Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1930, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., TUESDAY. SEPT EM1 - RITCHIE CHARGES | DODGINGTOG.0.P. Governor, Opening Campaign, Invites Foes to State Dry Law Stand. @pecial Dispatch to The Star HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 16.— | Charging that Maryland Republicans are attempting to dodge the major fssues in the impending elections, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, Howard W. Jackson, David J. Lewis, candidate for the House of Representatives from the sixth Mary- land district, and other speakers, opened the Democratic campaign last night at & dinner here, ‘The tenor of the majority of the speeches indicated that the Democrats ‘will attempt to put the Republicans on the defensive and keep them there. Gov. Ritchie, for three terms Gov- ernor of Maryland, who is running to succeed himself, scored the Repub- licans for their silence on the subject of prohibition. Asks Stand of G. O. P. He said that prohibition has been in force for a long time and that the Republican candidates should have de- vVeloped definite ideas on the liquor question and incorporated them in a platform. Mr. Lewis accused his opponent, Rep- resentative Prederick N. Zihlman with political hypocrisy. He said Mr. Zihi- man drinks wet and votes dry. Declaring thai he, personally, was & teetotaler, Lewis read from the record of a congressional hearing the testi- mony of Representative Zihiman where- in Zihiman admitted he drank. Mr. Jackson, Who supported State Senator David G. McIntosh, Jjr., for the gubernatorial nomination, made a plea for party unity. He pledged his support to Gov. Ritchie and the entire Demo- | cratic ticket. Query to Broening. ‘The Governor, referring to the silence of the Republican candidates on major issues and to a reported statement by Mayor Broening that if he were to be elected he would make Maryland “a really free State,” asked: “Would he have our State free not only to enact such laws as our people want, but also | to refuse to have such laws as they do not want?” “with Mayor Broening as Governor and David A. Robb as attorney general, how free would the people of Baltimore be from the injustices and the conse- quences of a State Volstead act supple- mented by a State Jones act?” After reviewing the effect a State enforcement act would have on the Po- lice Department of Baltimore City, as he sees it, the Governor revived the charge that Galen L. Tait made in this city several weeks ago with reference to Gov. Ritchie's attitude toward the tariff question. “It was_said that more than four years ago I expressed at a peach-grow- ers' convention in Berlin, Md., some views on the tariff with which they found fault. I do not recall it, but whatever was in it was not consiclered by <he Republicans important enough to use in the 1826 campaign, or if it was used certainly the result was not very satisfactory to them. States Tariff Position. “What the Governor has to do with the Pederal tariff I am somewhat at & loss to know, but if my views on the subject are of any importance I do not mind saying this: I do not approve of a tariff wall which cannot conceiv- ebly do anything except injure, if it does not destroy, our foreign trade at a time when an excess of production has brought about the worst conditions of unemployment the country has ever se=n and where there is an obvious ne- cessity of increasing our export trade instead of destroying it, in order that the surplus in the country may be taken up. “Nor do I approve of a tariff walj ‘which invites reprisals and retaliations from other nations with which we trade and whose friendship and good ‘will we ought to have and which, fur- , is causing a rapidly increas- migration of American industries broad. Refers to Farm Angle. “I do mot approve of a tariff bill which, while it promises the farmer equality with industry, as a matter of fact increases the cost of pretty nearly sverything the farmer buys at the same time that the prices of his principal ®ash crops are the lowest in years.” ‘With regard to the possibility that &he fourth term issue might be raised in the Republican campaign, the Gov- ernor pointed to the adoption of the constitution of Maryland in 1864 elim- inating any prohibition of the Governor of the State succeeding himself. The resent constitution, adopted in 1867, e added, makes the same provision. CITIZENS’ BODY HITS OFFICE IN RESIDENCE Chevy Chase Gardens Association Objects to Psychological Read- er's Business Location, Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CHEVY CHASE GARDENS, Md., September 16.—Opposition to the con- tinuance within the area zoned resi- dential of a business conducted by a woman who styles herself as a “‘psycho- logical reader” was unanimously voiced in a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Chevy Chase Gardens Citizens’ As- sociation, with 70 residents present, at Bomerset School last night. The Committee on Zoning presented & report assuring the residents that the establishment of a tea room on Wis- consin avenue between Hunt avenue and Langdrum lane, which provoked a storm of protests recently from citi- zens, would not meet with the approval of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and that no such activity within the area could be | established until the territory had been yezoned after a public hearing, at which 21l parties interested would be given an opnortunity to be heard. Some time ago a similar attempt was made to establish a tea room in the adjoining community of Chevy Chase Terrace, which resulted in the citizens, through thelr assoclation, threatening injunction proceedings, and the project ‘was _dropped. ‘The annual election of officers was held, when Robert A. Littleton was named president, succeeding Charles H. Squire, who has served in that office since the association was organized a year ago, The other officers elected were C. E. Jackson, vice president, and Miss Mabel V. Royce, secretary-treas- urer, with Kent G. Paxton, H. H. Sny- der, J. 8. Shear, H. C. Brunner, R. A. Litfleton and Frederick H Cox as mem- bers of the Executive Committee. Charles H. Squire, Robert M. Pease and Robert A. Littleton were elected dele- gates to the Montgomery County Civic Federation, with Norman D. Keller, Otto Ruppert, jr., and Frederick H. Cox as alternates. Capt. J. M. McCammon was named to represent the association on the Wisconsin Avenue Suburban Commission. Love Cult Member Wins Divorce. RENO, Nev. September 16 (#)— winfield J. Nicholls, member of the Kew York love cult of “Oom the Om- nipotent,” was granted a divorce here terday from Barbara Rutherford ateh Nicholls, daughter of Mrs. Wil- liam K. Vanderbilt. All papers in the ,u-wu-mm_ H | OUTSTANDING MONTGOMERY CITIZEN WALTER B. ARMSTRONG, Secretary of the Monigomery County Civic Federation, who was awarded last night The Evening Star Cup for his service to the county. —Star Stafi Photo. ARMSTRONG WINS IMMIGRATION PLAN OUP FOR SERVIGES. SUPPORT IS URGED Civic Federation Secretary Commissioner Holds Aliens Is Honored With Eve- } Would Not Replace U. S. ning Star Trophy. ‘{ Workers Under System. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., September 16. No American citizens would be thrown The Evening Star Cup for “the mo out of work by aliens under a plan for outstanding service on behalf of Mont- |cxtension of the principle of selective gomery County, Md, each year” was immigration outlined in a radio address awarded last night to Walter B. Arm- | ja5t nj o intay T issioner strong of Cabin_ John, who has served | °°° "’Rh; V- fireih e B s as secretary of the Montgomery County A §eneral of immigration. Civic Federation for five years. | “My appeal to you, my countrymen,” The cup is presented yearly to a Hull added, “is that we follow this far- committee or a delegate of the federa- | seeing vision of our President, so that tion. Its first recipient was Oliver | in the future immigrants shall not en- Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The |ter the country who are unnesded or Star, organiser and first president of | undesirable " the 'federation. The following year, Al said 241,700 immigrants entered 1926-1927, it Went to the LegisIative |the Uniten. States Jost year and that the United States las year and that it and Legal Action Committee, J. Bond |was a reasonable estimate that more Smith, chairman. For the y 1927- | than 50 per cent of them “are today 1928 it was presented to Col. A. B.|qisplacing American citizens who are | Barber, and in 1928-1922 to Maj. E. Brooke Lee. The award last night was | for the year 1929-1930. The latter part of the year in which | the federation had its beginning Mr. | Armstrong took over the duties of cor- | responding secretary. The next year ! he was re-elected, and for the past| three years has served as recording | secretary. Holds Other Positions. Aside from being secretary of the | federation, Mr. Armstrong is a delegate | and secretary to the Interfederation | Conference, member of the Executive | Committee and the Budget Committee | d acting chairman of the Social Wel- fare Committee. The cup was presented last night by | Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, vice president, who presided in the absence of the pres- | ident, Stephen James. The meeting was held in the Bethesda Elementary School. Capt. Cissel sald Mr. Armstrong not only rendered outstanding service to the county last year, but that his work dur- ing the past five years had been of un- | usual caliber. The Evening Star Cup is considered | the highest honor the Civic Federation can convey. The selection of Mr. Arm- strong as its recipient was voted by the body after recommendation by the exec- utive committee, | Resignation Is Accepted. | The resignation of John J. Miller as | treasurer was formally approved by the | federation. Previously it had been ac- cepted tentatively by the executive com- mittee, which recommended that John . P. Farnum be chosen in his place Mr. Farnum was unanimously elected. The Mayor and Town Council of Glen Echo were admitted to member- ship, and the town’s three delegates and three alternates seated. They were Henry T. McCuen, John W. Cuisick and John' C. Leger, delegates, and Edward Fagan, Harrison Bogue and Joseph L. Lovelass, alternates, The only new business introduced last night was a resolution which stated that the swamp lands near Willett Creek breed mosquitoes and endanger the health of the community, and it was requested that United States and Maryland State health authorities take | steps to remedy the condition. The | resolution was referred to the commit- tee on sanitation and public health. Garbage Report Made. Chairman Aubrey Carter of that | committee, Teported that during the | Summer recess of the federation, Con- gress passed a law authorizing the District Commissioners to contract with the authorities of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties for the dis- posal in_District incinerators of trash and garbage from the suburban dis- tricts of the two counties. On mction of Emory H. Bogley of Priendship Heights, Mr. Miller, the re- signing treastrer, was elected to hon- | orary membership in the federation, | Mr. Miller, who also is president of | the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, | is scheduled to sail for Europe Septem. ber 24, where his business will require | his presence for several years. | Mr. Miller reported on the work of the federation in securing adoption by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission of the oval | Watson, 4602 Chevy Chase boulevard, gainfully employed.” “Scientific selective immigration is a far-reaching, progressive move. ‘0 solve | our unemploymert and farm problem,” he_asserted. “If we had had selective immigra- tion 50 years ago,” he added, “there weuld have been no underworld prob- lem of the magnitude nor character that our peace officers now have on their hands. And while the criminal is primarily a social menace and should be dealt with first as such, he also presents an_economic problem of great importance.” His address followed the announce- ment last week by President Hoover, that applications for future immigration visas would be rejected if the appli- cants were likely to become public charges upon reaching this country and add to the unemployment total. He quoted Mr. Hoover as saying in his last message to Congress that “our present, problem is to formulate a meth- od in which a limited number of immi- grants whom we do welcome shall be adapted to our national settings and our national needs.” ELECTION TO BE HELD BY CHEVY CHASE BODY Nominating Committee Proposes Oliver F. Busby for President of Civie Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHEVY CHASE TERRACE, Md., Sep- | tember 16.—The annual meeting of the Chevy Chase Terrace Community Asso- ciation will be held at the home of C. S. this evening at 8 o'clock, when officers for the year will be elected. The Nomi- nating Committee, composed of P. R. Baldridge, W. N. Wood, A. B. Carter, John +H. Swope and H. D. Amiss, will present a report recommending the election _of the following nominees: Oliver F. Busby for president, John vice president, s S B secretary-treasurer, with D. L. Park- hurst and Miss Mary L. Huntington as members of the Executive Committee. For delegates to the Montgomery County Civic Federation the names of Oliver F. Busby, James E. Malcolm and Charles S. Watson will be proposed, with W. B. McEachern, J. Kip Ed- wards and Aub; B. Carter as alter- nates. R. D. Beard is recommended for another term as a member of the Bethesda Fire Board and Charles F.| Thompson, sr., as the association’s rep- resentative on the Wisconsin Avenue Suburban Commission, a ecivic body created by the 13 citizens' and local governmental organizations within the territory between Bradley lane and the District of Columbia line for the consid- eration of problems of mutual interest. In the call for this meeting tonight Charles F. Thompson, secretary of the association, announced that in ‘addition to the election of officers other matters (GLOTH AND HEDRICK FIGHT PREVENTED Arlington Prosecutor Resents Criticism of Delinquent | Tax Collections. | BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT | HOUSE, Va., September 16.—An argu- ment over the method of collecting de- | linquent taxes that is being employed by Commonwealth's Attorney William | C. Gloth resulted in what for a time | promised to be a fistic encounter be- | tween that official and Supervisor B. M. Hedrick during yesterday’s regular | meeting of the board of county super- | visors. | The already strained relations be- tween the two came to a head when | Hedrick found fault With Gloth for | filing sults for the collection of delin- quent taxes without first notifying the | taxpayers of his intentions. Gloth re- | plied that he was only carrying out the | instructions given him by the board, and Hedrick said that these instructions did not include the filing of suits with- out notice. | Difficulties Cited. | At this juncture Chairman Edward | Duncan arose and said that Gloth had been instructed to proceed in the best possible manner, agreeing that Gloth | could not serve notice on many of the owners because of the many changes in ownership and also because a large number of the owners were not resi- dents of the county. Fifty per cent of owners of property are non-residents, | according to County Treasurer E. Wade | all. Duncan said that Hedrick had sug- | gested to the former that Edgar W. Pumphrey be selected to collect. the de- linquent taxes and Hedrick replied that he wanted a ‘“gentleman” to do the work. To this remark Gloth arose and asked Hedrick what he meant, adding that he did not propose to be insulted. Hed- | rick also arose and both indicated their willingness to settle the matter then and there. Sheriff Howard B. Fields was present and grabbed Gloth, Dun- can taking the same precautions with respect to Hedrick, despite the fact that a wide teble separated the would-be combatants, Apology Ts Accepted. Both then decided to continue with the meeting and settle their personal | grievances later, but after a short time Hedrick apologized, explaining that he had not meant to infer that Gloth was not & gentleman. Gloth accepted the | apology and the matter was apparently | settled. Gloth, it will be recalled, is prosecuting the impeachment charges | against Hedrick and was accused by the | latter on the stand with having been responsible for the failure of the in- vestment corporation, of which Hedrick is supervising director, to make settle- ment for the water and sewerage in- stallations in Waycroft Subdivision. Hedrick made a motion to the effect that notices of suit be mailed to those taxpayers whose addreses are known 30 days before the actual suit is filed. Duncan objected to this and both | Gloth and Hedrick were advised to try | to work up some feasible plan before | the special meeting of the board that will be held next Monday for the con- sideration of many water extensions sought by prospective users. Yesterday's meeting of the board, | which was one of the longest of the | Summer, started with a request by the Alexandria Park Association that they | be permitted to extend Columbia Ga dens Cemetery to take in a 550-by-75- foot piece of property already owned by the association. It was explained by J. Hammond Brewer, jr., represent- ing the Lee Boulevard Association, that the cemetery owners had promjsed to | give the highway association approxi mately seven acres of land for a right- -of-way on condition that they be per- mitted to make the cemetery extension. Action Is Postponed. Some nearby property owners Who1 protested the extension were represent- ed by Emory N. Hosmer, who com- plained that the 750-foot measure- ments between protesting property own- | ers and the proposed extension were made from the residences themselves and not_from the lot lines of the resi- dents. In view of the complicated sit- uation arising from the application | request by Mrs. Nat Hynes, president, | | queror of Palestine in the World War, “Give me the money instead” — often that's what Theft of Airplane | Is Charged to Man | Arrested as Drunk | | Special Dispatch to The Star. r CUMBERLAND, Md., September | 16.—Carl Coughenour, formerly of | this city, is in jail here charged with the theft of a Berliner monoplane, valued at $1.200, belonging to John H. Abbott, former Cumberland po- liceman. ‘When Coughenour resisted arrest on a drunk and disorderly charge yes terday and had to be clubbed into submisison, it developed he was wanted on the monoplane theft charge, the warrant being over a year old. final action was postponed until the next regular meeting of the board. Next came requests for water exten- sions, most of which resulted from the | continued drought. Believing that an emergency exists the requirements for | signatures of prospective users was re- | duced from 70 per cent to 50 per cent | and the board decided to put water ex- | tensions ahead of all other county work. | Chairman Duncan announced that he | would lend the water fund $25,000 from | the Jefferson district road fund, which, together with $21,000 now in the water | fund, is expected to be sufficient to care | for all immediate extensions. Unable to complete the consideration of the large number of applications for water that were presented yesterday and in anticipation of many more ex- pected during the week, the board sect aside nekt Monday for a special mee ing for the water users. Several exten- sions were approved yesterday, among them being Lee Terrace, serving 10| houses; Shelly road and Sherman ave- | nue, 19 houses, and another on Sher- | man avenue serving 7 houses. Several | applicants who did not have quite | enough _signatures were instructed to | return next Monday. Petition is Considered. A request for the widening and pav- | ing of two streets on Johnsons Hill was | received and announcement made that Duncan would meet the petitioners dur- | ing the week and decide what to do at | Monday’s meeting. Joseph L. Crupper, representing the Rossiyn Business Men's Association, appeared to ask the immediate improve- | ment of the oil plant road, connecting | Rosslyn and the Military road skirting the eastern boundary of Arlington Na- | tional Cemetery. He was assured that this work would be done as soon as the necessary funds are available, The board took under consideration & | and Mrs. Mary Morris Lockwood, chair= man, of the board of the Arlington Dis- trict’ Library, that the county provide | free housing for the library. ‘The li- | braries in both Jefferson and Washing- | ton districts are housed in county- owned bulldings, they said, and the| present finances of the organization do | not permit the payment of $30 monthly for rent. Their cause was sponsored by | Hedrick, who announced that a suitable | site will be sought. This library serves 50 per cent of the population’ of the county, it was pointed out. Gen. Allenby's Aide Expires. LONDON, September 16 (#).—The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that | Maj. Gen, Sir Louis Bols, chief of staff | of Field Marshal Lord Allenby, con-| is dead at a nursing home in Bath. He | was 63 years old. YOUR OPEN Nights Till 7 PM. Saturdays Till 9 PM. Sundays Till 2 PM. 632 NEW YORK AVE. Polishing—Alemiting—Engine | he sald, stating that the application Car Washed <= WHILE YOU WAIT 90 SIMONIZING, $5.00 up Bill Lynch’s Auto Laundry, Inc. Washington’s Most Modern Auto Laundry ‘“Take all you can afford,” says the modern OLL FRM APPLES | FORLINETORVER Would Pump Product to Its Plant in Rosslyn—Deci- sion Is Delayed. By a S.aff Correspondent of The Star. | ARLINGTON COUNTY _COURT | HOUSE, Va., September 16.—Undaunt- | ed by the refusal of the War Depart- | ment to permit the erection of a wharf by the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia. the American Oil Co. yesterday made application to the Board of County Supervisors for & permit to run lines from the Potomac River to their plant in Rosslyn in order that they might pump oil and gasdline from barges to their plant. Application for the permit was made by T. J. O'Connell, chief engineer of the American Oil Co., and was taken under advisement by the board, mem- bers of whom stated that the proposi- tion would have “to be looked over.” O'Connell revealed that his company proposed to erect an unloading wharf a short distance from the one proposed | by the Sun Oil Co,, in fact upon prop- erty to be acquired from C. H. Great- | house, the same owner with whom the | Sun Oil Co. had an agreement to pur- chase his land provided the wharf per- | mit_could be obtained. | When questioned after he left the board room, O'Connell stated that since the board of supervisors had granted a permit to the Sun Oil Co. for the erec- tion of a plant and the American Ol Co. already had their plant and now wants only a permit for the laying of their pipes, he does not see how the permit can be refused by the county governing body. The question of what the War Depart- ment will do is one vet to be decided, yesterday was but the first move in the efforts of his company to take advan- tage of more economic means of trans- portation. The lines, if erected, would cross the Les Highway and then fol- low through several streets to reach the company’s plant. | Proves His Skill as Dive Tackler. NEW YORK, September 16 (#).—On | land or sea Hersh Martin is a great dive tackler. Formerly fullback at the University of Missouri and now con- nected with a professional team on Staten Island, he dived fully clad from the upper deck of a ferry boat to save another passenger who had jumped overboard. He kept the man afloat till a lifeboat came. Efforts to revive the rescued man failed. Faith 7](;0;‘!11760“ Divorce. RENO, Nev., September 16 (P).— Faith Cole MacLean was granted a divorce here yesterday from Douglas MacLean, motion picture actor, on grounds of ‘desertion. They married in New York in 1924. Notei "S;erdish Writer Dies. FLORENCE, Italy, September 16 (#). _Tortsen Holm, noted Swedish writer, died yesterday at his villa near Scan- dicei, at the age of 52. Saturdays Sundays & Holidays $1.25 627 K ST. N.W. Cleaning—Top Dressing, Etc. the woman of twenty-five years ago said when her husband sug- woman. “Then you won't be worrying about me plan for a portal park on Wisconsin avenue at the District line. Financial Survey Progress. Mr. Bogley, chairman of the general committee in charge of the federa- tion's dinner last Spring, reported on the financial settlement of indebted- ness incurred by the affair. The meet- of interest will be presented. Oliver P. Busby, president, will preside. TWO DRY AGENTS GET TRANSFER TO NEW YORK ing voted thanks to the committee and especially to George P. Sacks and Maj. E. Brooke Lee, who were largely in- strumental in financing the dinner. Frederic Lee of Edgemoor, reported | progress on the preparation of a finan- cial survey of the county. The Bethesda School was selected as the site for all meetings this year un- less another place is particularly speci- fled. Plans Dance Recital. LAUREL, Md., September 16 (Spe- cial).—Mrs. Grace H. Milette will pre- sent her second annual dance recita] Ask That They Be Moved From Maryland-District of Co- lumbia Section. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 16. - At their_own request, Prohibition Agents Leo P. Darr and Basil N. Quinn have been transferred from the Maryland- District of Columbia district to the New York jurisdiction Quinn was arrested several weeks when he was involved in a fist fight with & motorist after a traffic_accident here. For his part in the fight the for the benefit of the Elementary School Pridax niabs al 8 @'clock a4 the ashopl. agent was fined seven days' pay by oadeack, gested paying out premiums for more Life Insurance for her NE doesn't hdve to sell the idea of Life Insurance to the modern woman. 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