Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 4

PLAN WIND TEST ~ ATHYBLA VALLEY ‘Direction and Velocity to Be ' Btudied at Proposel Zeppe- “lin Terminus Site. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 13.— series of meterological instruments for ing wind direction and velocity Wwill be installed at Hybla Valley, one of $he sites under consideration for the American terminus of the In- Bernational Zeppelin Transport Corpo- tion by the Alexandria Chamber of erce. The local chamber, in co-operation with the Washington Board of Trade and the Washington Airport, will look after installation and maintenance of instruments. The local chamber will ge charts each morning at 8 o'clock, . S. T, and readings will continue | period to end about February 1, 931. A 50-foot tower will be erected to yport the instruments. ard T. Van Orman, internationally ywn balloonist and recently winner of e International Gordon Bennett Cup gaces for the fourth time, has already over the site and decided upon the tion for the equipment. Van Orman d others were here yesterday con- this matter, and also consider- :; the placing of a spur track into the fleld by the R., F. & P. Ratlroad Co. The instruments will include a wind Mirection and velocity recorder for rec- ording automatically wind directions and velocities, wind vane anemometer, United States Weather Bureau pattern, with a column 26 feet in height, to in- elude a fourfoot spreadtail wind vane, ounted upon 8 :;‘rrlng head, and & ree-cup anemometer. Only three sites are being considered Spi e *hmon . drl:‘. &’: local chamber believe t chances for the selection of the la Valley site are very good. lOTOR—CYCLE OFFICER ASKS $10,000 DAMAGES Robert Lynn Charges G. A. Brown, Waynesboro Plumber, With Care- less Operation of Car. @pecial Dispatch to The m.u i 1 {UNTON, Va. September 13.— 61;: of motion of suit for $10,000 fibun filed with the Augusta County amucounhenlgmmm Lynn, gu motor cycle officer, against G. A. d plumber.‘ol vi’n‘]urlu"":\isfilinefl asks or P!fl;rmu:g!ylu, when a truck driven = ‘Brown collided with Lynn's motor eycle on the Jefferson Highway near bt n charges Brown with carelessly ioperating an automobile, alleging that 88 & result of the collision he sustained serious md' gemlmnem mjufle; :nh: m‘t‘mmenl ‘weeks local hos- e o er Tead ‘abrasions. K. OF P. NAME OFFICERS FOR WEST VIRGINIA Cecil T. Hill of Charleston Is Se- lected Grand Chancellor of Lodge. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. 3 MARTINSBURG, W. Va, September 38 —Cecll T. Hill of Charleston was elected grand chancellor of the Grand | Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of West Vir- | at g::h. the annual convention in khannon, Other officers named: Grand vice chancellor, T. H. Scott, juefield; grand prelate, James Denley, | ellsburg; grand keeper of records and | geals, O. J. Rife, Kenova; grand master of exchequer, Albert J. Schmidt, Wheel- ing; grand inner guard, Vincent J. W. Beott, South Charleston; grand outer G. Sanders, Terra Alta; held in Charleston. U. S. WILL ESTABLISH APPLE FIELD OFFICE {Prices and Marketing Conditions to Be Reported on at Mar- tinsburg Branch. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., September | Roge 3.—A fleld office of the United States u of Agricultural Economics for duration of the apple season will be established here September 15 to issue reports on prices and mlrknm‘g eondition of apples, it is announced. #. Nicholson will be in charge. The office will serve the entire apple belt. as is usual, with this daily info: fnation and also report to other inter- ested growing and marketing sections $he conditions here. POWER RATE REDUCED Danville Hopes to Attract Indus- tries by New Scale. Bpecial Dispatch to The DANVILLE, Va., Se| Sain industries will be provided cheaper electric rates under an ordinance adopt- ed by the city council at its meeting Wednesday night. The ordinance provided the same rate Qor lighting current as for power cur- gent to industries contracting annually a monthly demand of 75 kilowatts which the lighting current demand does not exceed 50 per cent of the total demand. The ordinance was devised as 8n inducement to existing and possible ew industries. TAX PAYING TIME! CONSULT WITH US AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU PAY YOUR TAXES BY OUR SMALL-MONTHLY-DEPOSIT PLAN. For each 360 or fraction borrowed you agree to de- it $5 a month an account, the wh may be used to cancel the note when éue. Deposits moy be made on o weekly, semi- monthl or monthly as you prefer. $6,000 MORRIS PLAN Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. the council. Easy to Pay By the Associated Press. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 13.— More relics of the days when the red man roamed the forests of Washington County have come to_ light, this time within a few miles of Hagerstown. Harry Wolf, boy's work secretary of the Y. M. C. A, who has made an ex- tensive study of Indian lore, discovered the spot where an important Indian battle took place at the time when the settlement of Conococheague (now Wil- liamsport) was being settled. The place is on a farm alopg the abandoned C. & O. Canal and a short distance below Pinesburg. In three hours Wolf and his son Ber- | nard, aided by the directions of Robert Banzhoff of Pinesburg, picked up 35 good arrowheads, 35 broken heads and many Indian implements. From these discoveries Wolf said it seemed quite plain that an Indian vil- lage was Jocated along the banks of the Potomac not far from Willlamsport. Indications of villages also were found A4 ____THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 14, 1930—PART ONE. SITE OF INDIAN BATTLE IS FOUND UPON FARM NEAR WILLIAMSPORT Arrowheads and Implements of Strife Between Tribes Are Picked Up. recently at Big Pool by Y. M. ©. A. members, A history of Was County by Williams tells of a battle between the Indians. “On the west side of the mouth of the Conococheague Creek, after the settlement had begun, another conflict took place between the Cataw- bas and the Delawares, and the Dela- wares again were defeated,” says the history. All except one warrior, it is related, escaped, and he was sheltered in the house of Charles Friend, who lived near PR eounts county was a great huntin ground for the Indians, l:; they f h{ over it on several occasions. A u:‘fiu battle was (ou{m near the mouth of Antietam Creek, scene of the bloody Civil War battle, near ‘Sharpsburg, and graves have been exhumed there and relics found. One of the finest specimens found in the search near Willlamsport was an Indian cutting implement, probably used for cutting skins in making garments. LA PLATA HIGH TO GET 25 DESKS Transportation Service on Two &Bus Rontes to Be Extended by School Board. Special Dispatch to The Star. LA PLATA, Md., September 13.—-The County Board of Education at its Sep- tember meeting authorized the purchase of 25 additional desks to accommodate the increased enrollment at La Plata h School. board also decided to enlarge the transportation service on the Pomfret- White Plains and the Mattawoman- ‘Waldorf bus routes to relieve the over- crowded condition that prevails on these two routes. Both of these busses trans- W: zu f:o thl',l"‘h Plata School. e elegation, George Carpen as principal speaker, came before the board and asked that transportation be | supplied for the children in Mount Vic- toria section to the Glasva High School, The board promised that effort would be made to care for these children. Plans were also decided upon to trans- port Katherine Mills and Marion Han- cock to La Plata High School. These girls completed junior work at that school last year. A change in bus ithout transportation Fall. The board ordered liability insurance be placed on all busses transporting school children. The board will pay one-half the premium and the con- tractor will pay the other half. A scholarship to St. John's College was awarded to Carl Lyon, who was graduated in June from Lackey High School. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.| Ernest A. Lyon of Indian Head. o DANVILLE AND ROANOKE AIRPORT GROUPS NAMED Conditions and Practices in All Parts of U. 8. to Be Studied by Committees. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., September 13— ‘The American Engineering Council to- day announced the appointment of air- port committees .at Danville and Roa- noke among the more than 100 such committees that are to study airport conditions and practices in all parts of the country. works at Danville, was named chairman of the Danville committee, which in- cludes A. L. Fuller, C. Howard Hylton and W. B. Sours. Hylton is assistant director of public works and Sours is a civil engineer. C. L. Watkins, city engineer, was| named chairman of the flnlnoke_vz;om- Breakell. Organization of a Richmond commit- tee was recently announced by Carl E. | Crunsky of San Prancizco, president of MRS. MITTIE ROGERS DIES Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va. BSeptember 13.—Mrs. Mittie Rogers of Stanley died at her home Thursday. Her condition had peen serious for six months. |52 years old. Mrs. Rogers 45 survived by two sis- ters, Mrs. Charles H. Kite of Ingham and Mrs. Charles Alger of Honeyville, and one brother, James R. Painter of Stanley. She also leaves a son, Lloyd rs of North Carolina, and two daughters, Mrs. Oliver Seekford and Miss Charlotte Rogers. Funeral serv- ices were comducted by Rev. J. E. ‘Tucker. C. L. Scott. jr, director of public b Bhe was | | LOUDOUN CO. PHYSICIANS MEET IN PURCELLVILLE Medical Bociety Given Demonstra- tion in Hypnotics by Dr. Gerdis of Washington. Special Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va., September 13. —The Loudoun County Medical Society met at the home of Dr. Frank Simp- son in Purcellville on Thursday eve- ning. A large number of doctors were in attendance. The principal speakers of the evening were Dr. J. C. Eckhardt of the OColumbia Medical Building, Washington, D. C.,, who read a paper on “Vitamins in Cod-Liver Oil and Other Foods,” and Dr. W. A. Bloedorn, also of the Columbia Medical Building, Washington, D. C., who read & paper on “New Aspects of the Heart and Car- diac Therapeutics.” An unusual and interesting feature of the program was a demonstration in hypnotism by Dr. Joseph H. Gerdis of Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C. Officers of the soclety are Dr. G. Frank Simpson, president; Dr. J, B. Hackley and Dr. G. 8. Musgrave, vice residents, and Dr. W. C. Bailey, Lees- gurl‘ secretary. TOBACCO PRODUCERS TO HEAR OF METHODS Meetings to Explain Marketing and Grading Procedure to Be Held Around Danville. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, ., September 13.—A series of meetings are to be held throughout Pittsylvania County in the near future, under the auspices of the State division of markets for the Fed- eral - State tobacco graders, for the purpose of explaining the methods which will be practiced on the Dan- ville tobacco market this season. AI :vpl::enuuvt will be on hand to explain how these gradings appl. to different types of tobacco. Y Will Conduct Mission. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. September (Special).—A mission will be con- st.m:u;y‘ld‘cathol\e , beginni unday, Sep- wrnt:er 28, and ending Sunday, Octo- —_— Unemployment in Quebec is decreas- ing, and road workers have recently been granted a wage increase of 50 cents a da; Interest on Savings | Compounded Semi-Annually U. S. TREASURY SUPERVISION COLUMBIA PERMANENT BUILDING ASSOCIATION 733 12th St. N.W. Loans are pass~ ed within a day or two after lflfln' on— applicat Monthly MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made 1 vear, {:«m they may ven for any to 12 months. of from 3 BANK' $500.00 SEEK EIGHT MEN INWOMAN'S DEATH Warrants Issued Following Death of Former Nurse From Wounds. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 13.— On information given by Philadelphia muce. Montgomery County suthorities y had 'glclmnu issued for eight men, described as Philadelphia gang- sters, in connection with the killing of Mrs. Ruth Radler, 27-year-old divorcee and former Philadelphia and Chicago nurse. Mrs. Radler was found in a dying condition on a lonely road near Ambler, a suburb, last Tuesday. She died sev- eral hours later in a hospital from & bullet wound in the back of her head. In_ addition to the wound, she had suffered cuts and bruises on her limbs, and authorities expressed the opinion she had been beaten and shot and thrown out of an automobile at the lonely spot. Police said they had learned that ‘Thomas Lambert, & University of Pennsylvania student who had given them clues to Mrs. Radler's killing, had received a threatening letter and had left the city. Lambert gave in- vestigators a description of a man seen at Mrs. er's apartment several hours before she was found slain. District Attorney Frank X. Renninger received the report of the coroner's physician, who performed an autopsy on the woman's body. The report ‘states that she had been killed with a | bullet from a .22 caliber revolver after a struggle. Mrs. Olga Dean, sister of Mrs. Rad- ler, with whom the slain woman lived in & Philadelphia apartment; Mrs. Dean flance, William Thompson, and Thompson’s mother, Mrs. Catherine ‘Thompson, were questioned at le: yesterday by . Afterward district attorney sald none of the three was implicated and that none was able to shed much light on the killing. RITES FOR MRS. SISSON Burial of Fairfax Resident to Fol- low CHurch Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., September 13.—Mrs. Samuel W. Sisson, 62 old, who died suddenly Thursday morning, will be buried Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Southern Methodist Church, Rev. L. B. Atkins officiaf Church services will follow a special service at the home conducted by Providence Council, No. 9, Daughters of America, of which Mrs. Sisson was a past coun- cllor. Interment will be in Fairfax Cemetery. Mrs. Sisson has lived in Fairfax Coun- ty ever since her marriage. She was formerly Miss Cora Lyles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lyles of Alex- andria. 8he is survived by six chil- dren, Mrs. Edith Jerman of The Plains, Mrs. Alma Dewey of Ballston. Mrs. Florence M. Whalen of Pairfax, Edward L. Sisson of Merrifield, John C. Sisson and Samuel W. Bisson, jr.. of Fairfax. ‘Two sisters survive, Mrs. Florence Hil- leary and Mrs. Ella Risdon of Wash- ington. F. G. SHULTZ DIES Special Dispatch to The Btar. Prank G. Shults, lite-le of the Greenville section, at his home Wednesday night follow- ing a heart attack. His widow, Mrs. Emma Shultz, herself seriously il has not been advised of her husband's death. also are the following five : and Willlam Shultz of North Carolina, C. D. S8hultz of Staun- ton, and Earl Shultz and Dr. Fred S. Shults of Greenville. Funeral services will be held this afternoon from Bethel ber 13— resident suddenly byterian Church. Here you can buy STERLING SILVER THE Unit—+-Unit Way AND PAY FOR IT On the Sterling Silversmiths’ GUILD PURCHASE PLAN T fourth now and the balan monthly payments. Colonial Simplicity HE Purchase Plan of the Sterling Silversmiths’ Guild enables you to obtain immediately as much sterling as you need—Pay approximately one- BYZANTINE ART MUSEUM BEING MADE FOR SESSION Villa of Eccentric American-Born Frenchwoman Will House Athens Display. ATHENS (#).—In view of the Byzan- tine Congress, to be held here in Octo- ber, & new museum of Byzantine art is being Prepared by Prof. George Sote- riou in the former villa of that strange Frenchwoman born in America, the Duchess of Platsance (Piacenza). Born at Baltimore in 1787, the duch- ess married one of Napoleon's marshals, but left him to come to Greece with her daughter, whose embalmed body she subsequently carried about with her till it was burned in a fire. Very super- stitious, she never ite finishe L3 house, and her villa, Ilissia, was com- pleted only after her death in 1854. Until lately it served as barracks. She ordered that a shepherd should watch over her grave and that a bottle of wine should be buried with her, in case she came to life in the grave. MRS. JAMES L. KING DIES Hyattsville Woman Had Been Active in Philanthropic Work. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 13— Mrs. James L. King, Maple and Cedar avenues, prominent in church and philanthropic work, died here this | pe, week. She had been in poor health for some time. Mrs. King was prominent in various activities of the First Presbyterian Church of Hyattsville, was the first treasurer of the Associated Charitles of Hyattsville and vieinity and took an active part in the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Besides her husband, Mrs. King leaves a son, Clifton King of Cumber- land, Md., and a brother, Charles F. Glass of Hyattsville. e, SCHOOL HEADS MEET Augusta County, Va., Principals Re-elect 0ld Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. Prel to opening of all Augusta County high schools & meeting of the principals was held in the office of the division superintendent and officers, all re-elected, were named to serve for the coming year. ‘They are: J. D. Kramer, president, ‘Weyers Cave High School; R. V. Mc- Clure, vice president, Greenville High School, and Frank Roston, Craigsville High School, secretary and treasurer. At & meeting of the Augusta County Literary and Athletic League, which immediately followed, the officers were elected: O. president; H. J. Meredith, vice presi- dent, and E. E. Cox, secretary and treasurer. For Your Convenience Open Evenings 7 to 9 P.M. Examine the New Models Super Automatic Oil Heater Oil-Electric Oil Burner At New Low Prices— Terms Can Be Arranged Don’t Delay Wallace Engineering Co. 904 12th St. N.W. ce in ten equal FAIRFAX WILLIAM AND MARY Four Fairfax Units, $61.68 If Your Home Is Appointed in the COLONIAL OR GEORGIAN STYLE You’ll Be Interested in These Sterling Patterns LADY CONSTANCE POINTED ANTIQUE MINUET A Useful Unit in (Sufficient Silver to Set Ome Cover) Consisting of dessert knife and fork, 2 teaspoons, bouillon spoon, butter spreader and salad fork ALSO PATTERNS IN THE AND MODERN STYLES 57 Years of Reliability Boldsmith & To. 1225 F Strect. NW. Six Fairfax Units, $92.50 Fairfax $1 542 RENAISSANCE CHESAPEAKE DUCK BLIND LAWS ARE EXPLAINED BY GAME WARDEN Agreement Between U. S. and State Authorities Covers Sites More Than 300 Yards From Shore. Special Dispatch to The Btar. BALTIMORE, September 13.—Regu- lations governing the construction of duck blinds on Chesapeake Bay were announced yesterday by E. Lee Le- Compte, State game warden, after a conference with Capt. Harry F. Tunis of the United States Engineers’ Office. LeCompte's instructions included the terms of an agreement between the Engineers’ Office and the conservation | Quee! commission which in effect nullifies a Federal law which prohibits the erec- tion or establishment of any obstruction in navigable waters. “Last October,” the game warden ex- plained, “the War Department caused considerable uneasiness to the owners of duck blinds in Mfiy}lnd watdrs by its announcement of intention to en- force regulation. “Recently, however, the War Depart- |, ment revised this lation, and the new requirements, with a few excep- tions, are about the same as the old LeCompte further explained that in uired to apply to the United States amflc‘ enlfi":«'l office for a Federal permit. i “These areas include the bay shore of Anne Arundel County, ids and Bre Chesapeake. Bay adjacent to Popiss Che e Bay adjacen! !Tlclnfl and Coaches Neck, the waters north in a straight line from Black Walnut Point to Benonis Point in Talbot County, and Prospect Bay in n Annes Couty.” All that will : mke?u{:: the fr!; permit, LeCom| , wi & rougl sketch of '.hc‘:.hm line and the pro- posed site of the blind. EIGHT DIE FROM FIRE 88 Are Injured in West Virginia During August. Special Dispatch to The St: MARTINSBURG, W. Va., September 13.—Fire caused eight deaths and 38 persons were burned or injured during ALLEGANY REPUBLICANS HEADED BY RUSSLER Re-elected Committee Chairman ‘Was Renominated for County Post Monday. Special Diepatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 183, —The Republican State Central Com- mittee for Allegany County organized for the campaign by re-electing County Commissioner Nelson W. Russler chair- man. Mr. Russler was renominated for county commissioner at the primary last Monday. Miss Grace 8. Shaffer, Frost- burg, was elected secretary-treasurer of the committee. The other members of the committee are J. Grant Hayden, ‘Westernport; _Somerville . Nicholso: Cumberland; Edward Muir, Midi H James Holmes, Lonaconing: George Kemp, Prostburg, and J. Phillp Roman, Cumberland. Republican headquarters have been opened in the Liberty Trust B}lllfldlfll, with Miss Catherine Grimm in charge. Mayor Broening, Republican nomi- nee for Governor, will make a tour of Allegany County on October 21. Chair- man Russler, the Young Men's Repub~ lican Club and the local leaders will arrange for a caravan to escort the nominee to every section of the county. Tollowing . Crute, | NEAR THIRTEENTH STREET sections of Maryland where the State law provides it is unlawful to erect du blinds more than 300 yards from shore, licensees of the blinds will be required to obtain a Federal “However,” he added, “in sections where the State law provides ducking blinds may erected more than 300 yards from shore, licensees will be re- August in this State, according to the report of Fire Marshal O. O. Stahlman of Charleston. The fatalities included six men, a woman and a girl. Two deaths were caused by gasoline explo- sions, while powder and cartridge blasts, fighting fires, cigarette, electrocution and burning trash claimed the other victims. The Cambria-Majestic 132426 Euclid Street N.W. 2 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath, $42.50 IT’S THERE WHEN WANT IT! 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