Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1930, Page 4

A4 GOOD-WILL ENVOYS D CO-OPERATION Ritehie and Other Speakers at Opening of New Road Exchange Greetings. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Btaff Correspondent of The St NORBECK. Md, May 17.—Lauding the co-operative activity and the mu- tual spirit of helpfulness to each other which has characterized the develop- ment of a greater Washington by the officials of the Federal, District, county and State governments, officials of these gencies and civic workers of Washing- ton and Montgomery County joined hands across the jmaginary " dividing line yesterday afternoon and evening for the purpose of cementing the ties that have been made. New Road Opened. As an evidence of the results of these efforts the celebrants, first at Sixteenth street and the District of Columbia- Maryland line, held exercises for the opening of the east-west highway and its connection with Sixteenth street, which was pointed to as a result of the co-operation and co-ordination be- tween the people of the District and those of Maryland. Later at the Manor Club_here, the Montgomery County Civic Federation ‘was the host to scores of county, State, Federal and District officials and repre- sentatives of civic bodies in the District of Columbia at a good-will dinner at which they listened to further addresses on the erasure of the imaginary boun- dary line and the development of a greater Washington. During. the after- noon the federation also was host on an automobile tour of the metropolitan district of the county to show its guests the development which is taking place THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D."” C.. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930. 7 in Maryland was one designed to show it off. He expressed the belief that the neéxt Congress would make - provision for connecting up all of the District In-udrm highways with roads in Mary- and. in the movement to build a greater National Capital. i Good Will Prevails. The spirit of good will prevailed throughout the day from the time that Chief of Police Alvie A. Moxley of the Montgomery County police, stepped to the District boundary line, where was standing Capt. C. M. R. Lord, command- ing the thirteenth Washington police ict, and asked that official to come into the State and with him escort land’s chief executive, Albert C. Ritchie, to the speaker’s platform sit- uated on & hill alongside the new road. Officialdom again joined hands in an- other good will gesture, when Maj. D. A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner of the District; Lacy Shaw, county commissioner in charge of the northern metropolitan district, and Miss Oacil Papin Perry of Bethesda, drew back the Maryland State flag and the Stars and Stripes, unveiling the Good Will Stone of granite, which stands di- Tectly on the boundary line in the circle at the intersection. Gov. Ritchie Speaks. Speaking at the dinner last night, Gov. Ritchie said that one of the things that struck him .while making the tour of the county was that no matter where Yyou went in Maryland, he thought that it could be truly said that nowhere could be found more civic beauty, more pro- :I‘lellvl:{l,, or rl;llfi‘hn:;! in ll:en and wom- worth _while than Montgomery County. The other thing thllw:!r\lck him, he said, was that Maryland spirit, born in old St. Mary’s County, the spirit of local self-government and the spirit of religious freedom and toleration. He told of reports from other juris- dictions of Communist parades and of forcible means of combating them, and, he said, he liked to think th nothing like that occurred in Maryland. In Maryland, he said, it was believed that 1t 18 better to permit abuse of the right of free speech & free press than to try to suppress them at all. He said that Maryland was justly proud of her laws, and just as'proud of the laws that she does not have but which some peo- ple have tried to make her have. He sald that Maryland wanted to work out to the mutual good of both the problems of that State and the Dis- trict of Columbia, and he expressed the hope that the future would witness an increase in the era of good feeling. He Hoped that the boundary line would be- come an imaginary and invisible thing, merging in a spirit of co-operation and good will, ¥ Grant Lauds Co-operation. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Bufldings and Public Parks of the National Capital and executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, sald that the co-operation received by the latter body from Montgomery Ommtz.mlde the work of the Federal commission much easier, and he pleaded for the people to have faith in the Na- tional Capital region. Col. Grant pointed out that great things had been done in the Capital in the last five Years and greater things were coming, stressing the approaching enactment into law of the Cramton park-exten- S Dapepraitit (ot b evelopment of & plan by the Dis- trict of Columbia and metropolitan dis- trict forces to set a time limit for a meeting of the various arterial high- ways, co-ordinating their construction 8o that they would meet at the boun- dary line, was stressed by Capt. H. C. ‘Whitehurst, Assistant Engineer Com- missioner of the District of Columbia. | 9P He added that effective regional de. velopment can only be carried out by co-operation and co-ordination between the governmental agencies involved. Arterial Highway Incomplete. Capt. Whitehurst sald that while the | arterial highway was encouraging, it| ‘was far from being complete and had | not kept pace with time and the traffic | ‘While it is difficult, he said, to secure funds for the development of the ar- | teries, he said that he was anxious to see the improvement of New York ave- nue, which would provide an artery ! from the White House to Bladensburg | road. Another development he desired ‘was Benning road and Kenilworth ave- nue to the Defense Highway, which, he said, would remove a lot of the con- gestion now existing at the Peace Cross | in Bladensburg. Plans are being for- mulated for improvement of various sections of Sixteenth street from Co- Jumbia road to the District line by re- claiming existing macadam. Other im- provements contemplated, he said, are Livingstone road, Pennsylvania and Alabama avenues southeast, River road and Maryland avenue, as well as the extension of New Hampshire avenue. Board of Trade Speaker. George W. Offutt, vice president of | the Washington Board of Trade, point- ed out that Montgomery County adja- cent to Washington is an extension of suburban Washington and that Wash- | ington is urban Montgomery County. He praised the two new Commissioners of the District and commended them to the Montgomery ‘countians for co-op- eration. Maj. Lee detailed the development of the past few years in the county, and explained how it had been brought about by the co-operation of the vari- ous governmental agencies. Particularly | he lauded Representative Louis C.| Crampton of Michigan, for his work in connection with the park extension bill which bears his name. Mr. Crampton painted a vivid picture of park development in Maryland, when one could drive for miles through the beautiful areas which park bill seeks to obtain for this pur- . He sald that the areas sought could be developed at any time, but that they should be acquired n Mr. Crampton warned, however, that the task will not be completed with the enactment into law of the proposed President James Toastmaster. Stephen James, president of the Montgomery County Civic Federation, was toastmaster at the banquet. In ad- | dition to the speaking there was a program of entertainment, including vocal and instrumental numbers. The ceremonies in connection with the road opening were under the auspices of the chambers of commerce of Bethesda, Takoma Park and Silver Spring. Edward H. Jones of the Bethes- da chamber, president of the joint com- mittee, introduced E. Brooke Lee, who presided at the exercises. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, assistant engineer commissioner of the District, pointed out. that the highway being formally opened and lts connection with the District was brought about by co-operation between the officials of the District, Federal and Maryland governments, and such development, he continued, augurs well for future| regional planning. He conveyed the! thanks of the Board of District of Co- lumbia Commissioners for the co-opera- tion received in this improvement. George E. Akerson, secretary to Presi- | dent Hoover, pointed out that the Chief | Executive of the Nation considers him- self as much a resident of the District | of Columbia as he does of his home | town of Palo Alto, Calif. He is deeply interested in the development of Wash- ington and its environs and, he con- tinued, brought the congratulations of the President to the peopde of Mont- gomery County on the opening of the new road. Keeping Pace With Times. In the bullding of such a highway, the county and the District of Colum- bia is just keeping pace with the times, by providing means for people | to get from and to their homes more quickly, said Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's Business, and a resident of the county. The crucial problem today is movement in all its forms, he con- tinued,'and the problem is to get things done quicker, and a part of this is the building of highways. . Representative Cramton pointed out that the natural beauties in and around the Capital City must be preserved for the future, ai in his efforts to bring this about he was happy to encounter the Maryland spirit of co-operation. The existence of a planning commis- sion in the county, he went on, was evidence of that breadth of vision that had made the task easier, and he ex- pressed appreciation of the spirit of co- operation found in the neighboring communities. ‘The improvement of the highway system of Maryland during the past few years was detailed Gov. Ritchife. He pointed out that it had been recognized that it was not pos- sible to develop the highways in the section of Maryland adjacent to the National Capital independent of those in the District, and that the latter could not develop its highways and in- dependent of those of Maryland, and out of a recognition of this fact had come a broad co-operative spirit. In highway and park development work, he went on, it is the hope that through these co-operative effortd and team play there will be developed a common enterprise that will bring about the best possible development. He was confident that the stone un- velled was symbolic that good will would not make a division line, but a line of friendship only. Music was furnished at the road ning exercises by the Silver Spring Community Band. BUSINESS MEN OPPOSE EASTERN SHORE TRUCKS Association _Votel Against Fran- chises at Membership Lunch- eon at Salisbury. Special Dispatch to The Star. SALISBURY, Md., May 17.—Election of new officers, the adoption of & reso- lution opposing the granting of fran- chises to the Baltimore Transfer Co. and the Peninsula Auto Express Co. and reports of major projects and assoclation activities featured the fifth annual membership luncheon meeting of the Delmarva Eastern Shore Association here yesterday afternoon. ‘The meeting was largely attended by ‘business leaders from each of the 14 counties on the peninsula and a number of guests. Much interest was shown in the re-y port of the special committee in the matter of applications filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission by the Baltimore Transfer Co. and the Peninsula Auto Express Co. for per- mits to operate truck routes on the shore. In the Eastern Shore countles of Maryland, based on & series of hear- ings and statements from various chambers of commerce and business in- terests, the committee recommended that the Delmarva association oppose granting of the application. CONVICT ASKS LENIENCY Nevada Gambler Under Death Sen- tence Urges Life Imprisonment. CARSON CITY, Nev., May 17 (#)— R. H. White, Elko County gambler, sentenced to be executed in the lethal gas chamber at the Nevada State prison here on June 2, yesterday filed a formal request with the State board of pardons that the death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. His attorneys requested that a clal meeting of the pardon board be held on May 28 to hear White's plea. When the Supreme Court recently park bill, but only when the areas are acquired for the future. Senator Miliard E. Tydings ‘Mary- | land; told of the giea! public 1 £oing on k? ,K tas., refused to grant White's appeal for a new trial he told his attorneys that he would rather “take the gas” than Iding cpend the rest of his life in prison, but George an appeal by his wife induced him to change his mind. Upper left: E. Brooke Lee, who presided at exercises at Sixteenth street and District of Columbia line in connection ing of boundary marker, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the flag and the Stars and Stripes, which co: Lower, left to right: Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland; Edward H. Jones, chairman of the joint committee of the Bethesda, Takoma Park and Silver Spring Chambers of Commerce, in charge of exercises; Emory H. Bogley, rhair- | man of the special committee of the Montgomery County Civic Federation, in charge of the tour and dimner, and J. J. Miller, president of the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce. pper_right: Unveiling of good will stone in park circle on boundary line. | Left to right: Lacy Shaw, country commissioner in charge of northern metro- politan district; Miss Cecil Papin Perry of Bethesda and Maj. D. A. Davison, with dedicaton of new road and unveil- District, who drew back the Maryland vered the marker. —Star Staff Photos. CAPTAIN DISABLED, CADETS WIN TWIE George Mason High Company | Captures Dual Honors at Tournament. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17.—Led by an acting captain after their leader had broken his arm a few hours before, the cadet_company of George Mason High School of this city carried off twin first honors in the annual military tourna- ment and drill held before a large gath- ering of spectators at Baggett’s Stadium here yesterday afternoon. The tournament, which was sponsored by Alexandria Post, No. 24, and Arling- ton County Post, No. 139 of the Ameri- can Legion, brought together cadet corps of Alexandria, George Mason and Washington-Lee high schools. Included | in the review, but not in the competi- | tion were the cadet band of Washington- Lee High and the girls’ auxiliary, known as Company I, of the same institution. ‘Wins Guidon and Cup. George Mason High School, led by acting Capt. Charles Brown, won the guidon offered by the Legion posts for the best drilled company, and also car- ried off the sllver cup presented by the Alexandria Light Infantry to the Alexandria_corps scoring the highest average in the drill. The winners aver- aged 82 per cent, with Alexandria High second, scoring 78.2 per cent. Company B of Washington-Lee High took third, with 72.2 per cent, while Company A of the same school was fourth wita 69.8 per cent. Capt. Stuart Krickenberger of the winning George Mason corps broke his | arm a few hours before the drill was to begin and was forced to turn his com- mand over to acting Capt. Charles Brown, but the disabled leader was on the fleld to see the cadets he had com- manded all through the preparations for the contest carry off first honors. Best Drilled Private, James Chilton Bruin of Alexandria High was adjudged the winner of the contest for the best drilled private in his company, and along with the two other winners will receive gold medals presented by the two Legion posts. Godfrey P. Runaldue won the contest among the George Mason High entries, while Daniel Dugan received first hoi ors among the Washington-Lee con- testants. Judges of the contests were Maj. John Donovan and Maj. Raymond G. Payne, professors of military science and tactics, assigned to the Washington high schools, and Lieut. Henry P. Hunt, jr., assigned to the Georgetown Uni- versity R. O. T. C. unit. Presentation by City Chief. Presentation of the guidon to the George Mason company was made by City Manager Wallace Lawrence, fol- lowing the announcement of the win- ners. Capt. W. Cameron Roberts of the Alexandria Light Infantry presented the same company with the silver cup for scoring the highest among Alexan- dria’s corps entered, and the Legion committee awarded the gold medals to the three individual cadet winners. ‘The committee from the Alexandria Leglon post for the aflair was com- posed of George Downham, F. Clinton Knight and Thurlow White. The committee from the Arlington County post was made up of Edgar W. Pum- phrey, H. H. Porter, J. D. McDonald, E. 1. Mateer and J. J. White. ~Ar- rangements for the competition from a military standpoint were completed by Col. Cllr!n% J. Deems, jr., in charge of the Alexhndria Cadet Corps, and Maj. Chauncey B. McNeil, in charge of the Washington-Lee High Corps. It was announced by Col. Deems fol- lowing the drill that a lleutenant col- onel to command the three corps would be selected from the of the Mason High ny as an honor for being. the 5 | to be held in Armory Hall next Friday, here GEORGE SOTER, Sr., DIES " AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Who Several Stores in Washington Retired | Grocer Operated Many Years Ago. George Soter, sr., 83 years old, re- tired grocer, who formerly conducted several stores in this city, died at his home, 1632 New Jersey avenue, yes- terday, after a short illness. Mr. Soter retired many years ago. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence of his son, George Soter, jr., 626 Jefferson street, Monday afterncon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Mr. Soter is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amelia Soter; two sons, George Soter, jr., and John B. Soter of Phila- delphia, and two daughters, Mrs. Henry Fey and Mrs. Thomas King, both of this city. ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 (Special). —Judges for the fifth annual flower | show of the Alexandria Garden Club, | May 23, have been announced, They are Mrs. Dantel D. Devore of Chatham, the famous Fitzhugh Lee estate at Fal- mouth, Va.; Mrs. Carl Melchers of Bel- mont, at Falmouth, and Mrs. T. R.| Boggs of the Quarters, Fredericksburg. Class judges for the contest are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gay Butler of Mill- wood, Va.; Mrs. Thomas Fendail of Mor- risworth, Leesburg, and Mrs. William Rust, also of Leesburg. The judges will be the guests of the local club at a | luncheon before the contest. Today the annual Poppy day sale of the American Legfon -is being held here today, the proceeds to go toward assist- ing disabled veterans and their families. The sale is in charge of the ladies’ aux iliary of the Legion, alded by a com- mittee of Legionnaires. Headquarters for the sale.is at 822 King street. Mrs. W. Cameron Roberts is chairman of the committee in charge of the affair. Safety tests being conducted by the American Automobile _Association in conjunction with the local police de- partment come to a conclusion this afternoon. A tabulation of cars thus far shows approximately 43 per cent failed to pass the series of 10 tests. Mrs, Ethel M. Chichester, wife of J. F. Chichester, 1610 King street, died last night and her funeral will be held Monday morning from St. Mary's Cath- olic Church. Services will be conduct- by Rev. Father Jeremiah Blackburn and interment will be in Bethel Ceme- tery. The deceased, besides her hus- band, is survived by her father, two sis- ters and a brother, 1, of 204 East Cap- ‘Washington, suf- injuries to his left wrist and arm and considerable shock when he fell from & boxcar at Potomac Yards late yesterday afternoon. He was treated at the Alexandria Hospital. June 2 is the last day on which the State income tax returns may be filed without penalty, according to Charles H. Callahan, commissioner of revenue. Thus far returns have been unusually slow in coming in, only about 40 per cent of the usual number having been received. ‘The local Forty and Eight Soclety of the American Legion held its May dinner meeting at Hurshy’s Jast night. Plans were made for a State “wreck” to be held at Ocean View next Thursday and which a large number of local members | plan to attend. Following the meeting the Legion held the final dance of the present season at Gadsby’s Tavern. | Funeral services of Mrs. Sammie Ellen | Leitch, mother of Dr. Roy H. Case, of | this city, who died Thursday in Wash- ington, will be held at 1:30 o'clock to- morrow afternoon at_Andrews Chapel. Interment will be at Brooke Station. Mother Kills Three Children. ‘TACOMA, Wash,, May 17 (#)—Using a butcher knife, Mrs. Torayo Sadairi, 30, slashed the throats of her three young children and then took her own iife by cutting her throat in her home tursday. The dead children are { changied his plans, and in 1862 he was | the Unlded States Navy. . in | moted to pity mspector. TALBERT S KEANY DS AT RESDENCE #Retired Rear Admiral, Native of Vermont, Was in Ninetieth Year. Rear Admiral Albert Sewall Kenny. retired, died at 10 o'clock this morning ai his home, 1402 Chapin street. Admiral Kenny was in his ninetieth yeaw, having been born in Vermont in January, 1841. He was graduated from | the Tniversity of Vermont and began | the séudy of law, but the Civil War commisioned assistant paymaster in He sevyed with the South Atlantic and the North Atlantic blockading squadrons and was engaged\in both attacks on Fort Fisher near Wilming- ton, N. C. ' After the war, he continued the Nawy and in 1884 was pro- In that posi- tion he mie a thorough study of improved mthods of accounting for the Navy Department. He was a iember of the board of officers, of which Rear Admiral George Brown was senior member, to consider. and report upon the subject. The board .recommended the adoption of Admiral Kenny's plan, and.this was done. Con- cerning this plan, Secretaty Benjamin F. Tracy of the Navy Department wrote the President: “Pay Director Kenny is the virtual author of one of the great executive reforms of the Navy. This reform introduced a new and radically different method of purchasing, han- dling and distributing supplies, trans- porting men and supplfes and a differ- ent system of keeping the accounts and returns of purchases and supplies.” In 1899 he was promoted to be pay- master general, serving in that posi- tion until he was retired in 1903. He was held in the highest esteem by all who served under him. Admiral Kenny was married in 1874 to Ellen, daughter of George Barnes of New York. She died many years ago. He is survived by a niece, Miss Mary McCollom and a godson, Ma). A. Kenny C. Palmer. He was treasurer of the Metropolitan Club and a member of the board of governors for a number of years, He also was a member of the Loyal Legion. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from his late residence, Chaplain Evans, U. 8. N., will officiate. Interment will be in Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, N. Y, Oil and most metals may be located by the geologist, but "gold is where you nd it. Pieces, Priced Far Below Regular CHARGED WITH ARSON William Palmer Accused of Firing ‘Watkins Store—Held in $5,000 Bond. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 17.— Formal charges of arson were preferred against Melvin Palmer. 20 years old, of Seat Pleasant late yesterday. The youth is suspected of having set fire 1o the store of F. L. Watkins at Seat Pleasant, which burned to the ground two weeks ago, causing property dam- age of $150,000. The warrant charging Palmer with arson was obtained by Detective Joseph Daugherty of Baltimore, who was as- signed to the case by the State fire marshal’s office. Justice of the Peace H. W. Gore issued the warrant and set Palmer’s bond at $5,000. He was ex- pected to secure his release on that amount toda; Palmer was taken into custody by Daugherty and County Policeman Frank Prince Thursday and grilled all day at Marlboro. Sheriff Charles S. Farly said Palmer brobably will be given a hearing before a police magis- trate within a few days to determine whether the evidence against him is sufficient to warrant his being held for the action of the grand jury. $7.75 SEAT PLEASANT BOY JOHN H. RILEY DEAD Father of Western Muaryland l‘fl-} road Official Expires at Age of 92. Special Dispatch to The Btar. f | ELKINS, W. Va., May 17.—John H. Riley, father of S. Bliss Riley of l!nmj ! town, Md., superintendent of motive power of the Western land Rafl- way, died late Thursday ht at his - home here of paralysis, aged 92. He was stricken Wednesday mq Coming here from Maryland 40 years ago, Mr. Riley was one of the piloneers in the railroad construction projects of the late former Senator Henry G. Davis, Democratic vice presidential candidate. He helped to build the West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railway, now a part of the Western Maryland system. Besides the son named he is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. R. M. Fredlock of Elkins and Mrs, Willlam Haraway of Grafton. FREIGHTER IS AGROUND ‘WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 17 (#).— ‘The American freighter Kearny, Boston for Baltimore, went aground on Nobska Point today less than a mile from the Coast Guard station. Radio messages from the boat said that it was hard aground, but that the officers and crew would_remain aboard. 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