: the evelopment o WWRLIM before acting on the ding Earlier in the hearing, in explaining that his bill leaves to Co: in the future ngress the decision as to power, Mr. said: Park Needs of Today. know what the power years from now, but we needs are today. that a power de- croach on the Norman Landreau, repre- Bridge Co., hold- Congress to build a Fae_Virginia ia t & clause in the '.tn'ithe buflding of uthorizing a free Senator Glass of Virginia has ition more definite by off & Senate amendment, to have the Government build a $1,500,~ 000 free structure near Great Falls. Senator Tydings of Maryland said he understood the private bridge company had no objection to the Federal Gov- ernment ahead with a bridge, pro- vided eonfiscation is avoided by com- the company for what it has . ¢ Mr. Cramton said his position was that if the ‘kway along the river is acquired an is no toll bridge at that time, he would like to see the Fed- :;I‘l Government buflgnche brwgr%.d It private compan; made produc- ve expenditures, ;e would favor the taking over the project and the owners for all ex- of a productive nature. Robsion of Kentucky sug- gested it would be wise for the private ootmnny to go slowly with its plans until Congress decides what should be Provisions of Bill Summarized. Mr. Cramton orened the testimony with & summary of the bill's provisions, ‘which are: An advance of $16,000,000 from the Federal Treasury to extend the park and playground system within the , to be repaid by the Dis- trict without interest at the rate of $1,000,000 a year; an authorization for ,000,000 for J;uk extensions in nearby lnrym).nd lnk Vh'mx;h. infiludlnl the m rkway along the Potomac and exhnlsn of Rock Creek and Ana- costis Parks and g]lrk\'lys along sev- erfi' ot.herm.vlumw n&uhyMeryllnd. action, Mr. Cram- ton sald there is an increase of 10 per cent a year in the value of the lands desired in the District, and, dition, many of the desirable areas will used for other purposes if not de- ve!med as parks soon. th regard to the extensions in nearby Maryland, Mr. Cramton pre- sented several amendments asked for by civic leaders in the adjacent coun- ties. One would place title to the lands acquired in Maryland in the State in- stead of the Federal Government, an- other would give the Maryland author- ‘The only people on earth who do not believe in owning a cheap watch. ATS OFF to *“Transportation Employees”—they are the only people on earth (or in the air) who appre- | his sermons and leads the psal WHO CARRIES Holds Ceremonies Tonight ' at Kendall Green. | | Rev. G. C. Braddock, Rector of St. Ann’s, in New York, Listed for Address. Gallaudet College, through its liter- | ary society, will honor tonight a young | alumnus whose facile fingers, trained | | for religious eloquence, have carried th | gospel to thousands who te a ! world of silence made up of those who neither hear nor speak. 1 This distinguished minister to the deaf mutes is Rev. Guilbert C. Brad- | dock, who matriculated at Gallaudet }College at 16 and who now is vicar of | St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal Church for Deaf Mutes in New York City. Rev. Mr. Braddock will address the literary soclety of the during an annual alumni night meeting at Kendall Green tonight. He will discuss | “Ancient Motives in Modern Fiction,” | according to an announcement by Leon~ |ard Lau, president of the society. Church Founded in 1854. St. Ann's Church, oldest of its kind in the United States, was founded in 1854 by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, brother of Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet, who launched the college for the deaf which bears the name fo his family. In this unusual church, the parish- joners of which number 400 baptized members, Rev. Mr. Braddock he; an hymns catirely in the sign language. There is & choir which renders the hymns in the same wa St. Ann's opens its services to all the itles eight instead of five years to re- imburse the Federal Government for their share of the cost. Mr. Cramton also suggested that con- tribution toward the park e: in nearby Maryland be made in the form of a lump sum of $1,500,000 whenever the Federal Government is assured the Maryland authorities can acquire the lands desired, the balance of the cost to be met by Maryland. As it the House, the bill made the leral share in the Maryland parks one-third. Lee Outlines Maryland Plans. Maj. E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, speaker of the Maryland House o Delegates and a member of the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation, dis- the proj amendments and outlined the plans land mind for rruk developments just across the District line. is statement was in part as follows: “The amendments only effect sub- section B of section 1, as it passed the Mr. Cramton advises, amount of money to be made available by for the extension of Rock Creek slley1 Park .:n;i thew other five Maryland valley parks from City in the adjacent Maryland suburbs of the National Capital over the amount authc the language of the Cramton bill as already passed by the House of Representatives. “The amendments, however, do rec- ognize the existence of the adjacent State of Maryland by leaving the title to the parks, located in the six Mary- land valleys extending north from Washington City, in the State itself, and by recognizing the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission as the local administrative agency. “The general location of all six Mary- land Parks—Rock Creek Valley, Sligo Creek Valley, Cabin John Run_Valley and the Valley of the Northwest Branch, Indian Creek and the Valley of North- west Branch of Anacostia River, has been approved by the National o?lm Park and Phnnln, Commission and the extent or width of the parks themselves will continue subject to the approval of the Federal commission. “The land included in the estimate of the park plan recommended and ap- proved by the engineers of the Na- tional Capital Park and m.umn;f - mission and the land National Capital Park and Pl Commission represents a total of 8,685 acres located in the following valleys, and in each instance commencing at the District of Columbia and Maryland boundary: ““Mont County—Rock Creek ley, 442 acres; Northwest Anacostia River, located part Georges and part in County, 1,764 acres. “Prince Georges County — Indian Creek Valley within the Sanitary dis- trict, 2,195 acres; Indian Creek Valley from the Sani district to Ghl:g Meade, 763 acres; Northwest bran of the Anacostia River, 611 acres.” Albright Favors Measure. [P_Horace M. Albright, director of the National Park Service, ly favor- ing the bill, told the committee that the | scenic attractions of the upper Poto- mac region are such that it would warrant the attention of Congress for a national park even if Wasl was not the Capital of the Nation. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, of the Park and Plann ‘Commission, told the committee that the question of power development on the Potomac is not in this bill, having been left for future action by Congress. Dr. George Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens Associations, resented the indorsement of the cit- zens' groups and also the Literary Society of College!f GALLAUDET TO HONOR ALUMNUS GOSPEL TO DEAF REV. GUILBERT C. BRADDOCK. dea® irrespective of religious affiliations, and it is said the influence of the church thus reaches some 4,000 deaf- mutes in the metropolis. Rev. Mr. Braddock also conducts mission work among silent communicants in Brook- 1yn, Newark and Paterson. Rev. Mr. Braddock was graduated from Gallaudet in 1918 and four years later began private study for the ministry un- der the Bishop of New York. He took his canonical exanfinations with the regular seminary students and received his holy orders in an ordination service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1925. He was vested with the dea- con's orders that year and received his priest’s orders in 1926, Rev. Mr. Braddock is the fourth vicar of Bt. Ann's Church. Bannerman, District Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations; Mrs. T. H. B. McKnight, Garden Club of America; Horace W. Peaslee, American Institute of Architects; A. F. Brinckerhoff, Amer- ican Soclety of Landscape Architects; Herbert Evison, National Conference on State Parks; J. Bond Smith, counsel for the Maryland Park Commission; W. B. Armstrong, secretary of the Inter- federation Conference; Charles F. Consaul, Board of Trade; Thomas 8. Settle, who said the directors of the Chamber of Commerce and a commit- tee of the chamber had indorsed the bill; R. L. Longstreet of the Dupont f | Citizens’ Association, who urged that the financial features of the bill be made as liberal in the District as in the adjoining States, and Evan ‘Tucker, Northeast Citizens’ Association, who described the bill as a practical measure. O. M. Kile spoke for a special com- mittee of the Montgomery County Civic Pederation, who urged that the Glass t for a Government bridge be adopted. Mrs. Florence Cannon ap- peared for the Arlington County Civic Pederation and W. 8. Hoge for the Arlington County Chamber of Com- merce. Mr. Hanson, in a statement issued to- day, said that just before the hearing opened, Maj. Somervell received orders from the Secretary of War not to ap- pear at the meeting unless formally subpoenaed by the committee. U. S. REPORTED FEARING MAIL CONTRACT CURB By the Associated Press. Representative Davis, Demoerat, Ten- nessee, said before the Senate commerce committee that a report had been cir- culated that the Staté Department feared that passage of an act to re- strict mail contracts to companies op- erating exclusively under the American flag might be to the detriment of pan- n {ehdm. amendmen Assistant Postmaster General Glover, Davis added, had attempted to “get a statement to that effect the State t, but could not no it.” after Senator arose ‘Vandenberg, hwhlk-.m&u Michigan, suggested Zn passage of act under eonlld‘e'ntion might involve ‘“public PO proponents of the legislation have argued that it would ald in establish- ment of & “real American” merchant marine. MASONS DINE TONIGHT. National President of League to Be Honor Guest. Capt. Chaney L. Bertholf, national president of the National League of Masonic Clubs, will be the guest of honor of the advisory board of the League at a dinner meeting at Picardi’s, 1417 New York avenue, at 6 o'clock to- night. “Jn.mel A. West, .grand master of Masons in the District of Columbia, and Edgar C. Snyder, United Sf mar- shal, will be the speakers. Prank A. Birgfeld, president of the board, will be the toastmaster. WHISKY IS SEIZED AFTER WILD CHASE, Rum Driver Escapes After Trying to Run Officer Off Road. In & three-mile chase punctuated with gune fire, & rum car and six cases of whisky were seized by Motor Cycle Policemen R. E. Burton and J. E. Bennett of the eleventh precinct sta- tion early today. The pursuit was through the northeast section of the city, and when the pursued driver at- tempted to run one of the officers off the he was fired upon five times. He escaped, however. Car Ownership Traced. Police have traced the ownership of | ¢, the machine to & man in Southeast w! n and a search for him was ‘ashingtol being made today in an effort to obtain information that might lead to the ar< rest of the colored man who was at the wheel of the car. Policemen Bennett and Burton, acting on information that an attempt would be made to run a load of whisky into the District from Southern Maryland, stationed themselves at the east end of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge shortly after midnight to await the arrival of the whisky machine. Their vigilence was rewarded about 1 o'clock when a low-slung automobile sped across the bridge and flud&!b the officers. Giving chase on ir motor cycles, Burton and Bennett pur- sued the car at furious speed to Four- teenth street, north to Tennessee ave- nue, east to Fifteenth street, north to Gales street and east to Seventeenth, where Burton pulled alongside of the ;\:n car and yelled for the driver to t. Tries to Hit Burton. The rum runner pulled his car sharply to the left in an atempt to drive Burton off the road and the liceman drew his revolver from its olster and shot five times at the rear tire of the fleeing automobile in an effort to put it out of commission. At Nineteenth and Gales streets northeast, the driver of the whisky- laden automobile drove the car through a wire fence and into a fleld, where he leaped from the machine and escal APsearch ‘of the abandoned vehicle revealed 72 quarts of corn Wwhisky, stored in six cases. = (CULPEPER’S OLDEST RESIDENT IS DEAD William C. Apperson, Aged 97 Years, Passes at Home of His Son. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., March 14.—William Cumberland Apperson, whom a recent survey showed to be the oldest person in the three adjoini counties of Cul- peper, Rappahan: and Madison, died y:‘stgd;y at the home co& his -on."l:ob- ert S. Apperson, near Culpeper, after & brief iliness, in the 97th year of his age, having been born on October 19, 1833. This venerable man, who came of good old g::reper County stock, was born and spent his entire life in this county, with the single exception of the years he was defense of his native State in the Army of North- ern Virginia, in which he served as member of Company B, 13th Virginia regiment. Later he was detailed as a scout to Gen. Robert E. Lee, and served in this capacity for some time. He was in all the fighting in the retreat of the Confederate army from Petersburg in the Spring of 1865, and was paroled at Appomattox Court House W Gen. Lee surrendered. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at 11 a.m. and burial will be in the family graveyard of the old Apperson place, now owned by a son of the de- ceased, which has been in the family for nearly 250 years. five sons and two He is survived daughters: W. W. Apperson and Robert S. Apperson of Culpeper, Walter Apper~ son of near Richmond, James of Ala- Dbunn, and Albert of Nebraska, Mrs. L. Mrs. Mary Payne of Washington, D. C. Mr. Apperson comes of & long-lived family, an older brother and a sister gg:ncunmmumweuupmm QuRrisHAR CHEVROLET SALE A Bank —doing sM4LL things BIG Character Council. Miss Harlean James spoke for the American Civic Association and its committee on the Federal City. Others who appeared in support of the bill were L. W. Wallace, n Engineering Council; Mrs, William T. - Mr. Railroad Man —and All Those Believing in “Real” Time Security for Loans ‘When anyone thinks of Lomwins money, he not onfy considers the tate which fi'e ment of the obligation—he is concerned with the type of security which he can put up in order to obtain the loan, Under the: Morris Plan no pl:ysicnl property is required. The Morris Plan has made it pouil)le for a person of sooJ c]unctef.»,nenaily employetl, to obtain money tlnoqsll en- dorsement, that is, the signing ofa prom- D. €., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930. D. C. BANKER WEDS FIRST WIFE AFTER DIVORCE FROM SECOND| GROWING IN VIRGINIA Ezra Gould Leads Bride of First Choice to Altar at Bethesda. Second Marriage of Couple Comes as Complete Surprise | to Prominent Friends. Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md, March 14—Ezra Gould, president of the Washington Mechanics’ Savings Bank, last night escorted the bride of his first choice to the altar for the second time, a scant | three weeks after his divorce from the bride of his second choice. ‘The Capital banker and his first wife, m whom he was divorced in 1925, secured a license to wed in Rockville Circuit Court yesterday, and last night their second marriage ceremony was performed in the Presbyterian Church .I‘II :?euu;adl, fll:e Rev. Stanley White officiating. groom gave his as 52 and the bride’s as 42. - ‘Three weeks ago Mr. Gould was di- vorced from Mrs. Eleanor Manning Gould, whom he married following his divorce from his first and present wife. ‘The first and present wife of the banker is a daughter of Rear Admiral Ichabod Goodwin Hobbs, U. 8. N., re- tired, of Newport, R. I. She was well known in the exclusive social sets in Newport. It was while playing in tennis tourna- ments in Newport that Mr. Gould met Miss Hobbs in 1911. They were mar- MRS. EZRA GOULD. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ried after a brief courtship and took up life in the Capital. Following last night's ceremony MT. | counti and Mrs. Gould went to their home at Md., where a dinner was served to a small group of intimate Edgemoor, friends. The second marriage of the couple to the circle of prominent Capital and nearby came as a complete surprise Maryland friends. TENANTS AWAKENED BY CANARY |BYRD RECEPTION PLAN/ Movement Started to Have Ex- plorer Land at Norfolk Wins Indorsement. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 14.—The move started Wednesday to request Rear Admiral Richard B. Byrd to land on Virginia soil upon his return from his South Polar expedition was rapidly guining strength today. Started by a special committee of Arlington County and Alexandria lead- ers, who passed a resolution requesting Gov. Pollard to urge Rear Admiral Byrd to land at Norfolk, the resolution was indorsed yesterday by the Arlington County Rotary and Monarch Clubs, the communicate the indorsement to the governor. ‘The secretary of the Arlington Coun- ty Chamber of Commerce has been in- structed by the president, Ashton C. Jones, to forward a copy of the resolu- tion to each chamber of commerce in the State, asking that it take similar action and request the governor to send a radiogram to Admiral Byrd. ‘The board of county supervisors at its regular meeting tomorrow will be requested to indorse the resolution and to send a copy to the boards of super- visors of each of the 100 Virginia secretarles of both being instructed to |Enos Ray, AS APARTMENT FIRE BREAKS OUT Firemen Extinguish Blaze at Park Central Before It Gains Much Headway. ‘Tenants of the ninth floor of the Park Central Apartments, at 1900 F street, are {relf.ly indebted today to the alertness of Sweets, & canary owned by Mrs, Geneva B. Mattingly and her daughter, Miss Eva May Mattingly. A cigarette carelessly tossed by some one passing through a corridor on the ninth floor of the a) night set fire to a di 3 began to fill the hallway and seeped through the doorway of the Mattingly apartment. 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