Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1930, Page 4

.Chrysler Junior W ; VIENNA TRUST COMPA Eb,oas BAN ON DIVORCE -~ MILLS PROVIDED Alexandria Judge . Issues _ Three Orders to Stop | [ Easy Separations. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 10.— Three orders by Judge Water T. Mc- Carthy of the Circuit Court, to prevent @ recurrence of the “divorce mill” scandals which took place here several years ago, were issued during the ses- sion of the court, which convened here Monday for the regular term. The or- ders were issued to remedy a situa- tion the judge regarded as undesirable here. Act in Contested Cases. One order, effective immediately, specified that no uncontested divorce case may be heard by a commissioner. As the number of contested cases are few, this rule will practically eliminate the work of the commissioners, In the past it has been the custom for the judge on the bench to sign a decree if the findings were not disputed. The city sergeant will bp required to meke an investigation concerning the | yesidence of the party in the second order promulgated by Judge McCarthy. Evidence which came to I’ during the divorce scandals indicat~ | hat per- sons seeking a divorce here obtained counsel and then pay & year's rent to certain rooming house operators for the of complying with the legal residence requirement, although they spent ’ilme if any time here. Testimony in Open Court. Judge McCarthy, in his third order, | fied that the testimony given in vorce cases in the future shall be taken in open court and transcribed by an official court reporter. ‘While he declined to comment in de- tail regarding the rulings, Judge Mc- . Carthy seid that he had discussed the matter at length with various members of the local bar. He declined to name any specific incident which led to the orde: TS, Commonwealth's - Attorney Albert V. Bryan also refused to comment on the , except to say that he had dis- the matter thoroughly with McCarthy. In other sections of Circult Court under Judge Mec- County has’ substan. nature. —— ROCKVILLE. VILLE, Md., September 10 ).—A heart attack caused the death in Washington Monday of Mrs. Martha A. Burroughs, widow of James F. Burroughs, a former long- time resident of this county, aged 77 She leaves no children but is The funeral will ‘men. o L igene O. , 24, % Clara, m, 18, both Carlton of | old, was visiting old 1 conducted by Rev. Henry the Rockville Presbyterian was in Rockville Union interest in the numerous exhibits and praised their quality. Gambrill, left, and M. Hampton Magruder, president of the Southern Maryland Fair Association. He is shown here (lower left) with Representative Stephen W. Miss Virginia Maguire (upper left), secretary to Willlam G. Brooke, who is secretary of the Southern Maryland Fair Association, peses in an oral hygiene exhibit. Miss Edns Jenkins (left) and Miss Laura Jenkins (upper right) of the Suitland 4-H Club displayed bunches of zinnias, | ' Mrs. | the growth of which the various girls' clubs of the county are encouraging as a county flower. ~—Star Staff Photos. ALEXANDRIA SMOKE 1S FOUND NUISANCE Grand Jury, However, Rec- ommends No Drastic Action. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 10.— Finding of the special grand jury in Corporation Court here yesterday in regard to the petition of first-ward resi- dents for relief from the alleged smoke nuisance of the power plant of the Virginia Public Service Co. were to the effect that a distinct nuisance existed, made. The jury also returned 17 true bills in connection with a series of crim- inal cases presented. Judge Willlam P, ‘Woolls presided over the court. Report on Smoke. The report of the jury in connection with the smoke case follows: “We find a distinct nuisance existing but we recommend no drastic action at this time, as we are informed by J. H. Howard, Alexandria manager of the Virginia Public _Service Co. that the new Bremo Bluff plant of the company will be opened January 1, 1931, which will relieve the excess load on the Alex- andria plant and eliminate the smoke nuisance.” More 1 5 witnesses out of the 75 petitioncrs were in court to testify con- cerning L. ~ camage the smoke was do- ing to the.: homes and to their boats tied up along the river front. The jury only heard three of the witnesses. Find- ings were announced after almost three hours of deliberation. Attorney John ‘W. Brookfield, jr., who represented the petitioners, stated this morning that he expected to file a number of damage suits in connection with property loss from the smoke. Among the 17 true bills returned were three in the case of an alleged criminal assault on Regina Poole, 17, of the 400 block North St. Asaph street. Those indicted were Thomas Thorpe, John Allison and -George Ford, all of this city, and the case was set for trial October 9. Two of the principal wit- nesses in this case, Policemen Lips- combe and Plerce, have been killed within the past few days. Plead Guilty. Roy Crow and Edward Smith, charged with burglary of the store house of Willlam Washington, August 26, en- tered a plea of guilty following the indictments and will be sentenced October 6. Daniel Miller, indicted on a charge of burglarizing the plant and Co., Inc., July 30, plcad guilty and was given three years in the penitentiary. Louis Diggs, housebreaking and enter- ing home of Kenneth M. Downs in Rosemont July 29, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary following a | plea ‘of guilty. Digss was the man cap- |tured by Downs after a fight which started on the second floor of a house and ended on the lawn. John Leary, for felonious assault on Willie Williams, | May 11, pleaded guilty and received 12 months’in jail. Walter Bayliss, larceny, pleaded guilty and received four months ail, Other indictments were set for trial, most of which will take place the first but no drastic recommendations were | safe of the Alexandria Hay & Grain! Goes in Business, But Not for Profit By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 10.— Walter P. Chrysler, jr., 21-year- old son of the automobile mag- nate, is going into business—but not to make money. More than that, he will not devote his attention e his father's wheels and moters. He has chosen #0 produce books, with out profit. Yesterday he an- nounced filing of incorporation papers for Chesire House, Inc., which he said will publish re- productions of classics' and also contemporary works and sell them at cost. |FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR SLAIN POLICEMAN A, Perry Pierce, Killed by Colored Man, Laid to Rest in Arlington. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 10.— | Puneral services for Policeman A. Perry Pierce were held this afternoon at his residence in Lyon Park. Members of the local force were both active and honorary pallbearers. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors, as the deceased served as a first-class petty officer in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1924. Rev. Plerce S. Ellis, pastor of the First Baptist Church here had charge of the services. ‘The body of Owen Wroten, 17-year- old colored youth, who shot Officer Pierce and died 24 hours later from the effects of three bullet wounds inflicted by the policeman, will be consigned to potters field here at the expense of the city. Police Capt. W. W. Campbell re- ceived a telegram from the bandits home in Denmark, 8. C., yesterday stating that his relatives were unable to stand the expense of sending his body there. s e g, Pastor Buys Property. VIENNA, Va. September 10 (Spe- cial).—Rev. and Mrs. Louis C. Wain- wright of Greencastle, Pa., have pur- chased the property located near the Presbyterian Church on Mill street, owned by Mrs. Emma Newlon, and will take possession October 15. Rev. Wain- wright was for many years pastor of the Vienna Presbyterian Church here and the Irwin Memorial Church at Idylwood, when the latter church was a part of the Vienna charge. week in October. Those indicted also include Steve Nagy, forgery of name of Louis Schiavi for $45; Enoch H. Roland, felonfous shooting E. H. Clayton June 25; Elmer Beasley, burglarizing house of Georgie Prince July 3; Donald K. Lodge, forging name of “Albert Smoot” to a check for $9.80; Eddie Corbin, felonious assault, and George Thompson, burglary at _store house of John H. Coffman July 11, ‘The_jury consisted of J. R. Eddington, J. C. Ramage, Arthur H. Bryant, R. J. Schooley, C. E. Nare, A. N. Shuman, J. H. Newell, C. T. Nicholson and R. Samuel Luckett. BUS LINE STATUS ASKED IN FAIRFAX Commerce Body Orders Study on Proposed Leesburg Route. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANDREW CHAPEL, Va., September 10.—The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce last night instructed its Pub- lic Utilities Committee to investigate the status of bus service along the Leesburg pike from Leesburg to Wash- ington. Last March hearings were held in Richmond before the State Corpora~ tion Commission and three applied for the franchise, which was granted to Hall & Shry of Leesburg. John Rooney of Dranesville stated that the citizens understood that the law uired that operation should start within 30 days after the franchise was granted. If the company does not intend to operate, he aked that its franchise be canceled. Want Electric Service. ‘The Public Utilities Committee was also instructed to take up with the Virginia Public Service Co. the reason for its delay in extending the power lines from Chantilly along the Little River turnpike into Loudoun County. ‘The chamber, on suggestion of the Dranesville citizens, adopted a resolu- tion requesting Resident Engineer R. I. Mount to cut down the tops of five or six sharp knolls on the Leesburg Pike on the three-mile stretch near Dranes- ville which the State is now preparing to hard surface. Rooney pointed out that such action was taken in Loudoun County and the State would save money by making such alterations before the road is macadamized. Road Width Questioned. Upon suggestion of Joseph Berry of Vienna and Frank Lyon of McLean the chamber will endeavor to ascertain from State Chairman H. G. Shirley and from county records the exact width of the State’s right of way on the Lees- burg Pike. Berry stated that the State is claiming only a 30-foot right of way. Supervisors Leigh, Powell and other citizens stated that the right of way is at least 50 feet. Lyon suggested that the chamber ask the board of supervis- ors to have the county engineer plat all the roads of the county, as was done in Arlington County, setting up proper markers along the boundary line and that the State be asked to mark the right of, way of the Leesburg Pike, as is done along the Lee Highway, Allen reported progress on the Hybia Valley Zeppelin Airport negotiations. He stated that he is informed that six months may elapse before the In- ternational Zeppelin Co. reaches a final decision. Fairfax County stands more than an equal chance of being selected as the site of the American terminal. Tests of water samples from the field made by the United States Geolagical Survey and United States Department of Agriculture at the request of the Fairfax chamber have been forwarded to the New York office. Indiana’s automobile fatalities during the first six months of 1930 were 460, ;;: llsx’geue of 24 over the same period ELECTS NEW DIR Special Dispateh to The Star. VIENNA, Va. September 10.—At the annual stockholders’ meeting of the Vienna Trust Co. held here yesterday the board of directors for the ensuing ° term were elected as follows: Franklin ‘Williams, Uégh Bm?, William On‘, M. E. Church of Falls ; Hugh Gunnell, S. N. Jones, Charles; H. Powell, James' U. Kincheloe and John W. Rust of Fairfax; E. C. Gibbs of Mount _Vernon, Charles E. Miller_and H. R. C. Shockey of Oakton and F. N. Hagman of Vienna. U At the meeting of the new board of directors, which followed the stock- holders' meeting, W. R. Gray was made president, Joseph Berry, first vice presi- dent; M. E. Church, second vice presi- dent; John W. Rust, attorney and trust officer; J. B. McDaniel, secretary-treas: urer, and G. N. Cobb, assistant secretory. treasurer. The date of the an stockholders meeting was changed September to the second Wednes January. The report of the tre showed a successful year. (hildren’ s Education No greater heritage can you leave your children than a sound and thorough education, nor is there any purpose for which borrowing is more justi- fied. If you are struggling with the problem of financing your children’s education, consult us and we may be able to assist $540 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to row. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. Miss Beverly Fowler (lower right) of Capitol Heights places an apple in the fruit exhibit. ) ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 10 (Special).—The condition of Mrs. Gene- vieve Griffith, 33, wife of William J. Grifiith, jr., of 1219 Prince street, in- Jured in an auto accident near Middle- burg, Va., late Monday night, was re- ported as unchanged at the Alexandria Hospital this morning. Mrs. Griffith was reported in a coma and was not expected to live. Clarence W. Griffith, 2-year-old son of the injured woman, was rted doing well, as was Edwin n of the same , who sustained a fractured arm. The auto, by William J. Griffith, jr., hus- | driven band of the injured woman, left the road and crashed into a tree. Dick Pines, colored, nearly 70 years riends here yes- terday following his pardon from "the Richmond penitentiary, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting- Arthur Schultz, a Chicago artist, here in 1908. - City Mangger ‘Wallace Lawrence was to confer with heirs of the Hume estate again this afternoon, when he expected Wise Brothers CHEVY CHASE DAIRY REALLY IS “Milk Is the Best Food We Have” U. 8. Government HERE is noth. ing more to reach a final decision as to whether Hume Springs is to be moved to the side of the road or abandoned. City Council meets tomorrow after- noon for the consideration of bids for the city gas works, and the awarding of a 30-year franchise to the success- ful bidders, if acceptable to Council. No Police Court was held this morn- ing, as three arrested yesterday and early today forfeited collateral. 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