Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1930, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, EPTEMBER 1930. SHERIFF'S AID HELD IN HiJACK PROBE Colored Prince Georges Dep- uty and Three Others 27, A-S FIRE DESTROYS APPLE TREES NEAR LEESBURG Blaze Burns Over Four-and-a-Half Acres of High Point Orchard. FIRE LEVELS BUILDINGS ON FARM AT CALVIN RUN GREAT POTOMAC SPAN PUSHES TOWARD COMPLETION * VOTING REGISTRARS T0 SIT NEXT WEEK Montgomery Election Boardsi Also to Hold Sessions October 7 and 14. | Barn and Outbuilding of Emory ‘Wheeler Destroyed in Spec- tacular Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLVIN RUN, Va., September 27.— | Fire, thought to have started from the cigarette of a tramp sleeping in & hay mow, last night restroyed a barn and Special Dispateh to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., 2 A outbuilding on the farm of Em Sixty men fo it & in Marlboro Jail. Wheeler Here. The loss, estimased ab | two_hours. Jestoriay araoormn Tt 4o $10,000, is partially coversd by insur- | High Point Orchard near here before ance, the blaze was brought under control. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 27—/ The supervisors of elections today de- livered to the officers of registration for the various election precincts of the county the registration books, blanks and other paraphernalia to be used at the sittings of the registrars on Tues- day of next week; Tuesday, October 7, and Tuesday, October 14. The sessions. next Tuesday and on October 14 will be for the registration &nd transfer of qualified voters and wili be the last chance before the November tlection for enrollment or transfer. On ‘Tuesday, October 7, the registrars sit for_the purpose of revising the books, and the supervisors of elections have | called their attention to the fact (hltl they are not permitted by law to enroll any voters on that day. A new view of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, with both spans of the draw elevated. In the distance is Lincoln Memorial. —Underwood Photo. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., September 27.—David Jones, colored, deputy sheriff of Prince Georges County, and three male companions, one of them white, were arrested last night by State Policeman William Rogers and prohibi- tion officials following an investigation of reports that the men had been en- gaged in hi-jacking on nearby roads. Jailed at Mariboro. The quartet were jailed at Marlboro on charges of investigation, and the evidence against them will be laid be- fore State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran today. Deputy Sheriff Jones is reputed to have ropresented himself as a Fed- A call was sent to the Herndon Fire Department, followed by & general alarm to all departments in this sec- tion. McLean, Falls Church, Clarendon |and Ballston ‘were soon on' the scene. | Cherrydale started, but burned out a bearing en route. The fire was very | spectacular and a crowd of several thousand spectators thr the roads and flelds. Deputy She Paul Her- man arrested J. R. Keys of Lincolnia, who was said by the McLain depart- ment to be obstructing traffic for the fire engine. Hc will be tried tonight at Falls Church before Justice Moling. The barn was comparatively new. 1t contained 30 tons of recently baled hay, between 200 and 300 bushels of wheat and corn and all of Wheeler's farming implements. ‘The garage, which also was burned, had an automobile and Starting at 12:30 o'clock from an un- known cause and accelerated by the material in its path, it quickly s over four and a half acres, destroying & number of trees filled with apples. Buildl nearby were saved by attach- :25 & plow to a truck and turning the around them. The Purcellville and Leesburg fire companies were summoned and aided in extinguishing the flames. The loss is estimated at several thou- sand am. Point Orchard belongs to W. 8. Hoge, jr., of Washington, D.'t.!. OIL MAN ADDS TO WEALTH Is Awarded $65,000 for Injuries v "m“':&‘l !‘:‘ L s Inflicted by Truck. ‘Wheeler st e cl big | SAPULPA, Okla., September ( double doors to the barn when he went | M. A. mpemmnlm{ Baku, "Ru‘:n to bed. When he was roused by the fire | oil man, accidentally found a measure call, they were standing open, leading | of wealth in the Oklahoma fields, him to believe that a tramp had gone in A district court jury yests after dark to sleep. Wheeler is the fa- | awarded him $65.000 for injuries - ther of Deputy Sheriff Dick Wheeler. |fered -when struck by a truck of the Joe Birch of the Falls Church Fire | Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. Department sustalned a dislocated shoulder. He was given first aid, but refused a doctor. Sit Twelve Hours. ‘The registrars will sit on all three days, according to notice given the supervisors of elections, from 9 a.m. to ® p.m. at the following places: Laytonsville district—Both boards in Modern Woodmen Hall, Laytonsville. Clarksburg—Both boards in store room of Charles W. Gibson, Clarksburg. Poolesville—Both boards in A Town Hall, Poolesville. Rockville, first precinct—Both boards in Dixie Tavern, Rockville, Rockville’s second precinct — Both boards in fire engine house, Rockville. Colesville—Both boards in W. C. T. U._Hall, Colesville. Darnestown—Garage of A. W. Beall, Darnestown. Bethesda, first precinct—Both boards in county building, Bethesda. Bethesda's second precinct — Both boards in library building, Chevy Chase. Bethesda, third precinct—Commu- nity House, Glen Echo. Olney, first precinct — Shop of Charles Hawkins, Olney. Olney, second precinct—Memorial Hall, Brookeville. precinct—Both eral officer. ‘While a number of white persons have reported being hi-jacked recently, according to Sheriff Charles 8. Early, it was the complaint of Walter Francis Tucker, 17-year-old son of Policeman Charles H. Tucker of the second pre- cinct, Washington, that led to the ar- rests last night. Claims Car Almost Wrecked. ‘Young Tucker claims the men almost PEPINEA Y wrecked his car in forcing him to stop . 2 on Central avenue. He also claimed More than 100 street cleaners today Otis Elevator Official Dies. the men shot at him, but the prisoners he NEW YORK, September 27 (#)— | deny this. e a N e IEEY | ¥iliam Delevun Baliuin, Shnituias o6 | - Niamuchiae s daghity aleith hiw it brother employes. the board of the Otis Elevator Co., died | right to stop a car, Prince Georges The strikers were gathered about | suddenly last night at his home, French | officials were uncertain today as to the corridors of the federal district | Hill Farm, Yorktown Helghts, N. Y. He what, if any, charges can be preferred government building. Unsatisfiea with was 73 years old. against Jones. promises of government officials to study their demands, they announced they would remain on strike until they died and “impose the financial burden of their funerals on the government as punishment.” Former employes of the Zahler Candy Factory, who also had been on & hun- ger strike in the government building corridors, abandoned their movement Friday night. ROCKVILLE. | MEXICO CITY WORKERS | T | KEEP UP HUNGER STRIKE | Street Cleaners Enter Upon Fourth Day Protesting Dismissal of Fellow Employes. ROCKVILLE, Md, September 27| ' % (Special).—William Columbus - Craw- ford, retired farmer and long-time resi- | dent of this county, died Wednesday (at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Bowman, at Germantown, aged 75 years. He had been ill about a year | of a complication of diseases. He is Alexandria Council Moves t0| W " Trompeon® o "Sheers, Mrs. Walter and Mrs. Bowman, Sell to Seaboard The funeral took place yesterday aft- Company. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 27.— Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1i4c per day and S¢ Sunday. Can you ford to be without this service at this cost? Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once, Mrs. Boissevain Gets Divorce. PARIS, September 27 (#).—Estelle B. Carroll Boissevain was granted a divorce from John Boissevain in the French courts today. Their residence is in gew York, where they were married 1923, | ernoon from the Neelesville Presbyterian | Church, near Germantown, the service | being conducted by the pastor, Rev. William H. Topping. Burial was in the church cemetery. Special Dispatch to The Star. Dr. H. H. Sherman, educational sec- RIA, Va., September 27— | I€tary of the Baltimore Conference of Sale of the municipally owned gas- | the Methodist Episcopal Church South, generating plant and mains to the | And Rev. Noble B. Harmon, editor of | Seaboard Investment Trust for a con. | the Baltimore Southern Methodist, who sideration of $750,000, was officially | Are attending the annual meeting of the authorized by city council in meeting | Baltimore conference in Washington, here yesterday afternoon. The sale | Will preach in the Rockville Methodist Gaithersburg, first will be effective October 1. The bid |Church tomorrow morning and eve- boards in Masonic Hall, Gail .1of the Seaboard Co., which is the |DINE respectively, according to an- Gaithersburg, second precinct—Ga- | holding company of the Washington | RoOuncement by the pastor, Rev. Frank ;-“g: of C. C. Waters & Son, Gaithers- | Gas Light Co. and the Rosslyn Gas |A- Tyler. rg. Light Co.,, was accepted by council a | Licenses have been issued here for Potomac—Knights of Pythias Hall, 2go. Potomae. the marriage of Otto C. Rogge, 25, of b Rockville, Md., and Miss Betty Gundel, 22, of Washington; Melvin H. Parsons, 23, and Miss Amelia Schaeffer, 29, both of Washington, and Michael John | Bassi, 21, and Miss Margaret Shearer, 18, both of Washington, Additional candidates at the recent Democratic ary election in this | county have filed with the clerk of the circuit court here, as required by law, sworn statements of their campaign e: penditures, as follows: Preston B. Ray, for clerk of the Circuit Court, $245; Eugene H. McLachlen, for county com- Council also granted a franchise to the newly formed Alexandria Gas Co. to operate here. Alexandria Gos Co. has been chartered by the State Corporation Commission to do U. | business here. George A. G. Wood is president of the new concern. Seek Price on Quality. A discussion of rates came up dur- ing the consideration of the final action on the sale, and officials of chasing company sought to have coun- cil allow them to reduce the cost of WoobwARD & LOTHROP 10™ 11™ F aAND G STREETS Grange Hall at Barnesville. Barnesville—Both boards in Grange Hall, Barnesville. Damascus—Both boards in Jr. O. A. M. Hall, Damascus. ‘Wheat About Things ‘Wheaf prec — it it bell below a quality of 600 | missioner, $313; Willlam A. Bogley, boards ‘l':' h::lm"{m of g e i':mn thermal units, %:mmeu. how- | for judge of the Orphans’ Court, . Church, Takoma Park ever, ruled that the wording of the | $132.50; Marvin Farrington, for the | I ‘Wheaton, precinct—Both boards | franchise must be adhered to. House of Delegates, $100; Odorion W. | 0 onla * 0 o 0 Armory Silver On a basis of the $1.15 per 1,000 cubic | Roby, for the House of Delegates, ‘Wheaton, sixth district—Both boards | feet rate for users of less than 50,000 | $47.35; Charles J. Maddox, for county tn fire i ‘Takoma Park. cubic feet per month, a gas of 535 B. T. | surveyor, $31.50; John B. Diamond, jr., 'Wheaton, seventh Both | U. quality would® be for at a |for county commissioner, $215; Miilard | ith precinct — boards in basement of M. E. Church, ‘Woodside. MAN EXONERATED tember 36 and October 1, thus balancing | charged fraction under $1.03 per 1,000 cubic feet. make the rates definite, which in the matter. ‘The city will read all meters on Sep- E. Peake, for the State Central Com- mittee, §15; Ralph S. Morrison, for the House of Delegates, $25; Thomas W. Perry, James P. Gott and Frederick Stohlman, for the State Central Com- mittee, nothing. 30_days after the primary election. PRISM LAMPS, those quaint affairs of Colonial ancestry traditional Oil Pot lamps . . . the amounts used, and will collect for | The law requires that all statements | charming brass candlesticks t date. cit: ill fur- | of candidates be filed with the clerk | IN TRARFIC DERT N S s e o M D | o T iy, et i th within | + . every type of lamp to use | Allen G. Rossignold Held Not Re- 24 holder and a month's l;x:ly of materials t is turned over. Surveys Due October 2. Miss Margaret Ansdell, Red Cross nutrition expert, who 1s engaged in nutrition work in this county, under with your Colonial furniture you will find in our Lamp Sec- 5 . On October 2 surveyors will be here | auspices of the Montgomery County tion. Prices begin at $5. sponsible by Hyattsville 1n connection with extending the mains | Red Oross Chapter. wil. begin o ins | N to ‘the outlying sections, where there | schools of the county on Wednesday, it Lamrs, Sevenrn FLoOR. PR Coroner’s Jury. are 600 petitioners for gas service. was decided at a mesting of the Nutri- rpmewameins ‘The m'wwm have four month; it: E\gl: ucommr ittee of the Red Cross { R . which the new rates an pter. Special Dispatch to The Star. mnn.:mmn T. U. gas. They also | _ Miss Ansdell, who succeeded Miss | HOOKED RUGS . . . with- HYATTSVILLE, Md. September 27.| have four months in which to begin lay- | Ruth Braden, began work here several | 2 —A coroner’s jury in the eir- %mm,‘, the outlying secticns. They | Weeks ago and up to this time has been | out which no home is truly cumstances the death of TUn & master main from Rosslyn | visiting homes, “addressing therings | Colonial are found in our Ernest R. Li . 60 years old, of | into the local plant as soon as possible | 8nd spending time in her office in the | Park avenue, , who was fa- | and supply gas here through that source | Rockville High School building, Rug Section, in many quaint tally when struck by | until y-products plant is built. At the first meeting of the current motor cycle operated by Allen G. Ros- | George A. G. Wood, president of the |schocl vear of the Fairiand Parent- patterns and interesting A 3 3 it be! Association. heid early in the | 3’-‘."}”‘ M!hn of ‘blame last | council, s idihag 1t Sron e smbifion week at the Fairland Hm;rsa‘::ol.tmw; shapes. Something new and night when it returned a verdict rec- | of the company to give Alexandria the were chosen: esident, . & igh e Tt R h'ua .m: o epen m; rates than c‘hif Brucs ;v-lm;m Vice: president, zm‘ ;reryhlm;rt is dhoo;ed “;:.7'5 ccident occurred Island and | specified wi possible, an at e 3 i secretary, rs. -the-: % p Park avenues after Mr. Livingstone had e Odorion W. Roby; treasurer, Mrs. | BBy thecyan s John A, Wheeler. quantity use. It was stated | yard. Rugs, $13.50 up. was presented the jury, | that a heating rate of approximately A. program committee, consisting of | which was presided over by Sty o | 8 ceme 1,000 cublc feet would | Mrs. Wirt Ellin, Miss Emma Muncaster Rues, Frite Froom. the Peace Herbert J. Moffat, acting | be established. and Mrs. W. V. Graybill, also was | signold said he saw Mr. Livingstone for the first time when he stepped in the gleam of his headlight about 25 feet away. He said he swerved and put on his brake in an effort to avoid running him down, but after Mr. Livingstone then stepped d! ly in path of the motr:’r cycle. Rossignold also was in- Jured. Paul Costinett testified that he got ©Off the trolley car with Mr. Livingstone and that he walked toward the back of the car and Mr. Livingstone toward the front. Costinett said he had gotten 75 feet from Lhe car tracks when he heard the crash and hurried back to find Mr. Livingstone lying on one side of the road and young Rossignold walking around semi-conscious on the other. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 27 fal) —Two famous plays of 1930 will be described to the Westminster Bible class by Frank W. Noxon at the morning services tomorrow and next Sund: ‘Tomorrow the Pulitizer prize play, “The Green Pastures,” now run- ning in New York and portraying the ©Old Testament characters and events as they seem to very young Sunday school pupils in a colored church in backwoods Louisiana, will be the sub- Ject of the talk. Sunday, October 5, Mr. Noxon will discuss the Oberammer- g2u passion play. Enoch Dais, colored, and C. R. Arm- strong escaped from the city chain gang yesterday, according to a report made o ice. Dais was serving time for a prohibition law violation and Armstrong time for being drunk. Wesley Benjamin Harding, 18, of 6222 Georgia avenue northwest, charged with housebreaking and larceny in con- mection with a robbery at the Rexall drug store in Potomac Thursday morn- ing, waived preliminar~ hearing yes- terday and was sent on to the grana jufy. ' The youth was later released on $1,000 bond for his appearance at the hearing. Conditior: of all of those injured in the wreck of the Richmond Greyhound Liftes bus Thursday night and who are still patients at the Alexandria Hos- ital, was reported as good this morn- ing. At least one man, F. C. Moultrup, ‘1‘ leave the hospital today. Ten are still confined to the 1nstitution. Charges of violation of the prohibi- tion law against Prank J. Lawler, 734 North Columbus street, arrested in a * last night by Sergt. Padgett and olmen Curtis and McClary, were coptinued until the beer could be an- of the collection of taxes. Money Motion Fails. ‘The matter of the use of the $750,000 to be obtained from the sale was brought up by Councilman Thomas J. Fannon, who introduced a resolution calli for all of the money to toward the %lnl off of bonded in- debtedness. is was lJost for want of a second. Under the previously an- nounced plan, all but about $100,000 will go toward paying off indebtedness, while this $100,000 will be established as & temporary loan fund from which the city may borrow in anticipation Question of the permit for a gasoline station at Washington and Wilkes streets again came up, and City Attorney Carl Budwesky said that, according to his interpretation of the records, the per- mit_only called for 58 feet frontage on Washington street. ‘Wants te Use Whole Lot. Gardner L. Boothe, attorney, on be- half of Agnes G. Cael, owner of the property, which the Standard Ofl Co. of New Jersey is interested in, asked for a permit to use all of the lot for a filling station. After considerable discussion the matter was finally proposed that it be referred to the new Zoning Commis- sion. At this point Attorney Boothe stated that he did not want it referrecd to this commission. Boothe said that Council was jesting with him. Mayor Carroll Pierce assured him that this was not the case. Boothe then sought to withdraw the petition. On vote, however, it was referred to the Zoning Commission, 4 to 0. Councilman Thomas J. Fannon not voting. MACIA IN CUSTODY Former Colonel in Spanish Army,| Deported, Returns Without Permit. | BARCELONA, Spain, September 27 (@) —Francisco Macia, former colonel in’ the Spanish army and a prominent leader for Catalonian independence, whom the late Primo de Rivera ex- | pelled for alleged attempts to incite a rebellion, was arrested yesterday for en- | tering Spain jllegally. He returned to his native country Thursday night, but the police could not find him until yesterday afternoon. After his arrest he attempted to escape. It is not known whether he will be | forced to leave Spain again. Bowling Green Pastor to Talk. | Rev. E. L. R. Guss of Bowling Green, | Va, will preach at Second Baptist | Church, Third street between H and I streets, tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN FALL OFF LOCOMOTIVE William Penny of Austin, Tex., Found on Railroad Tracks in Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, September 27.— For more than four hours last night a youth nvlnf the name of Willlam Penny, 18, of Austin,-Tex., lay seriously injured near the Duke Street Bridge, where he had been thrown by a rail- road locomotive he had been riding while bumming his way to Washington. | Police were notified by a telephone call from an unknown person some time after 9 o'clock last night that A man was lying near the tracks. Patrol- | man Curtis and McClary went to the | scene in the patrol and took the in- | jured man to the 9lexandria Hospital. | There he was found to be suffering | from a fractured shoulder, back injuries | and paralysis of the right leg. His con- dition is serious. | The youth said that he was on his | way to visit his sister, Annie Penny,!| who lives on the 3000 block Connecticut avenue, in Washington. Police . last night and today were trying to locate the sister. Sermon Topie. *“Church Victoriou Rev. R. A. Fairley will speak at Tabor Presbyterian _Church, Second and 8 streets, on “The Church Victo- rious.” ~Rev. A. F. Elmes, pastor of People’s Congregational Church, will | be a guest speaker at 8 pm. The | monthly meeting of the Missionary So- | ciety will be held at the home of Mrs. w. 1028 Pa The Colonial Period At lts Best. ... Recreated by M. Charak Who Will Tak With You Here Monday and Tuesday As a special feature of The National Home Furnishings Style Show, M. Charak, builder of authentic Colonial pieces, will be here Monday and Tuesday to talk with you. This is an unusually fine opportunity for you to discuss, with a leading authority, Colonial Furniture and the enduring charm Charak reproductions bring to your home. The Dining-Room group above is a combina- tion of two masters . . . Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe. Faithfully copying their styles, Charak craftsmen give this furniture the actual character of originals by this old-time hand process of building and finishing. This 9-piece Dining-Room group,. including table, buffet, corner cabinet and 6 Duncan Phyfe chairs, CHINTZES of Colonial in- spiration . . . sprightly pat- terns that graced boudoirs of Colonial debutantes . . . are arrayed in our Chintz Shop. From 75c to $1.50 the yard. ‘Tz Ownerz Swmoe, Srxrm Froon. COLONIAL SILVER pat- terns . . . Pine Tree, Antique, Minuet and many other present-day favorites of Colo. nial origin . . . are found in our Silver Section. SrLvErwaARe, Fmst FLOOR. MIRRORS . . . Federal, with the typical Colonial eagle . . . Chippendale . . . charming French gilt styles. We have mirrors of every appropriate design to bring your home an atmosphere truly Colonial. $4.50 upwards. Mmeors, Srx7n FLOOR. - Police claim they found 19 | There will be & special service for’the Living Room, Dining but $900. See the displays In our G Street Win- { Jmen Bagiis and Empres pioked | Bopest oo at 3 e Bethel || - Room, ~Kitchen, Bath This Solid Mahogany Desk (left) . . . made dows and in il Home Furnishing u, Edward Murawski, 15, this morning | Bible School will meet at 9:30 a.m.and || 2nd Reception Hall. by hand by Charak craftsmen has an Sestions thronghvtt the stere—in ses anfil the lad said that he had run away | B. Y. P. U. at 6 p.m. Southern, Eastern and 5 e nection with The National Home : Jis home in Jersey Cily. His e — Western Exposure. interesting bombé front. $240. McKinley Xenuri;l Gl:ureh. Electrical Refrigera- COLONIAL GaLLERIES, SixTH FLOOR. Furnishings Style Show held here ganized development At McKinley Memorial Baptist . R { from September 26th to October 4th. Vi €] com- [emo! 8 Thittee with B. Weil as n. A |Church, Fourth and L streets, Rev, 8. ;{““' easondble | Joint committee of tie com- | Geriah 'h tomorrow ental. | and the my.':.m‘ lngknl:ml : 11 A:;fl “thtA Pure llmi Un- committee, of w] Irvin filed ligion?™ special sermon and Prancis H. Fannon are!will be ‘Wednesday at 8:30 THE ARGONNE | respectively, will deal with pm. by Dr, E. C. Smith, Met- 1 - the proposed increases ropolitan Baptist Church, on “There Is mwuol in Tates. have al ob- ‘ma-mn&’mumm’ & Man Wanted.” Sermod by Rev. J.| H. Pi~4s tomorrow at £ pm. 16th & Columbia Road N.W.