Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1930, Page 10

SUBURBAN NEWS. QZENS TOSTUDY FUNDS OF CONTY & ontgomery Federation Pro- des Committee to Collect Fiscal Information. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. SOMERSET, Md., April 15.—Provision of a committee on finance and budget, the purpose of which is to collect infor- mAtion on the finances of the county agd study and furnish information on them for consideration in connection with projects involving the expenditure of public funds was made last night by the Montgomery County Civic Federa- tien, meeting in the public school here. ARhough the resolution has been before the federation for several months, during which time it stirred up a diver- sity of opinion, and it was materially changed and shorn of some of the power ag provided in the original resolution, there was considerable debate before it wgs adopted. - Wisconsin Avenue Jolt. But the action of the federation had hardly been cooled on its minutes be- foge the body received a jolt when the proposal for extensive improvements of Wisconsin _avenue from the District- Méryland line to the old Georgetown Toad, involving the expenditure of funds, came up, and promptly & motion was made to refer the matter to the budget committee. Instantly there was oppo- sition, with the result that Ralph Lee of Woodside withdrew his motion. Emory H. Bogley, chairman of the cof ittee on constitution and by-laws, in, reporting on the proposed amend- ment providing for this new committee, pojnted out that the measure as origi- nally introduced had too much veto power and might have had the effect of refarding the federation on committee matters. He added that the committee prpvided for in the amendment did not ‘have any such veto power, and it would ot set up any such super committee as might have resulted from the original Bondy resolution. The amendment, he sald, imposes dutles on the new com- mittee to assemble information on the firmances of the county for the guidance of 'the federation. It will act purely in an advisory capacity, he sald. Ex-Presidents as Delegates. he federation also amended its by- 1}135 to authorize the seating of former presidents as delegates at large, sO I(mg' as they remain residents of ‘Montgomery County, and also to make them ex- officio members of the executive com- mittee. They would retain these posi- tions even though they were not re- turned to the “de“&(g; as delegates from their respective es. The resolution of the Interfederation Conference approving the site of the airport recommended by the Bingham commission was approved, but invited attention to a previous action of the federation suggesting a site in nearby Maryland as well. Col. A. B. Barber, former president, pointed out that one afrport was not considered sufficient for a city the size of the District of Colum- bia. Verrre ey J. B. Matre, Silver Spring, introduced a resolytion, which was referred to com- mittee, recommending that State and county taxes be paid in the month of September and special taxes, such as the suburban district tax, be paid in March, or as an alternative that there be provision made for semi-annual pay- ments of all taxes. There was referred to the committee on public safety a resolution introduced by Aubrey Carter calling on that com- mittee to make an investigation of ob- structions at the intersection of Wiscon- sin avenue and other main arteries which prevented traffic having a clear view of the crossings, and to recom- mend to the county commisisoners such action as is considered necessary to carry out the law providing for the re- moval of such obstructions. ‘The federation disapproved of a pro- posed amendment to its by-laws which would have provided that as a qualifica- tion to hold office in the body a delegate must have been a member for the year receding and have attended at least gflll of the meetings of the preceding . It, however, approved an amend- ment providing that the officers shall hold their positions until the conclusion of the annual meeting. Charter Board. A report on the recommendation for the appointment of a charter 1 which would start the legal steps.for changing the form of government in the county and give it authority to make its own laws, instead of having them provided by the Legislature, will be made at the next meeting of the federation, according to J. Bond Smith, chairman of the committee on legisla- tion and legal action. Efforts were made by Mr. Smith to have this mat- ter made the special order of business, but it precipitated such a long debate that it was decided to let it come up in the regular order. When the matter of discriminations alleged to exist in public utility rates came up, J. B. Matre suggested that residents of the Silver Spring area in which gas lines now are g laid re- fuse to make connections to their homes until the alleged discriminatory rate in this product is removed. The federation also indorsed amend- ments to the pending District of Colum- bia appropriation bill, recommended in a report by J. J. Miller for the com- mittee on roads, streets and bridges. ©One provides an appropriation of $190,- 000 for the extension of New Hampshire avenue in the District from Buchanan street to the District line, there to con- nect with proposed new Maryland roads to provide a new thoroughfare into the District, and an appropriation of $185,- 000 to provide an underpass at the Bal- timore & Ohio Ralilroad tracks for this proposed street, and the other carryin; an appropriation of $37,000 for-the con- struction of new roads in Rock Creek Park to connect up with the new roads in the proposed Rock Creek Park in Maryland. Wisconsin Ave. Report Adopted. A lengthy report of a special com- mittee on the improvement of Wisconsin avenue from the District-Maryland line to the old Georgetown roar, presented by J. J. Miller, also was adopted. It recommends two plans for the treat- ment of the thoroughfare at the Dis- trict line intersection, for widening the roadway, reconstruction of the west roadway from Bradley lane to the Dis- trict line, including paving of the street car right of way, and the elimination of the poles from the center of the thoroughfare, ‘The report recommends that the committee on internal county improve- ment be instructed to further study the plans for a park at the boundary line and report at the May meeting, and that the committee on roads, streets and bridges be instructed to study the yoad widening and construction part of $he project and recommend how and ‘what part be carried through to com- pletion. Robert E. Bondy, for the committee on schools, informed the federation that the committee had heard a rumor that Maryland children were to be excluded from the District of Columbia schools next year. He sald, however, that the committee had been unable to run down the report to any pa source. Frederic P. Lee, chairman of the committee on charities and social serv- ice, presented a voluminous report upon the status of the Montgomery County Social Service League, which was ac- companied by two resolutions which were adopted. The first included requests that the county commissioners continue the league as the county’s agent for admin- istering the social relief and child place- ment and supervision; that the commis- sioners be requested to continue for the fiscal year 1930-31 for social relief ,P vy of §10,000 and for ! mother's ald law; work: Juvenile east-west highwiy. IMaryland Man Freezes to Death On Mountain Top Special Dispatch to mu':r.A e ‘WESTERNPORT, L, — After several days’ investigation into the death of Lester Carr, 30, of Hendricks, on the Western Maryland Railway, south of here, the author- itles decided an inquest was un- necessary and a certificate of death from freezing was given. Carr went up on Mozart Mountain to gather ramps. He did not return and a searching party found his body. A severe snowstorm had been prevail- ing with high wind. There was no evidence of foul play. On the body was found a half gallon fruit jar containing a pint of mash. Some 300 feet away was found a 40-gallon still. R CAPITOL HEIGHTS COUNCIL IN SESSION Election Officers Named, Financial Matters Disposed of and Street Work Voted. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md,, April 15.— Appointment of election officials, dispo- sition of financial matters and formula- tion of plans to improve the condition of streets and vacant lots in this town featured the monthly meeting of the | n;amr and council in the fire house last night. George Adams, Walter Oliver and Rufus Gibbs were appointed judges of the election, while Charles Lambert and Frank Horstman were named clerks. These will serve at the town election May 5. Candidates for the various town offices will be named at a nominating convention in the Capitol Theater here ‘Thursday night. Completion of the work of improving Shewton avenue and building a side- walk along Central avenue was ordered by the council. An appropriation of $500 was voted for repairing roads and opening gutters throughout the town. An ordinance establishing the fiscal year for the purpose of audits from April 1 to March 31 passed its first and second reading. William Simmons, town sanitary inspector, was instructed to remedy unsanitary conditions on vacant lots in the town, numerous complaints having been received by the council. The customary 5 per cent of the tax receipts, amounting to $243.65, was allotted to the Fire Department. An- nual salaries were ordered paid to Clin- ton G. Light, treasurer; Dr. A. H. Lee, health officer; Selig Posen, road super- visor, and Inspector Simmons. Edward Polglase, town building inspector, was paid $11.50, being 50 per cent of the building permit fees received by the town during the last two months. Mayor Thomas J. Luckett presided. COURT ASKS PROBE OF MOTOR DEATHS Cumberland Judge Urges Grand | Jury to Inquire Into Many Fatalities. Special Dispatch to The Star: CUMBERLAND, Md*; April 15.—Chief Judge D. Lindley in charging the April grand jury yesterday urged a rigid in- vestigation of the numerous automobile fatalities. He cited there had been five in recent months in which the coroner’s Jury, after its investigation in each case, recommended that the operator be held for the grand jury on a charge of man- slaughter. Reckless driving, speeding and non-observance of traffic regula- tions were given as the causes for the accidents. ‘W. Milnor Roberts was appointed foreman of the grand jury. FARMER KILLS SELF ‘W. C. Bispham Hangs Himself at His Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., April 15—N. C. Bispham, 78, a prominent farmer and a native of Warrenton, hanged himself at his home near Remington. Depres- sion from ill health is thought to have been the cause. The funeral took place this afternoon and he was burled at Remington. He was a widower and leaves two sons. Invited to Citizens Meeting. CLARENDON, Va., April 15 (Special). MISS SUE POLLARD TOBE FETE QUEEN Governor’s Daughter Select- ed to Reign at Winchester on April 24-25. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Vs. April 16.—Miss Suzzane Pollard, daughter of Gov. Pol- lard of Virginia, will reign as “Queen Shenandoah VII” of the seventh an- nual Shenandoah apple blossom festi- val to be held April 24-25. Announcement that Miss Pollard would be queen and of the dates for the festival was made yesterday after- noon following a meeting of the carnival executive committee. Gov. Pollard and staff will attend, with th n ht Inf Richmond Li nfantry Blue | Ker, e Richmol g Battalion acting as the Queen's escort. ‘Weather Bureau officials and fruit ex- perts yesterday predicted full blooming of 12,000 trees in commercial n&pu orchards of the Shenandoah, Cumber- land-Potomac fruit belt of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania during Easter week. ‘Two Weeks of Fetes. With the apple blossom festival and Historic Garden week scheduled for the week of April 28-May 3, motorists and other visitors virtually will have two weeks for sight-seeing at a time when nature is at her best. ‘The programs for the two-day festival have become more elaborate and colorful with each succeeding year since the fete was inaugurated seven years ago. Over 100,000 people in 40,000 automobiles swarmed into the festival town last year, coming from more than a third of the States of the American Union. The apple bloom will be unusually heavy. 01d Gardens on Display. During Historic Garden week, which is sponsored by the Garden Club of Vir- ginia for the benefit of the restoration fund of Stratford Hall, home place of the Lees in Westmoreland County, over 100 of the most historic homes and gardens of the Old Dominion will be open for public inspection. Visitors will pay a moderate fee at the homes they visit, and the money is to be- used in restoring the grounds of Stratford, which is to become an American shrine. At the Winchester festival, however, vir- tually everything is free so far as pleas- ure and amusement is concerned. Meals and lodgings are about the only ex- penses one need incur while at the festival. WASHINGTONIAN HELD IN FATAL AUTO CRASH Bureau of Engraving Employe Is Bound Over in Killing on Defense Highway. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 15.—Jo- seph Samuel Pralich, 30, of the 3000 block, Wisconsin avenue, Washington, an employe in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was last night held in bond of $1,500 for his appearance be- | fore the current term of the grand ! Jjury in connection with the death of George M. Fisher, 17, Kensington Montgomery County, Md., an employe | of a messenger service of Washington. | Frank Mace, Bladensburg, furnished | the bond, and Fralich was released. | The accident, which resulted in death. of young Fisher, occurred about 2 o'clock Wednesday, April 9, on the Defense Highway near Baldwin's Ga- rage, about a mile and a half beyond the overhead bridge at Lanham. her was on a motor cycle. The testimony tended to show that Fralich was at- tempting to pass several cars on his way to the Bowle races. Young Fisher, it was in evidence, was coming from Bowie, where it is presumed he had de- livered a telegram. Hugh Waldron, Bladensburg, an - witness, testified he saw a partly filled bottle of either gin or corn liquor thrown on the roadside just after the accident, but could not identify the bottle or the “thrower.” State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County represented Fralich, Willlam H. lin was fore- man of the jury, and Justice of the Peace Herbert J. Moffat was acting coroner. The jury was summoned by Sergt. Hervey G. Machen of the coun- ty police force. FATHER’S MEETING HELD La ©Plata Parents’ Association Gathers in Local School. Special Dispateh to The Star. LA PLATA, Md, April 15—The April meeting of the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion of La Plata Consolidated School was held in the school auditorium. The meeting was designated as “Father's meeting.” A special committee of men —Officers of the Arlington County Civic Federation have been invited to attend the postponed meeting of the Clarendon Citizens’ Association, to be held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce here Friday night. E. Lester Bennett, newly elected president, who served the drganization in a like capacity several years ago, announces that he has re- ceived the assurances of many of the old members that they will again take an active part in the affairs of the body Crash Shock Proves Fatal. had charge of the program. Those on the committee were J. H. Hancock, Sell- man Garner, Xavier W. Garner, Robert V. Norris, W. H. Wilhelm, Milton M. Somers, W. W. Hancock, Carroll Willett. ‘The program consisted of an address by Joseph A. Wilmer, Republican floor leader in the last session of the Legis- lature; round table discussion lead by P. D. Brown and F. B. Gwynn, a men’s chorus and a by Carroll Willett. Following the meeting refreshments were served by the committee of men. ‘The may meeting will be a mothers’ meeting. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 15 (Spe- cial) —Shock and probable internal in- Jjuries caused the death Sunday of g | Alfred Walker, 16, Negro, following a collision of his motor cycle and that driven by Policeman J. M. Burruss on Rivermont avenue Saturday night. The policeman suffered a compound frac- ture of his right leg and is at Lynch- burg Hospital. probation work the levy of $1,000; in- dorsed the annual drive of the leaguc for voluntary contributions to raise $7,000; that the league be requested to give consideration to reorganizing its JAILED FOR BEATING WIFE Man Sentenced to B8ix Months and Fined. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md,, April 15.—Convicted of assault and battery upon his wife, Milton Chaney of Laurel yesterday was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction ,by Police Court. Judge J. Chew Sheriff. The wife, Mrs. Clara Chaney, told the court her husband threatened her with a knife and shot- Taurel executive committee, so that a majority | gun. of the committee will be either elected by the league members or be officers elected by its membership; that the commissioners be requested to place in effect the mandatory provision of the to im a levy of $1,500, and to avail themselves of the services of the league in administering the law, and that the commissioners be requested to furnish space for the ! offices of the league in the new | court house. Inquiries Provided. ‘The other resolution provided that| the committee investigate the following matters and report recommendations t¢ the federation; the advisability of a transfer to the juvenile court of juris- diction over certain cases involving pai- ents of illegitimate children; the ad- ministration of the county pension sys- tem, and the county and State facilitics | for institutional care of residents of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce, that the federation hold its next meet- Club on the evening of May 16, and would be pre- ceded by a tour of the metropolitan dis- a nearby woods. fined $25 for disord CHICAGO and return Saturday-Sunday April 19-20 ‘Tickets good in coaches on regular train Leaves Washington Satur- day, 11:10 A. M. (Eastern time). Returning Sunday, leaves Chicago 6:40 P. M. (Central Time). Similar excursion June 14-15 trict by automobile, which would be halted for a period for ceremonies in- cident to the formal opening of the Baltimore & Ohio Husband Arrested As Wife Is Injured In Motor Accident By a Staft Correspondent uu.—-.v 3 ‘was arrested his wife fl; ‘which ‘were riding collided with I.le tow-truck driven by Mark Wil- Dreyer -!i taken before Justice of Peace H. W. Scott and released on driving. wife, Mrs. Eileen Dreyer, sustained cuts, bruises and internal injuries, while two other occupants of the machine were slightly hurt. PUT ON ELECTORAL BOARD Special Dispatch to The Star. CURB FOREST FIRES OVER 50,000 ACRES £ Fighters - Gain Headway Against Greatest of Vir- ginia Blazes. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 15.—PFire- fighters on far-flung battle lines wers believed to be gaining headway today in their fight against forest conflagra- tions in Virginia which since Thursday are estimated to have swept over ap- proximately 50,000 acres of timber lands MAS | in 20 countles. ppol Judge Richard S. to serve the unexpired term of Wil- liam A. Grubert. Mr, Grubert resigned, as he is a candidate for the city council at the June 10 election. ‘The electoral board is now composed of William A. Pratt, chairman; John D. Crowle, jr., secretary, and Mr. Good. L. Good has been electoral board by An appeal was made yesterday to Gov. Pollard by Chapin Jones, State forester, to urge the people of the State to exercise extraordinary care to avoid further fires. 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