Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1930, Page 10

A—10 = TREES WILL BE SET ON ROCKVILLE PIKE Road to Be Beautified From * District Line to County Seat. rreever” $5 a staft Correspondent of The Star. . BETHESDA, Md, March 20.—Im- Pprovement of the Rockville Pike be- fween the District line and the county seat of government by the inauguration of a tree-planting scheme, featured by flowering trees, will be started within the next 10 days, according to George P. Sacks, chairman of a special commit- tee of five recently appointed to confer with the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission on a planting plan. ‘The committee held a meeting here gesterday and examined plans for the tree planting presented by Roland W. Rogers, landscape architect of the Mary- land Planning Commission. It provides In general for the planting of elms 60 feet apart along the places where the bordering land is on grade with the road, and to plant in between the elms either two dogwood trees or two Japa- fiese cherry trees. A special design of planting is provided for the places where the nearby land is above or below road grades. Must Consult Owners. ~ It was pointed out also that property owners will have to be conferred with to ascertain whether they will permit the carrying out of the scheme on their land. The road is now 60 feet wide, | and ultimate plans call for a widening | to 100 feet, so that if the scheme 1s to be permanent the property owners will have to co-operate by granting per- mission for this planting on their re- spective holdings. ‘The whole matter is to be presented to the full committee on Monday or A said. This com- ites from tions wi terri- fory takes in the Rockville Pike. . MOUNT RAINIER TO PLANT. Hundred Ash Trees to Be Set Out in Town’s Streets. By & Btaft Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., March 20.— Appointment of several town officials and the beautification of local streets through tree planting has been author- ized by the mayor and council. « On request of F. B. Harvey, elec- frical inspector, the council appointed Norman Lilly assistant electrical in- spector for the town. Julius Reiners ‘was appointed police commissioner in place of Leonard Green, who recently Tesigned, and D. J. Orcutt was officially named registration officer after tend- ing his resignation as assessor. The appointment of all the new officers be- comes effective as soon as they can qQualify by taki oath of office. ported ‘without cost, approximately trees for planting along the streets, and ¥as ordered to obtain them at once. It was also ordered that sufficient elm trees be purchased to replace trees 'lhlcg failed to live following last year’s anting. ¥ Authorization was further given to the purchase at a_cost not to exceed $146.75 sufficient shrubbety and plants to develop a plat of ground on Rhode Island avenue between Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets. = The council instructed the town engi- Beer to establish the line along the east side of Twenty-eighth street from Beach =7 Cedar streets at the earliest prac- jcable date. ; FIREMEN ELECT Bowie Department Chooses Leaders for New Term. @pecial Dispateh to The Star. ~ BOWIE, Md, March 20—At fts bi-monthly meeting the Bowie Volun- $eer Fire Department elected the fol- m@uu for the year: it, W. L. Trott (re-elected); m; president, Melvin Edlavitch; secre- , Bernard V. Leurs (re-elected); treasurer, John E. Leurs (re-elected); tee for three-year term, Luther W. ; trustee for two-year term, Lane L. Seits; chief, Noah Joffe (re-elected); dssistant chief, Willlam W. Everett (re- elected); captain, J. Mullikan; Heutenant, H. T. d; janitor, ng del g attend meetings eorges County Fireme: $ Noah Joffe and Melvin Edlavitch; al- fernates, Willlam Everett and J. E. Dorsey. Delegates to the State Fire- men’s Convention to meet in Baltimore n : W. L. Trott, Willilam Everett, B. L. Leurs, Melvin Edlavitch and Noah Joffe; alternates, Hampton umphrey, J. C. Mullikan, H. T. Mec- elland, L. L. Seitz and Reuben Joffe. SUBURBAN NEWS. Bacteria in Milk Drives 10 Dairymen _ Oue of Business) SCHOL BOND ISSUE ar. STAUNTON, Va., March 20.—Fol- lowing a report made by City Sani- tary Inspector J. Roy Greene, that the bacterial count in milk sold in Staunton is excessive, 10 out of 24 local dairymen have announced that they will retire from the business. The city inspector has just fin- ished his semi-monthly inspections of the local dairies and of milk specimens taken from milk trucks, restaurants and other eating places throughout the city. ‘The 14 remaining dairymen serv- ing Staunton and vicinity have He- cided to remain in business and will build new concrete barns and install new equipment. FIRE RAZES WRENN COLONIAL MANSION Niece of Invalid Owner Car- ries Her From Blazing Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va., March 20.— The Colonial home of Mrs. Minnie Wrenn, near Chantilly, was entirely destroyed by fire, together with many priceless antiques, about 7 o'clock last night. The fire, discovered in the pantry, was of unknown origin. Mrs. Wrenn, who is the widow of Charles Augustus Wrenn, killed about a year ago by Dick Edward of The Plains, was an_invalid. A young niece who lives with her suc- ceeded in getting Mrs. Wrenn to a Pplace of safety. The house was a distance from a telephone and by the time the Herndon and Fairfax had re- sponded the fire had ed such head- ‘way that it was impossible to save any- thing. A small insurance is reported. NURSE’S HUSBAND WAS ‘MYSTERY’ MAN Groom Wed in Hagerstown Hos- pital Formerly Enigma in Martinsburg. Special Dispatch to The Sta: MARTINSBURG, W. Va,, March 20. —Carl R. Rogers, 28, who was wedded in Hagerstown, Md., Tuesday to Miss Iiga E. Lehman only after his bride overcame great obstacles before she was. even tted to see him, has been ident as the “Carl R. Rob« erts” who was a patient in a local hos- pital for several weeks last Fall and the center of a “mystery” identity. He collapsed on the street here and was rushed to the hospital, where he was found to have intestinal trouble. ey ESCAPED CONVICT SOUGHT 33 YEARS IS CAPTURED Colored Man Taken at Danville After Hunt of Record Length. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., March 20.—James Hairston, colored, who has been sought for 33 years by the police of Winston- Salem, N. C., for leading a jail de- livery after assaull the jailer, has been captured here, admitted his identity and is awaiting return. It was in 1897 that Hairston, serving & term for stealing, is alleged to have attacked the jailer when he entered a ter of cells. The police have declined to state by what means they found that the wanted man was here. The house at which he was staying was surrounded and he was taken without difficulty. CENSUS TAKERS MEET. FAIRFAX, Va, March 20—Division Supt. W. T. Woodson is holding a meet- ing today in his office to instruct the men and women who have been ap- pointed by the several school trustees to take the quintennial census of school children of the county. The census is to be taken durh April. In addition to those enumera- tors who were appointed at the last W heles e rermcAaT Yesterday o ke len was aj rday to take the census in ghp: of Fairfax. Mrs. King Spindle has inted to appo! survey Centerville district in place of Ray Thompson. 1219 F St : Friy and aturday SPECIALS Sport Shoes A A wonderful value for week-end shop- pers, right at the beginning of the sport shoe season. This Offer is For Friday and Saturday Only Leathers are combination, beige and brown, suntan and beige, white and tan, all black and all tan, leather and crepe soles. All Sises and Widths Reduced $ 5.65 for two days only QUEENTEX flOSIERY Chiffon and Service Weight SPECIAL .....cc00000000000000se §1.15 2 Pairs for $2.25 Queen Quality Boot Shop 1219 F Street N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930. CITIZENS DISCUSS Question Whether Town Shall Participate in County Vote Debated. Special Dispatch to The Sta: FALLS CHURCH, Va, March 20.— The Northwest Citizens' Association at its March meeting, at the home of the president, Maj. L. P. Daniel, consid- ered the law recently passed by the State Legislature authorizing Arling- ton County to issue school bonds for refunding ~short-term notes, p::hc:- larly with respect to the effect of such action on the town of Falls Church. As a result of the discussion it was decided to ask the fown council to give thought to this subject and in the ev:nrtr ldhewqtm};!“m a bond issue is referres e yers of Arlington County to decide whether, in its opin- lon, the residents of the corporation should be asked to vote on the propo- sition in the same manner in which other county bond issues are settled. The question at issue here is the same which arose several years ago in Fairfax County, when residents of the town of Falls Church participated in a petition and a bond issue election on issuing 1.ad bonds for Falls Church dis* trict. When bills for interest charges on’this bond issue were mailed to town residents Maj. L. P. Daniel, the present president of the Northwest Citizens’ Association and at that time a mem- ber of the town council representing the third ward, protested t Falls Church was a separate road district and should not be called on to pay taxes for bonds issued to build roads outside the corporation limits. Lost in Court. The case was carried to the circuit court and later to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, the latter court sustaining the decision of the l& Cir- cuit Ju Samuel Brent, that citi- zens of town had voted on the bond ue must therefore help to ‘The size of the bond issue pe: of Falls Church were included. ‘The members of the Northwest Citi- zens' Association feel that an analogous situation exists with respect to a bond issue for schools in Arlington County. They feel that the taxable resources of the corporation should be available to the town itself and should not be used for county or schools. They point out that if the citizens of the Arlington County portion of the town are allowed or required to participate in the refer- endum vote on suck a bond issue for schools their real estate will be bonded and they will be required to pay taxes, and the town's potential power to bond itself for its own.particular road or flmol building projects will be dimin- ed. suggest, therefore, the ad- visability of the council asking the Cir- cuit Court not to gthcmn opening the Arlington County polls to the residents of the town of Falls Church. Report on Post Office. The committee on conosolidation of the three post offices in the town made a preliminary report on investigations | geq¢ to date, but final action was delayed. The association discussed the situa- tion existing on Lincoln avenue, where it was stated that the elm trees planted by the council last year had been set in the roadway instead of\on the curb line. It was stated that e of the trees were as much as 10 inside the line. mistake had been reported to man Westscott, who was_ plan to have the trees set back. In the iean- time, however, house just erected on Lincoln avépue had inadvertantly disobeyed the RIVERDALE TO BE TOLD OF BOULEVARD WIDENING Plans of State Highway Board to Be Described to Property Owners. By & Staft Correspondent. RIVERDALE, Md.,, March 20.--Plans of the State roads commission for the widening 6f the Baltimore boulevard to 40 feet through this town are to be ex- plained at a meeting of property own- ers in the firehouse at 8 o'clock tonight. E. G. Duncan, District engineer, and W. 8. Lankford, 1 tor, are expected to address the me 3 Arrangements for the session were made by a committee comprising A. H. Seldenspinner, A. R. Bowers, W. D. Kneessi, A. L. Berlin and G. E. Plerson. The State authorities have already advertised for bids for the widening of the Baltimore boulevard from Laurel to Beltsville, a distance of about five miles. TREASURER OWES COUNTY $13,863.26 Veteran Official at Culpeper Found Indebted in This Sum. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va, March 320.—The clerk of the board of supervisors an- nounced at the meeting of that body that the report of the suditor on the books of Culpeper County's veteran treasurer, S. Russell Smith, showed a total indebtedness to the county of $110,620.57, with bank balances and cash on hand to the amount of $96.- 766.31, leaving a balance due the county of $13,863.26. The board passed a resolution author- izing the clerk to acknowledge the re- ceipt of this report from the office of the State auditor and also requested the commonwealth attorney to take such action in the premises as in his opinion the interests of the general of the State. R Mr. Smith, who is about 77 years old and has served Culpeper County as treasurer for 50 years, with the excep- tion of two terms, was never defeated for this office but once in this half century. He is personally popular throughout the county and has been prominent in county affairs. At the present time he is {ill, suffering from the effects of what is believed to have been a slight stroke sustained several months ago. MURDER TRIAL OPENS Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., March 20.—The trial of Michael Caetto of Alexandria, in- dicted for the murder last November of Rlymg:d Grover of ;?lflu ?Wnla‘, yesterday was begun before a jury the Fairfax County Circuit Court. Dulaney of the staff of the Alexandria Hospital retused to testify that Grover's Was due to the shot from Caetto’s gun, which lodged in the man's abdomen. The direct cause of death, the doctor stated, was failure of blood to circulate through his legs, due to the loss of part of his foot in a previous ac- cident. This improper circulation of blood, he stated, caused heart trouble. Caetto was represented by Attorney ‘Brooke Howard of Alexandria ordinance requiring a building line of 20 feet in the residential section, due to measuring from the tree-planting rather than from the proper curb line. Dr.| the actual schools after ti SCHOOL PROBLEMS BEFORE CHAMBER Educational Committee Urges | Adoption of Fairfax General Plan of Consolidation. Suecial Dispateh to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, March 20—The education committee of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce will ask the chamber at its next meeting to in- dorse and call special attention to the 4-H Club rally and county health day program, to be held on the fair grounds May 3. It is hoped to focus county- wide attention on this program and in- sure a large attendance of adults. The county-wide educational prob- lems were presented to the committee by Supt. Woodson and Trustees Wil- liams and McCandlish of the school board. The committee voted to ask the chamber to indorse the general plan of consolidation of both elementary and high schools wherever feasible, no par- ticular schools or localities being cited in the recommendation, although the committee discussed at length the situation existing in several districts where codsolidation is of more than theoretical interest at present. The report of the State survey committee was studied to some extent as well as the comparative per capita cost of high school instruction in the different schools as outlined by Supt. Woodson. ‘Vocational High School. The committee voted to ask . the chamber to study the need for a county vocational high school, located approxi- mately in the center of the county. It is hoped through the medium of the | Chamber of Commerce to focus public attention on this problem. The warmest arguments of the ses- sion came over the discussion of the need for additional school facilities in the southern section of the county. A resolution offered by Herbert Willlams was changed and amended 10 times before finally carried in a form radi- cally different from its first introduc- tion. This resolution provides that “the education committee of the chamber requests the county school board to in- augurate a P]ln for the general im- provement of school conditions in the county, especially on the south side.” Opinions varied greatly among the members as to the need or advisability of such a move, several stating that funds are not now available and the time 1s not ripe to start a definite “buflding program”; others that the Chamber of Commerce should not in- terfere in what is primarily a rcspon-} sibility of the county school board: still others maintained that school condi- | tions in the southern districts are not as bad as pictured and that no improve- ment can be made until the number of children increase sufficiently to justify units of not less than 150. Taxes Now Levied. George Smith argued that increased school taxes are now levied on thesc districts, but no steps have been taken to provide improved facilities. Williams pointed out that whatever action is taken, 1t will take a long time to get e machinery has been set in motion, and he felt an immediate start should be made to- ward the adoption of a co-ordinated plan. Williams emphasized that there wa no thought in his mind that taxe should be increased. He felt that wha construction is found necessary imme diately could be handled by means o temporary loans until arrangements can be made to secure literary loans from the State. R - The whale shark is the largest livin: fish. It reaches a length of 45 fee although claim is made that it some times measures up to 70 feet. QOur Business Is Good! TABLET TO HONOR FIRST PRINTER IN VIRGINIA Marker to Be Presented for Wil- liamsburg in Commemoration ‘ of Anniversary. ! By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 20.—A tab- let in honor of William Parks, Virginia's | first successful printer, to be presented here Saturday afternoon as a feature of the 200th anniversary of printing in the State, is later to be unveiled at| Williamsburg, where Parks opened his | shop in 1730. | John Stewart Bryan, publisher of the | Richmond News-Leader, will present | the tablet on behalf of the Virginia, Press Association and the printers of Virginia, and Dr. J* A. C. Chandler, | president of the College of William and Mary, will receive it for wlllllm.sbur:,{ MARRIAGE BONDS CUT | FOR 13-YEAR-OLD WIFE Mrs. Cole Freed From Husband She Says She Married Through Fear. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 20.—A 13-year- old wife was granted an annulment of her marriage in Circuit Court yester- day after she testified that she had only married because her husband, John G. Cole, 22, had threatened to ‘blow up the house with dynamite.” The child, who was married last June, when she was only 12, is now an inmate of the House of - Shepherd. " The mother testified that she had consented to the marriage only after Cole, who had known the girl only a week, had threatened her life if she opposed the wedding The child bride told Judge Dawkins that she had not wanted to marry Cole and did not understand what the ceremony meant. “He told me that if I didn't marry him he would kill me and I'd never marry anybody,” she testified. Dr. John A. Tyree Dead. DANVILLE, Va, March 20 (Spe- cial).—Dr. John A. ee, 43, Dan- ville specialist, died at his home here this morning after a breakdown in health in January. He was a son of the late David Tyree. His widow, for- merly Miss Nannie Kelley of Reming- ton, survives. as do six children. Sales Increase 5 to 1 For the First Three Weeks of March, 1930 As Compared with the Full Month of March, 1929 A. B. C. 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